CITY OF GRAND MARAIS
Grand Marais City Council
Governs the City of Grand Marais: the city budget and levy, ordinances, city services, and the final decision on the land use permits the Planning Commission recommends on.
Contact: cityhall@grandmarais.city
Established under: Minnesota Statutes chapter 412, Optional Plan A
Spending approved
Spending approved in 2026, on record
$7,444,076.62 · 50 decisions
Counted from these decisions in the record:
- Jan 14, 2026 · Payments Batch 12-29-25 APP $63,432.38
- Jan 14, 2026 · Payments Batch 1-9-26 APP $64,920.35
- Jan 14, 2026 · Payments Batch 1-15-26 AP $141,420.78
- Jan 28, 2026 · Payments Batch 1-23-26 APP $142,513.15
- Jan 28, 2026 · Payments Batch 1-29-26AP $328,997.98
- Feb 11, 2026 · Payments Batch 2-6-26 APP $138,943.30
- Feb 11, 2026 · Payments Batch 2-12-26AP $196,488.36
- Feb 25, 2026 · Payments Batch 2-20-26 APP $66,250.31
- Feb 25, 2026 · Payments Batch 2-26-26AP $493,952.71
- Mar 11, 2026 · Payments Batch 3-6-26 APP $111,395.44
- Mar 11, 2026 · Payments Batch 3-12-26AP $94,902.76
- Mar 25, 2026 · Payments Batch 3-20-26 APP $147,933.65
- Mar 25, 2026 · Payments Batch 3-26-26ANDERSON (single payment: Anderson, Genace, Electric Fund undistributed receipts) $177.68
- Mar 25, 2026 · Payments Batch 3-26-26AP $259,256.33
- Apr 8, 2026 · Payments Batch 4-3-26 APP $87,952
- Apr 8, 2026 · Payments Batch 3-27-26Kennedy (single payment: Kennedy Rentals, Electric Fund undistributed receipts) $1,667.92
- Apr 8, 2026 · Payments Batch 4-8-26 AP $87,229.26
- Apr 22, 2026 · Notice of Award to KTM Paving Inc. for 3rd Street Improvements (MSA consultant contract approved in the same motion, no separate amount printed) $428,900
- Apr 22, 2026 · Payments Batch 4-17-26 APP $178,762.23
- Apr 22, 2026 · Payments Batch 4-23-26AP $229,398.66
- May 6, 2026 · City contribution toward 4th of July Fireworks Show $7,500
- May 6, 2026 · Purchase of used reel grinders/sharpeners and trailer for Gunflint Hills Golf Course $25,000
- May 6, 2026 · Purchase of 3 new golf carts for Gunflint Hills Golf Course $18,180
- May 6, 2026 · Payments Batch 5-1-26 APP $83,670.24
- May 6, 2026 · Payments Batch 5-7-26 AP $62,342.19
- May 20, 2026 · Payments Batch 5-15-26 APP $131,115.54
- May 20, 2026 · Payments Batch 5-21-26AP $248,717.71
- Jun 3, 2026 · City payment toward Arrowhead Animal Rescue Project cost (city half of the project) $38,250
- Jun 3, 2026 · Payments Batch -19-26BERN (single-payment liquor batch: Bernick's, beer for resale, Municipal Liquor Fund; the register was run 05/19/26, so this is the 5-19-26 BERN batch) $3,000
- Jun 3, 2026 · Payments Batch 5-29-26 APP $159,468.80
- Jun 3, 2026 · Payments Batch 5-29-26COHENOUR (single payment: Cohenour, Tom & Anne, Electric Fund undistributed receipts) $332.50
- Jun 3, 2026 · Payments Batch 6-7-26 AP $107,826.77
- Jun 17, 2026 · Payments Batch 6-12-26 APP $129,915.49
- Jun 17, 2026 · Payments Batch 6-17-26 AP $262,169.35
- Jul 1, 2026 · Payments Batch 6-26-26 APP $192,708.85
- Jul 1, 2026 · Payments Batch 7-2-26AP $257,021.96
- Jul 15, 2026 · Payments Batch 7-10-26 APP $175,342.33
- Jul 15, 2026 · Payments Batch 7-15-26AP $270,294.77
- Aug 5, 2026 · Payments Batch 7-24-26 APP $231,372.23
- Aug 5, 2026 · Payments Batch 8-5-26AP $99,475.56
- Aug 19, 2026 · Payments Batch 8-20-26AP $333,987.72
- Aug 19, 2026 · Payments Batch 8-21-26APP $56,877.74
- Sep 2, 2026 · Payments Batch 9-3-26AP $96,787.54
- Sep 2, 2026 · Payments Batch 9-4-26APP $46,752.73
- Sep 16, 2026 · Payments Batch 9-17-26AP $321,756.83
- Sep 16, 2026 · Payments Batch 9-18-26APP $23,291.53
- Oct 7, 2026 · Payments Batch 10-2-26 APP $167,182.79
- Oct 7, 2026 · Payments Batch 10-8-26AP $206,561.50
- Oct 7, 2026 · Payments Batch 10-8-26GISH (single payment: Gish, Aspen, Electric Fund undistributed receipts) $264.72
- Oct 21, 2026 · Payments Batch 10-22-26AP $422,413.98
Levy adopted for 2026
$1,145,102 · Levy · +2.99% $856 · Per resident
Board Members
2nd term · 18 votes · 15 aye · 3 nay
2nd term · 21 votes · 18 aye · 3 nay
3rd term · 17 votes · 11 aye · 6 nay
1st term · 21 votes · 16 aye · 5 nay
1st term · 14 votes · 6 aye · 8 nay
Staff Lead
City Council staff support, not a voting seat.
What it decided
City Council votes down splitting the $26,540 Sawtooth Bluff plan update with the county
Cook County asked the city to pay half of a $26,540 HKGi contract to update the Sawtooth Bluff Master Plan and to form a seven-member steering committee. The motion to approve the payment failed. It was the only split roll-call vote in the 12 city meetings CCNN surveyed from May to October 2026.
Source: Grand Marais City Council meeting, Jun 17, 2026 (CCNN meeting record)
