St. Lawrence Township
Scott County
Minnesota
MONTHLY
MEETING
June 11, 2009
Pledge was recited by all present.
Ted Kordner called recessed meeting of May 14, 2009 to
order at 7:00 p.m. on June 11, 2009. Motion
by Les and seconded by Hubie to adjourn. No
discussion. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 7:01 p.m.
Ted Kornder called monthly meeting of June 11, 2009 to
order at 7:02 p.m.
Minutes of the last meeting of May 14, 2009 were reviewed.
Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve.
No discussion. Motion carried
by all.
Treasurers Report:
Rae Ann Bohlman stated that in the month of May we had
income of $520.69. Balance of
$558.87 in checking and $232,797.62 in savings.
Also have one $21,681.84 certificate at Flagship Bank and a $20,731.62
certificate at KleinBank Chaska. Total
$275,769.95. Certificate of Deposit
at KleinBank came due on June 9, 2009. CD
rates were reviewed and it was decided that we would renew the certificate at
KleinBank. Motion by Hubie and
seconded by Ted to approve treasurers report.
No discussion. Motion carried
by all.
It was noted that Backes Companies has not yet paid the
escrow deposit and there is money owing to the township for meeting fees and
engineering fees. There will not be
any more meeting with Backes Companies until he pays the escrow account
shortage.
Bills to be paid as of June 11, 2009:
Ted Kornder
May Mo. Sal/Meetings
$ 500.00
Hubert Jeurissen
May Mo. Sal/Meetings
$ 400.00
Les Quatmann
May Mo. Sal/Meetings
$ 400.00
Rae Ann Bohlman
May Mo. Sal/Meetings
$ 633.15
Ramona Bischof
May Mo. Sal/Meetings
$ 765.00
Taxes
Payroll Taxes
$ 437.28
MVEC
Electric
$ 49.54
Motion by Ted and seconded by Hubie to approve bills to be
paid. No discussion.
Motion carried by all.
Permits: None.
New Business:
Scott County Police Report Not very exciting.
31 calls, nothing real exciting.
Township Tour July 13, 2009 The township would
like to do 9 a.m. or the next time available.
Mona to get more information on what they would like to do and then Ted
will put together a program.
Scott County Hazard Mitigation Planning Approval
Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve the plan as presented.
No further discussion. Motion
carried by all.
Certificate of Liability Insurance It was noted that
the $1.5 million is not mandatory and we can take lower amounts based on what
they do. Our township will be fine
with the insurance coverages they have had in the past.
2009 Scott County Roadside Spraying Contract and Pricing
Call Pete and let him know that we are interested in phase 5.
Find out what else he needs from us to get started.
Motion by Les and seconded by Ted to approve contract for pricing of
this. No further discussion.
Motion carried by all.
Scott Soil & Water Conservation District Bridge
Replacement Project For informational purposes only.
MN Association of Townships Membership cards were
given out.
Met Council Population and Household Estimates
For informational purposes.
University of MN Ted has been elected as a member of
the Scott County Farm Advisory Task Force for informational purposes.
SCALE Meeting Invitation June 23, 2009 6
8:30 p.m. at the Spring Lake Township Hall.
The Bridge for informational purposes only.
No need to bring to meetings any more as all board members receive
this.
Old business:
Orchard Properties, LLC
Did not receive $2,500 check for escrow account.
Mona to send invoice again.
ARRA Grant Money This is the grant that was applied
for to finish off Township Road #57. Our
township did not get the grant. May
look to doing this on our own but will look at it again next month.
Will call Brad and visit with him about pricing on this.
Woodland Estates Mona has an old e-mail address for
our attorney. Ted to get an
updated e-mail address and send Ruppe another e-mail with regards to this.
MN DOT Speed Limit Study Received the speed limit
information and will get new signs posted.
Mona will e-mail information to Scott County so that they are aware of
these new postings.
Joint Powers Agreement for Assessment of the Township of
St. Lawrence Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve.
No further discussion. Motion
carried by all.
Annexation and developers agreement tabled.
Township Right-of-way Ordinance tabled.
City of Belle Plaine Update No updates.
City of Jordan Update No updates.
MN Dot Update Welcome to St. Lawrence Township signs
have been taken down. Ted inquired
to see where the signs were and Jeremy at the Jordan shop made a few phone
calls and Ted got a phone call back from Heather Lott.
They had a very nice conversation about the signs.
She wanted to know who gave authorization.
Ted stated that the person that helped has not been with MN Dot for a
number of years. She stated that
signs cannot be put back up but gave Ted an e-mail address to send an
application to get these boundary markers put back up.
Mona to e-mail Heather with a statement of why we want these markers up
and she will take it from there.
Township Road #57 As noted above.
Railroad Crossing Dan Jobe from Scott County asked if
we would reconsider the improvement joint venture with the rail road.
Ted told Dan that we would not and that we will complete the road at
our expense and if the rail road wants to put in crossing arms or anything, it
would be at their expense.
Scenic Byways No update.
Road Maintenance Report No
complaints. All compliments to
date.
Other Business/Notices/Public Comments;
None
Township Newsletter there is a ditch mower for sale for
$10,000 or best offer. It is the
kind of machine we want and Les brought it up for supervisors to look at.
No further business to come before the meeting.
Motion by Hubie and Les seconded by to recess meeting to all other
meetings for the next month. No
discussion. Motion carried by all.
Meeting recessed at 8:06 p.m.