St. Lawrence Township
Scott County
Minnesota

 

MONTHLY MEETING

January 11, 2007

 

Pledge was recited by all present.

 

Les Quatmann called recessed meeting of December 14, 2006 to order at 7:00 p.m. on January 11, 2007.  Motion by Hubie and seconded by Les to adjourn.  No discussion.  Motion carried.  Meeting adjourned at 7:01 p.m.

 

Les Quatmann called monthly meeting of January 11, 2007 to order at 7:01 p.m. 

 

Minutes of the last meeting of December 14, 2006 were reviewed.  No further discussion.   Motion by Hubie and seconded by Les to approve.  Motion carried.

 

Treasurer’s report:

 

Rae Ann Bohlman stated that in the month of December we had income of $86,546.77.  Balance of $524.73 in checking and $229,133.58 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 $289,658.31.  There is a certificate at Flagship Bank fka Community Bank Jordan renewing this month.  Rae went over rates.  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to renew the certificate for $20,000 at Flagship Bank and put the interest in the savings account.  Motion carried.   Motion by Hubie and seconded by Les to approve treasurer’s report.  No further discussion.  Motion carried.

 

Bills to be paid as of December 31:

 

                        Ted Kornder                Dec. Mo Sal/Meetings              $     600.00

                        Hubert Jeurissen           Dec. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     400.00

            Les Quatmann              Dec. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     350.00

            Les Quatmann              Road Blading                            $     140.00

            Les Quatmann              Fuel                                          $     143.55

            Rae Ann Bohlman         Dec. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     483.56

                        Ramona Bischof           Dec. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     615.00

                        Taxes                           Payroll Taxes                            $     410.46

                        James Stang                 Snow Plowing/Sanding             $  3,832.00

                        Halling Engineering        Twp #57 - $3,192.50 and

                                                            Woodland Trails $130.00         $  3,322.50

                        Halling Engineering        Twp #57 - $190.00 and

                                                            Woodland Trails - $175.00      $     365.00

                        Bryan Rock Products   3/8 Washed Red Rock             $     124.62

                        Scott County Treas.      2007 TNT Allocation               $       57.86

                        Belle Plaine Co-op       Propane                                   $     148.19

 

Motion by Hubie and seconded by Les to approve bills to be paid but not send out the Halling Engineering payments until a breakout of the bill is received.  No further discussion.  Motion carried.

 

Bills to be paid as of January 11:

 

                        MVEC                         Electric                                     $      47.10

                        State of Minnesota        Withholding tax for 206            $    405.00

                        BP Rural Fire Prot.       Fire Protection                          $ 4,350.81

 

Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve bills to be paid.  No further discussions.  Motion carried.

 

Permits:

 

Virgil Gast  – Scott County Fair Board Liquor License Renewal – Motion by Hubie and seconded by Mona to approve 3.2 malt liquor license for Scott County Fair Board for 2007.  Motion carried.  Les Quatmann abstained from voting as he is a member of the Fair Board.

 

New Business:

Scott County Police Report – Nothing out of the ordinary.

 

Detour of County Road 64 no longer in effect – For informational purposes only.

 

Scott County – Township Planning Area Meetings – For informational purposes only.

 

PERA Annual Exclusion Report – Rae Ann to fill out form.

 

Scott County – Handouts from December 18th All Township Meeting – For informational purposes only.

 

Letter from Halling Engineering – For informational purposes only.

 

Met Council – 2006 On-Site Disposal System Survey – Will fill out form and return.

 

Scott County – Follow-up from October 19, 2006 meeting with Township Officials and Engineers – For informational purposes only.

 

Scott County Taxation Dept. – Local Board of Review Training – another training session has been scheduled for January 16, 2007 at the City of Anoka.  For informational purposes only.

 

Scott Watershed Management Organization – January 30, 2007 meeting.  At least one board member will attend.

 

Municipal Development Group – Continued public meeting Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at City Council Chambers in Belle Plaine.  Board will attend this meeting.

 

Jordan Fire Department – Spring Meeting January 24, 2007.

 

Natural Area Planning Meeting Notice – February 7, 20007 at Scott County Board Room from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

 

Old Business:

 

Annexation and developer’s agreement – Meeting scheduled for January 23rd with City of Jordan.  Meeting on Tuesday, January 16th at 10 a.m. with the City of Belle Plaine at the City Hall with Joann Foust and the Municipal Development Group, City Planner and Gina Mitchell.  This will be to work on comp plan and annexation agreement. 

 

Township Right of Way Ordinance –  Tabled.

 

City of Belle Plaine update – As stated above.

 

City of Jordan updates – As stated above.  Ted attended the planning commission’s meeting on Tuesday for Jordan’s comp plan. 

 

MN Dot updates – Nothing to update.

 

Township Road No. 57 Grant Update – Had a meeting with Halling and with the County.  Opened a can or worms up with issues on the punch list.  The county is supposedly going down to take care of it and Halling is on board.

 

Union Pacific Railroad – Halling has been instructed to write a letter to the railroad to get someone from the railroad with authority to discuss this project with us.  Once this letter takes effect, we can go back to John Strolich about the funding.  Will get the information to Dan Jobe with regards to how much the township has spent on this project to date.

 

Scenic Byways – tabled.

 

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

 

Board of Equalization Meeting will be set up for April 19, 2007 at 7 p.m.

 

Hubie asked about getting the taxes on the property that was annexed into the City of Jordan.  These properties include Carey and Schmitz. 

 

Rae Ann to check on the township hall rent payments and get on next month’s bills to be paid.

 

Les has letter sent from Scott County with regards to crack sealing and seal coating.  Need to do seal coating this year.  Supervisors will fill out form and prioritize what needs to be done.

 

Jim Stang asked if we received money from the State of Minnesota but want us to close Acorn Way.  No, this is the railroad that wants Acorn Way closed and nothing is being done right now.  This was only if we got a bridge at the other end of #57.

 

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 7:55 p.m.