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Isanti City councilors debate shrinking council presence on EDA to boost outside oversight
Summary
Council members debated whether the cityEconomic Development Authority should reduce the number of sitting councilmembers on the EDA and add non-council members to increase checks and balances; staff said any change would require an ordinance amendment and staff will verify the cited state statute.
Council discussion over the composition of the Economic Development Authority (EDA) centered on whether the city council should limit its membership on the EDA and increase the number of non-council appointees.
Unidentified Speaker 4 proposed that, beginning next year, the city "consider choosing 3 people from council to be on that and then having 4 people that aren't on council," arguing the current arrangement concentrates power and previously allowed a hotel project to be "pushed through" with little independent oversight. Several council members said they do not want a repeat of that outcome.
Staff cautioned that the…
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