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Resident asks Monroe County about funding environmental study for Coolbaugh Township; commissioners cite township authority and hotel tax limits
Summary
During public comment, Anna Lopez of Dock Township asked whether townships can obtain county money or hotel-tax-funded grants to pay for environmental impact studies to protect land in Coolbaugh Township. Commissioners said land development authority rests with townships and hotel tax revenue is restricted to tourism-promoting uses.
Anna Lopez, a resident of Dock Township, used the meeting’s public comment period to ask how townships can obtain county funding for environmental impact studies to protect land in Coolbaugh Township and whether hotel tax or county grants could pay for such studies.
"Does the township do a formal application to the county to request money for, like, environmental impact…
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