05-17-1982 Town Board MinutesState of Minnesota The Town Board of the Town of Otsego met this
County of Wright 17th day of May, 1982, at 8:00 p.m. William
Town of Otsego Schulz, Chairman, Douglas Lindenfelser and
Floyd Roden, Supervisors, Betty Adkins, Deputy
Clerk, Jerome Perrault, Clerk, Lewis Pouliot, Treasurer were present.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman William Schulz, The
minutes of the May 3rd, 1982 meeting were apnroved as read.
John Gilbertson appeared before the Board to introduce himself.
He will be the engineer on the bitunimous projects now in progress
in the townshin. He is an employee of Consulting Engineers Diversi-
fied, Inc. and has replaced Pete Raatikka who has resigned from the
Consulting Engineers Diversified, Inc. firm.
A request has been made from the Elk River School District for
a contribution from the Township to help operate the summing pool for
the summer months. The Township can legally contribute up to $800.
for this purpose. The Board discussed it and due to the fact that
the Township is not receiving monsy from the State as expected they
could not afford to contribute at this time. Another -onsideration
against contributing was the fact that there are 2 other school dis-
tricts within the Township, Monticello and Albertville -St. Michael.
Motion by Douglas Lindenfelser to not make a contribution to the
operation of the Elk River Swimming Pool at this time. Seconded by
William Schulz, passed unanimously.
Betty Adkins advised the Board she is receiving numerous calls
about dogs running loose, particully from Halls addition and Missis-
sippi Shores.
Motion by William Schulz to request Blaine Midway All Pets, Inc.
to patrol the residential areas of the Township for 3 hours. Seconded
by Douglas Lindenfelser, passed unanimously.
A representative of Hokanson, Anderson Associates, Inc. appeared
before the Board to advise the Board they would be interested in pro-
viding Engineering Services for the Township. Pete Raatikka is now
a member of this Anoka based firm.
The Great River Acres bituminous street project was discussed at
this time. Several residents of the area were present who spoke in
favor of having the project completed. William Schulz reported re-
ceiving several telephone calls from residents of the area, who while
they would like to see the project completedwere concerned about the
assessment cost because of the economic conditions in general.
The Board advised the residents that anv input they receive from
residents area before the next Board meeting would be helpful in making
a decision by the Board as to whether to do the project or not.
Motion by Douglas Lindenfelser to table a decision on the rnoject
at this time. Seconded by Floyd Roden, passed unanimously.
The Board then called a recess and travelled to Albertville to
meet with the Albertville City Council.
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Continuation of the May 17, 1982 meeting.
The meeting re -convened at the Albertville City Hall. William
Schulz, Chairman, Douglas Lindenfelser and Floyd Roden, Supervisors,
Jerome Perrault, Clerk, and Mr. Vetsch, Albertville Fire Chief, and
Donald Berning, Albertville City Clerk were present. The purpose of
the meeting was to discuss Fire Protection Contract the Township has
with the City of Albertville, particularly the Annual Contract dues
which is based on one mil per dollar of assessed valuation of the area
serviced is $3,634,723. which would be an Annual Contract of $3,634.72.
This added to the Contract Fee with the City of Elk River of approxi-
mately $9,000 and the City of Monticello Contract fee of $600. made a
total Contract fee of $13,000.00 yearly. This Contract fee is paid
yearly whether there are any fires or not.
The Board suggested a reduction of .75 mil per dollar of assessed
valuation. Donald Berning advised they would discuss the suggested
reduction with the Albertville Councill at their next meeting and ad-
vise the Town Board of their decision on the matter.
Donatius Vetsch said the actual operating cost of the Albertville
Fire Department for 1981 was $12,920. at present it is an volunteer
Fire Department and no one is paid.
On motion, the meeting was adjourned.
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