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East Grand Forks hears public pushback on proposed 12% preliminary tax levy
Summary
At a Dec. 2 Truth in Taxation hearing, city staff presented a proposed 12% preliminary levy that would raise about $856,557; multiple residents said recent reassessments and steep tax increases (one cited 27.1%) are unaffordable and asked the council to consider lower levies or different funding approaches.
Carla Anderson, the city’s budget presenter, told the East Grand Forks City Council on Dec. 2 that the proposed preliminary property tax levy for 2026 is 12 percent and would raise approximately $856,557 over last year. Anderson said property taxes make up roughly 54.8 percent of city revenue and pointed to personnel costs and benefit increases as the main drivers of the budget change; she noted personnel is about 64 percent of expenditures and that the general fund used $478,318 of fund balance in 2025 to avoid a larger levy last year.
The presentation included sample homeowner scenarios showing that…
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