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June 8, 2011 June Town Board Meeting
JUNE 8, 2011 TOWN OF RICHMOND MEETING MINUTES
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Todd Rehnelt, as noticed.
Present were Chairman Rehnelt, Supervisors Knutson, Berquist, Volkert
and Naser, Treasurer Soderquist, Attorney Scott, Plan Commission Chair
Derrick, Clerk Preece.
Other residents signed in were Mike Jacobson and John J. Kelly.
With some changes to the agenda, it was approved on a motion by
Berquist/Volkert. The minutes of May 12, 2011 were approved on a
motion by Knutson/Naser. There was some discussion on why Berquist
wanted the comments by Mike Jacobson to appear in the April minutes.
The treasurers report was approved on a motion by Naser/Berquist.
There was no public input.
Scot Balsavich from Cooper Engineering presented an update on 140th
St. Project, with construction to be pretty much finished in next 4-5
days. There will be 3 weeks of driving on gravel, with the asphalt
laid after that. He also presented a pay request of $200,246.79 as
the first payment to Haas Sons, which was approved on a motion by
Knutson/Berquist.
He also presented a change order of $20,695.96, with the rationale for
this. Consideration for approval for this will be on the agenda in
July. There was also an explanation of the Xcel Energy power line
poles.
REPORTS
1. Building Permits/Inspection—1 Final, 1 Basement Finishing, 1
Roofing.
2. Animal Control—3 dog calls, Amber had 2 pickups.
3. Plan Commission—No report. Next meeting is July 11.
4. Ambulance—Meeting May 16. Bauman was awarded the bid for new
garage at $997,525.00. Next meeting June 14.
5. Fire—Meeting May 18. Annual Report presented. A good chili feed
turn out. No discussion possible on new fire department building,
because of finances.
6. Landfill—No report.
7. Transportation—Paver patch started today. Need to determine who
does mowing in July—possibilities noted are Gerrit VanDyk, Bidding it
out, County.
8. WTA—No report.
9. GEN—Updated on ambulance, community commons (old middle school
property), animal control. No meeting in August.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Considerations for liquor, beer, cigarette and operator license
applications.
Class A Beer and Class A Liquor License- B. Dalton Liquor,
Class A Beer- Amwest, Inc. were approved on a motion by
Rehnelt/Knutson.
Class B Beer and Class B Liquor License--Meister’s, R & D
Entertainment, Mary Terese Glieden/Boardman Bypass, Class B Beer
License—Pine Meadows Golf, Inc. were approved on a motion by
Naser/Rehnelt.
Cigarette License for Meister’s, Boardman Bypass, B. Dalton
Liquors, Amwest, were approved on a motion by Rehnelt/Volkert.
The following operators licenses were approved on a motion by
Rehnelt/Naser: Sara Stewart, Gregory Swanda, Hayley Binford, Sara
Peterson, Michael Mooer, Christopher Hays, Eric Meyer, Jake Kohler,
Randy Calleja, Debbie Calleja, Nick Kinney, Richard Colbeth, Gary
Johnson, Myra Klegin, Adam Miller, John Souter, Debbie Green, Nicole
Borgen, Rachelle Fehrman, Arlene Turnipseed, Gary Turnipseed, Lindsey
Springer, Angela Senrick, Jill Turnipseed, Virginia Carper, Mary
Glieden, Robert Christensen.
Attorney Scott recommended that in the future the establishments
with Class B licenses have a drawing/sketch of the premises, including
the smoking area; also perhaps have a beer garden permit for outdoor
serving;
Berquist brought forth the concerns with all the traffic the day
of the antique car show, including reckless driving, which he
witnessed. Todd will check with St. Croix Co. Sheriff regarding this
matter.
2. Review of Comprehensive Plan—Following a lengthy discussion on the
length of the legal review by Attorney Scott, Rehnelt moved to have
the Plan Commission review the plan. Motion failed for lack of a
second. Mr. Scott stated he would charge the amount quoted by him at
the May meeting, which was 5 hours at $150.00/hr., even though he
spent more time on it than that. He also offered to change the
grammatical errors, provided he can have an electronic version of the
plan. He would do this at no cost to Town of Richmond. Naser moved
and Volkert seconded the motion to have the grammatical errors
corrected at no charge. Motion carried.
3. Roberts Rules of Order—No discussion on this issue.
4. Gopher bounty is capped at $1,500.00 on a motion by
Rehnelt/Volkert.
5. On a motion by Knutson/Volkert, the pay for town hall mowing will
be $50.00
6. The revised New Richmond Area Ambulance and Rescue Service Contract
was approved on a motion by Knutson/Rehnelt.
7. Road Maintenance Projects—The Transportation Meeting from May 27
was referenced. Volkert moved and Knutson seconded a motion to first
do crack filling, paver patching and amzing. Motion carried.
UPDATE
1. Richmond Sanitary District—Knutson reported on conversation with
Gordy Green, who doesn’t sense much local involvement. Mary Glieden
thinks if the DNR ha a problem with the system, they should fix it.
Scot Balasavich states that until the sanitary district gets
organized, nothing will happen.
2. Amber Wiesender was not present, due perhaps to changed meeting
date.
3. Emergency Services Update—A meeting on June 22 & June 23 and
supervisors are all encouraged to attend one of these at Baldwin or
Hudson.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. 140TH St. Project South from CTH GG to 168th Ave. is not ready to
be signed off on.
2. 140th Ave. Repair Project—Cemstone has offered to have Monarch do
the repair at their expense. This was approved on a motion by
Berquist/Volkert. Rehnelt will have them use the county inspection,
done following the damage, as a reference for this project.
3. Recycling Center Improvements—Discussion on having 4 people
available to work on Saturdays, so there can be some rotation.
Possible Agenda Items for July: Ward Plan,140th St. Project Change
Order & Pay Request, Mowing Ditches, WTA Meeting Approvals, Kristin
Sailor/Emergency Services, Dan Orf, Sanitary District, Considerations
for Town Hall Maintenance Estimates.
Bills payable were approved as presented on a motion by
Rehnelt/Berquist.
Announcement was made of election being held on July 12.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:54 on a motion by Volkert/Berquist.
Respectfully submitted
Donna Preece, Clerk