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The council tied in a motion to end the program, sending a recommendation to keep the program to its next meeting.

Grand Forks Public Health Director Tess Wall believes Grand Forks is the only North Dakota city considering ending its program.

“You break the law, you pay the consequences,” former Sheriff Bob Rost said. It's a valid point, and one that should be considered as the future of the program is discussed.

Commissioner Mark Rustad pushed for the Grand Forks County Commission to send a letter to the city of Grand Forks asking it to end its syringe service program; the motion passed 3-2.

Commissioner Mark Rustad pushed for the Grand Forks County Commission to send a letter to the city of Grand Forks, asking it to end its syringe service program; the motion passed 3-2.

Commissioner Mark Rustad pushed for the Grand Forks County Commission to send a letter to the city of Grand Forks asking it to end its syringe service program; the motion passed 3-2.

Commissioner Mark Rustad pushed for the Grand Forks County Commission to send a letter to the city of Grand Forks asking it to end its syringe service program; the motion passed 3-2.

Grand Forks County may have to pay between $1.5 and $2 million to repair its downtown parking ramp if it wants the city to take it over.

The MPO, which oversees transportation planning for Greater Grand Forks, was the final stop and vote for the plan, which now goes to state and federal agencies.

An aborted plan to trade a county parking ramp for a vacant city-owned lot gained new life at Tuesday's county commission meeting.