Alexandria Township

Alexandria, Minnesota 56308

Minutes of the meeting of 4-17-2006

A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 17^th Day of April 2006.

ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were, Joel Dahlheimer, Louis Ross, Jim Casper, and Bryon Alstead. Also present were Gregg Raisanen, Clerk and Mona Billmark, Treasurer. As said members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairman Ross at 7:30 PM.

Alstead, seconded by Casper, made a motion to adopt the agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

Casper, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to approve the minutes of the April 3, 2006 regular board meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.

Alstead, seconded by Casper, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 6104-6127 in the amount of $34,115.01. Motion carried unanimously.

ENGINEER’S REPORT: Engineer Kuhn reported a driveway off of Cody Ct. is missing a culvert, which is resulting in some drainage issues. In addition, some material was placed in a drainage ditch located on private property in the same area, which has resulted in some flooding issues on the north end of Cody Court. A culvert was installed on the north end of Cody Ct. to facilitate drainage from side to the other. Dahlheimer, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to authorize paying for the cost of the installation of the culvert on the north end of Cody Court. Motion carried unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS: Assessor Jim Howard was present to discuss the assessed value of the property owned by Jerome Hendricks. After viewing the property, Mr. Howard recommended a 10% reduction in the land value due to the slope to the lake resulting in a reduction of $16,600. Alstead, seconded by Casper, made a motion to approve the recommended assessed value as proposed by Assessor Jim Howard. Motion carried unanimously.

OLD BUSINESS: Clerk Raisanen reported that the animal ordinance does not require that domestic animals running at large be impounded. Clerk Raisanen will determine where the majority of the cats are collected which are being impounded and report back to the board.

Casper, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to appoint the following members to the Alexandria Township Planning Commission: Lyle Hammerschmidt - 1 year term, Julie Feuling and John Knowles- 2 year term, and Russ Niskanen and Larry Steidl- 3 year term. Motion carried unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS: The Board discussed the proposed storage units for the land at the intersection of CR 17 and Hwy. 27. The board recommended tabling the request since the amount of impervious surface is in question along with the lack of a storm water runoff plan.

Being no further business Alstead, seconded by Casper, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:15PM.

Respectfully Submitted.....

Gregg Raisanen, Clerk

Approved this _____ day of _________, 2006

Roger Thalman, Chairman