St. Lawrence Township
Scott County
Minnesota

 

MONTHLY MEETING

September 14, 2006

 

Pledge was recited by all present.

 

Ted Kornder called recessed meeting of August 10, 2006 to order at 7:05 p.m. on September 14, 2006.  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to adjourn.  No discussion.  Motion carried by all.  Meeting adjourned at 7:06 p.m.

 

Ted Kornder called monthly meeting of September 14, 2006 to order at 7:06 p.m. 

 

Minutes of the last meetings of August 10, 2006 were reviewed.  No further discussion.   Motion by Les and seconded by Ted to approve.  Motion carried by all.

 

Treasurer’s report:

 

Rae Ann Bohlman stated that in the month of August we had income of $1,505.89.  Balance of $534.02 in checking and $217,560.86 in savings.  Also have two $20,000.00 certificates at Community Bank Jordan and a $20,000 certificate at KleinBank Chaska.  The $20,000 certificate at KleinBank Chaska is due.   Total $378,094.88.  Motion by Ted and seconded by Les to approve treasurer’s report and to reinvest the certificate at KleinBank with a 13-month certificate.  No further discussion.  Motion carried by all.

 

Bills to be paid as of September 14:

 

                        Ted Kornder                July/Aug. Mo Sal/Meetings       $  1,500.00

                        Hubert Jeurissen           Aug. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     600.00

            Les Quatmann              Aug. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     450.00

            Les Quatmann              Road Blading                            $     280.00

            Rae Ann Bohlman         Aug. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     485.12

                        Ramona Bischof           Aug. Mo. Sal/Meetings             $     715.00

                        Taxes                           Payroll Taxes                            $     659.62    

                        MVEC                         Electric                                     $       44.27

                        Couri,MacArthur &      General - $97.00 and

                        Ruppe, PLLP               Annexation - $1,105.00            $  1,202.50

                        Halling Engineering        Twp. #57 - $1,047.50 and

                                                            Woodland Trails - $2,191.25   $  3,238.75

                        Scott County                Old Hwy. 169 Project              $15,000.00

                        Display Sales                Township Flags                        $     377.01

                        Kornder Farms Blade Roads                                         $     100.00

                        Belle Plaine Co-op       Diesel Fuel                               $     195.65

                        Karen Coil                   Election Judge & Meetings        $     330.00

                        Helene Schmidt            Election Judge & Meeting         $     218.00

                        Mike Ryan                   Election Judge & Meeting         $     218.00

                        Myrna Rieck                Election Judge & Meeting         $     218.00

 

Board had discussion as to where the monies for the Old Hwy 169 project should come from.  Motion by Ted and seconded by Les to approve monies to come out of gravel tax.  Motion carried by all.  There was discussion as to payment of bill to Halling Engineering with regards to the Woodland Trails project and Township #57 project.  Board decided to hold back the payment of the Halling bill in the amount of $3,238.75.  RaeAnn will request an itemized billing on the projects, who, what, where and when and how much time, etc.   Motion by Ted and seconded by Hubie to hold back Halling bill.  Motion carried by all.  Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve bills to be paid.  No further discussion.  Motion carried by all.

 

Permits:

 

Reynold Bohn – Motion by Ted and seconded by Hubie to approve installation of overhead insulated door to his 30’ x 40’ Lester Building per county codes and setbacks.  Motion carried by all.  Permit #A2-6-06.

 

Ted Kornder – Motion by Les and seconded by Hubie to approve 30 x 70 x 12’ livestock shelter on an existing concrete platform per county codes and setbacks.  Motion carried.  Two ayes, no nays.  Ted Kornder abstained from voting.

 

Lee Theis – Recommendation for Interim Use Permit to run his landscaping business from his home.  Board discussed with Lee the process of what has to be done and what the board wants.  Board wants a public open house first to lay everything on the table, tell the neighbors about the business, number of employees, etc.  Lee Theis will do a public open house on Monday, September 25th at the townhall at 7 p.m.  Lee will get letters out to all residences required per county. 

