Alexandria Township
Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
Minutes of the meeting of January 7, 2013
A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 7th day of January, 2013 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 610 Fillmore Street.
ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Bryon Alstead, Jul Feuling, Joel Dahlheimer 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 Chairman Alstead at 6:00 p.m.
Feuling, seconded by Niskanen, made a motion to adopt the agenda with the addition of Geneva Road correspondence under Engineer’s Report and golf cart permits under Old Business. Motion carried unanimously.
Supervisor Dahlheimer joined the meeting.
Dahlheimer, seconded by Niskanen, made a motion to approve the minutes of the 12/17/2012 regular board meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.
Niskanen, seconded by Feuling, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 13001-13013 in the amount of $22,159.62, net payroll of $3,112.84, totaling $25,272.46 and a transfer of funds from savings in the amount of $23,000.00. Motion carried unanimously.
CITIZEN’S CONCERNS: None.
PLANNING AND ZONING: None.
ENGINEER’S REPORT: Engineer Kuhn reported we had received a letter from the City of Alexandria requesting permission to annex a portion of Geneva Road. The portion of road in question would be from the city limits of Geneva Road east to County Road 73. Clerk Raisanen and Engineer Kuhn will meet with county and city officials to determine the logistics.
Clerk Raisanen and Chairman Alstead will meet with County Engineer Robley and Engineer Kuhn to discuss the feasibility of turning back County Road 85 to the township.
OLD BUSINESS: Clerk Raisanen presented Resolution 13-01, a resolution adopting a revised snow removal policy dated January 1, 2013 for Alexandria Township. Motion by Feuling, seconded by Dahlheimer, to adopt resolution 13-01. Roll: Niskanen, Feuling, Dahlheimer, Alstead – yes. Opposed: none. Motion carried unanimously.
Supervisor Niskanen asked if the golf cart application was available. Clerk Raisanen stated that we are in the process of ordering the decals. Once received, applications would be available through the township office and online.
NEW BUSINESS: Clerk Raisanen reported we had received a proposal from Alden Just Road Maintenance to provide animal collection services. The proposal states pick up and transport services to the Humane Society weekdays from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. The fee would be $65/hour/call with a minimum fee of one hour. The fee would be doubled for any calls outside of their regular hours. Motion by Dahlheimer, seconded by Feuling, to accept the one year contract proposed by Alden Just Road Maintenance for animal collection services. Motion carried unanimously.
Clerk Raisanen reported we had been informed by our township attorney, Paul Johnson, of his and Julie Haseman’s intent to move their services from the Tillitt McCarten Johnson & Haseman firm to the Pemberton firm effective Jan. 2, 2013. They are requesting authorization to retain the township as a client at their new location. Motion by Niskanen, seconded by Dahlheimer, to authorize the movement of township files from the Tillitt McCarten Johnson & Haseman firm to Pemberton law firm. Motion carried unanimously.
Being no further business, Feuling, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6:39 p.m.
Respectfully submitted….
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Gregg Raisanen, Clerk
Approved this ____ day of ________, 2013
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Bryon Alstead, Chairman