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Fergus Falls resident asks council to explain proposed $1 transfer of municipal golf course
Summary
At the July 15 Fergus Falls City Council meeting, resident Cecily Cookman pressed the council for details about a 2017 $330,000 write-off and how selling the municipal golf course for $1 and pursuing a $3–4 million project would affect city assets and potential conflicts of interest; city staff promised a packet of answers at the next meeting.
Fergus Falls — At the city council’s July 15 meeting, resident Cecily Cookman urged elected officials to explain financial and conflict-of-interest questions tied to a proposed transfer of the municipal golf course.
Cookman said she was concerned that a $330,000 loan or line of credit written off in 2017 could reappear as a liability and that selling the golf course for a nominal…
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