MINUTES- NEW DOSEY TOWN BOARD REGUALAR MEETING –                   November 12TH, 2020

Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM by Chair Dave Fornengo. Also present were the following: Supervisor’s Anthony Fornengo and Dave Baker, Treasurer Wayne Hessler, NPAHD Representative Fran Levings and Clerk Tamara Miritello. Absent was Deputy Clerk Samantha Gardner.

PUBLIC IMPUT: None

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by AJ Fornengo, to approve the agenda. (Carried 3-0)

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by AJ Fornengo to approve the minutes of the October 14^th, 2020. (Carried 3-0)

Treasurer’s Report was not ready for the meeting; Treasurer Wayne Hessler presented and prepared Cash Balanced Statement.

FUND BALANCES:

                General Fund                                                                                     $10,199.59

                Road & Bridge                                                                                   $19,674.94

                Fire Protection                                                                                    $5,233.29

                Cemetery/Landscaping                                                                   $3,895.03

                Fire Hall                                                                                                    $125.45

                Savings Account                                                                                $1,165.35

                Driveways                                                                                           $7,952.76

                                                                                                Total                    $48,246.41

RECEIPTS – NOVEMBER – 2020

                Pauline Wareshau                           Snowplowing                     $120.00

                Jan Streiff                                            Snowplowing                     $120.00

                Mark Berres                                       Snowplowing                     $120.00

                Samantha Gardner                          Snowplowing                     $120.00

                Tania Strarowoitou                         Snowplowing                     $120.00

                David Baker                                        Snowplowing                     $120.00

                John Ascheman                                Snowplowing                     $120.00

                John Goodrich                                   Snowplowing                     $120.00

                Tri – Township Disposal                 Refund                                 $300.00

                Graig Javes                                         Snowplowing                     $120.00

                Jason Fornengo                                Snowplowing                     $120.00

                Robin Kemp                                       Snowplowing                     $120.00

                Donald Eddy                                       Snowplowing                     $120.00

                                                                                                TOTAL              $1,740.00

Clerk Tamara Miritello presented and prepared the Claims list and Net Payroll list for approval.

CLAIMS:

                #7254                                    Northstar Media (Change of meeting)                    $31.13

                #7255                                  Fran Levings (Ballot count & mileage Reimb.)      $51.00

                #7256                                    AT & T (November 2020)                                              $97.74

                #7257                                    Cybert PC (Laptops – clerk & treasurer)           $1,689.97

                #7258                                    Land and Cabin (Culverts)                                      $1,008.45

                #7259                                    Roberts Excavating (road work)                         $12,852.50

                #7260                                    Napa (grader supply)                                                      $60.49

                #7261                                    Federated Co-ops (Prebuy)                                      $598.56

                #7262                                    East Central Energy (November 2020)                     $63.00

                                TOTAL CLAIMS FOR NOVEMBER – 2020                                           $16,452.84

GROSS PAY:

                Dave Baker                                                                                                                         $100.00

                AJ Fornengo                                                                                                                       $100.00

                Dave Fornengo                                                                                                                 $125.00

                Wayne Hessler                                                                                                                  $140.00

                Fran Levings                                                                                                                       $185.00

                Tamara Miritello                                                                                                               $365.00

                Doug Wiita                                                                                                                          $450.00

Motion by AJ Fornengo, Second by Dave Baker, to pay these bills. (Carried 3-0)

CLERKS REPORT:

1. Pine County Township Officers’ Association Meeting – Saturday, October 24^th, 2020 @9AM – Due to COVID the attendance was small. A few of the speakers were our local candidates. DNR have several stations set up for testing for CWD. The full minutes of the meeting can be found @ PINECOUNTYTOWNSHIPS.com.
2. New Dosey Township 2020 Presidential Election results are posted on the bulletin board in front of the town hall.

OLD BUISNESS:

1. Road Work -Kinglsdale there is a large hole that will look at getting filled.
   1. Doug Wiita has been doing a great job on the roads.
   1.   Frank Rehberger will be doing the winter road grading.
   1.  A list will be sent out to Jason Fornengo for snowplowing.

NEW BUISNESS:

• NPAHD Report – Prepared and presented by Fran Levings.
• Hospital district will be hosting a Health Care Leadership Conference (Via Zoom) on November 19^th, 2020. This is for Pine County Agencies, 23 organizations have signed up.  A few of these are:
  • Pine County Health Dept.
  • Gateway Family Clinic
  • Essentia – Sandstone & Moose Lake
  • Golden Horizons
  • Thrifty White Pharmacy
  • Therapeutic Services
  • City of Sandstone
  • NPAHD
• Update COVID – 19 cases in Pine County.  As of today (Nov. 19^th, 2020) Pine County has had 838 cases. 6 deaths in the last 2 days. 2 senior care homes have cases (Golden Horizon & Lakeside Medical Center) Minnesota Health Dept. states that if Pine County has a group of 25 people or more in one place there are a 50% chance that one of them is infected.
• Pine County Historical Society– has sent a letter requesting a designated person from the board to help with a project to keep storage of Township records per state statutes.  Dave Baker and Fran Levings will be the liaison in this matter.
• 2020 New Dosey Township Christmas Party – Cancelled due to COVID-19

Meeting adjourned at 8:00PM

Respectfully submitted,

Tamara Miritello, Clerk

Also, Signed by the Chair____________________________________________________Date_________

MINUTES- NEW DOSEY TOWN BOARD REGUALAR MEETING –                   OCTOBER 14TH, 2020

Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM by Chair Dave Fornengo. Also present was the following: Supervisors Anthony Fornengo, and Dave Baker, Treasurer Wayne Hessler, and Clerk Tamara Miritello. Absent were Deputy Clerk Samantha Gardner and NPAHD Representative Fran Levings.

