Normanna Township, Minnesota

Minutes for Feb. 2003


 Normanna Town Board Meeting Minutes February 10, 2003
The Normanna Town Board Meeting was called to order on February 10, 2003 by Dan Johnson at 7:00 P.M. at the Normanna Town Hall. Present were Supervisors, Dan Johnson, Dan Bonhiver, Marcia Stromgren; Treasurer, Maria Vodden; Clerk, Tammy Courrege; along with Will Rhodes and Lone Cooke.
The clerk read the January 16, 2003 Town Board Meeting minutes for approval. A motion was made by Dan Johnson to approve the January minutes with corrections. Marcia Stromgren seconded. All for. Motion carried.
The treasurer gave the following treasurer’s report: Beginning balance for Wells Fargo checking as of 12/31/02 was $1,397.39. Deposits made were $5000.00 from Paine Webber savings, $28.00 from Maria Vodden for donation of overdraft charge, $2.00 from Will Rhodes for filing fee, and $3,044.78 from St. Louis County Auditor for year end property tax apportionment. Disbursements cleared totaled $5,954.75 with a $2.00 check return fee, and a $.75 fee for over transactions. Ending balance as of 1/31/03 was $3,514.67. Beginning balance for Paine Webber savings as of 12/31/02 was $50,428.53. A deposit was made for $453.70 for 1st year interest on Fire & General #3 CD’s. Dividends earned for the remaining of December were $11.02, and the January dividends were $26.87. A withdrawal was made for $5000.00 to Wells Fargo checking. Ending balance as of 1/31/03 was $45,920.12. The Certificates were; $30,000.00 for Building, $20,000.00 for General CD#3, and $10,000.00 for Fire CD. Ending balance for all accounts as of 1/31/03 totaled $109,434.79. Total claims for approval were $3,142.56. A motion was made by Dan Bonhiver to approve the treasurer’s report and pay the claims presented. Dan Johnson seconded. All for. Motion carried.
The fire department had one run this month. They will be getting one possibly two new members. There may be three guys going to fire school which will be coming up.
The pancake breakfast will be May 3, 2003. They are looking for donations for the silent auction.
The Building Committee did not have a very good turn out for the informational hearing. There is still one more hearing on February 22. All building information packets have been sent out. They will not be meeting in March. They are just waiting for the March election results to see what to do next.
The Land Use Plan is currently with the county. The plan should go before the planning commission in March or April.
The fire department has not received estimates for overload springs yet. Tabled until fire department brings it up again.
Dan Johnson presented the final draft for the March Annual Meeting Agenda.
A motion was made by Dan Johnson to accept the agenda for the Normanna Annual Meeting 2003 as presented. Dan Bonhiver seconded. All for. Motion carried.
The clerk presented the election judges for the Annual Township Election in March. They were Marcia Stromgren, Maria Vodden, Cindy Macaulay, with Wendy Johnson as an alternate. Marcia Stromgren will be the head judge and there were no party affiliation conflicts.
A motion was made by Dan Johnson to accept Cindy Macaulay, Maria Vodden, Marcia Stromgren, with Wendy Johnson as an alternate for the election judges for the March Annual Election. Dan Bonhiver seconded. All for. Motion carried.
Dan Johnson received a letter from St. Louis County Public Works Department that stated the Koski Road turnaround will be good for this year but will have to be made bigger for next year or snowplowing will be terminated. Dan Johnson is going to look into the easement process.
There was discussion on the reports for the annual meeting. The reports will be the agenda, 2002 annual meeting minutes, road report, fire department report, and the treasurer’s report. The fire department will make there own copies. They discussed how many copies to make.
A motion was made by Dan Johnson to make 100 copies of all reports to be present at the March 2003 Annual Meeting. Failed for lack of a seconded.
A motion was made by Dan Bonhiver to make 75 copies of all reports for the March 2003 Annual Meeting. Marcia Stromgren seconded. All for. Motion carried.
The spring short course is coming up on April 3rd in Grand Rapids or April 4th in Eveleth.
Marcia Stromgren mentioned the clerk should call the MAT office to see where the calender is that was ordered for her.
The clerk needs to post and publish the notices for the township annual election and meeting. The publishing needs to be done by February 25th and one publishing should be on a Sunday which will be the 23rd of February. The posting needs to be done by February 28th.
The Board of Canvass will be held immediately following the annual meeting.
The clerk got a resolution from the MAT office about them taking over our worker’s comp insurance. It was tabled to make copies for the supervisors so they could review it.
There was discussion on if the treasurer’s position doesn’t get filled with a write-in vote at the annual election then the board will need to appoint someone. That can be done at the reorganization meeting. If there is nobody to appoint then they will need to hold a special election. They also discussed that the township with revenues under $100,000 will need to have one year audited once every five years if the combining of clerk/treasurer passes at the annual election.
Marcia Stromgren mentioned that the garbage needed to be taken care of again. She will take care of this.
There was discussion that it is Normanna Townships year to chair the DAT meetings. Marcia Stromgren will chair the March 20th meeting and then decide if she will chair the other meetings.
There was discussion on setting the Reorganization Meeting date. The clerk needs to post this 10 days before.
Dan Johnson mentioned that the election judges have to sign the annual meeting minutes and the minutes should be done in two days.
A motion was made by Dan Johnson to have the Reorganization Meeting on March 24, 2003 at 7:30 P.M. Marcia Stromgren seconded. All for. Motion carried.
Marcia Stromgren mentioned that the cluster flies are really bad and she would like to get some hanging strips to help which are $8.00 each. She will take care of this.
A motion was made by Marcia Stromgren to adjourn the meeting at 8:40 P.M. Dan Bonhiver seconded. All for. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted, Tammy Courrege

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