Crow Wing Town Hall               6:00 p.m.

Board Members Present: Chairman Greg Smith, Supervisors Mark Platta and Dave Schultz, Clerk Virginia Rogers and Treasurer Susan Goodew.  

Greg called the meeting to order and the pledge to the flag was recited.

PLANNING AND ZONING

The Plat of Golden Oak was discussed in regard to the road and the unpaved portion of Sweet Road that leads to it. Joe Schommer was present and interested in finding out of the board is willing to take over the road and to pave Sweet Road to where the new road would intersect. He had indicated his willingness to contribute to the project. These items would need to be made a part of the developer’s agreement. It was not determined when the road will be taken over or how the maintenance agreement will be worked out, but Joe was assured that the township will take the road over, with those details being worked out during the process of creating a developer’s agreement. The board will look into the possibility of paving a portion of Sweet Road and the gravel portion of 50^th Ave.  but were not ready to make a decision on where to spend road and bridge funds.

The majority owner of the plat of St Onge Estates had submitted a request to amend the covenants of the plat. The covenants currently require town board approval due to the way they are written. The amendment provided would release them from the obligation to obtain board approval for any future amendments. Since the township does not enforce covenants, Mark made a motion to approve the amendment. The motion was seconded by Dave and passed unanimously. 

One bid for regular road maintenance had been received from Dale’s Excavating. The bid was opened and reviewed. Mark made a motion to accept the bid. The motion was seconded by Dave and passed unanimously.

Cliff and KT were present from North Central Speedway to request town board approval for the renewal of their 3.2 malt liquor license. Greg made a motion to approve the renewal. The motion was seconded by Mark and passed unanimously.  Chad Knutson was present on behalf of Wild Rice Depot and Liquor Store. He requested approval for a 3.2 liquor license for both stores. Mark made a motion to approve the renewal for the gas station. The motion was seconded by Dave and passed unanimously.  Mark made a motion to approve the renewal for the liquor store. The motion was seconded by Dave and passed unanimously. 

Tate Abersoll was present to discuss recycling. He stated that he can take anything that has metal in it and is electronic other than items with a display screen. Doug Kern is also interested in participating. He was not present. Tate will discuss this with him so they can make arrangements for who will take which items. Tate will create a flyer and send it to Ginny. We will then put together some sort of township mailing.

Sheriff Dahl was present and provided an update from the Sheriff’s Department.

Susie gave the treasurer’s report and claims were approved and paid.

Dave gave the road report. There was discussion about mailbox posts. Dave was asked to look into the purchase of swing-away posts. Dave had noticed on his road tour that the bags of refuse at Jacky Jensen’s property have not been removed as we have been told they were. A letter will be sent, along with a bill for the monthly land use violation administration fee. Dave also shared information from the county and township joint road meeting.

Mark made a motion to adopt Resolution 2014-01, authorizing Dave Schultz to work with the roads for the next year. The motion was seconded by Greg and passed, with Dave abstaining.

Greg made a motion to adopt Resolution 2014-02, authorizing Mark Platta to work with the cemetry for the next year. The motion was seconded by Dave and passed, with Mark abstaining.

Greg made a motion to approve the minutes of the March 25th meeting as written. The motion was seconded by Mark and passed unanimously.

Greg made a motion to leave the wages the same as the 2013 rate. The motion was seconded by Mark and passed unanimously.

The deputy treasurer position was discussed. It was determined that she should be trained by the treasurer on an hourly basis and attend the next meeting.

The meeting adjourned by general consent at 9:45 p.m.