Anoka County board approves consent package including claims, contracts and road-designations
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The Anoka County Board unanimously approved a consent package that accepted claims over $500, approved minutes, adopted multiple transportation and parks resolutions, and authorized contracts for tree planting and lighting as part of park improvements and roadway planning.
The Anoka County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a package of consent items at its November meeting that included acceptance of regular claims and purchase card claims, approval of prior meeting minutes, multiple transportation and parks resolutions, and several contracts.
On a motion moved by Commissioner Brasted and seconded by Commissioner Jepsen, the board accepted the regular claims paid over $500 and purchase card claims for the period ending Oct. 31, 2025. The vote was recorded as unanimous with Commissioners Brastead, Gamache, Jepsen and Heinrich voting in favor.
The board also approved minutes from the Oct. 28, 2025 meeting without amendment.
Transportation and parks items were bundled as consent and passed together. Highlights include:
- Resolution TR45: Acceptance of $2,500 in donations from eight veterans organizations to fund the MedLINK Volunteer Driver Appreciation Lunch. Commissioner Jepsen noted the volunteers provide rides to medical appointments and thanked donors.
- Resolution TR46: Approval of purchase of a vacant parcel on the Blaine/Ham Lake border for $350,000 plus closing costs, intended to facilitate a future frontage road for the Trunk Highway 65 and Bunker Lake Boulevard interchange.
- Resolution TR47: Acceptance of a donation of 4,000 trash bags from Connexus, valued at roughly $5,000, for the Anoka County Highway Department’s Adopt-a-Highway program.
- Resolution TR48: Designation of a segment of Ash Street as County State Aid Highway 32 to enable additional funding opportunities through a jurisdictional transfer with Ramsey County.
- Resolution TR49: A show-of-support resolution for Blaine and Ham Lake’s local road improvement program grant application to MnDOT.
The board authorized a three-part parks grant amendment and reallocation under Resolution TR44 that extends a tree-planting grant by one year to allow spending primarily in spring/summer next year, transfers $200,000 in cost savings from one trail project to Rice Creek Chain of Lakes, and reallocates additional savings from a Ramsey trail project to the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes.
Contracts approved as part of the consent package include contract C0011989 with Hoffman and McNamara Company for $161,363 to purchase and plant 443 native hardwood trees across four regional parks to replace trees lost to emerald ash borer, and a lighting contract package with Connexus Energy (C0011985, C0011986, C0011987, C0011993) totaling $124,802.25 to add and replace LED lighting as part of the bunker redevelopment project at Bunker Hills Regional Park. Jeff Perry, park director, said the lighting package includes 14 fixtures (seven new and seven replacements) with a 25-year maintenance agreement.
All consent items passed on the board’s roll call as a single package. Chair Kamash asked whether any item should be removed from consent; none were removed.
The board then moved on to informational items and adjourned.
