April 14, 2026
The Lake of The Woods County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 14,2026 at Lake of the Woods County Government Center in the Commissioners’ Room.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Joe Grund called the meeting to order at 9:00a.m. and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited with the following members present: Commissioners: Joe Grund, Ed Arnesen and Buck Nordlof. Also present was County Auditor-Treasurer Lorene Hanson. Absent was: Commissioners; Cody Hasbargen and Jon Waibel.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to approve the agenda with the following changes: Add: Veterans Office Space Contract, HRA Contract, and Ship’s Wheel Resort Liquor Consumption Display. Remove: CVSO and PLSS Grant Update.
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 March 24, 2026.
SOCIAL SERVICES
Claims
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the following claims: Commissioners Warrants $9,058.14; Commissioners Warrants $3,826.96; Commissioners Warrants $17,679.96.
Auditor/Treasurer
Claims
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the claims against the County as follows: Revenue $170,054.90; Road & Bridge $70,887.14; Solid Waste $47,839.33; EDA $1,900.58; Social Services $1,500.00.
WARRANTS FOR PUBLICATION
Warrants Approved On 4/14/2026 For Payment 4/17/2026
Vendor Name Amount
Baudette/City Of 6,000.00
ByteSpeed, LLC 5,403.00
Clay County Sheriff 5,943.06
Computer Integration Technologies, Inc 2,882.00
Counties Providing Technology 4,583.00
Farmers Union Oil company 4,790.38
Forum Communications Printing 2,724.22
KC TECH LLC 2,925.00
Lake of the Woods Prevention Coalition 8,000.00
Larkin Hoffman Attorneys 30,775.00
Law Offices of Patrick D. Moren 13,412.66
Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC 5,581.41
LOW County Auditor-Treasurer 18,815.73
LOW Highway Dept 2,911.08
Mar-Kit Landfill 20,959.35
Marco Technologies LLC 2,307.56
Mn State Dept-Correction 12,607.19
Northdale Oil Inc. 16,115.42
Northern Light Region 4,483.00
Pennington County Sheriff Office 18,327.35
Powerplan 3,636.64
R & Q Trucking, Inc 4,176.00
Road Machinery & Supplies Co 18,800.00
Titan Machinery – Roseau 3,682.24
University Of Mn 15,716.12
Vacker Inc 11,855.00
Ziegler, Inc 3,935.46
67 Payments less than 2000 40,834.08
Final Total: 292,181.95
Further moved to authorize the payment of the following auditor warrants: March 25th for $13,510.52; April 1st for $58,622.00; March 6th for $282,117.24; March 6th for ($519.95); April 8th for $14,022.57.
County Veterans Services Officer Office Space Contract
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the Veterans office space contract as presented effective May 1st, 2026.
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to approve adding internet to the Veterans office space.
HRA Refinancing Contract
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to approve the HRA refinancing contract contingent upon EDA approval and for Chair Joe Grund to sign the same.
Human Resources
Permission to Advertise/Interview/Hire Child Support Officer
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve to advertise, interview and hire for Child Support Officer at Grade 13, Step 1, 293 Points.
Permission to Advertise/Interview/Hire Property Tax Administrator
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to approve to advertise, interview and hire for Property Tax Administrator at Grade 13, Step 1, 287 Points.
Land & Water
SWCD Letter on NRCS Staffing
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the letter of support regarding the NRCS Staffing and to send to the various legislatures as presented.
SWCD Letter on Water Level Management
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the letter as presented regarding the water level management and to have Chair Joe Grund sign the same.
Mike Hirst Southern Shore Barrier Island Investigation
Mike Hirst, Resource Conservationist presented to the board information on the Southern Shore Barrier Island Investigation.
Recess
Brief recess took place at 10:15a.m. and reconvened at 10:50a.m..
Boat & Water
2026 Federal Boat and Water Equipment Grant
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the 2026 Federal Boat and Water Equipment Grant in the amount of $9118.00 as presented by Sergeant Ben Duick and to have Chair Joe Grund sign the same.
Set Work Session
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to set work session for Boat and Water/Safe Boat following the April 28, 2026 Board Meeting.
Adjourn
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 11:00 a.m.
Attest: April 28, 2026
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Auditor Treasurer Lorene Hanson Chair Joe Grund
