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If you’ve noticed slower signal timing at the stoplight on the north ramps of I-94 and US 281 in Jamestown, lightning from the August 8th storm is to blame. Tyler Michel with Jamestown Public Works says the controller that operates the camera detection system was damaged. “Instead of the camera detecting a vehicle in the zone and then changing the lights accordingly, all it does is it’s on a cycle, it’s just a time cycle,” Michel explained. A replacement has been ordered but hasn’t arrived.
Michel wanted to clarify the complicated nature of managing city maintenance, which includes financially responsible usage of tax dollars. When asked about what would surprise residents about what goes on behind the scenes, he said that property taxes may not be utilized in the way you think, saying “you may pay four thousand dollars in taxes for your home in Jamestown, but the city of Jamestown doesn’t receive all of that” – only about forty percent goes to the city. Residents can view exactly where their tax dollars go on the Stutsman County website’s property tax portal.
Hear my full interview with Tyler Michel on Sunday at 11 a.m.
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