City council received an informational briefing on an updated Mouse River flood protection plan that cuts some levees, shifts diversion alignments and proposes a multi-decade funding plan tied to modest sales-tax increases, with related questions about the North Area Water Supply project timeline and costs.

City staff and joint-board officials presented an updated flood-protection footprint, explained why some levees and alignments were cut, and previewed a local financing model that ramps sales-tax allocations to a 1% peak while relying on state appropriations; no vote was taken.

Candidates at a Minot Chamber forum agreed flood protection must be finished but differed on funding strategy, project scope and the need for outside review; some urged using sales tax proceeds and lobbying for state/federal aid.