July 19, 2010 Meeting Minutes

Alexandria Township

Alexandria, Minnesota 56308

Minutes of the meeting of July 19, 2010

A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 19th day of July, 2010 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 610 Fillmore Street.

 

ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Bryon Alstead, Jul Feuling, Joel Dahlheimer and Louis Ross. Also present were Gregg Raisanen, Clerk, and Mona Billmark, Treasurer. As said members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairman Ross at 6:00 p.m.

 

Alstead, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to adopt the agenda with the addition of discussion regarding the Board of Equalization training under new business. Motion carried unanimously.

 

Feuling, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to approve the minutes of the 7/07/2010 regular board meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.

 

Dahlheimer, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 10191 – 10199 in the amount of $41,448.30 and to authorize a transfer from savings into checking of $37,000.00. Motion carried unanimously.

 

PLANNING AND ZONING: Clerk Raisanen reported that the town had received a complaint from a resident that additional material was being brought into the Zunker junkyard. The board directed Supervisor Dahlheimer and Zoning Administrator Oleson to visit the junkyard.

 

ENGINEER’S REPORT: The board discussed mowing around rain gardens that had been placed within the road right of way. The board was in consensus to notify the concerned residents that the township would be maintaining an area approximately 6 ft. from the road surface by mowing the grass.

 

Engineer Kuhn reported that the contractor had removed and placed the first lift of asphalt on Kurt Street and was scheduled to put the second lift on this week. He also reported that the patching of the other streets would be occurring soon.

 

NEW BUSINESS: Supervisor Feuling reported that at the Board of Equalization training, it was recommended to have the assessor change the classification for any property that was granted a conditional use permit for a home based business.

 

Being no further business, Dahlheimer, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to adjourn the meeting.

 

Meeting adjourned at 6:25 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted….

 

 

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Gregg Raisanen, Clerk

 

Approved this ____ day of ________, 2010

 

 

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Roger Thalman, Chairman