St. Lawrence Township
Scott County
Minnesota

MONTHLY MEETING

November 8, 2007

Pledge was recited by all present.

Ted Kornder called recessed meeting of October 11, 2007 to order at 7:00 p.m. on November 8, 2007.  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 November 8, 2007 to order at 7:01 p.m. 

Minutes of the last meeting of October 11, 2007 were reviewed.  Motion by Ted and seconded by Hubie to approve.  No discussion.  Motion carried by all.

Treasurer’s report:

Rae Ann Bohlman stated that in the month of October we had income of $751.52.  Balance of $544.74 in checking and $185,474.77 in savings.  Also have two $20,000.00 certificates at Flagship Bank and a $20,000 certificate at KleinBank Chaska.  Total $246,019.51.  Have two certificates coming due in December and January.   Motion by Hubie and seconded by Ted to approve treasurer’s report.  No further discussion.  Motion carried by all.

Bills to be paid as of November 8, 2007:

            Les Quatmann              Oct. Mo. Sal/Meetings $     400.00

            Les Quatmann              Fuel                                          $       55.00

            Les Quatmann             Blade Roads                             $     340.00

            Rae Ann Bohlman         Oct. Mo. Sal/Meetings $     481.23

                        Ramona Bischof           Oct. Mo. Sal/Meetings $     615.00

                        MVEC                         Electric                         $       44.98

                        Taxes                           Payroll Taxes                            $     287.70

                        Belle Plaine Rural

                        Fire                              2^nd Half Payment                      $  4,284.51

                        Ziegler, Inc.                  Parts for Road Blader               $     282.43

                        Dave’s Excavating        Ditch Mowing                           $     900.00

                        MN Assn. Of Twps.     Workman’s Comp. Ins.            $     746.00

                        Belle Plaine Amb.         2^nd Half Payment                      $  2,750.00

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

Permits:

OK Corral was present to renew their on-sale off-sale liquor license for one year.  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve.  Motion carried by all.

Dave Timmerman – IUP – Talked about building permit and the IUP that Scott County is asking for.  Dave was upset about the process with Scott County and didn’t understand why he shouldn’t be able to put the building up, as this is a building that he is putting up personally not in a business name.  Talk ensued.  Motion by Les and seconded by Ted to recommend approval of a transfer Dave’s CUP of a home extended business to an IUP home extended business with a 2,700 sq ft. addition to the existing building.  This is caused by County Zoning change to Urban Expansion Reserve District is 2001.  This meets the required building square footage allowed by ordinance and this is a self-employed owner operator with no employees.  There should be no fees associated with this as it is a transfer.  No further discussion.  Motion carried by all.

New Business:

Scott County Police Report –  Not much going on.  No one had any issues or concerns. Les stated that there was an incident on Delaware and 185^th where someone tried to pass a tractor and ended up going in the ditch.  Apparently the car got out of the ditch and took off. 

Met Council – 2007 Housing Performance Score – For informational purposes only.

Scott Soil & Water Conservation District – Winterization Issues for Construction Activities – For informational purposes only.

Scott County – Draft of 2008-2017 Transportation Improvement Program – Ted thought that we should send a letter back and be very vocal about the fact that District 1 has basically been omitted from the improvement program. 

Northern States Power Company – 2007 Annual Automatic Adjustment of Charges Reports – For informational purposes only.

2007 Annual Fuel Report – For informational purposes only.

Old Business:

Annexation and developer’s agreement – tabled.

Township Right of Way Ordinance –  tabled.

City of Belle Plaine update – Nothing new.

City of Jordan updates – Nothing new other than there was a meeting with the Jordan Fire Department with regards to ownership, buildings, etc.  Working with township association on state statutes, etc.  Also resolved that the meetings need to be held with the City Council not just the Jordan Fire Department.

MN Dot updates – Will be meeting with the City of Belle Plaine about opening up Lorado Street.  Ted called and said that since they are looking at this then they should be looking at turn lanes, etc. for us too.  Meeting has since been cancelled.

Township Road No. 57 Grant Update –  nothing.

Union Pacific Railroad – nothing.

Scenic Byways – nothing.

Road Maintenance Report – Les said that he graded the roads after it quit raining and has not graded since.  Jim Stang said the roads look good.  Ted asked about the little area by the truck stop.  Les said that since he graded it and there was nothing there, it really got bad.  Will look at doing something next spring.

Public Comment:

No further business to come before the meeting.  Motion by Hubie and seconded by Ted to recess meeting to all other meetings for the next month.  No discussion.  Motion carried.  Meeting recessed at 8:01 p.m.