Fergus Falls Fire Chief Ryan Muchow was asked to “take one for the city” Tuesday night as the City Council voted 6-1 in favor of a sales-tax scenario which the Minnesota Legislature might green light.
By dropping the $11,113,200 the fire department needs to upgrade their station and reducing the amounts which the proposed aquatics center, trails plan and DeLagoon Park upgrades were asking, the sales-tax plan dropped from $36,162,000 scenario to one of $21,151,200.
Instead of paying interest on the projects over 28 years to the tune of $12,050,000, the city is looking at paying off $4,624,000 on the three projects in 16 years.