Polk County Commissioner Speaks On Meetings

The Polk County Commissioners meetings are in full swing here in mid-September with the 1st couple meetings taking place last 2 nights and a 3rd meeting set for next Tuesday, September 22nd. Some of the items of approval included a 5% wage increase that will be helped to coming into fruition by the county’s paying off of it’s jail bond which had been at $1.2 million. Polk County Commissioner Joan Lee tells us more:

Lee also details some frustrations from the county level about how the state has been handling some of it’s cost delegations:

Also right around the corner in their next meeting on Tuesday, the 22nd, the county will go over the preliminary levy, Lee tells us more:

With a policy conference also on the horizon in the near future, to be set soon, taking place in Bemidji, follow R&J Broadcasting/news for more information as it comes.