Alexandria Township
Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
Minutes of the meeting of March 20, 2017
A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 20th day of March, 2017 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 324 Broadway.
ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Jeff Oberg, Joel Dahlheimer, Rod Eldevik and Russell Niskanen. Also present were Bonnie Fulghum, Deputy Clerk, and Mona Billmark, Treasurer. As said members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Vice-Chair Dahlheimer at 6:00 p.m.
Eldevik, seconded by Oberg, made a motion to adopt the agenda with the addition of JFRC and Zunker scrap yards under Planning and Zoning. Motion carried unanimously.
Oberg, seconded by Eldevik, made a motion to approve the minutes of the 03/06/2017 regular board meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.
Niskanen, seconded by Oberg, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 17046-17059 in the amount of $12,357.30, EFTPS $1,127.93, Net Payroll $882.55 totaling $14,367.78 and a transfer of funds from savings of $14,000.00. Motion carried unanimously.
CITIZEN’S CONCERNS: none
PLANNING AND ZONING: Township attorney Paul Johnson provided updates on the clean up process for Jack’s Family Recycling and Zunker scrap yards. The town board recessed the meeting briefly to meet in consultation with Attorney Johnson.
ENGINEER’S REPORT: Engineer Kuhn provided a list of roads for consideration in determining the 2017 road project: Crestwood Drive, E. Lake Geneva Road (golf course area), Maple Drive and Liberty Road. These roads are close in age as to when they were initially paved and constructed. He prioritized the roads as follows: 1) E. Lake Geneva Road, 2) Maple Drive and 3) Crestwood Drive. The estimates for these three roads were close at $160K, $175K and $192K respectively. He is proposing mill and overlay with patching or just overlay and patching, dependent upon the road. He advised holding off on Liberty Road as the work would be extensive. Engineer Kuhn to consult with the town clerk on possibly combining portions of the roads for bid.
Annual road inspection was set for Saturday, April 8, 2017, 8:30 a.m. commencing from Alden Just’s shop.
OLD BUSINESS: none
NEW BUSINESS: Deputy Clerk Fulghum reported that in response to questions raised at the town’s annual meeting, Clerk Raisanen asked the editor of the Echo Press why no article was published in the newspaper prior to the township elections. He was informed that this was an unintended oversight and apologized on the paper’s behalf.
Vice-chair Dahlheimer reminded the board to add to the “Dates to Remember” the short course scheduled for March 31st.
Being no further business, Eldevik, seconded by Oberg, made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 6:53 p.m.
Respectfully submitted….
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Bonnie Fulghum, Deputy Clerk
Approved this ____ day of ________, 2017
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Joel Dahlheimer, Vice-Chair