St. Lawrence Township
Scott County
Minnesota

MONTHLY MEETING

December 13, 2007

Pledge was recited by all present.

Ted Kornder called recessed meeting of November 8, 2007 to order at 7:00 p.m. on December 13, 2007.  Motion by Les and seconded by Ted to adjourn.  No discussion.  Motion carried by all.  Meeting adjourned at 7:01 p.m.

Ted Kornder called monthly meeting of December 13, 2007 to order at 7:01 p.m. 

Minutes of the last meeting of November 8, 2007 were reviewed.  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve.  No discussion.  Motion carried by all.

Treasurer’s report:

Rae Ann Bohlman stated that in the month of November we had income of $5,432.69.  Balance of $501.92 in checking and $180,174.78 in savings.  Also have two $20,000.00 certificates at Flagship Bank and a $20,000 certificate at KleinBank Chaska.  Total $240,676.70.  Motion by Les and seconded by Ted to renew certificate that comes due in December with Flagship Bank.   Motion carried by all.  Have one certificate coming due in January.   Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve treasurer’s report.  No further discussion.  Motion carried by all.

Bills to be paid as of December 13, 2007:

                        Ted Kornder                Oct. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     550.00

                        Ted Kornder                Nov. Mo. Sal/Meetings            $     450.00

                        Hubert Jeurissen           Oct. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     300.00

                        Hubert Jeurissen           Nov. Mo. Sal/Meetings            $     350.00

            Les Quatmann              Nov. Mo. Sal/Meetings            $     350.00

            Les Quatmann             Blade Roads                             $     140.00

            Rae Ann Bohlman         Nov. Mo. Sal/Meetings            $     482.05

                        Ramona Bischof           Nov. Mo. Sal/Meetings            $     615.00

                        MVEC                         Electric                                     $       44.98

                        Taxes                           Payroll Taxes                            $     510.90

                        James Stang                 Snowplowing/Sanding               $     292.00

                        Belle Plaine Co-op       LP Tank Lease                         $       47.93

                        Scott County Treas.      Street Sign                                $     113.47

The Scott County Treasurer bill for the final seal-coating bill was in question.  Because the board does not know what this is for exactly, Rae Ann will check into it prior to payment.  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve bills to be paid.   No further discussion.  Motion carried by all.

Permits:

John Sable – Not present.

New Business:

Scott County Police Report –  No report. 

Workman’s Compensation Audit – Due January 22, 2008.

PERA – Contribution Rate Increases – For informational purposes only.

CR 66/CR 64 Corridor Preservation Study – Draft Project Schedule – Ted said that they are basically opening up the County Road 8 study in certain areas to try to connect County Road 66 and County Road 64. 

Township Road #57 – Army Corps of Engineers – Letter from the Department of the Army stating that St. Lawrence Township has not complied with the condition of the Department of the Army Permit with regards to provide written documentation by August 3, 2007 that a minimum of 1.67 acres of wetland be credited back.  Ted stated that all the paperwork went to Bowser and it didn’t get to the Army Corps of Engineers.  Ted went directly to Halling.  Halling is looking into this and it should be getting taken care of.  Halling will be talking to Dan Jobe at Scott County.  Ted will call Halling on Friday to check on this.

WMO – Meeting was held on November 30, 2007 – No one attended.  Information included in minutes.

Old Business:

Annexation and developer’s agreement –  There was a meeting at the Ridges with county commissions and cities of Belle Plaine, Jordan and New Prague.   Some annexation issues were talked about and Ted asked that townships be invited to things like this so they can get input too.

Township Right of Way Ordinance –  tabled.

City of Belle Plaine update – As noted above with CR 66/CR 64 study.  Ambulance service will be transferred over in January to Ridgeview from Waconia.

City of Jordan updates – Monies were approved for the new fire hall.

MN Dot updates – Les stated that he attended a MN Dot meeting with erosion control business and there was people there saying that MN Dot is broke.  There will not be any road improvements in this area because of the 35W incident.  No projects listed for 2008 will be done.

Township Road No. 57 Grant Update –  Will start working on this in January.

Union Pacific Railroad – ties in with Township Road #57.

Scenic Byways – nothing.

LUCA – Scott County will be taking care of the census information for us.

Newsletter – need to send out a newsletter.  In this newsletter, it should have the legal mail box criteria for all residents.  Other information will include the upcoming election, supervisors, clerk, treasurer, etc.

Road Maintenance Report – Everything’s fine.

Ted stated that he has been told by several contractors that oil prices that are used to make black top are as low as they have been.  Will look into this further.

Les stated that there is  an issue with a property that Al Quatmann owns on Davis Drive.  It is a ½ acre parcel that Randy Alt wanted to buy.  The county has now called and said that he owes back taxes on it.  Because it has been designated as a road, he can deed it back to the township.  The board discussed this matter and did not want the liability of owning this property.  The board thought that it was in the best interest of Al Quatmann that he deed it over to Randy Alt. 

Public Comment:

Mona to attend a clerk’s meeting on Monday, December 17^th at Rita Tauer’s home.

No further business to come before the meeting.  Motion by Ted and seconded by Hubie to recess meeting to all other meetings for the next month.  No discussion.  Motion carried.  Meeting recessed at 7:57 p.m.