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Isanti council urges attorney-led work session to resolve fire district joint powers agreement concerns
Summary
Council members and residents pushed the Isanti Fire District to hold a work session with legal counsel after hearing that a draft joint powers agreement would delegate collection and ordinance-like powers to the district; the council also pressed for greater transparency in agendas and minutes.
Isanti City officials and residents pressed the Isanti Fire District on Monday to hold a lawyer-led work session to review a proposed joint powers agreement that, as drafted, could expand the district’s authority over taxing and collections.
At a council meeting, resident Mike Miller of Oxford Township warned of “taxation without complete representation,” saying the draft would allow the district to pursue extraordinary-cost charges for major mutual-aid responses and leave taxpayers in member jurisdictions liable for decisions they did not make. “If the fire district takes taxing and be able to charge for fires, how do they… appeal the charges that you…
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