CASS COUNTY NEWS
Cass County Board: County sells $500,000 in land so far in 2019
WALKER -- Cass County has sold 327.48 acres on 37 land parcels valued at $515,785 so far this year. That includes 13 parcels sold over the counter at the land department office in Backus and another 24 parcels sold at a July 11 annual auction.
Cass County Board: County to receive more than $1.3 million from state this year
WALKER -- Cass County will receive a $1,234,664 state payment in lieu of taxes and a $106,987 state wildlife management (formerly public hunting grounds) funds in 2019.
Cass County Board: Legislators speak to commissioners about past session success
WALKER -- "We were pleased with the compromised outcome," District 5B Rep. Sandy Layman, R-Cohasset, said Tuesday, Aug. 6, giving her view to the Cass County Board of this year's state legislative session.
Cass County Board: New economic development policy mirrors state laws
WALKER -- The new Cass County economic development policy the commissioners adopted Tuesday, Sept. 3, relies heavily on state statutes. It does not allow any tax abatements in areas of the county in a tax increment financing district.
Cass County Board: Environmental Services to receive equipment from Highway Dept.
WALKER - Cass County Environmental Services Department will get two used pieces of equipment from the highway department to use at the main garbage and recycling transfer station, the county board decided Tuesday, Sept. 3.
Cass County Board: Foreclosures continue downward trend
WALKER -- Cass County had five foreclosures in the second quarter this year, about half the number in each of the preceding three years. Three were homesteads. One was a seasonal recreational. One was a commercial property.
Cass County Board: Commissioners eye no more than 3% tax levy increase for 2020
WALKER -- Cass County commissioners Tuesday, Sept. 3, set the county's 2020 preliminary tax levy at 3.4% above the 2019 levy, but with the stipulation the citizen budget committee must cut that increase to no more than 3% before the board sets the final levy in December.
Cass County Board: Committee to draft new policy on tax abatements
THUNDER LAKE TOWNSHIP -- A new Cass County committee will draft a county policy on tax abatements before the county board will decide whether to grant an abatement to a business at Pine River.
Cass County Board: Leech Lake River watershed plan comes with $191K price tag
THUNDER LAKE TOWNSHIP -- Receiving public input, researching and drafting the Leech Lake River One Watershed One Plan cost a total of $191,001.45. Cass County Board approved the final $13,426 payment Tuesday, Aug. 20, during its meeting at Thunder Lake Town Hall. RESPEC of Rapid City, S.D., prepared the plan …
Cass County Board: County, Walker officials looking at reuse options for Ah-Gwah-Ching
HACKENSACK -- Cass County Commissioners Scott Bruns and Jeff Peterson met with Walker Mayor Jed Shaw Sept. 10 to look at a new overall layout for reusing the former Ah-Gwah-Ching property.
Cass County Board: Same supplier, new manufacturer for E911 equipment
HACKENSACK -- Cass County Board voted unanimously Tuesday, Sept. 17, to purchase the county's next generation enhanced 911 emergency radio system from its current supplier rather than Motorola.
Cass County Board: County seeks trail grants to help with funding shortfalls
WALKER -- Cass County Land Commissioner Kirk Titus obtained county board approval Tuesday, Oct. 1, to sign a Federal Recreational Trail Program grant application. He will submit that before March, with approval or denial known about June of 2020.
Cass County Board: Proposed Pine River business receives abatement on county taxes
WALKER -- Cass County Board passed a resolution Tuesday, Oct. 1, to approve the county's first tax abatement for business development on a 4-1 vote.
Cass County Board: Commissioners table action on Walker funding request on trail bathroom
WALKER -- The city of Walker hopes to run a connection through the city along the former railroad line for recreational trails entering the city, then build public bathrooms beside that connection.
Cass County Board: Commissioners select contractor for failing CSAH 3 culverts
BACKUS -- Cass County commissioners voted Tuesday, Oct. 15, to award a $157,040 contract to Young Excavating, the lower of two bidders, to replace two culverts under County State Aid Highway 3 in the unorganized township area.
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