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Council sets local priorities: taxes, sidewalks, lighting, staff retention and increased outreach

Isanti City Council · February 9, 2026
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Summary

During the workshop council highlighted a multi-year tax-rate reduction, staff retention, business-friendly policy, community amenities, and communications improvements; members backed a city video series to boost transparency and requested a policy framework for staff-involved content.

Isanti City Council used its goal-setting workshop to identify priorities for the coming year: continuing conservative tax policy, completing sidewalk infill and street-lighting projects, sustaining staff retention efforts, and expanding public communications and community engagement.

Multiple council members celebrated recent tax-rate reductions (members referenced roughly a 22.5% reduction in recent years) and described stronger fiscal…

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