12-03-1984 Town Board MinutesState of Minnesota The Town Board of the Town of Otsego met this
County of Wright 3 day of December, 1984, at 8:00 p.m. Douglas
Town of Otsego Lindenfelser, Chairman; Floyd Roden and Norman
Freske, Supervisors; Lani Will, Deputy Clerk;
Lewis Pouliot, Treasurer; and Jerome Perrault, Clerk, were present.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Douglas Lindenfelser.
The minutes of the November 19, 1984 Town Board Meeting were approved
as read.
The Assessment Hearing on the Great River Acres Bituminous Paving
project was conducted at this time. Pete Raatikka, project engineer,
addressed the meeting. He said the final figures on the project are
as follows:
Construction - $73,500.00, Engineering, Staking & Inspection -
$10,250.00, Fiscal & Legal - $6,300.00, Administrative - $200.00.,
and Interm Interest - $1,300.00, for a total of $91,500.00. The
number of assessable units are 50. The final cost per unit is $1,831.00.
Motion by Douglas Lindenfelser to adopt the following resolutions:
Be it resolved that the Town Board approves and adopts the Assessment
Role for the Great River Acres Bituminous Paving Project. Seconded
by Floyd Roden, passed unanimously.
Gilbert Darkenwald appeared before the Board to request a lot
line adjustment. The County Zoning Administrator has requested that
he combine two lots because he has a lot with a house on it that does
not have a road easement.
Motion by Norman Freske to approve the lot line adjustment re-
quest of Gilbert Drakenwald contingent upon approval of the Otsego
Planning Commission. Seconded by Douglas Lindenfelser, passed un-
animously.
Motion by Norman Freske to replace the 3" chinese elm tree of
Donna Knott that was cut down by the Otsego maintenance men because
she was not notified that the tree was on the Townships' road right-
of-way. Seconded by Douglas Lindenfelser, passed unanimously.
Keith Evenson appeared to request a variance for a period of
one year to operate his salvage lumber business so as to give him time
to re-locate the building on his property so that it wouldn't be too
close to his neighbors lot line and to reduce the size of the building.
The County has turned down his request for a Conditional Use Permit to
operated a lumber salvage business because his building was oversized
and closer than 500 feet from his nearest neighbor.
Motion by Norman Freske to table action on Keith Evenson's re-
quest until the next Board Meeting. Seconded by Floyd Roden, passed
unanimously.
Motion by Floyd Roden to pay Assessor Pete Merges the same salary
as last year for the coming assessment year. ($3.50 per parcel assessed
based on 1717 parcels with the payment to be in 5 monthly installments
of $1000.00 each and the 6th and final payment to be for the balance
remaining to be paid).
Seconded by Norman Freske, passed unanimously. Motion by Douglas
Lindenfelser to pay Andrew Merges $6.00. per hour for attending assessor
school. Seconded by Floyd Roden, passed unanimously.
Motion by Floyd Roden to convene the Town Board Meeting on the
first Monday in January 1985 at 1:00 p.m. instead of 8:00 p.m. Seconded
by Norman Freske, passed unanimously.
Proceeding as a Board of Audit, the Town Board audited and allowed
vertified accounts numbers 392 to 455, inclusive.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
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