MINUTES-REGULAR MEETING-NEW DOSEY TOWN BOARD-MARCH 16, 2011

MINUTES-REGULAR MEETING-NEW DOSEY TOWN BOARD-MARCH 16, 2011

Meeting called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chair Dave Fornengo. Also present were Supervisors Dave Baker and Wes Cemenski, Treasurer Margaret Coveau, Clerk Fran Levings and Deputy Treasurer Vicki Elliott.

Motion by Dave Baker, second by Wes Cemenski, to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Feb. 14, 2011, as printed. Carried.

Treasurer Margaret Coveau presented the Treasurer’s Report. (Attached to file copy of these minutes). Fund balances were: General Fund- ($2240.11), Road & Bridge Fund-$11,568.57, Cemetery/Landscaping Fund- $526.39, Fire Protection Fund-$222.00, Fire Hall Fund-$125.45, Cartway Fund-$2428.41, Savings Acc’t- $7126.95 and CDs-$50.393.54. Motion by Dave Baker, second by Wes Cemenski, to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Carried. Motion by Dave Baker, second by Dave Fornengo, to transfer $5000 from the Road & Bridge Fund to the General Fund. Carried.

Clerk Fran Levings presented the Claims List and the Net Payroll list (attached to file copy of these minutes). Motion by Dave Baker, second by Wes Cemenski, to pay these bills. Carried.

CLERK’S REPORT:

1. Dates to Remember- March 26 Pine County Township Officers Mtg.

April 1st- MAT Short Course- Carlton

April 11- Board of Review- 1 p.m.

2. Clerk will meet with the Webmaster in April to update the Website.

NO ZONING REPORT

OLD BUSINESS

1, Consensus was to authorize the Clerk to send an informational letter to the property owners on Little Ox Creek Road explaining the procedure for the township establishing Little Ox Creek Road as a township road.

2, Wes Cemenski reported that the tree removal project went well and is completed.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Wes Cemenski, to send a letter to Robin Matthews, Pine County Surveyor, indicating that the township grants permission for Pine County to do some excavation of the right-of-way of Doyle Road. Carried.

ANYTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD:

1. Dave Baker reported that he has had conversations with Mike Miller, the new DNR forester, regarding logging on the so-called Kirshberg Road.

2. Chair Fornengo will discuss the proposal of the Duxbury Volunteer Fire Department to raise the contract rates with the township with Fire Chief Mike McCullen. The township would like to see a written policy explained the use of these additional funds by the Fire Department.

3. Supervisors discussed the possibility of putting sand in the “frost boils” in the roads this spring and installing culverts so they do not heave.

Meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Fran Levings, Clerk

Also signed by the Chair ________________________ Date ________________