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Platte County vote to leave three-county mental-health board triggers two-year unwind, Clay County officials say
Summary
Platte County's decision to exit the three-county mental health levy board prompted Clay County officials to begin a two-year statutory unwind and to seek a negotiated division of contracts and assets.
Platte County's decision to withdraw from the three-county mental health levy board prompted a tense discussion at the Clay County Commission on Sept. 11 about statutory process, communications and next steps.
County Counselor summarized the legal framework and history: counties voted a mental-health levy in 1980 and formed a three-county cooperative in 1981, and "the statute also provides for, a 2 year process, essentially, to transfer this," he said. The counselor added that the…
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