MINUTES-NEW DOSEY TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING-NOV. 8, 2010

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MINUTES-NEW DOSEY TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING-NOV. 8, 2010

Meeting called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chair Dave Fornengo.  Also present were Supervisors Don Mishler and Dave Baker and Clerk Fran Levings.  Absent was Treasurer Vicki Elliott.

Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Don Mishler, to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of Oct. 13, 2010, as printed.  Carried.

Clerk Fran Levings presented the Treasurer’s Report. (Attached to file copy of these minutes).  She also distributed a list of those persons who have paid for private driveway plowing this year. Fund balances are:  General Fund-$4833.15, Road & Bridge Fund-$9445.08, Cemetery/Landscaping Fund-$540.50, Fire Protection Fund-$150.68, Fire Hall Fund-$125.45, Cartway Fund-$2428.40 and Savings Account-$7069.82.  CD balance is $49,914.01.  Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Dave Baker, to accept the Treasurer’s Report.  Carried.

Clerk Fran Levings presented the Claim List and the Net Payroll List for approval.  (Attached to file copy of these minutes).  Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Dave Baker, to pay these bills.  Carried.

CLERK’S REPORT:

  1. Renewal form from the U.S. Surplus company was presented.  Consensus of the Board was to NOT renew our membership at this time.
  2. Clerk presented copy of letter sent to Arna Township asking for reimbursement for brushing done on Hay Creek Road in their township.
  3. Clerk presented an ad from Hakanson-Anderson Co. offering to assist with sign reflectivity requirements.  Letter will be filed.
  4. Mail-in voting for Nov. 2nd resulted in a 75 % voter turnout.

NO ZONING REPORT

OLD BUSINESS:

  1. Sign-off on the 2010 Road Work order was tabled until the Dec. meeting.
  2. Road Brushing has been completed.
  3. Wes Cemenski will be offered the position of grader operator and Jared Behm has accepted the position of snow plow truck operator.

NEW BUSINESS:

  1. Report on the Pine County Township Officers Meeting- Hinckley- Oct. 23rd.  Clerk Levings reported that Pine County has an annual budget of $33 million with $13 million being raised by taxes and $20 million coming from state and federal governments. All Squad cars now have de-fibulators.  Pine County will cut $1 million in public employees by consolidating departments and asking for pay freezes.  The Sheriff’s department now has mandatory electronic ticketing and 13 squad cars now have digital cameras.  The Minnesota Ass’n of Townships will ask each township to contribute $25 towards expenses on the National Conference to be held in MN in 2011.
  2. Chair Fornengo reported that he is in contact with a company who will remove the elm tree from the lane by William West’s home and he will seek an estimate.
  3. The improvement on the Matt Lourey Trail (formerly Munger Trail) is scheduled for 2011.  Supervisor Baker reported on a conversation with Forester Greg Beck about granting permission to TNT to cut trees along the ditch.

Meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Fran Levings, Clerk

Also signed by the Chair________________________  Date _____________-

MINUTES-REGULAR MEETING-NEW DOSEY TOWN BOARD-OCT. 13, 2010

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MINUTES-REGULAR MEETING-NEW DOSEY TOWN BOARD-OCT. 13, 2010

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

Motion by Dave Baker, second by Don Mishler, to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of September 13, 2010, as printed.  Carried.

Treasurer Vicki Elliott presented the Treasurer’s Report. (Attached to file copy of these minutes.)  Fund balances are:  General Fund-$6081.66, Road & Bridge Fund-$20,592.44, Cemetery/Landscaping Fund- $723.37, Fire Protection Fund-$150.68, Fire Hall Fund-$125.45, Cartway Fund- $2428.451 and Savings Fund-$7060.96.  CD balance is $49439.31.  Motion by Dave Baker, second by Dave Fornengo, to approve the Treasurer’s Report.  Carried.

Clerk Fran Levings presented the Claims List and the Net Payroll List for approval.  (Attached to file copy of these minutes).  Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Dave Baker to pay these bills.  Carried.

CLERK’S REPORT:

  1. Township now has 2010 edition of the Minnesota Statutes book.  It replaces the 2001 edition.
  2. Copies of Driver’s Licenses have been received from 6 employees.
  3. Clerk attended MAT District Meeting in Cambridge on September 13, 2010-  Main topic was sign reflectivity which will be required in all townships in the U.S. by 2014.  Also, the federal firefighters grant program will be extended, General Revenue Sharing will be reinstated, and federal money will be available for unserved and underserved broadband access.
  4. Distributed a copy of the 2010 Road Certification report to be sent to the Pine County Highway Department.  Our township now had 22.86 miles of roads.

NO ZONING REPORT.

OLD BUSINESS:

  1. Motion by Dave Fornengo, second by Don Mishler, to accept the recommendation of the special town meeting of October 4, 2010, to do improvements on the Matt Lourey Trail (formerly the Munger Trail) going south of Pine Cty. 32 for one mile, then west for one mile.  Carried.

