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Utilities commission backs one-year 3% pilot payment for 2026, asks charter commission to review pilot language
Summary
The Brainerd City Utilities Commission recommended a 3% payment‑in‑lieu‑of‑tax for 2026 and voted to ask the Nov. 5 charter commission to review charter language governing the pilot after members raised concerns about rate pressure, fairness and council authority.
The Brainerd City Utilities Commission on Oct. 28 recommended that the city receive a payment equal to 3% of electric revenues for 2026 and deferred decisions about higher percentages in later years pending results of a full electric rate study.
The motion — brought at the council's request and seconded — passed after commissioners debated whether raising the pilot to 4% in 2027 and 5% in 2028 would simply shift costs back onto ratepayers. ‘‘If we add a pilot and then increase the rates, we’re just increasing the cost to the city… it’s…
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