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Residents urge council to keep franchise-fee climate investments; others push for levy reductions
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the Saint Paul City Council to preserve franchise-fee funding for climate initiatives such as the Power of Home weatherization program and tree canopy restoration, while other speakers pushed for cuts to the proposed levy to ease homeowners' tax burdens.
At the truth-in-taxation public hearing, many speakers framed the core choice as a modest per-household tax relief versus ongoing climate investments funded by new franchise fees and other local revenue. Advocates from Isaiah, Unidos and Third Act Minnesota repeatedly asked the council to preserve or increase proposed climate funding and to invest in permanent weatherization programs.
"Use it," Joan Hahn of Isaiah said in…
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