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Isanti County narrows 2026 levy options; staff to present numbers with 3.63% as maximum
Summary
County staff outlined multiple 2026 levy scenarios, saying the current estimate is about 5.32% and that using capital funds and $650,000 in fund balance could lower the levy to roughly 2.96%; the board directed staff to prepare materials for Truth-in-Taxation, using 3.63% as the maximum option.
County Administrator Amanda Usher told the Isanti County Board on Dec. 2 that the county’s preliminary 2026 levy estimate stands at about 5.32 percent, and staff have modeled scenarios to reduce that number.
“If we use capital dollars to pay for the parking lot project, that would bring the levy down to 3.63%,” Amanda Usher said, explaining that applying existing capital funds to planned projects could reduce reliance on levy revenue. She later…
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