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Polk County board signs highway funding agreement, awards street‑sweeper contract and approves East Grand Forks tax abatements

Polk County Board of Commissioners · March 4, 2026

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Summary

The Polk County Board approved a federal funding agreement for a Casaw 22 mill‑and‑overlay project, authorized a resolution allowing the chair and administrator to sign, awarded the spring street‑sweeper contract to Mattson of Grand Forks and approved four parcels for the East Grand Forks housing‑incentive abatement.

The Polk County Board on Wednesday approved a series of motions covering road funding, a municipal services contract and property tax abatements for East Grand Forks.

County staff presented a federal funding agreement to build a mill‑and‑overlay on Casaw 22 (Trunk Highway 220 to the Marshall County line). The agreement stages reimbursements across two fiscal years; because the county intends to construct the project a year before some funds become available, staff asked the board to sign the agreement and adopt a resolution allowing the chair and the county administrator to execute the documents. The board approved the agreement and signed the sample resolution by voice vote.

The board also awarded the county's annual street‑sweeper contract to Mattson of Grand Forks, North Dakota, after staff reported two quotes and identified Mattson as the lowest responsible bidder at $165 per hour. That award passed on a voice vote.

During the morning session Anna Jones, deputy director of property records, opened a public hearing on the housing‑incentive program for East Grand Forks. After the hearing closed, the board approved a resolution enrolling four parcels into Polk County's abatement program for their first year; those parcels will receive the county portion of the two‑year abatement.

All the approvals were taken by voice vote with no roll‑call tallies recorded in the meeting transcript. County staff said contract letting for the Casaw 22 project is scheduled for April 2 and that formal contractor award will likely return to the board in April or May after state disadvantaged‑business and EEO reviews.