Meeting called to order at 5:31 PM by Chair Dave Fornengo.  Present were the following: Supervisor Jason Canesi, Supervisor Anthony Fornengo, Treasurer Wayne Hessler, Clerk Katie Krejci along with Representative Robin Fornengo.

Pledge of Allegiance: Done

Public Input: None

AGENDA AND MINUTES

• Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Jason Canesi, to approve the June 10^th, 2025 agenda. (Carried 3-0)
• Motion by Anthony Fornengo, second by Jason Canesi, to approve the minutes from May 13^th, 2025 Town Board meeting. (Carried 3-0).

TREASURER’S REPORT

• Balance at Northview Bank is $68,019.17 in checking account and $1,186.01 in savings.
• Motion by Jason Canesi, second by Anthony Fornengo, to approve the Treasurer’s Report (Carried 3-0).

CLAIMS & PAYROLL

• Clerk Katie Krejci prepared the Claims and Payroll list for approval
• Motion by Jason Canesi, second by Anthony Fornengo, to pay Claims and Payroll (Carried 3-0)

CLERK’S REPORT

• Clerk training
  • Almost done training with Patrice (Treasurer from Wilma Township) – Thank you, Patrice!
  • The 2024 year-end report has been completed and submitted to the auditor
  • A flash drive has been purchased to upload backups of CTAS and Township documents monthly. Will be stored in the Township safe.
  • Clerk and Treasurer to meet once training is complete to decide on duties. Katie to look into whether CTAS backup from Clerk laptop can be uploaded to Treasurer laptop so that everything is up to date.
• New timecards and claim forms
  • Reminder to sign your timecards and claim forms in order for payment to be processed.
  • All claim sheets must be submitted by the Monday prior to meeting date in order to process payment.
  • A black drop box has been installed outside of the Town Hall for submission of claim sheets and invoices for those without access into the Town Hall.
• ARPA SLFRF 2025 Report – Completed! Katie was unable to restore our old SAM.gov account, but we can make a new account down the road, if needed.
• New Township Membership Cards – Distributed to board members
• MAT is offering free Amazon Business Prime Memberships for Townships
  • Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Jason Canesi to open a free Business Prime Membership (Carried 3-0). Katie will open this.
• Culvert Sale through Lands & Cabins in Hinckley – Ends July 4^th
• Updates from MAT May 2025 Newsletter
  • Upcoming MAT August District Meeting is on Tuesday, August 19 ^th at 6pm in Cambridge. Unsure if anyone from the board will attend yet. Tabled.
  • 2026 Capital Budget request due June 13^th, 2025 – Interested, but not enough time to enter apply. Will try to apply in 2027 for the 2028 round.
  • New MN Paid Leave Law – Does not apply to New Dosey Township as we don’t have any full-time employees with benefits.
  • Public wastewater, stormwater, and drinking water infrastructure improvement projects? Does not apply to New Dosey Township.

OLD BUSINESS:

• DNR Bridge Construction x 2 on Matthew Lourey State Trail at Keene Creek North and South
  • Ongoing project. Nothing new to report.
• Starlink for Town Hall
  • Revisited switching over to Starlink for internet. Katie to set up the account and purchase the unit.
• Road Review was completed April 25^th at noon.
  • Dave Fornengo spoke with several contractors, Hopkins Sand & Gravel gave us the best bid ($350 per 16 yard load of Class 5). We still have some gravel left that can be used.
  • Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Jason Canesi, to put gravel over the culverts on Kingsdale Rd (2-3 loads), hire Mike Johnson to do the culvert replacement on School House Road, and contact Hopkins Sand & Gravel for $40,000 of Class 5 gravel to be placed on Kingsdale Rd starting on North to South. (Carried 3-0).

NEW BUSINESS:

• Garbage Board – Report from Dave Fornengo.
  • They currently have $20,580 in checking and $11,100 in a CD to save up for a truck replacement when needed. Moving to an annual calendar year for reporting to the state.
  • Garbage board meetings are bi-monthly, will decide who from the board will attend next at our July meeting.
• Hospital Board – Report from Robin Fornengo.
  • Still looking for a nursing supervisor. Still waiting for the nursing survey. They did have UCARE come in and that survey went well. Hinckley clinic is picking up. The EMS clinic is having an award ceremony. A summer newsletter is coming out in July. History and information books are located at the Town Hall. Naomi Coaning has been nominated for the Health Care Leadership award. Trying to add a mobile mammogram unit.
  • They are having a free public CPR class on September 13^th and they can have up to 15 students. Sign up will be available in their next newsletter. Robin will attend.
• Matthew Lourey Road Creation/Maintenance
  • Dave Fornengo received and replied to some calls on the creation and maintenance of Matt Lourey road nearing north from county road 32. This is a township road for 1 mile north of county road 32.

