On Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. Town Board Chair= person Greg Anderson called the regular monthly Town Board meeting to order. Other Supervisors present were John Roxbury, Jr., Eugene Stoeckel, Dan Minks and Mark Riverblood.
Greg Anderson asked for a motion to amend the agenda t= o add Long Siding Bar & Grill, Legends and Old Log Liquor to approve liquor licenses for each. A motion w= as made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Eugene Stoeckel to approve amendi= ng the agenda. Motion Carried.
Approve Mi=
nutes
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by= Dan Minks to approve the minutes of the April 21, 2009 regular monthly meeting = as printed. Motion Carried.
Approve Fi=
nancial
Report
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by= Eugene Stoeckel to approve the Financial Report for April 2009 as submitted. Beginning Balance of Township fund= s was $189,875.25; total receipts of $900.88; total disbursements of $13,567.33; leaving a bal= ance of $177,208.80. Motion Carrie= d.
Old Busine=
ss
New Busine=
ss
Ciara Schlichting was pre= sent on behalf of the Princeton Visionary Committee. She is a planner that has been hir= ed by the Princeton Visionary Committee. She gave the Board a presentation of what her job is as a planner and wanted some input from the Princeton Town Board. She stated she will take the infor= mation back to the Visionary Committee.
The Board discussed the Conditional Use Permit Annual Review request from Kathy Belmore. Kathy was not present. John Roxbury, Jr. stated that he d= idn’t see any problems and the place was looking nice. A motion was made by John Roxbury,= Jr. to approve the CUP and to remove condition #3 requiring annual review. Mr. Roxbury stated that review wou= ld only be needed if complaints are received.= Dan Minks seconded the motion. Motion Carried.
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Eugene Stoeckel to approve the temporary liquor license for Rum River Association to serve alcohol at the Grass Drags. Motion Carried.
John Dotseth was present =
stating
he would like to start a Farmers Market off Hwy 169 near Old Log Liquor.
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Mark Riverblood to approve the liquor license = for Shooters. Motion Carried.
A motion was made by John Roxbury, = Jr. and seconded by Eugene Stoeckel to approve the liquor license for Old Log Liquor. Motion Carried.
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Dan Minks to approve the liquor license for Legends. Motion Carried.
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Eugene Stoeckel to approve the liquor license = for Long Siding Bar & Grill. = Motion Carried.
Engineers =
Report
Todd McLouth stated that he had the bid opening for ro= ad work/ditching at the Town Hall earlier that day. He stated that after the bids were opened and the numbers were checked, JL Excavators had the lowest bid at $51,003.00. Dahlheimer Trucking came in second= at $64,712.05 and West Branch Construction came in third at $66,662.00.
The other bid was for crack filling. The only bid was from KAB Seal Coa= ting in the amount of $38,065.00 which covers almost all the Township roads. Todd stated that he feels the Town= ship needs to do crack filling before they do seal coating.
Todd stated that there was an alternate in the bid to include a culvert under 82nd by Joel Minks. He stated his bid called for that = to be a CAP culvert. The alternate = was to make that a RCP concrete culvert. According to JL Jordan’s bid that added $5,500 to go from CAP = to a concrete culvert. Todd stated= that JL Jordan’s bid included the $5,500 for the RCP concrete culvert. Todd said if they didn’t wan= t a concrete culvert they could fall back to the original bid amount without the alternate at $45,500.
After some discussion the Town Board wanted to stay wi= th the RCP steel culvert instead of the concrete culvert. The cost of the two road rep= airs would be $83,065.00.
The Clerk stated that she wanted to put a caution out = to the Board that she recommends not spending everything in the road & bridge = fund because it is early in the year and they may need to transfer some money to other funds.
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by= Dan Minks to approve the bids for JL Jordan and KAB Seal Coating and using the steel culvert rather than the concrete culvert. Motion Carried.
Todd also wanted to brief the Town Board on some miscellaneous work that is needed. &n= bsp; A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by Dan Minks approving Brian Dahlheimer to do some minor road repairs where needed. Motion Carried.
Open Forum=
John Dunbar was present a= nd stated he had received a letter in regards to some road work that would be happening near his property. = Todd McLouth stated that the Township will be doing some road grading in areas w= here there are no ditches to get the water off the road. He stated the Township will stay w= ithin the 66 foot road easement and not go beyond that. Mr. McLouth stated the lette= r he received was meant to inform the residents of the road work.
A resident was also prese= nt asking about ditches near his property and getting them to correspond throughout the township. Todd McLouth stated they would not be getting that extensive.
Supervisors
Reports
Dan Minks stated that he was going to bring up discuss= ion on a new plow truck but after the money approved for road work he decided it wasn’t a good time.
John Roxbury, Jr. stated he would like the Clerk to se= nd a letter from the Board to Jim Mogen thanking him for his years of service.
Greg Anderson briefed the Town Board on the proper cha= in of command on complaints that are received.
Clerks Business
The Clerk brought to the Boards attention the bill fro= m Jims Mille Lacs for clean-up day. = She suggested to the Board that maybe they look at not giving so many items for free at clean-up day. Greg An= derson stated that he can take the tires next year and that alone will save a huge amount of money. John Roxbury= , Jr. stated that allowing the free items cuts down on the number of items thrown= in the ditches.
Approve Pa=
yment of
the Bills
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by= Eugene Stoeckel to approve payment of the bills, Check numbers 8436 - 8465. Motion Carried.
Adjourn
A motion was made by John Roxbury, Jr. and seconded by= Dan Minks to adjourn the meeting at 8:40 p.m. Motion Carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Connie L. Heinks
Clerk/Treasurer
Attende= es: &n= bsp; John Dunbar, Della Dunbar, Ciara Schlichting, Hewitt Peterson, John Dotseth, Ste= ven Witz, Larry Ziebarth, Brian Dahlheimer, Todd McLouth.