May 27, 2025

The Lake of The Woods County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, May 27,2025 at Lake of the Woods County Government Center in the Commissioners’ Room.

CALL TO ORDER

Chair Jon Waibel called the meeting to order at 9:00a.m. and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited with the following members present: Commissioners: Joe Grund, Jon Waibel, Ed Arnesen, and Buck Nordlof. Also present was County Auditor-Treasurer Lorene Hanson. Absent: Commissioner Cody Hasbargen.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Joe Grund, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to approve the agenda with the following changes: Add: NWA Agenda.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the official minutes of May 13, 2025.

SOCIAL SERVICES

Claims

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to approve the following claims: Commissioners Warrants $6,517.61; Commissioners Warrants $3,222.64; Commissioners Warrants $55,134.37.

Northwest Angle Edgeriders

Updates

Joe Laurin gave an update on snow trails and projects for the Northwest Angle Edgeriders.

Auditor/Treasurer

Claims

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to approve the claims against the County as follows: Revenue $56,780.91; Road & Bridge $9,208.65; County Development $200.00; Solid Waste $16,795.94; EDA $1,758.50.

WARRANTS FOR PUBLICATION

Approved On 5/27/2025 For Payment 5/30/2025

Vendor Name                           Amount

Boyer Mechanical Services Inc. 3,474.71 

Counties Providing Technology 4,577.00

Larkin Hoffman Attorneys           25,670.00 

Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC         4,627.90 

Motorola Solutions, Inc             7,427.52 

North East Technical Serv,Inc   5,880.00 

U.S. Bank Equipment Finance 6,268.50 

38 Payments less than 2000 26,818.37

Final Total: 84,744.00

Further moved to authorize the payment of the following auditor warrants: May 13, 2025 for $111,680.84.

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to approve the additional claim for the Trap Club in the amount of $2,706.00.

Revenue & Expenditure Policy Review

The board reviewed the Revenue & Expenditure Policy implemented in 2010. No changes were made at this time.

Set Work Session

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to set a work session to review the Revenue & Expenditure policy on June 10, 2025 following the regular board meeting.

Public Works

Add to Agenda

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to add Calcium Chloride Northwest Angle Bid Approval to the agenda.

Calcium Chloride Northwest Angle Bid Approval

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to approve the bid for Calcium Chloride at the Northwest Angle from GM Edwards Oil Inc at $2.07 per gallon.

Mark Sand & Gravel Quote

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Joe Grund, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the quote from Mark Sand & Gravel in the amount of $109,637.50 to be paid for out of Highway budget.

Updates

County Engineer Anthony Pirkl gave an update on various Highway projects.

Ditch Authority

Motion 

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to close the regular meeting and open the ditch authority.

Ditch 28 Petition

The board and County Engineer Anthony Pirkl reviewed a petition dated July 20, 2018 for Ditch 28 and discussed various upcoming projects that will benefit the ditch area.

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to close the ditch authority and open the regular meeting.

Emergency Management

911 Cell Phone Update

Emergency Management Director Jill Olson gave an update on a recent 911 cell phone survey.

Northwest Angle Agenda Items

The board discussed possible agenda items for the meeting held at the Northwest Angle on June 17, 2025.

County Fair Board

Members of the County Fair Board gave an update regarding the upcoming fair June 25^th– 29^th and inquired about the rules for the Large Event Ordinance application process. It was decided that the fair would not need to be included in the ordinance guidelines at this time as it is already an established event with emergency services involved.

Adjourn

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 10:15 a.m.

Attest: June 10, 2025

________________________________             _________________________________Auditor/Treasurer Lorene Hanson Chair Jon Waibel