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Regular Meeting - March 1, 2011
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March 1, 2011  Regular Meeting

                                                                                   

The Crow Wing Township Board of Supervisors held its Regular Meeting on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the Crow Wing Town Hall. Present: Chairman Greg Smith, Supervisors Mark Platta and Dave Schultz, Clerk Virginia Rogers, Treasurer Susan Goodew and those on the attached roster.

 

Greg called the meeting to order. No gopher feet were presented for bounty. 

 

Rural Intersection Lighting

Tim Bray, County Highway Engineer was present to ask that the board consider a change of decision regarding lighting for the Business Highway 371/St. Mathias Road intersection. He said that the county will not install the lighting if the township doesn’t agree to pay the monthly electric bill. He gave an overview of the program, which is in its second year, with nine lights installed last year and fourteen proposed for this year. He shared that lighting does reduce the number of collisions, although this particular intersection hasn’t seen a lot of crashes even though the traffic volume is high. Mark noted that this could be partly due to the businesses on Brent Drive that have outside lighting, making the intersection more visible. The county currently pays the power costs for some intersections, but in the future, they want to make sure that the local people cover those costs. The installation would cost $3000, of which the county has received 90% in federal grant money. The county would cover the rest with the township responsible for the $13 per month power cost. Dave asked if MN DOT would be participating, since the intersection is with a state highway. Tim said they would not. Dave noted that the traffic is primarily from outside the area due to the county/state road intersection. The supervisors decided that this topic will be presented to the people at the annual meeting next week to get input and can be reconsidered by the board a the March 22nd regular meeting. Brad asked Tim if he felt that a digital sign which Brainerd Overhead Door is looking to install would be a distraction at this intersection. Tim stated that he thought it might be. Tim was informed that we have been waiting for a couple of months for a revised bill from the highway department, as we were charged for items that we didn’t receive. He will look into why we haven’t received one yet.

 

PLANNING AND ZONING

 

Curt Engholm was not present and did not contact the board prior to the meeting. Discussion followed including the fact that he will still be held liable for the outside storage violation regardless of whose name the property is in. Brad Arnold gave the Planning and Zoning report, including an update on the Tomberlin property. It was noted that the Planning and Zoning fund has not been zeroed out from 2010. Dave made a motion to transfer from the General Fund the amount needed to accomplish this. The motion was seconded by Greg and carried by unanimous vote.

 

ROADS

 

Dave gave the road report. The need for a snow plowing policy was identified. Dave asked that this be discussed at the Reorganizational Meeting later this month.

 

Susie gave the treasurers report and it was decided that a new CD would not be opened, unless something with a shorter term and a higher interest rate becomes available. Claims were reviewed and approved.

 

Dave made a motion to approve the February 22, 2011 minutes as written. The motion was seconded by Greg and carried by unanimous vote.

 

The 2011 proposed budget was reviewed. Greg made a motion to approve the budget as written. The motion was seconded by Mark and carried by unanimous vote.

 

Greg made a motion to request the following 2012 levy at the annual meeting:

General Fund  $80,000

Fire Fund    $40,000

Road and Bridge Fund   $130,000

Park Fund    -0-

Total: $250,000

 

Correspondence was reviewed and claims were paid.

 

The meeting adjourned by general consent at 8:15 p.m.