Alexandria Township
Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
Minutes of the meeting of January 19, 2011
A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 19th day of January, 2011 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 610 Fillmore Street.
ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Bryon Alstead, Louis Ross, Joel Dahlheimer and Roger Thalman. Also present were Gregg Raisanen, Clerk, and Mona Billmark, Treasurer. As said members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Chairman Thalman at 6:00 p.m.
Chairman Thalman opened up the public informational meeting regarding the proposed closure of a portion of Lisa Ave. from the frontage road to Hwy. 29 North. Engineer Kuhn reported that MnDOT has requested that the township consider the closure for safety reasons. They would remove the road as part of the proposed Hwy. 29 reconstruction project scheduled for summer 2011. One resident spoke in favor of closing the road for safety reasons. Arvid Lotthammer inquired if MnDOT would consider improving the Hwy. 29 access off of Manor St. if the Lisa Ave. access is closed. Engineer Kuhn will make the request; however, the current MnDot project does not go that far north. Clerk Raisanen reported that he had received 5 emails in regard to the proposed closure, 4 in favor and 1 against. The supervisors will consider taking action on the proposed closure at their next meeting.
Dahlheimer, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to adopt the agenda with the addition of election judge appointments under new business and cul-de-sac snow removal under citizen concerns. Motion carried unanimously.
Ross, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to approve the minutes of the 1/03/2011 regular board meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.
Dahlheimer, seconded by Ross, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 11018-11029 in the amount of $2,677.78, net payroll $452.88, EFTPS $1,133.77 totaling $4,264.43. Motion carried unanimously.
CITIZEN’S CONCERNS: Supervisor Alstead reported that he had received a request from a resident located on the corner of S. Crestwood Drive and Crestwood Drive that the road maintenance contractor cleans the area better. The resident’s driveway gets filled with snow after the county plow goes by after the township road maintenance contractor has already plowed. Supervisor Dahlheimer will request that the road maintenance contractor go back and clean intersections after the roads are plowed.
Supervisor Thalman reported that the township office has received a request from the road maintenance contractor to view cul-de-sacs. With the current snowfall, some of the cul-de-sacs are filling with snow making them smaller. Supervisor Dahlheimer will view and authorize the road maintenance contractor to haul excessive snow away.
Geneva Estates Bike Trail. Clerk Raisanen reported that the parks and recreation subcommittee met to consider this request. Supervisor Alstead reported that the subcommittee thought that the proposed bike trail should be considered for this area by widening Geneva Golf Club Drive from the clubhouse to Liberty Road and obtaining paving easements from Geneva Estates East to Hope Rd. and on the north part of the end of Lake Geneva Road. They requested that a cost estimate be completed for this project. The board requested that Engineer Kuhn prepare a cost estimate for this improvement.
ENGINEER’S REPORT: Engineer Kuhn reported that the temporary turnaround at the end of Burgen Terrace will have to be removed and a new one constructed. He recommended that a turnaround be constructed on the lot that currently contains the storm water retention pond since no easements would be needed and it is an unbuildable lot.
NEW BUSINESS: Clerk Raisanen stated that Community Growth Institute presented a contract for zoning administrator services for 2011 in the amount of $3,750 month and administrative services at $45.00/hr. He noted that the cost is the same as last year. Motion by Alstead, seconded by Dahlheimer, to contract with CGI for planning and zoning services for 2011 at the rates presented. Motion carried unanimously.
Clerk Raisanen presented Widseth, Smith & Nolting’s contract for Engineering Services for 2011. He noted that the fee schedule is exactly the same as last year. Motion by Ross, seconded by Alstead, to contract with WSN for engineering services for 2011 in the amount presented on the fee schedule. Motion carried unanimously.
Ross, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to appoint Darlene O’Brien, Paul Stennes, and Mona Billmark as election judges and to appoint Darlene O’Brien as the head judge for the upcoming township election. Motion carried unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: Being no further business, Dahlheimer, seconded by Ross, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted….
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Gregg Raisanen, Clerk
Approved this ____ day of ________, 2011
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Roger Thalman, Chairman