County board may seek new round of bids on audit

BESSEMER — The three-year audit for Gogebic County is up for renewal, so the county board of commissioners decided to seek bids from companies to perform the work.

At its meeting on Wednesday, the board received only a single audit bid and it came from Gabridge and Company, of Grand Rapids, the business that performed the most recent audits for the county.

Gabridge bid $19,680 for each audit in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

That led to a discussion of Gabridge’s past performance and whether the board should seek to re-bid the audit.

Commissioner Joe Bonovetz, of Bessemer, said the numbers looked good b...