County Road 9 (College View Road) & T-21 (Tobacco 21)
County Road 9 (College View Road) At the March 19th County Board Meeting I voted to keep County Road 9, also known as College View Road, as a 4-lane road. County Road 9 reconstruction from…
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Updates: Oxbow Park, Americorp, and Census Bureau
Did You Know? The bison herd at Oxbow Park has been deemed one of the most genetically pure. Most bison have lots of bovine (cow) DNA but bison at oxbow have very few bovine genes. Genetic testing…
Housing, Steam, and Legislative Priorities
Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho I attended a forum on March 8 with the Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho. At the Forum, Olmsted County announced that we are moving forward on an affordable housing project located on Mayowood…
Updates: Budget Forecast, Regional Behavioral Health Crisis Facility, and Tobacco
February State Budget Forecast Decreases The state budget surplus is projected at $1.05 billion. This is $500 million less than the November forecast. Lower state tax revenues and a slowing economy was the economists’ reason for the…
Updates: Engineering Awards and Snow Removal
Two Olmsted County projects received engineering awards this year: The Zumbro River Restoration in Oronoco received the Grand Award. The Reconstruction of Olmsted County CSAH (County State Aid Highway) 22 and CSAH 33 received an…
Seneca Property Purchase
At the February 19thCounty Board Meeting, Olmsted County voted to purchase the parcel of land at 12thStreet and 3rdAvenue SE for $5,600,000. This is the site where the current Seneca food processing plant is now located. (This…
Updates: Child Protection, Homelessness, Affordable Housing, and Jeremiah Program
Child Protection Last year the state of Minnesota spent about $644,000,000 on child protection. That amounts to about $19,000 per case. Minnesota counties bear the burden of most of this cost. Homelessness About 416 Olmsted County individuals…
Updates: DMC Joint Meeting, License Renewals, and a Solar Farm
Destination Medical Center Joint Meeting On February 5 Olmsted County, Rochester City and the DMC Board met. The discussion was to provide an update on DMC and to gather information on the events of the…
Updates: Federal Shutdown and State Funding
Federal Government Shutdown In January the Federal Government shutdown threatened the county’s housing stability. It was possible that federal payments for rent subsidies would stop. Many families depend upon the subsidies for housing. If the payments would…
2018: Year in Review!
Here are some of Olmsted County’s 2018 Accomplishments: A new road was completed that will help people in the northwest part of the county access the Pine Island school and Highway 52 Plans were made…
Updates: Excellence in Reporting, VA Transportation,
Excellence in Financial Reporting For the 33rd year in a row Olmsted County received the Government Finance Officers Association Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. The certificate is a testament to the transparent…
The 2019 Olmsted County Property Tax Levy
The 2019 County Levy is $103,217,647. This represents a 4.9% or $4,821,415 increase from the 2018 levy. The County’s property tax base has grown over the past year by about 1.75%. Therefore the Levy will…
Truth in Taxation Meeting at 7PM on December 6th
The Truth in Taxation meeting will be held in the Board Room at the Government Center at 7:00 PM on December 6, 2018. At this meeting the County Board will discuss the proposed property tax…
Absentee (Early) Voting increases in the November 6 Election
Absentee voting increased to 24.4% of votes cast in the November 6 Elections. In the November 4, 2014 election the absentee votes made up 10.6% of the votes cast. Election Day Voter registration was 5747 in…