The Grand Forks County Commission will begin compiling a list of people willing to sit on a County Home Rule Charter Commission. The board will also begin going over documents from other counties who have already gone down this path.
Adopting home rule would give the county more leeway on adopting laws and policies – and open up new potential revenue streams like a local sales tax.
Commissioner Tom Falck says when it comes to a sales tax he would prefer to follow the same taxing policies adopted in the City of Grand Forks.
Commissioner Bob Rost says Home Rule is more than just implementing a sales tax. “I don’t know how many people have come up to me and said you want Home Rule to raise our taxes…no…that’s not what it’s all about.”
Adopting Home Rule would require a vote of the public.
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