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Beltrami County urges lawmakers to curb unfunded mandates, seeks aid for landfill rules and storm recovery
Summary
County officials told local legislators that recent state 'unfunded mandates' will impose roughly $180 million in capital costs over 30 years and millions in annual operating expenses; they asked for fiscal notes, rulemaking oversight, bonding for a regional demolition-landfill hub-and-spoke plan and help covering local disaster matches after a damaging windstorm.
Beltrami County staff told county commissioners and area legislators that a wave of state and administrative mandates has strained local budgets and operations, and urged legislative action to limit new unfunded obligations and provide relief for existing cost shifts.
An administrator presenting the county’s legislative platform said recent mandates will require approximately $180,000,000 in new capital construction over the next 30 years and about $5,000,000 in additional annual operating costs, and noted the county has already added $1,200,000 in ongoing property-tax revenue to cover the first wave of cost shifts. "There are so many unfunded mandates ... that are beginning to cripple local…
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