St. Lawrence Township
Scott County
Minnesota

MONTHLY MEETING - MINUTES

January 12, 2006

Pledge was recited by all present.

Ted Kornder called recessed meeting of December 8, 2005 to order at 7:00 p.m. on January 12, 2006.  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to adjourn.  No discussion.  Motion carried by all.  Meeting adjourned at 7:01 p.m.

Ted Kornder called monthly meeting of January 12, 2006 to order at 7:01 p.m. 

Minutes of the last meetings of December 8, 2005 were reviewed.  No further discussion.   Motion by Les and seconded by Ted to approve.  Motion carried by all.

Treasurer’s report:

Rae Ann Bohlman stated that in the month of December we had income of $81,206.92.  Balance of $570.94 in checking and $259,878.88 in savings.  Also have a $20,703.36 certificate at State Bank of Belle Plaine, a $20,000.00 certificate at Community Bank Jordan and a $20,000 certificate at KleinBank Chaska. Total $321,153.18.  The State Bank of Belle Plaine certificate of deposit has come due today.  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to transfer this certificate to Community Bank Jordan  for a 12-month certificate at 4.5% APY.  Motion carried by all. Motion by Ted and seconded by Hubie to approve treasurer’s report.  No further discussion.  Motion carried by all.

Bills to be paid as of December 31, 2005:

                        Ted Kornder                Dec. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     350.00

                        Hubert Jeurissen           Dec. Mo. Sal/Meetings $     300.00    

            Les Quatmann              Dec. Mo. Sal/Meetings $     300.00

            Rae Ann Bohlman         Dec. Mo. Sal/Meetings $     431.48

                        Ramona Bischof           Dec. Mo. Sal/Meetings $     565.00

                        Taxes                           Payroll Taxes                            $     303.52

                        Couri, MacArthur &

                        Ruppe, PLLP               Professional Services                $     718.75   

                        James Stang                 Snowplowing                            $  6,575.00

                        Scott County Treas       Gravel & Postage                     $     391.37

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

Bills to be paid as of January 12, 2006:

                        MVEC                         Electricity                                 $      41.43

                        Southwest Sub. Pub.    Legal ads for township elec.      $      59.04

                        Belle Plaine Herald       Legal ads for township elec.      $      61.76

                        Dahlke Tree Service     Tree Trimming for 195^th            $ 3,060.00

                        Lange Pmb & Htg        Township furnace                     $    105.00

                        State of Minnesota        Year-end taxes             $    406.00

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

Permits:

None.

New Business:

Scott County Sheriff’s Office – John Kvasnicka attended the meeting.   John told him a little it about his family and let us know that either Dean Opatz or he will attend our monthly meetings.  Will put on monthly agenda.

Center Point Energy –  Informational purposes only.

Scott County – Notice of Non-Compliance – Informational purposes only.

PERA – Contribution Rate Increases – Informational purposes only.

Land Stewardship Project Information – Informational purposes only.

PERA Annual Exclusion Report Notice – Rae Ann to fill out and return.

Met Council – 2005 Generalized Land Use Draft – Will look at a workshop and get sent in.  Mona to arrange time and place.

Agreement to Allocate Elections Expenses –   Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve Agreement to Allocate Election Expenses.  No other discussion.  Motion carried by all.

2006-2012 Highway CIP – For informational purposes only.

Set annual audit date – Will have the meeting February 18, 2006 at 9 a.m. and annual clean-up day.

Old Business:

Website for St. Lawrence Township/Newsletter – Will look at on January 21^st when we have our workshop.  This will take place at 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the town hall.

Annexation and developer’s agreement – On hold until new City Administrator comes on board in Jordan.

Township Right of Way Ordinance –Same as above.

City of Belle Plaine update – Ted stated that they will try one more time to have a meeting with Scott County, Belle Plaine, Belle Plaine Township and St. Lawrence township to try to get an understanding about the detour out of Belle Plaine on Old Highway 169.  Meeting has not yet been scheduled.  Now is the time to put a plan together prior to spring construction.

City of Jordan updates – Received mailing from Cindy Geis from Scott County stating that we had some back taxes due from City of Jordan for land that was annexed.  This states that St. Lawrence Township has money due from the City of Jordan for annexed properties for the last five years.  This is something that we need to use when we are looking with the City of Jordan agreements.

MN Dot updates – No update.

Grant Update –  Dan Jobe told Ted today that the Township needs to be in touch with the state.  Rae Ann stated that she has been in touch with the State of MN and they will not fund a bridge for the railroad as they are expensive.  John Strohkirch stated that he has been involved with a couple of RR crossings and a bridge will run into a lot of money.  E-mail attached.  Want a preliminary estimate of what is left and what it will cost.  Need to get a number asap.  Now need to meet with the engineer and see what we can do.

Union Pacific Railroad – No update.

Scenic Byways – Tabled.

Road Maintenance Report – Sioux Vista is in good shape.  Jim will watch.  Are cutting trees on 195^th right now.  It really looks nice.  Ted stated that Scott County has kept up on the detour roads.  They are looking okay.

Other Business/Notices/Public Comments –

Met Council  State of the Region Meeting –

Belle Plaine Fire meeting on January 24^th at 8 p.m.

Jordan Fire meeting on January 25^th at 7 p.m..

Randy Alt – Randy came to the meeting to discuss input with regards to putting up a shed.  Would like to put up a 2400 sq. foot shed instead of a 1600 sq. foot shed.  Board stated that they could approve it but it would be up to Scott County for the final say. 

Halling Engineering – Think about whether we want to stay with Halling or look for another engineer.  Need to first make a phone call and see who is taking over Township Road #57.  Cannot wait until re-org meeting to change engineers if we are not satisfied with Aaron’s replacement.  Les, Hubie and Ted to meet with Halling and determine what action we should take.  We need to take care of this yet.

2006 Workman’s Comp Audit – Motion by Ted and seconded by Les to approve audit report that needs to be mailed in.  Motion carried by all.

No further business to come before the meeting.  Motion by Les  and seconded by Hubie to recess meeting to all other meetings for the next month.  No discussion.  Motion carried.  Meeting recessed at 8:17 p.m.