03-21-1983 Town Board MinutesState of Minnesota The Town Board of the Town of Otsego met this
County of Wright 21st day of March, 1983 at 8:00 p.m. William
Town of Otsego Schulz, Douglas Lindenfelser and Floyd Roden,
Supervisors; Lani Will, Deputy Clerk; Jerome
Perrault, Clerk, were present.
The meeting was called to order by William Schulz. The minutes
of the March 1, 1983 Town Board meeting were approved as read.
William Schulz took his oath of office as new-elected Supervisor.
Floyd Roden was elected Chairman of the Otsego Town Board for
the ensuing year.
Wayne Hillukka will not appear at this meeting as he is out of
town.
No response has been received from Mark Posley regarding the
complaint filed against him regarding junk cars in his yard.
Eugene Yahnkee appeared before the Board requesting to rezone
30 acres from A-2 agricultural to R-2 suburban residential, and a
conditional use permit for a 2 lot subdivision and waiver of platting
requirements as regulated in Section 606. of the Wright County Zon-
ing Ordinance.
Mr. Yahnkee explained that the above request as stated on the
Township response form prepared by the Wright County Planning and
Zoning office is not what he is requesting, that he wishes a variance
to subdivide the 30 acres into 2 parcels and not to rezone.
Motion by Douglas Lindenfelser to approve the request of Mr.
Yahnkee for a variance to divide the 30 acres into 2 parcels.
After more discussion the Board decided that the Wright County
Zoning office should be contacted to clarify the difference between
what Mr. Yahnkee is requesting and what is stated in the Township
response form and that a site inspection should be made.
Douglas Lindenfelser withdrew his motion. Motion by William
Schulz to table action on the request until the Town Board can make
a site inspection. Seconded by Floyd Roden, passed unanimously.
The Board scheduled a site inspection for Monday, March 28, 1983.
Warren Phillips appeared before the Board to request approval
of his application for a conditional use permit to construct an Off-
sale liquor store and game room on B-2 General Business property
in Mississippi Shores 6th Addition.
Motion by Douglas Lindenfelser to approve the request, seconded
by William Schulz, passed unanimously.
Warren Phillips also requested a rear yard setback variance from
35 ft to 15 ft for the Off- Sale Liquor store he is planning to con-
struct, to allow him more parking space in the front of his building.
Motion by William Schulz to approve the variance request, second-
ed by Douglas Lindenfelser, passed unanimously.
The contract with Wright County whereby the County will provide
Dog Pound facilities and reimburse the Township for half the cost
of impoounding dogs picked up has been approved by the County Board
and a copy of the contract has been returned to the Township and is
filed in the Town Hall office.
The terms of the Dog Catcher contract as drawn up by Deputy
Clerk, Lani Will, were approved by the Town Board. A copy of the
contract is attached to the minutes.
The Board reviewed the 6 applications for the position of
Dog Catcher.
State of Minnesota March 21, 1983 Town Board Meeting, cont.
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Town of Otsego
The Board selected Judy Peterson and David Cecka as the two
top canidates for the position of Dog Catcher.
The Board interviewed David Cecka at this time. He is cur-
rently unemployed. He did express concern about the cost of pro-
viding his own Workman's Compensation Insurance.
The Board will interview Judy Peterson at the next Board meeting.
Motion by Douglas Lindenfelser to contract Pete Raatikka of
Hakanson, Anderson and Associates regarding the repair of 62nd Lane
bitumunious street. Seconded by William Schulz, passed unanimously.
Motion by Floyd Roden to approve Lani Will attending a Site
Evaluation Seminar in Wright County on April 26, 1983, Seconded by
Douglas Lindenfelser, passed unanimously.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
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