Alexandria Township

Alexandria, Minnesota 56308

Minutes of the meeting of 12-18-2006

A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 18^th Day of December 2006 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 610 Fillmore Street.

ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Louis Ross, Bryon Alstead, Jim Casper, Joel Dahlheimer, and Roger Thalman. Also present were Gregg Raisanen, Clerk, Mona Billmark, Treasurer, Jeff Kuhn, engineer, and Ben Oleson, zoning administrator. As said members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Chairman Thalman at 7:30 PM.

Ross, seconded by Casper, made a motion to adopt the agenda with the addition of an update from ALASD. Motion carried unanimously.

Alstead, seconded by Ross, made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 4, 2006 regular board meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.

Dahlheimer, seconded by Casper, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 6394-6408 in the amount of $119,739.90 and to authorize the transfer of $119,000.00 from the savings into the checking account. Motion carried unanimously. Clerk Raisanen reviewed the total revenue and disbursements for the year. He reported that receipts were approximately $40,000 more than disbursements for the year. Because of the reconstruction project in the Golden Gate Area, the road and bridge fund has a negative balance. Alstead, seconded by Ross, made a motion to transfer $50,000 from the snow and weed account and $70,000.00 from the blacktop account into the road and bridge account. Motion carried unanimously.

ENGINEER’S REPORT: Brad Nyberg presented the board the preliminary plat of Balsam Way. He indicated that after meeting with County Engineer Robley, he had changed the plat to use the first 175 feet of the existing driveway as an access easement to the two proposed lots. The easement would be 66 ft. in the event that the property develops so that the drive would become a public road. This plat would require a variance because the proposed plat would result in a flag lot. Mr. Nyberg reported that the county is proposing to change their ordinance, which would result in this proposed plat not requiring a variance.

NEW BUSINESS: The board discussed the Joint Douglas County- Alexandria Township Planning Agreement. Ben Oleson reported that Attorney Kristen Carr and County Attorney Karpen have reviewed and agreed on the document. Alstead, seconded by Casper, made a motion to adopt the Joint Planning Agreement as presented. Motion carried unanimously. Clerk Raisanen reported that this item is on the County Commissioners agenda for December 26, 2006.

The board reviewed ordinance 109 and ordinance 110. Casper, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to adopt resolution 06-07, a resolution adopting Alexandria Township Ordinance 109 and Ordinance 110, interim ordinances establishing zoning and subdivision regulations effective January 1, 2007. Motion for: Dahlheimer, Casper, Thalman, Ross, Alstead. Motion against: none. Motion carried unanimously.

The board reviewed a summary document of ordinance 109 and 110. Dahlheimer, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to approve the summary document for publication and directed Clerk Raisanen to publish on December 29, 2006. Motion carried unanimously.

The board reviewed Douglas County’s fee schedule for permits and applications. Ross, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to adopt Douglas County’s fee schedule for Alexandria Township with the addition of a $15.00 charged for copies of the zoning ordinance and $5.00 for copies of the subdivision ordinance. Motion carried unanimously.

Supervisor Ross and Ben Oleson will contact the Echo Press regarding a press release.

Chairman Thalman will contact the city regarding the possible coordination of inspection regarding building permits in the two-mile radius of the city.

Ross, seconded by Casper, made a motion to schedule meetings of the Board of Adjustment and Appeals on the third Monday of the month at 6:30 PM. Motion carried unanimously.

Ross, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to adopt resolution 06-08, a resolution adopting Douglas County’s Zoning districts as currently mapped. Motion carried unanimously.

Dahlheimer, seconded by Alstead, made a motion to authorize the striping of Maple Drive and Liberty Road in 2007. Engineer Kuhn will contact Douglas County to have the work completed.

Clerk Raisanen presented a proposed contract for engineering services with WSN for 2007. Hourly fees for Engineer Kuhn will be $105.00/hr. Alstead, seconded by Casper, made a motion to contract with WSN for engineering services for 2007 at the proposed fee schedule. Motion carried unanimously.

Clerk Raisanen presented a proposed contract for zoning administrator services with Community Growth Institute for 2007. Hourly fees for Ben Oleson will be $69.00/hr. Ross, seconded by Casper, made a motion to contract with CGI for zoning administrator services for 2007. Motion carried unanimously.

Chairman Thalman reported that ALASD and CLASD have signed two letters of intent. The first is that ALASD will handle all of the solids generated from the new CLASD plant. The second is to flow the waste in the Lobster Lake Area to the ALASD plant instead of the CLASD plant.

The board discussed future growth plans within the township.

Being no further business Alstead, seconded by Ross, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM.

Respectfully Submitted.....

Gregg Raisanen, Clerk

Approved this _____ day of _________, 2006

Roger Thalman, Chairman