June 3, 2014
Steele County Commissioners
Administrator Tom Shea
Administrator Tom Shea
Steele County Administration Center
630 Florence Ave.
Owatonna, MN 55060
Steele County Commissioners and Administrator Shea,
The Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism (OACCT)
Board of Directors would like to encourage your active consideration of the Steele
County Community Taskforce position of holding the total cost of land,
construction, and furnishing of the Public Works Building to the recommended $7
million investment.
While the needs of this project are important to operations
of the county, we believe that holding the line on the recommended $7 million
budget for the building is imperative to Steele County taxpayer.
The community will be faced with many financial options that
could become obligations in the foreseeable future. We believe the taxpayers
should be able to view the broad perspective of potential projects and
financial impacts and make their investment decisions based on community
projects’ costs, economic implications and return on investment. Specifically, projects like the potential School
District building/facilities levy, a potential community center and the
half-cent sales tax option that could be implemented on behalf of the county could
negatively impact the taxpayer based on the various projects’ timing and
additional levies enacted.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Jennifer
at the OACCT office, 451-7970.
Sincerely,
Scott Kubicek, Advantage Cabinets Andy
Michaletz, Owatonna Business Park
Chair, OACCT Board of Directors Chair,
OACCT Public Policy Committee
Jennifer Libby, OACCT
President/CEO
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