PUBLIC IMPUT: None

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by AJ Fornengo, to approve the agenda. (Carried 3-0)

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Dave Baker, to approve the minutes of the September 9^th, 2020. (Carried 3-0)

Treasurer Wayne Hessler presented and prepared the Treasurer’s Report and the Cash Balanced Statement.

FUND BALANCES:

                General Fund                                                                                     $10,113.71

                Road & Bridge                                                                                   $20,044.34

                Fire Protection                                                                                  $5,233.29

                Cemetery/Landscaping                                                                 $3,895.03

                Fire Hall                                                                                                $125.45

                Savings Account                                                                                $1,164.25

                Driveways                                                                                           $6,512.76

RECEIPTS – OCTOBER – 2020 

NONE

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by AJ Fornengo, to approve Treasurer’s Report. (Carried 3-0)

Clerk Tamara Miritello presented and prepared the Claims list and Net Payroll list for approval.

CLAIMS:

                #7245                                    Kettle River Grafix (Snowplowing cards)                 $6.00

                #7246                                  Tamara Miritello (postage & mileage reimb.)       $85.60

                #7247                                    AT & T (Sept & October 2020)                                     $196.52

                #7248                                    Askov Deep Rock (Diesel Fuel)                                   $594.02

                #7249                                    NAPA (Sept Statement)                                                $24.99

                #7250                                    Dave Baker (Tri-Township Disposal meeting)       $50.00

                #7251                                    Doug Wiita (Reimb. for grader supply)                    $12.99

                #7252                                    United States Treasury (3^RD Qtr. Taxes 2020)        $787.95                

                #7253                                    East Central Energy (October 2020)                          $110.00

                                TOTAL CLAIMS FOR OCTOBER – 2020                                                       $1,868.07

GROSS PAY:

                Dave Baker                                                                                                                         $100.00

                AJ Fornengo                                                                                                                       $100.00

                Dave Fornengo                                                                                                                 $125.00

                Wayne Hessler                                                                                                                  $160.00

                Fran Levings                                                                                                                       $70.00

                Tamara Miritello                                                                                                               $325.00

                Doug Wiita                                                                                                                          $400.00

Motion by Dave Fornengo, Second by AJ Fornengo, to pay these bills. (Carried 3-0)

CLERKS REPORT:

1. Pine County Township Officers’ Association Meeting – Saturday, October 24^th, 2020 @9AM (Clerk Tamara Miritello will attend)
2. CRF (Coronavirus Relief Funds) Federal Government has set aside $1,850.00 for us to use. The board came up with the following ways to use the set money.
   1. Masks
   1. Hand Soap/Hand Sanitizer
   1. Gloves
   1. Thermometer
   1. Sneeze Guards
   1. Tables (allow 6’ social distance)
   1. Cleaning supplies/paper towels
3. Set meeting date for November Board of Supervisors’ Meeting as meeting falls on a Federal Holiday.  Meeting is set for Thursday, November 12, 2020. Clerk Tamara will post in paper.
4. Levy was submitted to Pine County Auditor’s Office – $60, 0000.00 for 2021 Budget.
   1. $14,400.00 – General Fund
      1. $40,000.00 – Road & Bridge
      1. $3,600.00 –   Fire Protection
      1. 2,000.00 –    Cemetery

OLD BUISNESS:

1. Road Work
   1. All culverts – except Creekview has been replaced.  Board has looked at available funds left and Chair Dave Fornengo will make some calls to hire contractor to run pit run onto Creekview Drive to help with problem areas. Board is hoping this can be done before winter.
2. Hire for snowplowing ( Snowplowing notices did get mailed out, for 2020-2021 season)
   1. Jason Fornengo for private drives
   1. Frank Rehberger  for grader

NEW BUISNESS:

                NPAHD Report – Prepared by Fran Levings, Presented by Dave Baker

1. The Hospital District approved a grant request from Gateway Family Clinic in Sandstone in the amount of $8,693.13.  The grant funds will be used as reimbursement for supplies purchased to fight Covid-19 for the past six months at both Sandstone and Hinckley Clinics.  
2. Facilities Manager Dave Fornengo is now in charge of maintenance at both Essentia-Sandstone and Essentia Moose Lake.
3. Since November 19 is Rural Health Day in Minnesota, plans are underway for a Virtual Health Leadership Summit.  The purpose is to bring together a broad range of Pine County Health Care providers, organizations and community leaders to collaborate on current and future challenges to providing local access to quality health care.  

