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Morton County Commission approves $36.31M preliminary 2026 budget, $1.22M paving contract and land-use changes
Summary
At its Aug. 7 meeting in Mandan, the Morton County Commission approved a $36,308,571 preliminary 2026 working budget and a $10,804,792 tax levy (down $3,251,847 from 2024), accepted a $1,217,918.80 paving bid, approved a subdivision final plat and a land-use code amendment, and made several routine authorizations and appointments.
Chairman Boehm called the Morton County Commission to order Aug. 7, 2025, in Mandan, and the panel voted unanimously on a slate of county business, including the county’s 2026 preliminary working budget and several infrastructure and land-use measures.
The commission approved the 2026 preliminary working budget of $36,308,571 and set a tax levy of $10,804,792 — a decrease of $3,251,847 from the 2024 levy. Commissioner Morrell moved to approve the budget and Chairman Boehm seconded; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with all commissioners recorded as voting aye. The budget approval is a preliminary working figure used for planning and the levy's reduction was recorded in the motion; staff did not detail in the meeting the specific line-item changes driving the decrease.
The commission accepted the low bid from Northern Improvement Company of…
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