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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><img width="625" height="147" style="width:6.5069in;height:1.5347in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D65ABA.9E0C2020"></span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">July 15, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">Dozens of cities, counties submit letters of intent to support public safety, pass savings onto property taxpayers<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Boise, Idaho – Twenty-five cities and ten counties in Idaho have signed letters of intent to participate in Governor Brad Little's plan that leverages federal coronavirus relief funds to cover local
public safety personnel salaries and gives cities and counties the opportunity to pass on the savings to property taxpayers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">The move is expected to provide up to $200 million in property tax relief, or a 10-20-percent reduction in your property tax bill this year – but only if your city or county opts in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">“Our focus is to support our communities and our police, fire, and EMS personnel and ensure there are no reductions in public safety during these unprecedented challenges. I appreciate the cities
and counties working with us to ensure the resulting budget savings are given back to the people of Idaho in the form of property tax relief rather than backfilling local government budgets,”</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> Governor Little
said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Every city and county in Idaho is eligible and must submit a letter of intent to participate by 5 p.m. MST Friday. The letter of intent must be e-mailed to
</span><a href="mailto:CFAC@dfm.idaho.gov"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">CFAC@dfm.idaho.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">"I'm pleased by the strong response from cities and counties opting in. The program will keep our communities safe by ensuring our local public safety and public health agencies are well-funded
during this pandemic. The program has the added benefit of providing property tax relief to the citizens of those cities and counties that choose to participate,"</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> Governor Little said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Cities that have submitted a letter of intent include:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Boise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Nampa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Meridian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Coeur d'Alene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Twin Falls<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Caldwell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Rexburg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Chubbuck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Jerome<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Sun Valley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Rathdrum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Buhl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">McCall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Bonners Ferry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Weiser<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Preston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Kellogg <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Rigby<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">St. Anthony<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Sandpoint<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Osburn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Pinehurst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Challis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Inkom <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Homedale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Counties that have submitted a letter of intent include:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Canyon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Jefferson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Fremont<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Madison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Boundary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Gooding <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Clearwater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Owyhee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Camas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">The U.S. Treasury Department guidance gives the Governor the discretion to determine what expenditures are necessary due to the public health emergency. The Governor studied the issued and concluded
that the new program is a necessary and appropriate use of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds, and communicated the establishment of the program to the U.S. Treasury in July, at the request of the counties.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""># # #<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Marissa Morrison Hyer, Press Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">208-943-1686 or </span>
<a href="mailto:marissa.morrison@gov.idaho.gov"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">marissa.morrison@gov.idaho.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">
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