St. Lawrence Township
Scott County
Minnesota
MINUTES OF
ANNUAL MEETING
Pledge
was recited by all present.
Meeting
was called to order by Ramona Bischof, Clerk, at
Motion
by Hubie Jeurissen and seconded by James Stang to elect Ted Kornder as a
Moderator, no discussion, motion carried by all.
Motion
by Les Quatmann and seconded by Hubie Jeurissen to approve agenda, no further
discussion, motion carried by all.
Motion
by Rae Ann Bohlman and seconded by Hubie Jeurissen to waive reading of all
minutes, read just synopsis, motion carried.
Ramona
Bischof, Clerk, handed out the minutes of the last annual meeting and
continuation of annual meeting for residents to read.
Changes were as follows:
Motion by Les Quatmann and seconded by Rae Ann Bohlman to approve, motion
carried by all.
Motion
by Hubie Jeurissen and seconded by James Stang to read waiving of all checks
written and received, read just synopsis, motion carried.
Clerk
Ramona Bischof read treasurer’s report.
Year-end
December 2008, balances were as follows:
Checkbook
Balance
$ 554.51
Money
Market Balance
$277,035.30
Flagship
Bank
KleinBank
Shakopee CD
$ 20,731.62
Motion
by James Stang and seconded by Hubie Jeurissen to approve, no further
discussion. Motion carried.
Highlights
from the year 2008:
Improvements
done at the town hall include fixing the chimney, new roof, new siding and
paint, new door, new bulletin board, floor was sanded, fixed and varnished.
Stump
removal project for 195th and top of Township #57 on the west end was
completed.
Road
maintenance was good and dust control seemed to work well.
Business
to be conducted:
Road
Report:
Ted
thought if we stayed with what we have been doing, we should be in good shape.
Have some repairs to do in some areas where we have had roller coasters
in the past and are now surfacing again.
Les
stated that since we didn’t do any brush cutting this year, we may need to
rent a tractor again to do this.
Supervisors
stated that we may look to pave the remainder of Township #57 to the railroad if
prices are right.
Will
stay with the same dust control policy and grading system.
Proposed
levy as follows:
B P Ambulance
$ 0
BP Fire
$10,702
BP Fire Improvement
$ 2,500
Jordan Fire Improvement
$ 3,000
General Fund
$50,000
Professional Services
$ 5,000
Del/195th/Fairview
$10,000
Township #57 Improvement
$15,000
Road & Bridge
$67,000
Road Grader Fund
$ 2,500
WMO
$ 100
Total
$188,150
Motion
by Jim Stang and seconded by Rae Ann Bohlman to approve levy with the exception
of the fire departments, no further discussion.
Motion carried by all.
Motion
made by Hubie Jeurissen to approve $10,702 to BP Fire, seconded by Rae Ann
Bohlman to approve. Motion carried.
Motion
made by Ramona Bischof to approve $22,000 to Jordan Fire, seconded by Les
Quatmann to approve. Motion carried.
Depository:
Motion by Rae Ann Bohlman seconded by Jim Stang to have Valley Bank in
Jordan as our main bank of account, and open additional savings accounts at
Flagship Bank (soon to be Home Town Bank) and KleinBank to make sure we are
covered by FDIC insurance, no further discussion, motion carried by all.
Publishing:
Motion by Ramona Bischof and seconded by Hubie Jeurissen to keep postings
of notices at the township hall and Hot Spot and the publishing of legal notices
in the Belle Plaine Herald and Jordan Independent.
Motion carried.
Annual
meeting – Motion by Ramona Bischof and seconded by Jim Stang to hold the
township annual meeting on the second Tuesday in March, 2009 at
Motion
by Rae Ann Bohlmna and seconded by Jim Stang to hold the continuation of annual
meeting to review levy only at the second Thursday in September, 2009 at
Other
Business/Notices/Public Comments:
Motion
by Ramona Bischof and seconded by Jim Stang to recess meeting to
Meeting
recessed at