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Emmet County Board approves $250,000 LOSST payment to settle courthouse addition balance
Summary
The Emmet County Board of Supervisors approved using $250,000 in LOSST funds to pay a past-due balance to Christensen Construction for the courthouse addition, passing the motion 4–1 on a roll-call vote.
The Emmet County Board of Supervisors voted on May 19 to use Local Option Sales and Services Tax (LOSST) funds to pay $250,000 toward a past‑due balance owed to Christensen Construction for the courthouse addition.
The motion, made by Supervisor John Pluth and seconded by Supervisor Jeff Quastad, passed on a roll-call vote: Todd Glasnapp—aye; John Pluth—aye; Jeff Quastad—nay; Tim Schumacher—aye; Lisa Hansen—aye. The board approved the payment as a means to settle the contractor balance for the courthouse expansion project.
Board discussion focused on final payments due to Christensen Construction and which funds to use to resolve the outstanding balance. No further allocation details or timing for payment disbursement were provided at the meeting.
The approval resolves the immediate past‑due amount but does not record additional changes to the project budget or a detailed accounting of remaining work. The board also discussed landscaping and a potential east‑window payment for the courthouse addition during the meeting but tabled final landscaping approval and did not finalize the east‑window funding decision.
Next steps: the county will disburse the approved LOSST funds to satisfy the specified balance; the board did not schedule further votes on the courthouse addition at this meeting.
