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Resnlts of that vote will be high-
lighted in next week's Lake
Metigoshe Mirror.
The meeting, which did not
feature any votes or formal pre-
sentations by any of the gathered
entities, simply allowed the direc-
tors from each group to verbalize
opimons and thoughts on the proj-
ect. A portion of the meeting was
also allotted for public coinments.
Bottineau County Tax Director
Lisa Peterson passed out docu-
ments that showed the tax revenue
generated by the Paterson Grain
facility. Peterson estimated that if
the project was annexed into Bot-
tineau, the decrease in the mill
levy would be lowered 257.22
mills, equal to $257.220 annually
or approximately a $100 tax re-
duction on a house in Bottineau
valued at $120.100 around 7 per-
cent).
If the project is not almexed
into the city. Whitteron Township
the decision to allow it a "'no
brainer."
City Council members Launee
Hamnes. Tim Sanderson and
Cathy Claeys, all'Opponents of the
original proposal since the begin-
ning because of the access, con-
tinued to ask for compromise in
the matter.
"'I have heard all of those
things, but I haven't heard any-
thing about the quality of life for
the people in that area and I'm not
for coming down our street,"
Hamnes said. "We have worked
very hard to get our streets to
where they are and I'm opposed to
where it's at."
Sanderson indicated that his
opposition to the project was
mainly due to the Brander Street
access, but he also had concerns
about how quickly the project has
been presented to the city.
"I'm not against it. I'm for it."
Sanderson said. "I am against it
would benefit with an approxi- coming in this way. There are too
mate l l percent tax reduction
equal to $109.47 reduction in
yearly taxes on a $120.100 prop-
erty.
The general consensus of the
meeting seemed to point to the
fact that most of the commissmn-
many unanswered question. They
have known about it for at least a
year and the first we've heard
about it was three weeks to a
month ago and I don't like it being
pushed down our throats."
Bottineau Mayor Ben Aufforth
ers from all the groups and a super said he was opposed to the pro-
majority of the public commenters
were in favor of allowing the fa-
cility to be constructed at the pro-
posed site.
Bottineau County Commis-
sioner Jeff Bever said that he was
in favor of the project and said the
city was being offered a golden
opportunity to expand.
"The city has been given the
opportunity most other towns
don't get," Beyer said. "All Pater-
son is asking for in return is to just
go down one (city) street. It could
generate up to a quarter million
dollars in tax revenue and have an
_effect on others (businesses) if
you don't do it. Bottineau could
end up like Omemee if it keeps
turning down requests like this."
County commissioner Dan
Marquardt agreed.
"'If we can bring this into town.
we have a chance to make Bot-
tineau a thriving community,"
Marquardt said. "Burlington
Northern (railroad) is a big com-
pany, but 1 feel like we could re-
ally be in jeopardy of losing our
tracks into Bottineau if we don't
continue to grow. If we pass o]1
this. Bottineau could be scarred
forever."
County Commissioner LeRoy
Rude. was in favor of the project.
but also raised questions about the
proposed access route to the facil-
ity.
"I support the project, but I
would prefer to see (truck route)
come in from the south instead of
through town." he said.
County Commissioner Todd
Strcich called the project a
win/,in for the area and termed
posal because of the truck route to
the facility and was concerned that
the existing Bottineau Farmers El-
evator and Paterson Grain were
being treated differently.
'TI1 say right now that I don't
think anyone on the council is
against it," he said, "but we have
worked hard to keep trucks on
designated truck routes and I find
it hard to treat one business differ-
ent than the other."
City Council members Gary
Mortensen. Greg Bernstein and
Matt Seykora acknowledged that
there are some ssues that need to
be resolved, but all three viewed
the project as a tremendous op-
portumty for the city.
"'This would have a huge li-
nancial impact on the city and es-
pecially with Benchmark m
Dunseith announcing a closing at
the end of the year." he said. "Do
we want people to come into town
or do we want a sign that says
Bottineau is closed for business?
