Budget shift could cost Clay County $3.2 million annual increase in mandated programming

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Budget shift could cost Clay County $3.2 million annual increase in mandated programming

(MOOREHAD, MINN) – Clay County Commissioner Jenny Mongeau is speaking out in regards to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s budget proposal. “As we started digging into it a little bit, it seemed, though there were some cuts, the cuts came in the form of a shift,” Mongeau told the Steve Hallstrom Show on Thursday. Walz’s proposal included a shift of $460 million in costs to counties through the Department of Human Services (DHS) budget. The proposal i…