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The Deputy Clerk was asked
to read the Board of Audit minutes from the
Kabetogama Misc. Accounts:
The Clerk and Treasurer’s
Report matched. The Board of Audit
report was approved on a motion by Chairman Nevalainen, seconded by Agenda – Ron Moyer asked if there were any additions or deletions to the meeting agenda. The annual meeting agenda was read and approved on a motion by Paul Kiner, seconded by Ed Town, motion carried. Deputy Clerk Marlene Tomczak read the minutes from the 2009 Annual meeting. The minutes were approved with the correction of PPSSD spelling, on a motion by Ed Town, seconded by Jill Kiner, motion carried The 2011 Annual meeting dates were set as follows; Old Business: Bob Nevalainen gave a brief report on the New Business: 2011 Levy: All the line items were discussed and entered as the previous year’s amounts with the exception of the Community Center Fund which Marlene asked to wait and decide on after Sande Moyer gave a presentation regarding this matter. After the presentation from Sande Moyer, a suggestion was made to levy an extra $10,000 toward the community center fund. After a final discussion the final levy amounts are as follows: General Fund - $85,000.00, $30,000 goes to the Community Center Fund Road & Bridge - $9,000.00 Fire Dept. – 36,000.00 Total Levy - $130,000.00 A final hand count on the levy resulted in 9 yes and 2 no
and the levy was passed for $130,000.00 for the year 2011. The levy is up $10,000 from 2010. This was approved on a motion by Ed Town and
seconded by Larry Warrington, all voted, motion passed. Community Center Report – Sande Moyer gave the following report. Marlene Tomczak and I continue to work with Dennis Tabbert and Bonnie Hundrieser at USDA Rural Development on grants and low interest loans. Our Pre-application for a loan for the historical gallery of the new Community Center from DOT was denied. Bonnie is still looking for other sources. Currently they are putting together the pre-application for a loan for the full amount of building a new center. Using the figure of $864,000 (the amount from the plan and estimate developed by Jim Cowgill) the repayment would be as follows: Anticipated loan Payments – for a new building, we would be looking at a 40-year loan at 4% interest. In addition to the annual payment, USDA requires that the loan recipient set aside 10% of the total into a reserve account every year on top of making the payment. Once you have saved up what a full year’s payment would be, you don’t have to do this anymore. The goal is to make sure you have at least a one-year back up set aside. Here is a payment schedule. 100% of project cost ($864,000) = $43,658 / year + annual 10% reserve account savings: $4,365 / year 75% of project cost ($648,000) = $32,744 / year + annual 10% reserve account savings: $3,274 / year 50% of project cist ($432,000) = $21,829 / year + annual 10% reserve account savings: $2,182 The Township has already budgeted $20,000/yr for a Community Center. An additional $28,000/per year would add $32.50-$40.00 per $100,000 assessed evaluation per year. (example $300,000 eval. Would be $120.00/yr.) Dennis Tabbert is pretty confident that the application will be approved. There is also the possibility of a $75,000 grant; it is deemed that it would be an advantage to the township in repayment of the loan. Dennis Tabbert stated that we could not use donated labor or materials on a project like this. Dennis also stated that some or all of the funds already set aside for the build must be used toward the project. At this time Marlene and Sande are asking the township for approval and commitment to continue this process. A discussion followed that present building and repayment
schedule was to costly to continue to pursue, a loan through USDA for 40 years
@ 4% interest would project into a figure of approximately $44,000 a year
repayment. A figure that was considered to much to levy to the township residents. All were in agreement that a new hall was
still needed, but it will have to be downsized.
Sande and Marlene were asked to investigate
further and were thanked for their time and efforts pit in to date. Marlene asked attendees to consider levying a
larger amount for the Community Center fund to build up the monies held there
for future hall development. A
suggestion from the floor to raise the Community Center Line item in the levy
to $30,000 from $20,000 was considered on a hand count. 10 yes votes and 2 not votes. This line item was included during the levy
discussion. A new plan must be
developed, discussed and then at that time contact Jim Cowgill
for a new drawing. Fire Department News - Fire Chief Larry Warrington reported; the department has a contract with Mesabi for training with qualified trainers. College credits are obtained for these trainings. We are exploring avenues for getting a new brush truck, grant money has dried up which makes all of this much more difficult. Medical is pursuing the possibility of obtaining an updated rig that can carry more people. Most of the budget is used for utilities to keep the building open and running. Planning Commission Report – The Planning Board members are as follows; Phil Hart, Chairman; Marlene Tomczak, Vice-Chair; Betsey Warrington, Secretary; Vickie Peterson and Jerry Mitchell. The Planning Board elects its officers at their annual meeting in January. Individuals who are interested in serving on the Planning Board may submit a letter of intent to the Township Board by December. The Planning Board reviews the application and makes recommendations to the Township Board of Supervisors. The applicants are then chosen by the Board of Supervisors at the township annual meeting. Their terms are for three years. The Planning Board meets quarterly on the Monday before the Township Board meeting for that month. The Planning Board’s main objective is to review and update the Comprehensive Plan making recommendations to the Township board as needed. The annual meeting of the
Marlene Tomczak, Deputy Clerk
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