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MICA warns 2025 AIS aid cut will shave $236,096 from Crow Wing County budget
Summary
MICA told Crow Wing County commissioners the 2025 legislative package cuts aquatic invasive species (AIS) county aid by half, a change that will reduce Crow Wing’s AIS allocation by $236,096 and shift burden onto local management starting in 2027.
Nathan Jessen, a MICA representative, told Crow Wing County commissioners that the final 2025 tax/budget agreement cut state aquatic invasive species (AIS) county aid and shifted the timing of reductions into the 2027 aid payments. “So that's a $236,096 cut to Crow Wing,” Jessen said, calling out the concrete local impact.
Jessen explained the program mechanics and local significance: Crow Wing is a comparatively large per‑capita recipient (about $6.82 per person and roughly 4.7% of the statewide AIS funds). He said the AIS reduction was part of a broader fiscal package that reallocated revenues and reduced some ongoing county aids; the cut will not affect the next year’s budget but will take effect in aids payable in 2027. Commissioners asked follow‑up questions about how the per‑capita numbers and related county program aid (CPA) and PILT data are calculated; Jessen offered to provide updated PILT figures for Crow Wing.
