At its Oct. 28 meeting the Koochiching County Board of Commissioners approved a series of routine fiscal and administrative items and several specific actions summarized below.

Key actions (voice votes recorded as "motion carries" in the public transcript; no roll‑call tallies provided):

- Approve proposed meeting agenda (with one addition) — approved.

- Approve minutes of Oct. 14, 2025 regular meeting — approved.

- Financial business: approve courthouse, highway, and public health and human services claims (items A, B, C) — approved.

- Warrant voids: approved several voids with affidavits on file (amounts listed in administrative record) — approved.

- Adopt 2026 County Board meeting schedule, including four out‑of‑county meetings in Littlefork (Feb. 10), Northome (Apr. 14), Birchdale (Jul. 28) and Big Falls (Aug. 25) — approved.

- Letter of support for Voyager Country ATV Club (phase 2) — board voted to have administration draft and chair sign letter (see separate article).

- Accept donation of 96 winter coats from Knights of Columbus for distribution by Human Services — approved.

- Approve biannual service agreement for Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) and Work Program (WIP) required by state/federal program rules — approved.

- Approve annual TriNet systems support for public‑facing and internal systems — approved.

- Approve post‑site agreement for program year (described in packet as a member/post site agreement; transcript description unclear about exact program name) — approved.

- Sheriff’s squads: initial request to seek bids was tabled during budget discussion; board later reintroduced the request and authorized seeking bids for 2026 squad vehicles to align with rotation and budget planning — tabled then approved to seek bids.

- Recorder: approved ISC imaging contract to digitize historical handwritten records using recorder technology funds — approved.

- LRIP sponsorship resolution: county agreed to act as MnDOT LRIP sponsor for Little Fork street improvement project (project runs near Little Fork School/Main Street/Ninth Avenue) and will enter joint powers agreements if funded — approved.

- Conditional use permit: approved conditional use for private dog training facility at 5380 Towne Road 99 (Tara and Paul Slaton) — approved.

- Adjourned by voice vote.

Why it matters: many approvals were routine administrative and fiscal items required for county operations; the LRIP sponsorship and recorder digitization involve intergovernmental processes and county stewardship of grants and records that have near‑term operational effect.

What the board did not record in the public transcript: roll‑call vote tallies were not provided for most items; motions carried by voice vote are recorded as "motion carries."