State Aid Stays Same

International Falls won't see any further decrease in state aid this month, but it's not getting any more either.

Governor Tim Pawlenty announced earlier this week he had no plans to change the amount of money given to Minnesota cities and counties.

Administrator Rod Otterness says the amount of money expected will still be smaller than usual.

"He had earlier announced that he would be reducing our payments by $138-thousand in 2009," says Otterness. "That would be 69-thousand in our July cheque and $69-thousand in our December cheque and we are still loosing that amount of money."

The city is now looking at regaining the shortfall in funding from the past two years of cuts with a projected 17 per cent hike in taxes.