(Spirit Lake)—With one abstention, the Dickinson county board of supervisors this (Tues.) morning voted to approve disbursing low to moderate income housing funds generated by two tax increment finance districts in the city of Lake Park to the Lake Park Housing Authority.
The action followed further discussion that had one supervisor, Pam Jordan, still concerned over wording in various documents, including the authority’s bylaws. Jordan and fellow supervisor Mardi Allen aired similar concerns at a meeting last month. But Allen told the group this (Tues.) morning the concerns she had have since been addressed.
Lance Heikens, who spoke on behalf of the Lake Park Housing Authority, again talked about how the organization plans to use the funds to help spruce up existing housing stock in the city and to help counter a growing shortage of affordable housing…(click here for comment.) “We’ve done an awful lot of homework and we feel very comfortable and confident we can administer these funds accurately and be able to report to Nancy so she can complete that as required by her position as County Auditor.”
Jordan abstained from the four-to-nothing vote by the supervisors to transfer the funds to the authority.
