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Brainerd council approves orderly annexation area after debate over taxes and utility ties
Summary
After a lengthy staff presentation and debate over tax impacts and sewer connections, the Brainerd City Council on March 2 approved a joint resolution establishing an orderly annexation area near Riverside Drive; the 4–3 roll call advances planning but does not annex properties immediately.
The Brainerd City Council voted 4–3 on March 2 to adopt a joint resolution that designates an area near Riverside Drive as eligible for orderly annexation, a procedural step staff says will allow the city to plan for future utility extensions and land-use changes.
James Grama, community development staff, told the council the resolution ‘‘establishes an orderly annexation area; it does not annex properties into the city of Brainerd’’ and that zoning would be set only upon future annexation. Finance staff used 2026 tax rates to illustrate likely short-term…
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