Town Board Meeting
Meeting was called to order at
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call – Present: Stephen
Dahl, George Sundstrom, Jeff Cook,
Absent: Corlis West, Bruce Aho
I. Approve Minutes
·
George made a motion to approve the minutes with
one correction, Jeff seconded. In the
August minutes under Legal should read “use it or lose it”, Motion passed.
II. Concerns from the Audience
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Bruce Lindberg – would
like to state the Township is currently violating state law with the removal of
his property from the map and LIU status. Mr. Lindberg also claims harassment. George and Jeff both assured Mr. Lindberg the
issue has not yet been resolved; the map has not been changed. The township is currently in the process of
reviewing the Draft Ordinance and making changes, the Draft has not yet been
approved. The next meeting will be
·
Bob Engelson would like
to borrow the town’s tables for the North Shore Community School Barbecue
September 17th. The Town has
a hall rental that day, the tables are not available.
III. Approve Agenda
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Additions
o
Legal - Lease agreement
o
Legal – Storm Water
o
With those additions, Jeff
made a motion to approve the agenda, George seconded. Motion passed
IV. Correspondence
·
None
V. Treasurers Report
Beginning
Balance $381,959.16
Deposits $ 636.66
Expenses $ 18,946.96
Ending
Balance $363,648.86
VI. Department Reports
·
Report read and
approved.
·
Political signs have
been vandalized.
·
A suggestion was made
to put a note in the newsletter reminding residents; we do not have a full time
Police Department. If there is a problem
that needs immediate attention please contact 911.
b. Fire
Report - Bob Engelson
·
Two First responder
calls
·
Chief is Barry Lampi has
been hired to maintain the fire trucks.
Question, are we entering into a conflict of interest? No we do not put out bids for truck
maintenance.
c. Community Center
·
Phil Strom requested
the Town Board not sign the Johnson Control contract at this time.
·
Sheri Camper –
invitations to the North Shore Community barbecue were presented.
·
Sheri has been
approached by a number of parents with a request to hold Community Education
type classes.
§
Parents have
volunteered to fully run these classes.
§
Both the School and the
Town carry insurance for these situations.
§
Suggestion to rent a
room using the regular rental cost.
§
These would be
Community Classes as opposed to School classes.
§
Any costs should be
offset by tuition.
§
Advertisement is
encouraged (Township Newsletter).
·
Proposed lease
agreement which consists of one contract but several documents. There was some confusion between the
documents. George made a motion that as
this is a Community Center Issue, Stephen and George will meet with Johnson
Controls to negotiate the contract, Jeff seconded. Motion passed. Tim Strom will contact Mike Wardlow from
Johnson Controls, set time and date, then contact the Town Board.
·
Phil Strom presented a
modification of the Lease Agreement between the
d. Legal
·
Bob Engelson - The
Chief and Assistant Chief are reimbursed for maintenance they do on fire
department vehicles. Do we jeopardize
our volunteer status or chance a conflict of interest with payment? Tim will look into the relationship between
the fire department and the Township.
Jeff will attend the next Fire Department business meeting to discuss it
with the membership.
·
The next Draft
ordinance “Special Meeting” will be
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Storm Water. The township is looking at some tough, hard
regulations with a mandatory storm water plan for our township. Tim will check to see if any other townships
are concerned with what the MPCA is requesting.
e. Town Hall
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The monitor on the
township computer has gone out and is not repairable. George made a motion to authorize Don
McTavish and the Clerk purchase a laptop and a monitor for $1700.00 that will
suffice the needs of the Township, Stephen seconded. Motion passed.
f. Planning and Zoning
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Public Hearings: Bartelt sign in the right-of-way, the
Bartelts agreed to remove the sign.
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Attached garages: One fee if the garage is attached, separate
fee if it is unattached.
·
Bille property Board of
Adjustment – request denied. Planning
commission records regarding the previous Board of Adjustment and variance
request should be delivered to the clerk for the permanent file.
·
Zoning Administrator - a
job description has been requested.
g.
Recycling
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South recycling center
will be closed for the Inline marathon
h. Road
and Bridge
·
Jeff will ask the
contractors to get the
i. Cemetery
·
Sextant Denise was
contacted and a report requested.
·
George made a motion to
require artificial flower removal from gravesites by October 15th,
Stephen seconded. Motion passed.
VII. Old Business
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No old business at this
meeting.
VIII. New Business
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Current Community
School CD expires in early October.
Janet is to research and contact George to discuss purchasing a new one
or rolling over the current CD.
IX. Pay Bills Jeff made a
motion to authorize check distribution, Stephen seconded. Motion passed
X. Motion to adjourn.
By
Ann K. Cox
Clerk,