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The City of West Fargo is proposing increasing sales tax by one-half of a percent (0.5%) to diversify funding for police and fire department's operations, equipment and buildings. This funding could not be used for anything else.
During the educational Public Safety Sales Tax Town Hall meeting, attendees learned about the ongoing needs of the police and fire departments and the logistics of casting a vote for or against both City Measure #1 and City Measure #2.
The West Fargo Police and Fire Departments' budgets are two of the largest budgets in the City of West Fargo that are funded with property taxes. The City is proposing to increase sales tax by one-half of a percent (0.5%) to diversify these public safety departments' funding.
The purpose of the proposed sales tax increase is to:
The West Fargo Police and Fire Departments are seeing a rise in financial need that outpaces the current property tax levels due to:
The issues that these departments need to address are:
This will appear on West Fargo voters' ballots as City Measures No. 1 & No. 2. A yes vote on both questions means you are in favor of increasing the sales and use tax by one-half of a percent (0.5%) to be used exclusively for police and fire operations, equipment and buildings. A no vote on either question, or both questions, means you are not in favor of increasing the sales and use tax.