ONTONAGON – Ontonagon County Board of Commissioners met last month and approved:

• Paying Hannula Agency Inc. $55,046 for an annual blanket policy covering county property.

• Paying Wuebben Construction $73,564.20 for Ontonagon County Park improvements, in addition to investing $12,319 for a sanitary dump station and $500 for a handicapped-accessible swing at the park.

• A $6,000 Snowmobile Law Enforcement Grant to the Sheriff’s Office from  the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

• Two funding requests from the Sheriff’s Office: $186 for two tasers and $2,356 for a copier and maintenance contract.

• Duane Kolpack as the soil erosion control agent.

• An amended three-year Ontonagon County Public Transit agreement with Copper Country Community Mental Health Services, increasing the directional trip charge from $60 to $75.

• Paying sole-bidder John D. Construction, Inc. $1,773.26 for materials and repairs at the ambulance garage.

• Paying 44 North Health Plan $495 to prepare updated county employee handbooks covering the ever-changing group health plan, and $295 to update the manual in future years.

• A contract with John Michael Wilmes for county park maintenance.