There are opportunities galore
with this with spin-off businesses
and I think overwhelmingly to
people are supportive of the proj-
ect."
The prevailing sentiment
among the EDC Committee mem-
bers was that of support. Nearly to
a member, the directors pointed
out that the positives clearly out-
weigh the negatives.
Former Mayor Doug Marsden,
who is a member of the EDC
board, recalled projects from the
past that have been met with op-
position and even went so tar as to
say that new people (businesses)
who have come into town have
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Meeting
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Additional
City of Boineau
True & FulliValue
$20,000,000.00
Jurisdictions by Paterson Grain:
Taxable Value Mill Levy
1,000,000 76.52
If annexed into the city
Taxes % of Tax Base
$76,620.00 16%
Bottineau School District
True & Full Value
$20,000,000.00
Tagable Value Mill Levy Taxes
1,000,000 71.32 $71,320.00
4%
Water/SCD/Park Airport
True & Full Value
$20,000,000.00
Taxable Value Mill Levy Taxes
1,000,000 32.43 $32,430.00 2%
County of Bottineau
True & Full Value Taxable Value Mill Levy Taxes
$20,000,000.00 1,000,000 76.85 $76,850.00
2%
House in Bottineau with a value of $120,100
2014 Taxes With Paterson Grain Reduction in Tax
City $435.75 16% $366.03
School $385.48 4% $370.06
Park $123.83 2% $121.35
Water $18.43 2% $18.06
County & State $426.78 2% $418.24
Whitteron Township
True & Full Value Taxable Value Mill Levy Taxes % of Tax Base
$20,000,000.00 1,000,000 :5.75 $25,750.00 61%
Bottineau School District
True & Full Value Taxable Value Mill Levy Taxes
$20,000,000.00 1,000,000 71.32 $71,320.00 4%
FireVater/SCD/Park/Airport
True & Full Value Taxable Value Mill Levy Taxes
< $20,000,000.00 1,000,000 11.5 $11,500.00 2%
County of Bottineau
True & Full Value Taxable Value Mill Levy Taxes
$20,000,000.00 1,000,000 76 85 $76,850.00
Totals 185.42
House in Whitteron Township with a value of $i20,100
2014 Taxes
Township $138.15 61%
School $385.48 4%
• Fire $21.67 2%
Water/SCD/Park/Airport $40.48 2%
,:: County & State $426.78 2%
$1,012.s6
2%
$18s,42o.oo .............
With Paterson Grain ReductioninTax
$53.88
5370.06
$21.24
$39.67
$418.24
$903.09 $109.47
11%
been "exiled."
"'It seems like every trine we
have someone who wants to come
into town. they have been exiled."
he said. "The street we're talking
about is more commercial than
residential right now and while
there will be increased traffic, it
shouldn't be a big deal. If we
don't let this come into town,
we're going to lose other growth."
A number of attendees spoke in
favor of the project and some res-
ect.
"1 would like to clear the air
about our opposition." said
Thompson Street resident Travis
Rybchinski, whose house would
be the closest to the Brander Street
access. "Most of us aren't against
the project at all and realize it
would be super for the commu-
nity. We're just against Brander
Street being a trnck route. A lot of
us feel like we're being criticized
for trying to stop it and that's not
idents of Thompson Street voiced the case. There are a lot of people
their concerns, but did not appear in that area who do a lot for our
to be completely against the proj- community and l think we feel
like it's "screw south Thompson
people' and we're being unfairly
raked over."
Mike Aasen. also a south
Thompson Street. reiterated his
oppositton to the Brander Street
access and said he felt like the
project was being "rammed down
our throat."
"If it's just a road issue, then
let's build a road that," Aasen said.
"What is a million dollars to get a
$20 million facility? We want de-
velopment in our community, but
all we ask that people just please
try to work with us."
