Alexandria Township
Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
Minutes of the meeting of May 6, 2013
A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 6th day of May, 2013 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 610 Fillmore Street.
ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Bryon Alstead, Lyle Hammerschmidt, 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 Hammerschmidt, made a motion to adopt the agenda with the addition of road inspection under Engineer’s Report. Motion carried unanimously.
Hammerschmidt, seconded by Feuling, made a motion to approve the minutes of the 4/15/2013 regular board meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.
Niskanen, seconded by Hammerschmidt, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 13089 – 13101 in the amount of $28,109.47, net payroll of $3,980.62, totaling $32,090.09 and a transfer of funds from savings in the amount of $20,000.00. Motion carried unanimously.
CITIZEN’S CONCERNS: none
PLANNING AND ZONING: Kathy Hodges, owner of Jack’s Family Recycling Center, was present to discuss a revised screen plan. Chairman Alstead asked if she would be amenable to modifying the existing screen plan in the front of the property. Ms. Hodges stated the costs for installing additional fencing and/or moving existing fencing is prohibitive. They have stopped taking recycling material out front and once this material is baled, no new material will be stored in this area. She expects the clean-up effort to take around three weeks, dependent upon weather. She also stated she is on a clean-up plan with the MPCA. Motion by Dahlheimer, seconded by Feuling, to grant a 30 day reprieve to achieve a substantial clean up effort, emphasis in the front portion of the property. Ms. Hodges will meet with the board in June to assess the situation. Motion carried unanimously.
ENGINEER’S REPORT: Gravel quotes. Clerk Raisanen stated gravel quotes will be moved to the next meeting.
Supervisor Niskanen asked if E. Lake Geneva Road or Lake Victoria were going to have overlay this summer. Board consensus to do no crackfill on the north end of E. Lake Geneva Road or on Lake Victoria since these roads may be overlain this year.
Board consensus to have Alden Just Road Maintenance repair the washout on Erickson Heritage by the trail.
Supervisor Hammerschmidt mentioned there are a few trees that should be removed from the right-of-way on 30th Ave. This item will be added to the road inspection list.
OLD BUSINESS: none
NEW BUSINESS: Calcium chloride quotes. Clerk Raisanen reported that most providers use magnesium chloride instead of calcium chloride. Last year our engineer made a comparison and recommended the continued use of calcium chloride. Dahlheimer, seconded by Niskanen, made a motion to authorize the clerk to obtain quotes for calcium chloride. Motion carried unanimously.
Being no further business, Feuling, seconded by Hammerschmidt, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6:32 p.m.
Respectfully submitted….
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Gregg Raisanen, Clerk
Approved this ____ day of ________, 2013
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Bryon Alstead, Chairman