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Grand Forks County Commissioner 2-Year Term

The Commission approves policy and the budget, oversees spending, and administers county programs.

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    Tony Hodny
    (NON)

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    Mitch McCoy
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    Bob Mullen
    (NON)

Biographical Information

What are your top priorities?

What is the biggest challenge facing the county, and how would you address it?

How would you address the housing needs of the county?

Do you expect that the new state law capping property tax budget increases at 3% will impact the county’s budget?

How would you address the county’s list of infrastructure maintenance projects?

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Campaign Email bob@bobmullen.com
Campaign Phone Number 2187798500
Budget Dollars must be spent carefully and effectively. Public Safety, Law Enforcement and Emergency Services. Infrastructure roads, bridges public buildings and utilities. Economic Growth Open Communications

We must determine how to stop spending our reserve funds on operating costs. We need to review the past to determine the future. With the new 3% cap on property taxes, we are at a critical time that requires us to do a better job of managing our Budget.
Budget We have found that we are spending reserve funds to fulfill our operational needs. It is time for more effort is spent on reviewing the budget and making sure that we can provide the necessary services at a lower cost.
This is a confusing issue as it appears that we have not had much population growth, but we seem to continue to feel that we have a housing shortage. I think we need to do a better job of analyzing the housing needs of the County
It will have an effect. We must either determine how to control expenses within this cap, or we will be forced to determine a way to raise taxes in other ways.
I think the county is and has done a good job in this area.
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