The McLeod County Board approved the purchase of two mailing machines from Vail American Mailing Machine of Burnsville, including a five-year maintenance agreement and U.S. Postal Service meter rental arrangements.

Building-maintenance staff said the county will order one machine immediately for the courthouse and the second will arrive before a November lease expiration for the government center machine. The total machine cost presented was $33,100 plus $3,780 in meter rental over 60 months and $2,400 for a five-year maintenance agreement; staff said the first year of maintenance is free and that the state agreed to pay $6,300 toward the courthouse machine.

Separately, public-works staff notified the board of an upcoming min-bid sale of surplus county equipment. Items will be available for bidding starting Sept. 29, 2025, with bids closing Oct. 10, 2025; listed items include snow plows, trailers, mowers, a skid steer and a fairgrounds forklift. Staff said the sale fulfills statutory notice requirements and pledged to add the notice to the county website and publish it with the board minutes in the newspaper.