2.   CARTWAY UPDATE- Dave Baker reported that on October 12, 2010, Wetlands Delineator Mike Kohn, accompanied by Dave Baker, Don Mishler, Jack Henderson, and Cevin Chapman, conducted an 8-hour walk through-mitigation of the proposed cartway site in Kingsdale.  Mr. Kohn will prepare a report, then meet with Soil & Water District and Army Corps of Engineers officials, and a final assessment will be made.  When the board is notified of the assessment, then the board will notify the cartway petitioners of the next step in the cartway process.

3.  Wes Cemenski informed the Board as to what roads he had left to do in the roadside brushing project. Clerk will send a letter to Arna Township asking for a $100 reimbursement for that part of Hay Creek Road past Ed Proffit’s land that he brushed.  Clerk will also send a claim to Wilma for ½ of the brushing done on Heller Road.

NEW BUSINESS:

  1. Consensus decision of the Board was that Jared Behm will be hired again to plow the private drives and some roads this winter and that Jason Fornengo will be offered the grader position for ice & snow removal.
  2. Board will have Todd Elliott Excavating put one load of gravel on Green Pine Lane and 5 more loads on Creek View Lane.

Meeting adjourned at 8:57 p.m.

Respectfully submitted.

Fran Levings, Clerk

Also signed by the Chair ________________________ Date signed ________________

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING-NEW DOSEY TOWNSHIP-OCTOBER 4, 2010

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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING-NEW DOSEY TOWNSHIP-OCTOBER 4, 2010

Meeting called to order at 7 p.m. by Clerk Fran Levings.  Eighteen persons were present, of whom 11 were electors of the township. (Full list of those present is attached to file copy of these minutes)

Clerk welcomed the group, announced that the township has a webpage.  She then gave the purpose for the meeting (which was to discuss possible improvements on that portion of the Munger Trail running south of Pine County Hwy. 32 for one mile, then west for one mile).  She asked everyone to give his or her name before speaking and stated that, by law, only voters of the township could vote on any motions.

Dave Baker nominated Ed Carlin to be the moderator.  There were no other nominations, so Mr. Carlin got the job.

Supervisor explained the background for calling this meeting.  The Pine County Board authorized $5000 towards any improvements. Letter from Kurt Schneider, Pine County Land Director, committing the above amount was read into the record and is attached to the file copy of these minutes.   In order to do any work on a road that has not been worked on for over 20 years, MN statute requires that a town meeting must be held and authorization must be given by the voters present.

Joe Alberio, director, Trail and Waterways, said that his group would commit some equipment and an operator for the project and also may provide money. He said the Trail has been re-named as the Matthew Lourey Trail.

Dave Baker said that if improvements are made to this trail, it would be maintained as a Minimum Maintenance road and that any improvements authorized would be made incrementally over the years.

Wayne Eskildson, property owner, stated that he approves of the concept of improved road work.

John Zurn, property owner, said that his property deed already lists the trail as a Minimum Maintenance road.

Dennis Welsh, property owner, said he has paid to have work done on the road over the years.

Dennis Sherman inquired as to how many landowners would be affected. Clerk Levings responded that she sent letter notices to all 6 property owners on the trail.

Randy Broz, property owner, inquired as to DNR plans for logging this coming winter.  Dave Fornengo responded that Section 35 would be logged. He also stated that if the trail officially becomes a town road, the township will qualify for more gas tax funds.  Dave Baker said that the township has asked Pine County to NOT use School House Road for logging access as it is too fragile. Pine County, therefore, is interested in opening the Munger Trail for access.

Randy Broz inquired about blue paint on some of the trees.  Joe Alberio responded that the blue paint indicates the sale boundary.

Don Eddy said that with $5000 coming from the County and equipment and an operator coming from Trail & Waterways, he saw no reason for anyone not approving the plan.

Motion by Don Eddy, second by Wes Cemenski, to authorize the New Dosey Town Board to make improvements on the Matt Lourey Trail.

Discussion continued-

Beverly Carlin inquired as to what actual work would be done on the trail.

Joe Alberio said he thought some minor ditching and perhaps a culvert or two.

Dennis Sherman expressed concern as to whether or not the township could afford to make these improvements without raising taxes.  Dave Baker responded that expenses would come from the money raised by the current levy and no increase would be necessary.  Clerk Levings said that the 3 supervisors when doing the annual road work review in the Spring would decide how much to do on this trail.

Deloris Schimer expressed concern that perhaps landowners would make demands for improvements above what the township could afford.

Dave Baker explained that both the DNR and township seek reparations from logging companies who damage township roads.  He also said that the township gets a share of County timber sales.

Dave Fornengo said it is much less costly to make this trail an official road compared to the cost to an individual for using a cartway proceeding.

Wes Cemenski said that, in the long run, this proposal would benefit the township.

Moderator Carlin called for a vote on the motion. It was carried.

Dave Fornengo asked the property owners if they wanted the road plowed during the winter months. Dave Baker said that the property owners on School House Road had specifically asked the township NOT to plow during winter months. Consensus of property owners on the Matt Lourey Trail was to NOT plow in the winter.

Motion by Fran Levings, second by Don Eddy, to adjourn.

Respectfully submitted,                                                      Fran Levings, Clerk

Also signed by the Moderator__________________  Date signed._________