Alexandria Township
Alexandria,
Minnesota 56308
Minutes
of the meeting of 1-23-2008
A regular meeting of the Board of
Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 23rd Day of
January 2008 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 610 Fillmore Street.
ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Bryon Alstead, Louis
Ross, Jim Casper, Joel Dahlheimer, and Roger Thalman. Also present were Clerk Gregg Raisanen and
Mona Billmark, Treasurer. As said
members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Chairman Thalman
at 7:30 PM.
Ross, seconded by Alstead, made
a motion to adopt the agenda with the addition of discussion regarding future
LAR funding. Motion carried unanimously
Alstead, seconded by Casper,
made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 7, 2008 regular board
meeting and the December 22, 2007 special board meeting as written. Motion
carried unanimously.
Dahlheimer, seconded by Casper,
made a motion to authorize payment of claims 80024-8041 in the amount of
$21,360.27 and net payroll in the amount of $136.52 for a total of $21,498.79
and to authorize the transfer of $13,000.00 from the savings into the checking
account. Motion carried unanimously.
CITIZEN CONCERNS: None
ENGINEER’ REPORT: The board discussed the Nature’s Edge
blacktop project. Clerk Raisanen
reported that he had met with Attorney Haseman regarding the method of
assessment and also the inclusion of the unpaved portion of Maple Drive as part
of the project. He reported that
Attorney Haseman recommended that the Board obtain appraisals for different
properties to determine what the increase in value would be for the properties
after paving. Alstead, seconded by
Casper, made a motion to authorize Attorney Haseman to obtain 4 appraisals for
properties for the Queen’s Road paving project.
Motion carried unanimously. The
board was in consensus that the unpaved portion of Maple Drive should be
included as part of the project. Rod
Eldevik was present and indicated that he would support paving Maple Drive as
long as this portion is included as part of the whole project and that the
assessment would be by parcel and not by the frontage foot. Clerk Raisanen reported that if the board
chooses to use the parcel assessment procedure, Mr. Eldevik would be
responsible for 3 assessments for his property.
NEW BUSINESS: The board was in consensus to not purchase
calcium chloride from Douglas County in 2008 and to contract with a private
contractor for these services.
Supervisor Alstead reported that at the last LAR meeting, the board discussed the feasibility of increasing the funding of LAR by $1.00/resident in 2009. Alstead, seconded by Ross, made a motion to support increasing funding for LAR by $1.00/resident effective in 2009. Motion carried unanimously.
Being no further business, Alstead, seconded by Casper, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:10PM.
Respectfully
Submitted.....
Approved this _____ day of________, 2008
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Gregg Raisanen, Clerk Roger Thalman, Chairman