MINUTES-BOARD OF RE-ORGANIZATION MEETING- NEW DOSEY TOWNSHIP-MARCH 21, 2012-7:15 P.M.

Clerk swore in Supervisor Dave Fornengo for a term of 3-years. (Clerk herself had been sworn in by the Wilma Town Clerk)

Meeting called to order by the Clerk.  Motion by Dave Baker, second by Ken Coveau, to nominate Dave Fornengo as Chair of the Board.  Carried.  Motion by Ken Coveau, second by Dave Fornengo, to nominate Dave Baker as Vice-Chair.  Carried.

All officers signed the Officers List for the Minnesota Association of Townships.

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Dave Baker, to approve the appointment of Margaret Coveau as Deputy Clerk.  Carried.

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Ken Coveau, to approve the following Contracts for Services:       Seven-County Senior Federation-     $100.00

Family Pathways Senior Services-         $50.00

Pine County Historical Society-            $50.00

Carried.

Motion by Ken Coveau, second by Dave Baker, to approve the 2012 calendar with the addition of April 9^th as the date for the Board of Review and Equalization. Carried.

Meeting adjourned at7:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Fran Levings, Clerk

Also signed by the Chair _____________________  Date _____________

MINUTES-BOARD OF RE-ORGANIZATION MEETING-NEW DOSEY TOWNSHIP

March 24, 2009

Clerk Fran Levings gave the Oath of Office to newly elected officers Dave Fornengo, 3 yr. term as Supervisor and Vicki Elliott, 2 yr. term as Treasurer.

Dave Baker nominated Dave Fornengo to be Chair for the next year.  No other nominations and Mr. Fornengo was elected chair.  Dave Fornengo nominated Dave Baker to be vice-chair.  No other nominations and Mr. Baker weas elected vice-chair for a one year term.

The Clerk reminded the Board of the following dates-  March 28- Pine County Township Association Meeting in Hinckley, April 13-Board of Review and Equalization Meeting at 1 p.m. and April 15- the next regular meeting of the Board at 7:30 p.m.

Officer signed the form of all officers to be sent to the Minnesota Association of Townshiips.

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Don Mishler, to accept the authorization of the electors at the Annual Meeting to lower the wage for grading and snowplowing from $20/hour to $15/hour.  Carried.

Motion by Dave Baker, second by Dave Fornengo, to lower the wage for laborers from $15/hour to $12/hour.  Carried.

Motion by Dave Baker, second by Don Mishler, to lower the wage for Supervisor for each meeting by 10%.  Carried.  Supervisors will now be paid $40.50/meeting instead of $45/meeting.

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Dave Baker to accept the following authorizations made by the electors at the Annual Meeting:  Lower mileage rate from 47.50cents/mile to 35cents/mile, charge a rental fee of $25 for use of the town hall (this does NOT apply to community groups), raise the “filing for office” fee from $2 to $5, and purchase a new lawnmower for less than $200.  Carried.

Consensus was that since this meeting lasted less than 1 hour, supervisors, clerk and treasurer would not get paid for attending it.

The clerk gave the price of cemetery lots since it had been asked for.  1 lot is $400, 1 grave is $100, 2 urns may be buried in one grave, and the Cloverton Cemetery is now a designated “green” cemetery.

Meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,   Fran Levings, Clerk

Also signed by the Chair_______________  Date signed_______________