St. Lawrence Township
Scott County
Minnesota

 

MONTHLY MEETING - MINUTES

October 13, 2005

 

Pledge was recited by all present.

 

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

 

Ted Kornder called monthly meeting of October 13, 2005 to order at 7:01 p.m.  

 

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

 

Treasurer’s report:

 

Rae Ann Bohlman stated that in the month of September we had income of $924.51.  Balance of $533.97 in checking and $211,091.77 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 $272,329.10.  Motion by Ted and seconded by Hubie to approve.  No further discussion.  Motion carried.

 

Bills to be paid as of October 13, 2005 :

 

                        Ted Kornder                Sept. Mo. Sal/Meetings            $     700.00

                        Hubert Jeurissen           Brush Cutting                            $     300.00

                        Hubert Jeurissen           Sept. Mo. Sal/Meetings            $     500.00    

            Les Quatmann              Sept. Mo. Sal/Meetings            $     550.00

            Les Quatmann              Road Blading                            $     240.00     

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

                        Ramona Bischof           Sept. Mo. Sal/Meetings            $     603.83

                        MVEC                         Electric                         $       44.08

                        Taxes                           Payroll Taxes                            $     570.56

                        Halling Engineering        Professional Services                $     961.25

Couri, MacArthur &

                        Ruppe, PLLP               Professional Services                $     343.75

                        Scott County                Road Signs                               $     328.98

                        Earl Koepp                  Ditch Mowing                           $     375.00

                        Belle Plaine Amb.         2nd half payment                        $  2,625.00

 

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

 

Permits:

 

Jolene Yong from Suzette – Motion by Ted and seconded by Hubie to approve beer and wine permit for Suzette.  Motion carried.  Two ayes, no neys.

 

Chris Lennartson from OK Corral – Motion by Hubie and seconded by Les to approve

Motion carried by all.  Three ayes, no neys.

 

Liz Van Zomeren – Nextel Wireless Tower driveway permit – motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve permit for driveway with culvert, 15” should be fine, on Ted Kornder property to access wireless communications tower.  Motion carried.  Ted abstained from voting.  A permit fee of $550 was received.  Permit #A2-17-05.

 

Motion by Ted and seconded by Hubie to approve building permit for Nextel wireless communications tower per county codes and setbacks.  Motion carried.  Ted abstained from voting.  Permit #A2-18-05.

 

Terry Eid – Asked for reimbursement for two driveways in She lby Addition.  The culverts were 16” culverts.  Terry said that Bohl put them in.  Others have been pulled out and have been replaced.  Because these have been in for quite a while a driveways are now permanent, we will not make a big issue out of this.  Ted stated that if these culverts actually plugged up, the houses are actually high enough that it would not hurt them.  But the yards would get water.   It needs to be noted that these culverts are working and there have been no problems.  Motion by Ted and seconded by Les to reimburse Terry Eid for the two driveways.  Motion carried by all.

 

New Business:

Motion to approve agreement of sending letter to township with regards to Orderly Annexation Agreement –  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to not do this as this is pre-mature.  Motion carried by all. 

 

Met Council – Preliminary Housing Performance Score – for information purposes only.

 

Met Council – Housing Perfomance Score – for information purposes only.

 

Met Council – Documents to assist in updating comp plans – Ted went to the October 3rd meeting.  He stated he read the packet and it was really a shame that they are 10 years behind our township.  Also, Couri,, Macarthur & Ruppe are representing the townships with if we need to respond to this now or wait.  Letter in meeting packet.

 

Met Council – Regional Policy Meeting – October 26, 2005 – Ted to go to this meeting.

 

State of Minnesota – State Mandate Reform/Waiver Program –  Mona to call and get an opinion on this from Ruppe and bring to the next meeting.

 

Scott County – NIMS and Use of Intrastate Mutual Aid Agreements/Resolution –  This also needs to go to Ruppe for an opinion.  E-mail both to Ruppe for an opinion.

 

PERA Phrase – quarterly newsletter – for informational purposes only.

 

MN Association of Townships – E & O Coverage – Mona to have Ruppe to an opinion on this also.

 

Scott County – Town Road Allocation – looks good.  Will fill out and return.

 

Old Business:

 

County Fairgrounds – Exempt from building permit or not.  According to Ruppe, they are not exempt from building permits.  Opinion is made part of these minutes.

 

Verna Ruehling – Summons Served – Get an update from Ruppe on this.

 

Annexation and developer’s agreement- No updates.

 

Township Right of Way Ordinance – At the attorney’s office.  Has not yet been adopted by the board.

 

City of Belle Plaine update – No update.

 

City of Jordan updates – Jordan had a meeting with their commitment with regards to the Orderly Annexation and our attorney are supposed to go over numbers and negotiations are continuing.

 

MN Dot updates – No update.

 

Grant Update – Proceeding.

 

Union Pacific Railroad – Have letter sent to the railroad requesting action on the bridge.  John has offered money but will not pick up the difference.  Letter is part of the minutes.  Ted stated that this meeting was a great meeting.

 

Scenic Byways – Tabled.

 

Road Maintenance Report – Les stated that we’ll start blading #57 on Saturday on Sunday.  Need a load of gravel on Sealoff.  Jim Stang to take some gravel up there and spread it.

 

Other Business/Notices/Public Comments –

 

Note that Earl Koepp has sold his business and will no longer be available for ditch mowing.

 

Township banquet is on November 16th on Ridges of Sand Creek.  Les would like to see all town board members attend. 

 

Jim Stang stated that a mail box post next to John Blair is totally illegal.  Need address and will send letter. 

 

No further business to come before the meeting.  Motion by  and seconded by  to recess meeting to all other meetings for the next month.  No discussion.  Motion carried.  Meeting recessed at 8:15 p.m.