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Madelia officials approve 3% annual assessment-fee increase
Summary
Officials at a Madelia municipal meeting approved a 3% annual increase to an assessment fee to apply for the next three years after a motion, second and voice vote; the transcript contains an unclear year string ('2027 2829'), so the record lists the change as 'next three years.'
Madelia officials voted to approve a 3% annual increase to an assessment fee intended to apply over the next three years.
A Committee member presented the proposal and described it as a "3% increase for employment for the next 3 years. So 3% each year." A Council member moved to approve the measure as recorded in the meeting transcript (spoken in the record as the "2027 2829 assessment 3% increase"); another member seconded and the motion carried on a voice vote. The meeting record does not show a roll-call tally.
The motion, as recorded in the meeting, proposes an annual 3% increase to the assessment schedule for a three-year period. The transcript does not provide further detail on which specific assessments or taxpayer groups (beyond the presenter’s phrase "for employment") would be affected, nor does it list an effective start date in the spoken record.
The meeting did not include a roll-call vote or numerical tally in the transcript; minutes or staff reports distributed outside this spoken record may contain the formal ordinance language, effective dates, or a more detailed breakdown of affected fees.
