Fiscal year 2026
Cook County / Grand Marais EDA Budget
Board approved as its levy request
$512,962 across 25 categories
Table headed “Proposed 2026 EDA Budget - Approved at 6/17/2025 EDA Meeting” in the EDA and HRA Proposed Levies report to the County Board; the County Board approved the proposed levy on September 23, 2025. No document titled an adopted annual budget was found. The source table also prints subtotal rows and the Total Levy Request of $512,962; the chart uses the line items only, so nothing is counted twice.
- Business Development Fund$200,00039.0%
- Executive Director Salary - 2.93% COLA$97,26819.0%
- Cedar Grove Pass Thru to Grand Marais$60,00011.7%
- Benefits/Payroll Burden - 38% of base salary$36,9627.2%
- Contingency (5% of subtotal)$24,4264.8%
- Audit - Redpath & Company$24,0004.7%
- Rent/Utilities/Trash$8,4001.6%
- Administrative Services$8,0001.6%
- Accounting$8,0001.6%
- SBDC Consultant - Northland Foundation$5,0001.0%
- Lodging/Travel/Conferences$5,0001.0%
- Board Per Diem/Meeting Expenses$4,0000.8%
- Legal - Fryberger Law Firm$4,0000.8%
- Cedar Grove Special Assessments$3,7540.7%
- Insurance$3,6000.7%
- Dues/Memberships/Subscriptions$3,5000.7%
- Advertising/Marketing/Website$3,0000.6%
- Public Finance - Ehlers$3,0000.6%
- Supplies$3,0000.6%
- Equipment/IT$3,0000.6%
- Board Member Training$2,0000.4%
- SBDC Consultant - Travel/Training$1,0000.2%
- County Accounting Fee$1,0000.2%
- Mobile Phone$8520.2%
- Bank Charges$2000.0%
- Total$512,962100%
Board approved as the EDA's 2026 levy request at the June 17, 2025 EDA meeting; the County Board approved the levy on September 23, 2025. The pie uses the budget's line items only, not its printed subtotal rows.
Where the money comes from
$558,862
- Levy County - Operations$452,96281.1%
- Levy County Cedar Grove Pass Thru$60,00010.7%
- Northland SBDC Income$39,0007.0%
- Rent HRA$6,9001.2%
- Misc Income$00.0%
- Interest Income$00.0%
- Total$558,862100%
Income budget as printed in the EDA's FY26 Budget vs. Actuals report (Budget column). The two levy lines are the report's Total EDA Levy of $512,962 as printed, including the Cedar Grove Pass Thru of $60,000. Misc Income and Interest Income carry no budget amount in the report and are shown at $0.