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Koochiching County board approves payroll, claims, two contracts and a liquor license
Summary
At its May 12 meeting the Koochiching County Board approved payroll and claims, voided two warrants, awarded nuisance-beaver and hired-truck contracts, and approved an on-sale liquor license for True North LLC; most items passed by unanimous voice vote.
The Koochiching County Board of Commissioners on May 12 approved routine financial items, awarded several service contracts and approved an on-sale intoxicating liquor license for True North LLC.
On the consent agenda the board approved minutes from April 28, routine claims and payroll. The transcript includes a clear payroll amount of $1,573,517.50; the transcript’s recording of the April payment-list total is garbled and not specified clearly in the record. The board also approved courthouse and highway claims of $78,477.20 and $86,810.36, and voided two warrants — one for $75 (wrong mailing address) and another for $416.14 (positive-pay rejection). All consent items were adopted on voice votes recorded as unanimous.
The board considered a liquor-license agenda item added at the start of the meeting (noted as an addition for Crew North LLC to the agenda) and later granted an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to True North LLC for a premises at 3796 Highway 53 after county sheriff sign-offs were reported. The license was approved by unanimous voice vote.
Public-works staff (recorded in the meeting as Trent) presented results from advertised bids for nuisance-beaver trapping in seven county zones for the term May 16, 2026–May 15, 2027. Low bidders recommended for award included Bill Vance (multiple areas at $55 per beaver), Mike Ring ($95 per beaver in area 3), Kent Linder ($15 per beaver in area 6) and John Loma ($75 per beaver in area 7). The board approved the contract awards by voice vote.
The board also awarded hired-truck contracts across the same seven zones; Zimba Trucking submitted the low bids on all seven areas with per-hour rates reported between $142 and $152. The board approved those awards unanimously.
There were no public comments recorded during the meeting. Commissioners then offered brief community updates before adjourning by unanimous voice vote.
Actions recorded in the meeting are procedural approvals and contract awards; the board did not adopt new policy or appropriate additional funds during the session.
