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Commissioners say Brownfields offer could require tribal ownership as public critic warns of lost tax base
Summary
At a March 17 meeting commissioners described recent outreach from the Office of Environmental Protection about Brownfields money tied to potential transfers of Roosevelt County land to tribal ownership. A public commenter said the county excluded the City of Hult Point from MOU negotiations and warned transfers would reduce the local tax roll.
Roosevelt County commissioners on March 17 said the Office of Environmental Protection (OEP) contacted county officials about Brownfields cleanup money for a block of county land, but that OEP told the county some grants require the cleanup recipient to take ownership of the property.
A public commenter at the meeting said two lots on the corner of Anaconda and 1st Avenue South (and a possible third) were being negotiated for transfer without the City of Hult Point’s involvement and warned that transfers to tribal ownership would remove those parcels from the local tax roll. "The city…
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