Anything else to come to the board? NONE

Next meeting is Tuesday, July 8th 2025 @ 5:30 PM

Meeting adjourned at 6:49 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Katie Krejci, Clerk

Meeting called to order at 5:48 PM by Chair Dave Fornengo.  Present were the following: Supervisor Jason Canesi, Supervisor Anthony Fornengo, Treasurer Wayne Hessler, Clerk Katie Krejci along with Don Eddi from the public.

Pledge of Allegiance done

Public Input: None

AGENDA AND MINUTES

• Motion by Jason Canesi, second by Anthony Fornengo, to approve the May 13^th, 2025 agenda. (Carried 3-0)
• Motion by Jason Canesi, second by Anthony Fornengo, to approve the minutes from April 8^th, 2025 Town Board meeting. (Carried 3-0).

TREASURER’S REPORT

• Balance at Northview Bank is $70,211.82 in checking account

CLAIMS & PAYROLL

• Clerk Katie Krejci prepared the Claims and Payroll list for approval
• Motion by Jason Canesi, second by Anthony Fornengo, to pay Claims and Payroll (Carried 3-0)

CLERK’S REPORT

• Clerk training
  • Katie met with Glen to learn how to operate the website. Meeting minutes from 2025 are now uploaded on the website.
  • Ongoing CTAS training with Patrice from Wilma Township – thank you, Patrice!
  • Q1 Federal Payroll Reports have been submitted and paid
  • All addresses have been updated to our new township address
  • Next, working on 2024 year-end report to auditor, we have an extension to May 30^th
  • Still waiting on a few signatures from the board on the township bank accounts to approve Katie Krejci, Clerk
  • Clerk and Treasurer to meet once training is complete to decide on duties
• New timecards and claim forms
  • Located in black vertical organizer on the back table of the Town Hall.
  • Please note that there are 4 different claim sheets now, please take care to use the correct one! If you have payroll time and reimbursements, you will need to submit TWO different forms. Thank you!
    1. Officer Payroll Claim (supervisors, treasurer, clerk)
    2. Employee Payroll Claim (grading, housekeeping, representatives, etc.)
    3. Election Payroll Claim (election judges)
    4. Reimbursement & Mileage Claim
  • Contractors should submit an invoice, not a claim sheet
  • Submit your completed claim form(s) in the bottom slot of the organizer.
  • The claim sheet(s) must be filled out by individual and signed in order for payment.
  • All claim sheets must be submitted by the Monday prior to meeting date in order to process payment.
  • A secure drop box has been purchased and will be installed outside of the Town Hall for submission of claim sheets and invoices for those without access into the Town Hall.
  • Please cash checks promptly to help with our accounting process. Thank you!

NEW BUSINESS:

• Lease for Mowing
  • Renewed lease to use Dave Fornengo’s mower for Town Hall May 1^st – October 31^st, 2025 for $75 per month. Agreement filed.
• Road Review was completed April 25^th at noon. Work to be completed:
  • Grading: Loggers Lane, Little Ox Creek, Ennerstrom Road, Creekview Road, Matt Lourey North, Matt Lourey South, Doyle Lane, Wildcat Lane, Hay Creek North, Hay Creek South, Squib Creek Drive, McDermott Creek Road, McDermott Creek Road (minimum maintenance), Timber Trail Road, Beehive Lane, Rocky Blvd, and Little Fawn Drive
  • Class 5 needed on entire road: Adolfs Road and Kingsdale Road (+add extra on top of culverts)
  • School House Road needs culvert replaced and old culverts need cleaned up 7 miles east of Co Rd 24
  • Motion by Anthony Fornengo, second by Jason Canesi, to approve the Road Work Report (Carried 3-0)
  • Proposed Road Work budget of $35,000. Dave Fornengo, Chair, to call several contractors to gather bids.
• Bathrooms are now working, Paul’s Portables contract has been discontinued. Invoice paid.
• Garbage Board – Report from Beverly Carlin that she can no longer be the representative because it has to be attended by a board member. Will decide at each monthly meeting who from the board is attending the upcoming garbage board meeting.