 

Ted Kornder recessed monthly meeting to annual meeting at 8:05 p.m.

 

Ted Kornder re-opened the monthly meeting at 8:14 p.m.

 

Board and Lee Theis agreed that they would do the Open House, and that Lee would come back to the monthly meeting in October to act on this recommendation.  Lee will let the county know that he will be having an open house on Monday, September 25th at 7 p.m. and will postpone the county meeting until after this open house and the October meeting. 

 

Greater Minnesota Gas – Utility Permit for Woodland Trails Estates – Motion by Ted and seconded by Les to approve permit per county codes and setbacks.  Motion carried by all.

Permit #A2-8-06.

 

Frontier Communications – Utility Permit for Woodland Trails Estates – Motion by Ted and seconded by Les to approve permit per county codes and setbacks.  Motion carried by all.  Permit #A2-9-06.

 

New Business:

Scott County Police Report - Sgt. Opatz was here to discuss calls made in St. Lawrence Township for the month of August.

 

Greater MN Gas – Notice of Report Availability – For informational purposes only.

 

MN Dept of Natural Resources – For informational purposes only.

 

Scott County Public Works – Have not added anything so no response is necessary.

 

Scott County Public Works – Filled out the form and will be returned to Scott County.

 

The PERA “phrase” – For informational purposes only.

 

MN Dept. of Natural Resources – For Information Purposes only.

 

Old Business:

 

Annexation and developer’s agreement – Will be meeting in Jordan on September 20th, 2006 at 3 p.m. and this time developers will be invited in also.  This will be to do basically the same thing that we did with the general public.

 

Township Right of Way Ordinance –  tabled.

 

City of Belle Plaine update – Old. Hwy. 169 was paved and our payment was made today.  There will be a meeting in the near future to discuss orderly annexation.

 

City of Jordan updates – As stated above.

 

MN Dot updates – Assisted with the Old Highway 169 Blvd. Project.

 

Township Road No. 57 Grant Update – Paving has been completed and shouldering was completed today.

 

Union Pacific Railroad – Halling Engineering is working on the at-grade crossing on Township #57 with lights and cross-arms.  He is in contact with them to figure out what we can and can’t do.

 

Scenic Byways – tabled.

 

Road Maintenance Report – Ditch mowing needs to be done again.  Ted to call Stubby and let him know.  Les stated that 218th will not settle down.  The hill is perfect but other than that, it keeps giving.  May need to add some product next spring.

 

Les stated that we should also go back to the Fair Board and let them know that we have blacktopped roads and events at the Fair should direct traffic to the paved roads, not the gravel roads.  Will look at going to a meeting this winter to try to get something done.

 

Stumps will be looked at next spring before growth begins so that they can be located.

 

Les stated that he personally has a lot of fuel to get rid of at a cheaper price than is presently at the pumps and wants to know if he can fill the road grader with his fuel and bill the township for the lower amount.  Board agreed to this.

 

Les talked to Jim Stang about needing to dig some rocks yet prior to winter as he will nail them with the plow if not moved.  Les will try to get out but may need some help.  Jim asked about Old Hwy 169 and how far he will plow on that road now.  Ted stated that we need to make some agreements with Belle Plaine Township on this and will let him know.  Will get agreements re-established.

 

Les thanked whoever was responsible for putting the piece in the paper with regards to Old Hwy. 169 and thanking Ted

 

Other Business/Notices/Public Comments –

 

Mona asked about extension cords, electrical boxes, rug, corkboard, etc. for elections.  Board will work on this.

 

Mr. Emmerich asked about the electrical lines in the corner of the property that needs to be cut off.  They will not cut them off. 

 

Township Association Fall Meeting – September 20, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. at the Highway Building, 600 Country Trail East, Jordan, MN.

 

No further business to come before the meeting.  Motion by Hubie and seconded by Les to recess meeting to all other meetings for the next month.  No discussion.  Motion carried. 

 

Meeting recessed at 8:55 p.m.