Alexandria Township
Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
Minutes of the meeting of June 17, 2013
A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 17th day of June, 2013 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 610 Fillmore Street.
ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Bryon Alstead, Jul Feuling, Lyle Hammerschmidt, 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 as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
Feuling, seconded by Hammerschmidt, made a motion to approve the minutes of the 6/03/2013 regular board meeting with the following changes: Change the first sentence in the second paragraph under planning and zoning to read: the town board discussed their desired screening plan for Jack’s Family Recycling related to recent violations of the conditional use permit with owner Kathy Hodges and the last sentence to read: Ms. Hodges will obtain cost figures for the installation of the fence and, if weather permitting, will have the cleaning of the front of the property completed by then. Motion carried unanimously.
Dahlheimer, seconded by Niskanen, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 13122 – 13132 in the amount of $22,408.81, net payroll of $965.31, EFTPS of $1,287.92 for a total of $24,662.04 and a transfer of funds of $19,000.00. Motion carried unanimously.
CITIZEN’S CONCERNS: none
PLANNING AND ZONING: None
ENGINEER’S REPORT: The board discussed proposed overlay projects with Engineer Kuhn. He recommended overlay for E. Lake Geneva Road from CR 73 to Neewana Beach Road and Lake Victoria SE from CR 23 to the turnaround at the end. His estimate is approximately $240,000.00 to do this work. He also suggested that the board consider portions of Lois and Shadow Lanes at the same time. Clerk Raisanen reported that there is approximately $300,000.00 currently in the blacktop fund. Dahlheimer, seconded by Niskanen, made a motion to authorize Engineer Kuhn to advertise for bids for the repaving of the recommended roads. Motion carried unanimously.
Engineer Kuhn reported that graveling of township roads should begin this week. He has provided a list of the roads not slated for gravel to Alden Just so that he could start applying chloride.
The board discussed the proposed turn back of CR 85. Engineer Kuhn reported that the road was overlain in 2002 and will probably need to be redone in approximately 5 years. The board is interested in proceeding with the turn back if the county provides compensation. Engineer Kuhn and Clerk Raisanen will discuss with County Engineer Robley.
Engineer Kuhn briefly discussed the road alignment study with the board.
OLD BUSINESS: none
NEW BUSINESS: none
Being no further business, Feuling, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted….
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Gregg Raisanen, Clerk
Approved this ____ day of ________, 2013
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Bryon Alstead, Chairman