Princeton Township, Minnesota
Board of Supervisors Minutes
On Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. Town Board Chairperson Greg Anderson
called the Regular Monthly Town Board Meeting to order. Other members
present were Dan Minks, John Roxbury, Jr., and Stephanie Johnston. John
Moosbrugger was absent.
Approve Minutes
A motion was made by Dan Minks and seconded by John Roxbury, Jr., to approve
the minutes of October 5, 2006 and October 17, 2006 as printed. Motion
Carried.
Approve Financial Report
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Stephanie Johnston
to approve the Financial Report for October 2006 as submitted. Beginning Balance
of Township funds was $120,389.64; total receipts of $11,225.06; total disbursements
of $17,669.53; leaving a balance of $113,945.17. Motion Carried.
Mille Lacs County Sheriffs Department
A representative of the Mille Lacs County Sheriffs Office was not present.
Old Business
Larry Doose was present to continue discussion of a Township park on the
property of New Life Christian Center. Greg Anderson stated there is
a letter on the table from the Township Attorney. After some discussion,
the Town Board asked the Clerk to contact the Attorney to ask him two questions.
1. Can the City come in and annex the property once the
Township acquires the property and gets the park done?
and
2. Can the City use Eminent Domain to take portions of
the property (Township Park) for City use?
The Town Board asked the Clerk to get the Attorney’s comment and place this
discussion on the Agenda for the December Town Board Meeting.
New Business
Ted Lundgren, Section 2, was present to discuss four land splits.
Eric Minks stated that it meets the Ordinance but creates a weird looking
lot. Loren Kohnen agreed. He stated there are two lots that have
certain restrictions on them and should be recorded on the deed or abstract.
He stated that no building could ever take place on the north side of the
section line that runs through there or there would be too many lots in that
quarter-quarter section. He also stated parcel B has to be built in
the northwest part of that section or somewhere on the other side of the section
line. He said that all of the conditions that Todd McLouth recommended
also be put on the request. John Roxbury, Jr. asked which parcel E
or B would be unbuildable. Todd McLouth showed and explained the request
to John. A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Dan
Minks to approve the request. Motion Carried.
Jamie Andrews was present to request an on/off sale with Sunday liquor license
for “Shooters” former MacDaddy’s. A motion was made by John Roxbury,
Jr. and seconded by Dan Minks to approve the request. Motion Carried.
Vickie Lind was present to request an on sale with Sunday liquor license
for “Legends” former Bud’s Place. A motion was made by John Roxbury,
Jr. and seconded by Dan Minks to approve the request. Motion Carried.
The Town Board reviewed the proposed contract for KDV to complete the 2006
Township Audit. A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded
by Dan Minks to approve the contract for services. Motion Carried.
The next item on the agenda was to discuss the Claims approval process.
The Clerk stated that she had reviewed the report from the State Auditors
Office on Baldwin Township that John Roxbury had provided. The Clerk
stated that she is doing everything correctly that Baldwin Township was written
up on. The only concern she had was that she like Baldwin Township has
all of the claims in a folder for Town Board approval available if there are
any questions. The Town Board signs off on a Claims Approval List every
month that shows in detail what is being paid each month. The Town
Board doesn’t actually review each claim one by one each month. The
Town Board didn’t feel they needed to do that but asked the Clerk to continue
having the information available in case there is a question.
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Stephanie Johnston
to approve the Township 2007 Fee Schedule with no changes from last year.
Motion Carried.
A motion was made by Dan Minks and seconded by John Roxbury, Jr. to approve
the 2007 Meeting Dates. Motion Carried.
A motion was made by Dan Minks and seconded by John Roxbury, Jr. to approve
the 2007 Dates the Township Office will be closed with the addition of closing
the office on July 5, 2007. Motion Carried.
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Dan Minks to hold
the Board of Review Meeting on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. Motion
Carried.
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Dan Minks to appoint
John Moosbrugger as the AWAIR Representative for the Township. As the
Representative he will need to complete a walk through with the Clerk of the
entire Township Hall and make sure the workplace is free from any hazards.
