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Council approves consent agenda including payroll, payables, hires and grant authorization
Summary
Council approved a multi-item consent agenda that included payroll ($572,824.45), accounts payable runs (including one of $33,274,042.32), personnel hires, a cooperative agreement with Saint Louis County, a grant application authorization up to $3,000,000 for a multifamily project, library asbestos removal pricing, and multiple special-event and raffle permits.
The council approved a lengthy consent agenda that consolidated a series of routine approvals and authorizations.
Among the items read into the record were approval of city payroll for the period ending 07/24/2026 in the amount of $572,824.45; accounts payable dated 07/29/2026 (checks 183256–183258) totaling $144,218.49; and a check run dated 07/31/2026 (checks 183259–183398 and drafts) in the amount of $33,274,042.32. The consent agenda also included personnel actions (authorizations to hire multiple full-time and temporary staff), authorization of a cooperative agreement with Saint Louis County for a town-line road intersection construction, authorization to sell confiscated firearms that meet statutory disposal requirements, and authorization to apply for and accept, if awarded, a Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation grant not to exceed $3,000,000 to support a multifamily apartment project.
The consent agenda further approved special-event permits, temporary liquor licenses, raffle permits and the Hibbing Library change order of $946 for tech-center restroom work; all items were moved and approved as part of a single consent motion by Councilor Bayless and carried without recorded opposition.
