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Council debates whether to take $1.33 million grant for pedestrian bridge; motion to decline fails
Summary
Brainerd City Council debated whether to accept a $1.33 million state grant for a pedestrian bridge that would trigger roughly $300,000 in local match obligations. Council members split over taxpayer burden and project timing; the motion to decline acceptance did not carry and the issue will return for further consideration.
Brainerd City Council spent an extended portion of its Oct. 6 meeting debating whether to move forward with a previously awarded $1.33 million state grant earmarked for a pedestrian bridge on the state trail.
The discussion centered on one core question: does Brainerd commit local tax dollars to a project where the city would be responsible for a substantial local match (roughly $300,000), or decline the money to avoid potential future obligations? Councilmember Yeager, who had helped shepherd the project to a priority-two ranking with the state, said staff needed direction because the state…
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