Regular Meeting – December 1, 2015; 6:00pm  Crow Wing Town Hall

Board Members Present:  Chairman Greg Smith, Supervisors Mark Platta & Dave Schultz, Clerk Susan Amick, Treasurer Susan Kern

Greg called the meeting to order at 6:00pm and the pledge to the flag was recited.

A letter was received from MN Dot regarding the piece of land the township will be purchasing to in turn sell to Crow Wing Estates for their new well location.  Mark made a motion that we write a township check out to Brainerd Savings & Loan for the amount of the land sale to in turn purchase a cashier’s check for the same amount to be used to purchase the land as required by MN Dot. Dave seconded it.  Motion passed unanimously.

There was discussion about the ongoing Martin Coppa property violation.  Junk & old cars continue to be brought onto the property.  Large holes are also being dug.  It was noted that on adjacent property is owned by Earl Rucdashel; it appears Dale Dillion may be living on it.

The Wakefield estate property mess has been taken over by the county health department and sheriff’s department.  So far the garbage has been scooped up into a pile & weighted down with dirt to prevent it from blowing around.  Susan will check with the county to see if the garbage will be removed soon.

There was board and resident discussion on what to do with the township fire service for 2017.  Mark had attended the November Fire Advisory meeting and brought back the budgets supplied to the towns.  Mark made a motion that Crow Wing Township remain with the Brainerd Fire Department for fire service.  Greg seconded the motion.  Motion passed.

Susan Kern gave the treasurer’s report.  Payroll and claims were reviewed, discussed, approved and paid.

Dave gave an update on the road work done by Tri City. Several of the requested clean-up jobs have been completed.  One culvert has been picked up, silt fence was removed, but the other culverts still are full of gravel, or buried in gravel.  Susan will send another letter to Tri City stating the remaining items to be done, along with a request that they provide a written response to the township as to when they will plan to conclude the work and set up a final inspection date with Dave.  Mark made the motion that we continue to retain 5% ($47,345.85) of Tri-City’s original bid of $946,917.00  until the work is completed to the board’s satisfaction.  Greg seconded it.  Motion passed unanimously.

Remaining road report items shared included:  Brent Drive will have some logging traffic occurring on the road this summer due to logging on Potlatch property.  There was a request to increase the weight of the load, Dave told him the road limit is 7 tons, but invited them to a meeting if they wish to discuss further.

Dave made a motion to approve the minutes from Nov. 10, Mark seconded it.  Motion passed.

Meeting adjourned at 9:25pm.