TRI-COUNTY DISPOSAL REPORT – Presented by Dave Barker

1. For the 2019 year the Tri-County Disposal received a profit of $1.12.  There will be changes on the 2021 year for fee’s for disposal. The new fee will be $75.00 per year per household, on your tax statements. They will no longer have the rebate program for additional partials as it goes per household or improved partial.

PINE COUNTY ZONING BOARD –               

                Has notified New Dosey Township board and the surrounding properties that a meeting has been scheduled for October 22^nd, 2020 at 6p.m. The county has received an application for a variance.  The requested variance would allow the property owners to have a 1423 square foot guest cottage, though the Ordinance limits guest cottages to 700 square feet.

Board members are going to let Pine County Zoning handle this application and will not be attending the meeting.             

Motion by Dave Fornengo, seconded by AJ Fornengo to replace both laptops for Clerk and Treasurer Positions. (Carried 3-0)

Meeting adjourned at 8:37PM

Respectfully submitted,

Tamara Miritello, Clerk

Also, Signed by the Chair____________________________________________________Date_________

MINUTES- NEW DOSEY TOWN BOARD REGUALAR MEETING –                   September 14TH, 2020

Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM by Chair Dave Fornengo. Also present was the following: Supervisors Anthony Fornengo, and Dave Baker, Treasurer Wayne Hessler, and Clerk Tamara Miritello. Absent were Deputy Clerk Samantha Gardner and NPAHD Representative Fran Levings.

PUBLIC IMPUT: None

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by AJ Fornengo, to approve the agenda. (Carried 3-0)

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Dave Baker, to approve the minutes of the August 12^th, 2020. (Carried 3-0)

Treasurer Wayne Hessler presented and prepared the Treasurer’s Report and the Cash Balanced Statement.

FUND BALANCES:

                General Fund                                                     $12,691.06

                Road & Bridge                                                   $62,862.63

                Fire Protection                                                  $5,233.29

                Cemetery/Landscaping                                 $3,895.03

                Fire Hall                                                                $125.45

                Savings Account                                                $1,164.25

                Driveways                                                           $6,512.76

RECEIPTS – SEPTEMBER – 2020 

                Northview Bank –                             Interest Checking             $2.92

                Northview Bank –                             Interest Savings                $0.23

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by AJ Fornengo, to approve Treasurer’s Report. (Carried 3-0)

Clerk Tamara Miritello presented and prepared the Claims list and Net Payroll list for approval.

CLAIMS:

                #7236                                    Robin Fornengo (Reim – Supplies)                            $33.50

                #7237                                    Marty’s Pest Control                                                       $125.00

                #7238                                    Pine County Historical Society                                    $250.00

                #7239                                    Roberts Excavating (Roads)                                          $42,145.00

                #7240                                    East Central Electric                                                         $57.00

                #7241                                    FreeConfrencecall.com                                                  $0.91

                #7242                                    Larry Kern – (Cleaned out culvers)                            $200.00

                #7243                                    Federated Co-op (Pre-buy propane)                        $478.59

                #7244                                    Federated Co-op (Pre-buy propane)                        $598.56

                GROSS PAY:

                Dave Baker                                                                                                                         $100.00

                AJ Fornengo                                                                                                                       $100.00

                Dave Fornengo                                                                                                                 $125.00

                Robin Fornengo                                                                                                                $80.00

                Wayne Hessler                                                                                                                  $310.00

                Fran Levings                                                                                                                       $70.00

                Tamara Miritello                                                                                                               $345.00

                Doug Wiita                                                                                                                          $512.50

Motion by Dave Fornengo, Second by AJ Fornengo, to pay these bills. (Carried 3-0)

CLERKS REPORT:

1. Culverts scheduled to be unplugged and or replaced on Kingsdale Road, Doyle, and Beehive Lane
2. Couri & Ruppe are increasing their hourly rate to $220/hour for general legal and $240/hour for development work.

OLD BUISNESS:

1. Road Work
   1. Kingsdale Road is almost done.
   1. Robert will decide on what we need to replace for the remaining culverts.
   1. Beehive lane will need a few loads of gravel added where the culvert is replaced.
   1. Creekview lane will need to be reviewed by the supervisors and will report back.

NEW BUISNESS:

                NPAHD Report – Prepared by Fran Levings, Presented by Dave Baker

1. The NPAHD Board approved a grant request from Essentia Sandstone for $7,650.00.  Funds will be used as partial payment to replace mulch around the facility with rock to eliminate mold presently there.
2. Samantha So, Pine County Health Department Coordinator for the COVID-19 response, reported that Pine County, as of August 25^th, as 140 COVID cases.  Half of these cases were in Willow River Correctional Facility & the other half were in the civilian population.  She stressed the importance for public safety to wear mask & do social distancing.
3. The new administrator for Essentia Sandstone, Michael Youfa, introduced himself. He is also the administrator for Essentia Moose Lake.

Meeting adjourned at 7:54PM

Respectfully submitted,

Tamara Miritello, Clerk

Also, Signed by the Chair____________________________________________________Date_________