Alexandria Township
Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
Minutes of the meeting of 1-23-2008
A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 23rd Day of January 2008 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 610 Fillmore Street.
ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Bryon Alstead, Louis Ross, Jim Casper, Joel Dahlheimer, and Roger Thalman. Also present were Clerk Gregg Raisanen and Mona Billmark, Treasurer. As said members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Chairman Thalman at 7:30 PM.
Ross, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to adopt the agenda with the addition of discussion regarding future LAR funding. Motion carried unanimously
Alstead, seconded by Casper, made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 7, 2008 regular board meeting and the December 22, 2007 special board meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.
Dahlheimer, seconded by Casper, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 80024-8041 in the amount of $21,360.27 and net payroll in the amount of $136.52 for a total of $21,498.79 and to authorize the transfer of $13,000.00 from the savings into the checking account. Motion carried unanimously.
CITIZEN CONCERNS: None
ENGINEER’ REPORT: The board discussed the Nature’s Edge blacktop project. Clerk Raisanen reported that he had met with Attorney Haseman regarding the method of assessment and also the inclusion of the unpaved portion of Maple Drive as part of the project. He reported that Attorney Haseman recommended that the Board obtain appraisals for different properties to determine what the increase in value would be for the properties after paving. Alstead, seconded by Casper, made a motion to authorize Attorney Haseman to obtain 4 appraisals for properties for the Queen’s Road paving project. Motion carried unanimously. The board was in consensus that the unpaved portion of Maple Drive should be included as part of the project. Rod Eldevik was present and indicated that he would support paving Maple Drive as long as this portion is included as part of the whole project and that the assessment would be by parcel and not by the frontage foot. Clerk Raisanen reported that if the board chooses to use the parcel assessment procedure, Mr. Eldevik would be responsible for 3 assessments for his property.
NEW BUSINESS: The board was in consensus to not purchase calcium chloride from Douglas County in 2008 and to contract with a private contractor for these services.
Supervisor Alstead reported that at the last LAR meeting, the board discussed the feasibility of increasing the funding of LAR by $1.00/resident in 2009. Alstead, seconded by Ross, made a motion to support increasing funding for LAR by $1.00/resident effective in 2009. Motion carried unanimously.
Being no further business, Alstead, seconded by Casper, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:10PM.
Respectfully Submitted….. Approved this _____ day of________, 2008
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Gregg Raisanen, Clerk Roger Thalman, Chairman