St. Lawrence Township
Scott County
Minnesota

 

MONTHLY MEETING

February 8, 2007

 

Pledge was recited by all present.

 

Ted Kornder called recessed meeting of January 11, 2007 to order at 7:02 p.m. on February 8, 2007 .  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to adjourn.  No discussion.  Motion carried by all.  Meeting adjourned at 7:02 p.m.

 

Ted Kornder called monthly meeting of February 8, 2007 to order at 7:03 p.m.  

 

Minutes of the last meeting of January 11, 2007 were reviewed.  Discussed the rental of the town hall.  Will put on next month’s agenda to pay after annual meeting.   Motion by Hubie and seconded by Les to approve.  Motion carried by all.

 

Treasurer’s report:

 

Rae Ann Bohlman stated that in the month of January we had income of $3,238.23.  Balance of $673.92 in checking and $227,419.71 in savings.  Also have two $20,000.00 certificates at Flagship Bank fka Community Bank Jordan and a $20,000 certificate at KleinBank Chaska.  Total $288,093.63.   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 February 8, 2007 :

 

                        Ted Kornder                Jan. Mo Sal/Meetings               $     750.00

                        Hubert Jeurissen           Jan. Mo. Sal/Meetings              $     450.00

            Les Quatmann              Jan. Mo. Sal/Meetings              $     450.00

            Rae Ann Bohlman         Jan. Mo. Sal/Meetings              $     511.14

                        Ramona Bischof           Jan. Mo. Sal/Meetings              $     681.02

                        Taxes                           Payroll Taxes                            $     439.94

                        James Stang                 Snow Plowing/Sanding               $  5,252.00

                        Halling Engineering        Twp #57 - $797.00                  $     797.00

                        Couri, MacArthur &     Professional Services                $       65.00

                        Ruppe, PLLP               (All annexation)

                        Scott County Treas.      Road & Bridge                         $  6,262.11

                        MN Assn. Of Twps.     Annual Insurance Payment        $  1,312.00

                        Southwest News          Notice of Filing                         $       62.76

                        Belle Plaine Herald       Notice of Filing and Audit         $     105.01

                        Dvorak Excavating       Road Grader Parts                   $     314.66

 

Motion by Les and seconded by Ted to approve bills to be paid.  No further discussion.  Motion carried by all.

 

Permits:

 

Francis Schaatz from Scott Carver Old Threshers Assn – Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve 3.2 Malt Liquor License Renewal for 2007.  Motion carried by all.

 

Brad Arntson from Knife River, Inc. came to apply for a CUP to run a portable asphalt plant out of the Schmitz Pit.  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approval recommendation of plant with the same conditions as last year. Motion carried by all.

 

New Business:

Scott County Police Report – Nothing out of the ordinary – about 30 calls.  Talked with the deputy about the horses that have been running wild from Sponsel’s Apple Orchard.  The deputy will check into it and get back to the supervisors.

 

The PERA “phrase” – for informational purposes only.

 

Scott County Code Compliance 2006 Annual Report – informational purposes only.

 

2006 Bridge Inspection – County has inspected all bridges in our township.  All are okay.

 

Scott County Planning Manager Transition – Farewell Luncheon

 

MN House of Representatives – Town Hall Meeting was January 20, 2007

 

Scott County Naturla Areas Workshop #2 Meeting – February 7, 2007 – Didn’t make it as supervisors had conflicts.

 

Draft 2007 Solicitation Package for Federal Transportation Funds – Meeting will be on February 21, 2007 at 3:30 p.m. at the Met Council Offices in St. Paul .  Ted will call the Met Council office to get more information on this.

 

Local Recycling Development Grant – Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve going with the City of Belle Plaine on this.  Motion carried by all.

 

Reduction of the Letter of Credit for Woodland Trails – Board decided to leave the letter of credit as is until our portion of bills is reimbursed. 

 

Murnane Brandt – Township Law – informational only.

 

Scott WMO Cost Share Incentive Program – informational only.

 

Met Council – 2006 Annual Report – informational only.

 

2007-2016 Transporation Improvement Program for Scott County – informational only.

 

Quest signage – Ted stated that he talked with Bob Ruppe today and they will be meeting Monday night with the City of Jordan.  Asked about this situation as long as he was on the phone with him.  Talked with him about Province on the River which agreed to pay part of the paving on Old Hwy 169 and now is saying that Kornder’s are not holding up their end of the bargain by letting them put signs up on their property.  Kornder’s did not agree to anything.  Bob said there should be a motion made about complaints being made about these signs, distractions, in the way, etc. Township has every right to pull the signs if they put them up.  There is a state statute that explains this.  Les asked that we do not do a motion as this would make it so that auction signs and garage sale signs they try to stay neighborhood friendly.  Ted said they will meet with Ruppe on Monday and discuss this further.  No motion to be made at this time.

 

Appoint Election Judges -  Motion by Les and seconded by Ted to appoint Mike Ryan, Helene Schmidt, Myrna Rieck and Karen Coil as election judges for the 2007 to March 2008 year.  Motion carried by all.

 

 

Old Business:

 

Annexation and developer’s agreement – Monday night meeting in Jordan at 6:30 p.m.

 

Township Right of Way Ordinance –  Tabled.

 

City of Belle Plaine update – Comp plan – another 30 days of comment time.  Belle Plaine is wanting to get an annexation agreement together. 

 

City of Jordan updates – As stated above.

 

MN Dot updates –  Nothing new.

 

Township Road No. 57 Grant Update – Rae Ann sent Strolich all expenses from 2001 to present.  She will also send it to Dan Jobe.  Ted stated he was at the Highway Garage yesterday and had some discussion with Dan Jobe.  The sign locations have all been set up for Township Road #57.  Dan asked where we were at with #57 and Ted told him that it was towards the end of February when the money gets allocated.  Tim with Halling didn’t have anything to report about #57 and they are still trying to make contact with the railroad.

 

Union Pacific Railroad – Waiting on Halling to get a contact person.

 

Scenic Byways – tabled.

 

Road Maintenance Report –Other Business/Notices/Public Comments – Roads look good.

 

SCALE – Meeting on February 9, 2007 at 7:30 a.m.at the Prior Lake City Hall .

 

Scott County Western Townships Planning Area Meeting – Thursday, February 15, 2007 at Scott County Government Center – 7 p.m.

 

No further business to come before the meeting.  Motion by Ted and seconded by Les to recess meeting to all other meetings for the next month.  No discussion.  Motion carried. 

 

Meeting recessed at 8:12 p.m.