Alexandria Township
Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
Minutes of the meeting of 8-21-2006
A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 21st Day of August 2006 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 610 Fillmore Street.
ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Louis Ross, Bryon Alstead, Jim Casper, 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 7:30 PM.
The agenda was adopted as presented with the addition of discussion about Planning Commission appointments under new business.
Alstead, seconded by Casper, made a motion to approve the minutes of the August 7, 2006 regular board meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.
Alstead, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 6248-6258 in the amount of $8,193.94 and to authorize the transfer of $8,000.00 from the savings into the checking account. Motion carried unanimously.
ENGINEER’S REPORT: Clerk Raisanen provided copies of the 2004 and 2006 fee schedule for Widseth, Smith and Nolting. Alexandria Township’s contract with WSN for engineering services has expired and discussion was held on renewing a contract. Jeff Kuhn reported that his company modifies its fee schedule every January. Alstead, seconded by Ross, made a motion to continue using WSN for engineering services for the remainder of 2006 and to contract for services at the beginning of the year. Motion carried unanimously.
Engineer Kuhn reported that a landowner along Cherry Lane contacted him about a large dead tree in the township road right of way in front of his residence. Alstead, seconded by Ross, made a motion to authorize Engineer Kuhn to contact a contractor to remove the tree after the landowner signed a waiver authorizing the action. Motion carried unanimously.
OLD BUSINESS: Clerk Raisanen prepared a contract for Assessment services with Jim Howard. Casper, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to contract with Jim Howard for assessment services for the period of August 21, 2006-June 30, 2007 at a rate of $6.25/parcel. Motion carried unanimously.
Clerk Raisanen reported that the blacktop petition signed by residents located along Southside Drive has 13 out of 19 resident’s signatures. Ross, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to accept the petition for blacktop improvements for Southside Drive. Motion carried unanimously. Clerk Raisanen recorded the petition as 06-01.
NEW BUSINESS: Ben Oleson, CGI, was present to discuss the need to contract for sanitary sewer inspection services if the township proceeds with future planning and zoning. He has prepared an RFP for these services when the board decides to proceed with advertising. The board was in consensus to wait until the next meeting to proceed with this.
The board discussed a future fee schedule if the township assumed planning and zoning responsibilities. It was determined that the board was in favor of a flat-rate fee schedule for all applications.
Clerk Raisanen reported that he had received a petition requesting the ALASR to provide sanitary sewer to the Lake Jessie Area. He reported that he could not determine if the petition had the required 35% signatures of the affected landowners to be considered. He will research the issue and bring the petition back to the board for their consideration.
Clerk Raisanen reported that the appointment of the planning commission members at the April 17, 2006 meeting was inconsistent with the ordinance establishing the planning commission. Ross, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to amend the original motion of the appointment of Larry Steidl to a three-year term to the Alexandria Township Planning Commission to a one-year term. Motion carried unanimously.
Being no further business Alstead, seconded by Ross, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM.
Respectfully Submitted…..
Gregg Raisanen, Clerk
Approved this _____ day of _________, 2006
Roger Thalman, Chairman