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Semstra seeks a smaller HRA levy; board approves core levy only

Goodhue County Board of Commissioners · September 17, 2024
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Summary

Buffy Barenic of Semstra presented a two-tier HRA levy that would have added $225,000 to the housing trust fund; the Goodhue County Board voted 4–1 to approve only the core HRA levy of $379,424 at the preliminary stage, keeping the housing trust fund top-up off the levy for now.

Buffy Barenic, executive director of Semstra, told the Goodhue County Board that Semstra is requesting a core HRA levy of $379,424 and offered a second option that would add roughly $225,000 to fund the housing trust fund, for a total levy request of $604,424. "We do not have an increase in our levy. We are actually requesting about 50,000 less than what we were asking last year," Barenic said, citing the planned decertification of a TIF district and other revenue increases…

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