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Updated: 09/12/2012 02:23:32PM
Commissioners faced storm of protest
PHOTO BY STEVE STEINER
After calculating the total square miles of Polk County and the miles of pavement, this speaker said the paved area amounted to the area shaded black on this 8-1/2x11 sheet, what he said was less than 1 percent.
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Of all the issues on the Polk County Board of Commissioners’ tentative budget the one item that stoked emotions most was the proposed stormwater assessment fee.
An unfunded mandate, the proposed budget included revenues from a proposed stormwater assessment in unincorporated areas of the county. The rate was estimated to be $54.30 per Equivalent Residential Unit, to begin Sept. 13, and estimated to generate $9.6 million annually to address stormwater needs.
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