St. Lawrence Township
Scott County
Minnesota

 

MONTHLY MEETING

May 10, 2007

 

Pledge was recited by all present.

 

Ted Kornder called recessed meeting of April 12, 2007 to order at 7:00 p.m. on May 10, 2007.  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to adjourn.  No discussion.  Motion carried by all.  Meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.

 

Ted Kornder called monthly meeting of May 10, 2007 to order at 7:01 p.m. 

 

Minutes of the last meeting of April 12, 2007 were reviewed.  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve.  Motion carried by all.

 

Treasurer’s report:

 

Rae Ann Bohlman stated that in the month of April we had income of $872.44.  Balance of $524.86 in checking and $195,543.00 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 $256,067.86.   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 May 10, 2007:

 

                        Ted Kornder                Apr. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     650.00

                        Ted Kornder                Road Blading                            $     357.50

                        Hubert Jeurissen           Apr. Mo. Sal/Meetings         $         0

            Les Quatmann              Apr. Mo. Sal/Meetings         $     350.00

            Les Quatmann              Fuel                                          $     148.40

            Les Quatmann             Blade Roads                             $     220.00

            Rae Ann Bohlman         Apr. Mo. Sal/Meetings         $     484.29

                        Ramona Bischof           Apr. Mo. Sal/Meetings         $     668.48

                        MVEC                         Electric                                 $       46.69

                        Taxes                           Payroll Taxes                            $     355.32

                        Halling Engineering        Professional Services –

                                                            MVEC rain gardens                  $       40.00

                        Couri, MacArthur &     General - $337.50, Old Hwy.

                        Ruppe, PLLP               169 - $540.00 and Annexation

- $202.50                                 $  1,080.00

                        Southwest Newspaper  Legal Publications                     $       62.76

                        Belle Plaine Herald       Legal Publications                     $       27.63

                        BP Rural Fire Dept.      First ˝ year Fire Protection      $  4,284.51

                        Dvorak Excavating       Cutting edges for blade             $     321.35

                        Dvorak Excavating       Truck time for hauling

                                                            Gravel and red rock                  $  3,431.00

 

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

 

Permits:

 

Brad Arntson from Knife River was present to talk about extending hours at the portable asphalt plant for a period of up to 5 working days for 24 hours a day.  Motion by Les and seconded by Ted to approve recommendation.  Motion carried by all.

 

Randy Alt – Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve 1,145 sq. ft. garage per county codes and setbacks.  Motion carried by all.  Permit #A2-5-07.  It is also noted that a new septic system needs to be installed.

 

Delores Wagner -  Motion by Les and seconded by Ted to approve a 50’x30’plus 15’x16’ canopy on the back side of the barn per county codes and setbacks.  Motion carried by all.  Permit #A2-6-07. 

 

New Business:

Scott County Police Report – No report.

 

Township Planning Area Meeting – 2030 Land Use Map – Ted and Hubie went to the meeting.  There will be on going meetings for this and a public open house.  Brad Davis, Mary and Greg are running this.  Very open to discussions.

 

Scott Watershed Management Community & Scott Soil & Water Workshop – will schedule us for another date since this was at our meeting time.  Date has not yet been picked.

 

May 14, 2007 – CUP & IUP Amendment at Board of Commissioners meeting – for informational purposes only.

 

2007 Seal Coating Meeting – Tuesday May 15, 2007 at 9 a.m. at the Highway garage.  At least one supervisor will attend.

 

Met Council Livable Communities Survey – Does not pertain to our township.  Scott County takes care of this.

 

Election technology – informational purposes only.

 

Old Business:

 

Annexation and developer’s agreement – Tabled.

 

 

Township Right of Way Ordinance –  Tabled.

 

City of Belle Plaine update – Something brewing with ambulance system.  Consulting firm has been hired to evaluate this deal.

 

City of Jordan updates –  Ted has been going to the comp plan meetings.  Annexations are on hold.

 

MN Dot updates – Paving by Belle Plaine.

 

Township Road No. 57 Grant Update – Rae Ann sent an e-mail to Mr. Strolic regarding the grant on this.  She has not heard anything yet.  She will get a fund balance and report it at the next meeting. 

 

Union Pacific Railroad – as noted above.  Ted stated that a couple of people brought up that a letter should be sent to James Oberstar asking that since there is a federal park there, is there any funding they can steer towards this.  Les stated that he got a call from Julie Carr at Union Pacific Railroad that we have already been granted $275,000 for lights and cross arms and an additional $30,000 to close Acorn Way.  Will get a copy of the letter and bring to the next meeting. 

 

Scenic Byways – Tabled.

 

Road Maintenance Report –

 

Roads look really good.  Gravel and red rock have been laid down on a lot of the gravel roads.  Les asked about dust coating and making a decision as to whether we should dust coat or not.  Was not sure that we should dust coat 218th.  Les thought that we should dust coat once before the county fair and that’s it.   More discussion ensued. 

 

Jim Stang said that he’s seen the 40-mph signs all over.  Why did Delaware get skipped. 
Reason was that it is a major road to Highway 169. 

 

Les said that the fair board was asking about seating and if we would still be interested in donating some money.  Will ask By the Yard if they would like to do some sharing in the cost of these by doing some advertising.

 

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 8:20 p.m.