Alexandria Township
Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
Minutes of the meeting of March 6, 2017
A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 6th day of March, 2017 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 324 Broadway.
ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Jul Feuling, Jeff Oberg, Joel Dahlheimer, Rod Eldevik and Russell Niskanen. Also present were Gregg Raisanen, Clerk, and Mona Billmark, Treasurer. As said members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Chair Feuling at 6:00 p.m.
Oberg, seconded by Feuling, made a motion to adopt the agenda with the addition of summer road maintenance under New Business. Motion carried unanimously.
Niskanen, seconded by Oberg, made a motion to approve the minutes of the 02/22/2017 regular board meeting as written. Motion carried. Feuling abstained.
Eldevik, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 17039-17045 in the amount of $10,078.30, net payroll $2,770.43, totaling $12,848.73 and a transfer from savings of $13,000.00. Motion carried unanimously.
CITIZEN’S CONCERNS: none
PLANNING AND ZONING: Township attorney Johnson provided an update on Jack’s Family Recycling. Kevin Baumann, 3805 Hazel Hill Road, expressed his concerns regarding contamination of soils and hazardous waste at the facility. He also expressed concern that hazardous waste is being handled and hauled incorrectly and has been in contact with the MN Pollution Control Agency and the MN Highway Patrol.
The regular board meeting was closed at 6:30 PM and the board met in consultation with Attorney Johnson. The regular board meeting was reopened at 6:50 PM.
ENGINEER’S REPORT: Clerk Raisanen reported that Engineer Kuhn will provide a recommended list of roads to be overlain in the amount of approximately $200,000.00.
OLD BUSINESS: none
BOARD OF AUDIT: Clerk Raisanen presented the audit report from the township auditors. Total net assets at the end of 2016 were 2,260,356. The balance sheet showed total assets of $1,066,690. Total revenue was $836,826 and total expenditures was $992,392. The total fund balance at the end of the year was $1,011,563, a decrease of $155,506. Eldevik, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to approve the 2016 audit report. Motion carried unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS: Consensus to have Clerk Raisanen advertise for quotes for summer road maintenance, said quote to include a separate line item for packing of gravel.
Being no further business, Eldevik, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
Respectfully submitted….
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Gregg Raisanen, Clerk
Approved this ____ day of ________, 2017
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Jul Feuling, Chair