June 23, 2026

The Lake of The Woods County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, June 23,2026 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, Cody Hasbargen, Ed Arnesen, and Jon Waibel. Absent: Commissioner Buck Nordlof. Also present was County Auditor-Treasurer Lorene Hanson. 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Cody Hasbargen, seconded by Commissioner Jon Waibel and carried unanimously to approve the agenda with the following changes: add Museum tour and Tobin Fishery update.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Jon Waibel, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to approve the official minutes of June 09, 2026.

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Jon Waibel, seconded by Commissioner Cody Hasbargen and carried unanimously to approve the official minutes for the Board of Equalization June 15, 2026.

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Jon Waibel and carried unanimously to approve the official minutes for the NWA meeting June 16, 2026.

SOCIAL SERVICES

Claims

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Cody Hasbargen, seconded by Commissioner Jon Waibel and carried unanimously to approve the following claims: Commissioners Warrants $2,994.57; Commissioners Warrants $1,287.40; Commissioners Warrants $10,631.97.

Auditor/Treasurer

Claims

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Cody Hasbargen, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to approve the claims against the County as follows: Revenue $103,241.94; Road & Bridge $84,812.04; County Development $300.00; Solid Waste $50,979.56; and EDA $1,519.11.

WARRANTS FOR PUBLICATION

Warrants Approved On 6/23/2026 For Payment 6/26/2026

Vendor Name Amount

Allstate Peterbilt 2,716.86 

Business Essentials 3,298.12 

Compass Minerals America 19,332.24 

Counties Providing Technology 4,583.00 

Farmers Union Oil Company 5,730.40 

Integris LLC 2,240.07 

Lakeland Energy Cooperative 4,075.97 

Larkin Hoffman Attorneys 69,200.00 

Lavalla Sand & Gravel Inc 30,890.00 

LOW Highway Dept 5,636.43 

Mar-Kit Landfill 22,717.40 

Northeast Technical Service, Inc 14,616.00 

Northdale Oil Inc. 6,121.38 

Quadient Finance USA Inc. 2,000.00 

Rainy River Refrigeration LLC 2,956.96 

Titan Machinery – Roseau 3,007.91 

Walker Pipe & Supply 17,506.50 

50 Payments less than 2000 24,223.41

Final Total: 240,852.65 

Further moved to authorize the payment of the following auditor warrants: June 10th for $70,391.19; June 17th for $61,940.41.

Public Works Update

Public Works Director AJ Pirkl gave an update on the application of Calcium Chloride. The Board also discussed Tobin Fisheries.

Museum

Commissioners were given an update on the renovations at the Lake of the Woods Museum and a were given a tour of the renovations done at the museum by the Lake of the Woods Historical Society Executive Director Sam Clement.

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Cody Hasbargen, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to amend the agenda to add a work session.

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Cody Hasbargen, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to set a work session following the next board meeting.

Adjourn

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Cody Hasbargen, seconded by Commissioner Jon Waibel and carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 10:15 a.m.

Attest: July 14, 2026

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Auditor/Treasurer Lorene Hanson Chair Joe Grund