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Stearns County commissioners press for levy limits, county representation on regional airport authority
Summary
Stearns County commissioners discussed governance and taxing authority for a regional airport authority, urging limits on property tax levies and exploring county representation (voting or liaison) on the authority’s board; staff recommended gathering consensus before pursuing changes that would require amending the authority’s enabling resolution.
Stearns County commissioners spent a lengthy portion of their Dec. 2 meeting discussing governance and taxing authority for a regional airport authority shared by multiple jurisdictions.
County staff presented a memo summarizing intergovernmental talks and options for changes to the authority’s structure. Administrators said amending the airport authority’s enabling resolution to add elected county commissioners as voting members would require the airport authority board’s…
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