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Clearwater County commissioners approve multiple road contracts, equipment purchases, parcel repurchase and a hire
Summary
At its March 17 meeting the Clearwater County Board of Commissioners awarded road and surfacing contracts totaling $3,216,640.02, authorized equipment purchases and invoice payments, approved the repurchase of tax-forfeit parcel 24.313.0045 and hired a legal secretary; motions carried and the meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
The Clearwater County Board of Commissioners on March 17 approved a series of road construction and maintenance contracts, authorized equipment purchases and invoice payments, accepted the repurchase of a tax-forfeit parcel and approved a personnel hire during a meeting chaired by Mark Titera.
The board voted to award a package of road projects (SAP 015-637-005, SAP 015-639-007, SAP 003-637-022 and CP 26-042) to Hawkinson Construction of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, for $2,683,053.62. Commissioner Ramsrud made the motion and Commissioner Dukek seconded it; the board carried the motion. The board also awarded CP 26-100 for pavement markings to KAMCO Inc. (Dassel, Minnesota) for $80,483.40 and CP 26-200 for aggregate crushing and surfacing to Mark Sand and Gravel Co. (Fergus Falls, Minnesota) for $453,103.00.
The board authorized purchase of a Schulte XH1000 Series 5 rotary cutter from Trueman Welters of Buffalo, Minnesota, off the state contract for $43,812.84; the motion was made by Commissioner Ramsrud and seconded by Commissioner Larson and carried. Separately, the board approved purchase of a 2025 Polaris Voyageur snowmobile from Bagley Motor Sports; the purchase price listed is $4,169.33 and the minutes note the county will apply an MCIT settlement of $5,059.67 related to the damaged unit being replaced, yielding a total reported value of $9,229.00. Those purchases were acted on after the board waived the three-day notice requirement by general consent.
The County Auditor was authorized to pay submitted invoices of $76,363.38 from the County Revenue Fund and $6,968.17 from the Public Health Fund; Commissioner Emmel moved the authorization and Chairman Mark Titera seconded.
On a separate motion, the board approved a resolution allowing James and Karen Dukek to repurchase tax-forfeited parcel 24.313.0045 for $5,287.07 plus recording fees, deed fee and deed tax for a total of $5,375.52. The minutes list the vote tally for that item as AYES: 4, ABSTAIN: 1. The record does not list individual names tied to that tally.
The board also approved hiring Courtney Hallman as a legal secretary in the County Attorney’s Office at Grade 11, Step 2 ($24.35 per hour) with a starting date of March 30, 2026; the motion was made by Commissioner Larson and seconded by Commissioner Emmel and carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m. The minutes include an itemized ledger of claims over $2,000 covering numerous vendors and providers (examples listed in the minutes include Prime Health $88,898.70; Listrom’s Disposal, Inc. $35,451.13; Wellpath LLC $32,988.33; St. Joseph’s Community Health $32,216.61) and note 166 vendors paid under $2,000 totaling $88,396.73.
No formal dissent or roll-call vote details beyond those recorded in the minutes were provided for most motions; where the minutes list only "carried," no vote tally is included in the record.
