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Highway updates: county signs updated sales‑tax agreement, awards $1.84M bridge contract and approves state‑bid pickup
Summary
The Koochiching County Board approved updates to the county’s transportation sales‑tax agreement, accepted a state‑bid pickup, and awarded a $1.84 million contract to replace the County Road 101 bridge after rebids came in over the engineer’s estimate.
Koochiching County’s highway department reported multiple actions and updates, including a sales‑tax administrative agreement, equipment purchases, a bridge contract award and a competitive grant application.
Local option sales tax: Staff asked the board to authorize signatures on an updated agreement with the Minnesota Department of Revenue for the county’s 0.5% local option sales tax for transportation. The agreement reduces the state’s administrative fee from 1.35% to 1.0%. The board approved signatures.
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