The Normanna Town Board Meeting was called to order on June 16, 2003 by Dan Johnson at 7:06 P.M. at the Normanna Town Hall. Present were Supervisors, Dan Johnson, Will Rhodes, Marcia Stromgren; Clerk/Treasurer, Tammy Courrege; along with 5 others.
The board reviewed the agenda. A motion was made by Dan Johnson to approve the agenda with additions. Will Rhodes seconded. All for. Motion carried.
The clerk had the May 19, 2003 Town Board Meeting minutes to the supervisors prior to the meeting for review. A motion was made by Dan Johnson to approve the April minutes with the correction of adding that the purged records agenda item was to address the concern from the May 20th 2002 meeting. Marcia Stromgren seconded. All for. Motion carried.
Tammy Courrege gave the following treasurer’s report: Beginning balance for Wells Fargo checking as of 4/30/03 was 42,883.84. A deposits was made for 5,000.00 from Wells Fargo money market. Disbursements cleared totaled 4,659.04 with a 2.00 check return fee, and a transfer of $40,000.00 to open Wells Fargo money market. Ending balance as of 5/31/03 was 3,222.80. Beginning balance for Wells Fargo money market as of 4/30/03 was 0.00. A deposit was made for 40,000.00 to open account. Interest earned for May was $17.90. A withdrawals was made for 5,000.00 to Wells Fargo checking. Ending balance as of 5/31/03 was 35,017.90. The Paine Webber savings balance was $.08. 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 4/30/03 totaled $98,240.78. The following claims were presented for approval: St. Louis County Auditor for 57.27, MSI for 3226.00, Minnesota Power for 41.00, Rodda Grading and Excavating for 1218.00, John Boutin for 65.62, Emergency Medical Products for 541.04, Williams Industrial Supply for 31.32, Tri-State Industrial Supply for 487.38, Centerline Automotive for 1451.80, Alan Marshall for 55.00. Total claims for approval were $7,174.43. A motion was made by Dan Johnson to approve the treasurer’s report and pay the claims presented. Will Rhodes seconded. All for. Motion carried.
The fire department had three medical runs this month.
The Normanna newsletter deadline is Wednesday June 18, 2003.
The Building Committee had John Hendrickson give a presentation on different kinds of materials for the framework. Next month someone from Northland Builders will be coming to the meeting. The next meeting will be July 7, 2003.
The Land Use Plan was approved on June 10, 2003 by the County Commissioners. The plan will take affect July 1st 2003. Will Rhodes will post it on the Normanna Web page if people want to review it. Inez Wildwood said she would still like to be on the Land Use Committee.
Dan Johnson hasn’t heard from the county if they have any other options we could do on the Koski Road turnaround. Dan Johnson feels we should start working on the turnaround. He will talk to Robert Marnich about an easement. Marcia Stromgren will also call the new St. Louis County public works head office to see if they will come out and look at the turnaround area and have some options so we may not have to build such a big turnaround.
The Land Use Committee met to discuss the approval or disapproval for the borrow pit application from Butch Seeley. The Land Use is recommending the application with limitations. Dan Johnson presented resolution 2003-04 which is the boards recommendations to the county for the borrow pit application. A motion was made by Dan Johnson to accept resolution 2003-03 that recommends the county board to accept the request for the conditional use permit for a borrow pit on the East Pioneer Road by Butch Seeley. Marcia Stromgren seconded. All for. Motion carried.
The Hazardous Mitigation was tabled until Marcia Stromgren gets more information from the county.
Marcia Stromgren is having Jeremy McLeod from McLeod Landscaping mow the cemetery and town hall. Marcia Stromgren is going to look at getting some wood chips to put over the tree roots in the cemetery. Marcia Stromgren mentioned that Roger Braun is interested in mowing the King’s Court Road ditches, but needs to know more specifics before putting in a bid. Kurt Johnson said Roger could call him to get the specifics. The other township road ditches except for the Koski Road will not need to be mowed this year because of the ditch work. Further discussion was tabled until Marcia Stromgren gets more information.
The noxious weeds inspection was tabled until Will Rhodes gets more information.
The posting sites was tabled until next month because the MAT office has not got back to Dan Johnson.
Marcia Stromgren is going to submit some information to put in the Normanna newsletter concerning solid waste and building maintenance updates.
A motion was made by Dan Johnson to accept the minute summaries for the newsletter for the June 18th deadline. Will Rhodes seconded. All for. Motion carried.
Will Rhodes did some research on the open meeting law and what can be done by e-mail. The sharing of general information by phone, fax, e-mail, ect. is permissible. Any “discussion” is not allowed whether in person or electronically and will be treated as an open meeting law violation.
Rodda Grading and Excavating has graded all the township roads. The King’s Court has a frost boil on Lady Nicole Lane that needs to be fixed. Dan Johnson is going to look at it to see what needs to be done. Scott Grubb of Eagle Lake Excavating is planning to start ditching on the township roads in the next couple of weeks.
The summer short course is July 31, 2003 in Grand Rapids.
The townships errors & omissions policy is now covered through MAT.
There was discussion on the fund balances using the CTAS program. The $30,000 building CD is up for renewal next month so they will look at the fund balances and new investments next month.
There was discussion on the land use committee which has seven members. They discussed that they will need to meet at least once a year to look and review the plan. They will also need to meet on any land use issues that may come up through the year. Dan Johnson suggested that the chair of the land use committee should be the current supervisor designed for the land use. Each supervisor designate 2 members each with a one year appointment. At the April board meetings the board will appoint the members. The members term will be from April to April. The current members will be on the committee until April of 2004. Dan Johnson will draft up a resolution on when and where they meet and what the land use issues would be that they have to meet on and the proper public notice. Dan Johnson will also work on a public referendum on how to call a public vote.
Marcia Stromgren recommended a fax machine for the clerk’s use.
A motion was made by Dan Johnson to adjourn the meeting at 8:58 P.M. Will Rhodes seconded. All for. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Tammy Courrege
Last updated: 8-18-2003