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Human services, auditors discuss whether Franklin County must remit housing surcharge after opting out of state program
Summary
Human Services Director Kyle and Auditor Jeff Beaton told commissioners they need clarification from the state and county legal counsel about whether Franklin County must remit locally collected document‑recording housing surcharges after adopting a resolution to decline program participation.
Human services director Kyle and Auditor Jeff Beaton told Franklin County commissioners the county needs legal and state clarification about how locally collected document‑recording surcharges must be handled after the county signaled non‑participation in the consolidated homeless grant program.
Kyle explained that the county has both: (a) a consolidated homeless grant (CHG) contract that Benton County executed with the Department of Commerce and which includes services affecting both Benton and Franklin Counties, and (b) local dollars collected via a statutory surcharge on document recordings (the “doc recording fee” portion authorized in state law) that are tracked separately.
Kyle said Commerce had emailed that it executed a contract…
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