At their Nov. 25 meeting, the Clay County Board of Commissioners approved a series of resolutions, contract vouchers and equipment purchases that will affect road projects, maintenance operations and county inspections.

Key formal actions approved by voice vote or roll call included:

- Resolution 2025‑32 (Minnesota DNR funding): Approved to allow reimbursement for maintenance activities on the county art trail from the Norman area to the Norman–Clay County line.

- Resolution 2025‑33 (LRIP Casa 11): Authorized submission of an LRIP application for Casa 11 (Trunk Highway 336 to Sabin); project eligible for up to $1,500,000 in grant funds.

- Resolution 2025‑34 (Glendon LRIP): County sponsorship approved for Glendon’s application (2nd Street SE and 110th Street S).

- Resolution 2025‑35 (Hitterdahl LRIP): Approved sponsorship for Hitterdahl’s local road improvement application for water/sewer and paving NP Avenue.

- Equipment purchases: Approved purchase of a plow for Unit 100 from Burt’s Truck Equipment in Moorhead ($11,389) and a drone from Frontier Precision ($25,122.05) with included training and an online pilot institute for Part 107 certification. The drone purchase was funded from state aid bridge inspection dollars set aside for that purpose.

- Radios and landfill items: Approved purchase of new two‑way radios for the landfill ($9,939.53) to improve on‑site emergency communications; approved a certificate‑of‑need letter for the landfill renewal and approved the annual leachate removal contract with Pelican (small per‑thousand‑gallon price increase compared with last year).

- Final contract vouchers: Approved final contract vouchers for the Holly local road improvement (SAP014594‑002; final amount $947,237.09) and the Casa 11 federal‑aid concrete pavement rehab and diamond grind (SP014611‑055; final amount $1,182,055.48) to close out projects with documented overages.

- Travel: Approved out‑of‑state travel for county engineering staff to attend the NACE conference in Arlington, Texas, in April 2026; costs (registration, flights, hotel) were reported within budget.

Most items were routine and approved by voice vote after staff presentation; several received short clarifying questions from commissioners. For equipment purchases that include training or licensing requirements, staff noted implementation and operational considerations (for example, the drone purchase includes staff training for Part 107 certification).