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EDA discusses expanding Border Cities program, weighing employee-credit option
Summary
East Grand Forks City Economic Development Authority members briefed state legislators on expanding the Border Cities program and discussed drafting a local policy amendment to allow a portion of annual Border Cities funds to be used for employee credits; staff will study Morehead’s approach and bring a draft policy back for review.
The East Grand Forks City Economic Development Authority on April 23 discussed efforts to expand the state Border Cities program and whether to amend local allocation rules to include employee credits such as workers’ compensation or paid-leave reimbursements.
Chair said the board recently traveled to Minneapolis to testify to the Senate Tax Committee in support of broadening program eligibility and increasing funding. “There’s five cities that get it and the total allocation is $750,000 between those cities and it’s based off the population amount,” the Chair said, adding that staff were seeking statutory language…
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