Commissioners consider discounting disposal for do-gooders
The policy which the board approved for a one-year trial period in 2019 allows nonprofits with a Crow Wing County location serving low-income individuals with free or reduced price goods to apply for up to a $1,000 rebate for disposing items at the landfill. 4:00 am, Apr. 16, 2021 ×
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Should groups distributing food to those in need have to pay to dispose of the boxes and plastic left over at the county landfill?
This question arose amid a discussion during the Tuesday, April 13, Crow Wing County Board meeting, concerning a landfill fee rebate policy for nonprofit organizations. The policy which the board approved for a one-year trial period in 2019 allows nonprofits with a Crow Wing County location serving low-income individuals with free or reduced price goods to apply for up to a $1,000 rebate for disposing items at the landfill.
Crow Wing, Aitkin near 50% with vaccine; County leader hopes rate prevents deaths in case upswing
More than three-quarters of Crow Wing County’s 65-plus population 78.4% have at least one dose thus far, representing about 11,000 seniors. Of those ages 50-64 in the county, 47% received at least one dose as of Sunday. 6:40 pm, Apr. 13, 2021 ×
Crow Wing County Administrator Tim Houle discusses COVID-19 case and vaccination rates Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Screenshot / Chelsey Perkins
Crow Wing and Aitkin counties are keeping pace with the state average for first doses of COVID-19 vaccines, now nearing 50% of the 16-plus population.
Tim Houle, Crow Wing County administrator, told county commissioners Tuesday, April 13, he hopes the rate of vaccination steels against a climb in deaths attributed to the disease caused by the coronavirus as cases continue to rise locally and in the state.
A. Approve Disc Golf Tournament Request for June 6th
B. Review/Approve Ranchette Road Feasibility Expansion Project
C. Approve Playground Equipment Purchase for City Hall Park
D. Adopt Resolution Establishing Technology Committee
E. Approve 2021-2022 Pequot Lakes Fire Agreement
F. Approve Geocaching at City Disc Golf Course
8. Adjourn
Brainerd City Council
Meets 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 5
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1. Call To Order
Crow Wing County sales tax collection breaks records in 2020
More than $7.4 million in sales tax revenue was collected in 2020, a 6.5% increase over 2019, generated from approximately $1.5 billion in retail sales in Crow Wing County. 4:00 am, Mar. 17, 2021 ×
Crow Wing County Engineer Tim Bray demonstrates the thickness of pavement used to overlay highways Tuesday, March 16, 2021, during the county board s committee of the whole meeting. Chelsey Perkins / Brainerd Dispatch
2020 will forever be associated with a number of negative economic measures, but for Crow Wing County, it brought the highest sales tax revenue recorded thus far.
County Engineer Tim Bray shared this and a number of other statistics about the county’s half-cent local option sales tax, adopted in 2015 to bolster funds available for road maintenance, during the Tuesday, March 16, committee of the whole meeting. Focusing on revenue gains surpassing expectations and the county’s increasi
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