December 29, 2021 - 7:26am | By Kyle Cornell
(East Grand Forks, MN) -- The East Grand Forks City Council is set to finalize plans for a new citywide sales tax.
A vote is scheduled next week, which is the first of three steps that must be taken before the tax can go into effect. The council will choose between whether to enact a one-percent tax that would last either 20 or 30 years, or a one-point-two-five-percent sales tax that would last either 20 or 30 years.
If one of those options is approved, Minnesota lawmakers must give the go-ahead before the plan would go onto citywide ballots for the final decision in November 2022.