OLD BUSINESS:

• DNR Proposal for 2 bridge installations on Matthew Lourey State Trail at Keene Creek North and South
  • Mary Straka from the DNR has mailed information to the landowners along the township road regarding construction activity timing.
  • Construction has already started
  • The cooperative agreement with the DNR was signed by Dave Fornengo

Anything else to come to the board? NONE

Next meeting is Tuesday, June 10th 2025 @ 5:30 PM

Meeting adjourned at 6:55 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Katie Krejci, Clerk

Meeting called to order at 5:51pm by Chair Dave Fornengo.  Present were the following: Supervisor Jason Canesi, Supervisor Anthony Fornengo, Treasurer Wayne Hessler, Clerk Katie Krejci, Representative Robin Fornengo, Representative Bev Carlin along with Ryan Krejci and Don Eddi from the public.

Pledge of Allegiance: Done

Public Input: None

AGENDA AND MINUTES

• Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Anthony Fornengo, to approve the April 8^th, 2025 agenda. (Carried 3-0)
• Motion by Jason Canesi, second by Anthony Fornengo to approve the minutes from March 10^th, 2025 Town Board meeting. (Carried 3-0).
• Motion by Anthony Fornengo, second by Jason Canesi, to approve the minutes from March 13^th, 2025 Board of Reorganization meeting. (Carried 3-0).

TREASURER’S REPORT

• Cash Balance Statement – Balance at Northview Bank is $77,455.77 in checking and $1,166.01 in savings.
• Motion by Jason Canesi, second by Anthony Fornengo, to approve the Treasurer’s Report. (Carried 3-0)
• Treasurer Wayne Hessler prepared the Claims and Payroll list for approval.
• Motion by Anthony Fornengo, second by Jason Canesi, to pay Claims and Payroll. (Carried 3-0)

AUXILIARY BOARD REPORT

• Hospital District Board Representative Robin Fornengo reports that they are going to do care for the FCI, still waiting on the nursing survey. Doing more marketing for the Hinckley clinic
• Health Care Needs Committee Representative Robin Fornengo reports that they’ve given out several grants:
  • EMT Training for nurses
  • Nurses Aid (CNA) class at the high school
  • CPR, First Aid and AED courses in conjunction with Pine Tech
  • Cleaning equipment for endoscopies and colonoscopies at the hospital
  • Now have a website and a Facebook page!
• Garbage Board Representative Beverly Carlin reports nothing new there
• Nick has resigned as Fire Chief and Mike is back in as Chief

CLERK’S REPORT

• Laptop has been returned to New Dosey Township by Tamara Miritello

OLD BUISNESS

• ROAD WORK – Getting a head start on brushing due to no snow cover, especially on Kingsdale Road.
• Upcoming Road Review – Scheduled for Friday, April 25^th at noon.
• Duxbury Fire Department – Light at the end of the shed has been fixed. 2022-2024 Fire and Medical Response Sheets have been obtained and filed.
• Taxes – Total cost of processing report (TNT Report) – our share to pay is $109.41. Tabled until next meeting

NEW BUSINESS

• DNR Proposal for Matthew Lourey State Trail
  • The DNR would like to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with New Dosey Township regarding the Matthew Lourey State Trail. The State of Minnesota will be solely responsible for the administration, operations, and maintenance of the State Trail at no cost to the Township. The Agreement is to take effect from February 15^th, 2025 to February 15^th, 2055.
  • The DNR would like to put in 2 bridges on Matthew Lourey State Trail at Keene Creek North and South. Construction is expected to start this summer.
  • Motion by Anthony Fornengo, second by Jason Canesi to enter into the Agreement (carried 3-0).
• Clerk and Treasurer Duties – Clerk to write checks
• Catching Up with Priority Level and Dates
  • Clerk Katie Krejci to submit State and Federal Payroll Reports by April 30^th
  • Clerk Katie Krejci and Chair Dave Fornengo to meet next week to train Katie in on Clerk duties and get caught up on organization.
  • Board authorized Dave Fornengo, Jason Canesi, Wayne Hassler, Anthony Fornengo, and Katie Krejci to be listed as signatures on the township bank accounts. Motion by Dave Fornengo, second Jason Canesi (carried 3-0).

Anything else to come to the board?

• Don Eddi is requesting to put up a No Parking sign at his own expense on the township road due to general public parking in front of his property, across from his mailbox. Parking is legal as long as traffic is not obstructed. 

Next meeting is Tuesday, May 13th, 2025 @ 5:30 PM

Meeting adjourned at 7:09pm

Respectfully submitted,

Katie Krejci, Clerk