St. Lawrence Township
Scott County
Minnesota

 

MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING

MARCH 10, 2009

 

Pledge was recited by all present.

 

Meeting was called to order by Ramona Bischof, Clerk, at 7:00 p.m.

 

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 Jordan CD         $  20,681.84

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:

 

            214th Street Lights                                            $     348

            B P Ambulance                                                $     0

            BP Fire                                                            $10,702

            BP Fire Improvement                                       $  2,500

            Jordan Fire                                                       $22,000

            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 7 p.m.    No further discussion.  Motion carried. 

 

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 8 p.m , no discussion, motion carried.

 

Other Business/Notices/Public Comments:

 

Motion by Ramona Bischof and seconded by Jim Stang to recess meeting to September 10, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. to review levy only.

 

Meeting recessed at 7:59 p.m.