Motion Carried.
The Town Board discussed dumping of misc. garbage on 110th Ave. and 65th
Street. Greg Anderson stated that they had a problem with this issue years
ago but the Township cannot block the road off. Dan Minks stated there
has been a rash of ditch dumping lately. Eric Minks stated there is
a microwave and a dishwasher behind his house. There is also a roll
of carpet along 40th Street. The Town Board asked the Clerk to contact Ken
Henchen and have him pick the items up and dispose of them. Eric Minks
asked the Clerk to let Ken know that when he wants to pick the items up to
let him know and he can help him load them. They also wanted Ken to
take a peek down 65th Street to see what was dumped down there. The
Town Board asked the Clerk to have Ken’s cousin make up a couple of No Dumping”
signs and install them along that road.
Engineers Report
Todd McLouth had nothing to report.
Zoning Administrators Report
Loren Kohnen stated that there will be two Conditional Use Permit requests
discussed at the next Planning Commission meeting.
Loren also reported to the Town Board that Dan Strunge has made a complaint
that Sylva is digging and burying stumps on his property. The Town Board all
agreed that it is a civil issue and not a Township issue.
Open Forum
Eugene Stoeckel stated that on the corner of 65th and County Road 4 there
is a culvert that has been hit in by whoever owns Patton’s. He said
it should probably be removed or knocked down. The Town Board asked
the Clerk to call Brian Dahlheimer to take care of it.
Supervisors Reports
Greg Anderson discussed the request to reimburse the Liquor License Fee
for Janelle Bastian who has sold MacDaddy’s and will not need the License.
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Dan Minks. Motion
Carried.
Greg discussed a possible requirement for proof of purchase of an establishment
before granting a liquor license. The Town Board didn’t feel like they
need to change the procedure on how they approve liquor licenses at this time.
Greg Anderson stated that there has been a problem with the attendance of
Planning Commission members at meetings. The Clerk stated that this
has been an issue for quite some time and in fact, the Town Board has directed
the Clerk on several occasions to write a letter to the Planning Commission
requesting them to call the Clerk ahead of time to let her know if they would
be unable to make a meeting. This would prevent members getting to
the meeting that night and not having a quorum. Once folks show up
for a meeting they must be paid whether there is a quorum or not. She stated
if she knows a head of time there will not be enough members present for
a quorum she can call folks and cancel the meeting before they arrive for
it. This saves the Township money. The Town Board asked Eric Minks
to address the Planning Commission at their next meeting and explain the
importance of attending the meeting and calling the Clerk ahead of time if
they are unable to attend.
John Roxbury, Jr. stated that he had talked to Tom Braun about snowplowing.
He stated that Tom would like to stay on as a snowplow operator for weekends
and some evenings or emergency purposes. Tom stated that the Township
should think about hiring another backup for Brian Dahlheimer in case he needs
one. The Town Board asked the Clerk to contact Brian to see if he has anyone
in mind who may want to back him up.
Clerks Business
The Clerk informed the Town Board that she had received a check for Greenbush
Township’s cost of the 40th Street Road Project.
The Clerk asked the Town Board Supervisors if she could purchase high speed
internet. She explained to the Town Board that the dial up internet
she currently has is very slow and more and more she is required to electronically
file reports. She explained that she currently has a problem even downloading
updates from the internet to update her virus protection. A motion was
made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Dan Minks to approve the Clerk to
purchase and have Wild-Blue installed. Motion Carried.
Approve Payment of the Bills
A motion was made by Dan Minks and seconded by John Roxbury, Jr. to approve
payment of the bills, Check numbers 7221-7270. Motion Carried.
Adjourn
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Dan Minks to adjourn
the meeting at 8:09 p.m. Motion Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Connie L. Heinks
Clerk/Treasurer
Attendees: Steve Heinks, Larry Ziebarth, Jamie Andrews,
Vickie Lind, Ted Lundgren, Eugene Stoeckel, Larry Doose, Todd McLouth, Loren
Kohnen