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Commission debates five-year step-down tax-incentive draft and whether to include pilots or apartments

Grand Forks County Commission · April 8, 2026
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Summary

County staff presented a draft five-year step-down tax-exemption schedule (80%, 60%, 40%, 20%, 10%) for new and expanding primary-sector businesses. Commissioners debated scope, whether to treat pilots/TIFs/apartment incentives separately, and how Century Code provisions affect primary-sector and pilot qualifications.

Staff presented a draft revision of the county’s new-and-expanding business tax-incentive policy that would replace a first-year 100% exemption with a five-year step-down schedule (80%, 60%, 40%, 20%, 10%) for primary-sector certified applicants. The draft emphasized that only primary-sector certified businesses would qualify for the proposed exemption policy.

Commissioners used the discussion to…

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