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Cook County board confirms bank, approves non‑county levies and legal newspaper, and adopts meeting schedule
Summary
At the organizational meeting the board approved Grand Marais State Bank as the county depository, authorized spread and collection of 2026 non‑county levies, designated the Cook County News Herald for legal publications, and set the 2026 meeting schedule.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners completed several routine organizational actions at its annual meeting.
Designation of depository: Administrator Bridal recommended continuing the county's primary depository relationship with Grand Marais State Bank (packet contained variant spellings). The board approved the bank as the county depository; staff noted work on positive‑pay implementation with a January timeline.
Non‑county levies: The board approved the spread and collection of 2026 non‑county levies (cities, towns, hospital and other entities for which the county collects levies) by resolution.
Legal publication: The only bid received for legal publications was from the Cook County News Herald. Commissioners approved the News Herald as the county's legal newspaper for required notices.
Meeting schedule: The board approved its 2026 meeting schedule (regular meetings the second and fourth Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.; committee of the whole on the third Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.). Commissioners noted flexibility to attend some meetings virtually under recent open‑meeting‑law changes.
Votes on these housekeeping items were recorded by voice and were unanimous in the meeting transcript. The board also discussed minor packet clarifications and staff follow up on implementation details.
