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Beltrami County lays out 2026 legislative priorities: mandate reform, landfill, disaster aid, HHS funding asks
Summary
County leaders presented a multi‑item legislative platform for 2026 that emphasizes mandate relief for economically disadvantaged counties, funding for demolition landfill mitigation, state assistance for June windstorm recovery, property insurance reform, and a slate of health and human services funding and statutory clarifications.
Administrator Tom Barry and Health & Human Services leaders presented Beltrami County’s proposed 2026 legislative priorities on Nov. 4 and asked commissioners to consider advancing the package when the board formally adopts a platform.
Tom said the county’s top overarching concern is the volume of unfunded or underfunded state mandates and recent cost‑shifts that have increased county fiscal pressure. ‘‘There have been massive cost shifts . . . we’re having to bear about $1,200,000 of additional cost shifts in the next budget because of real and announced cost shifts that are coming for the fiscal year 2026,’’ Tom told the board. He said the county is second poorest in the state by some measures…
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