Severe thunderstorms, high winds, and flooding from July 19-21 caused damage resulting in significant debris removal costs

 

ST. PAUL, MN – Governor Mark Dayton today issued a letter authorizing up to an estimated $3,291,585 in relief from the State Disaster Assistance Contingency Account for Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Lake, and St. Louis Counties, and for the Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, and Leech Lake Tribal Communities. The exact final reimbursements will be made from actual expense documentation. Severe thunderstorms, high winds, and flooding from July 19, 2016, until July 21, 2016, caused damage resulting in significant debris removal costs for the counties and tribal communities.

 

Aid from the contingency account will reimburse counties and tribal communities for public infrastructure repairs and clean-up costs. Under Minnesota law, the state will reimburse 75 percent of eligible costs for public infrastructure repairs and clean-up, with localities responsible for covering the remaining 25 percent.

 

 

Governor Dayton’s letter can be read here.