County board approves three-year audit contract

By RALPH ANSAMI

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BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Wednesday approved a three-year contract for audit services with the Gabridge Company after previously tabling a bid from the firm.

The contract calls for payments of $19,680 annually for 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Gabridge, based in lower Michigan, said it was offering the county a 20 percent discount because the county’s fiscal year begins on Oct. 1 and that is a relatively slow time for Gabridge.

County board member Joe Bonovetz, of Bessemer, said county officials had been in contact with Gabridge and...