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KABETOGAMA TOWNSHIP REGULAR MEETING April 1, 2008 Chairman Nevalainen opened the meeting at 7:00 pm. Board members present were Supervisors McGregor and Town, Treasurer Kiner, Clerk Manninen, Deputy Clerk Tomczak along with 7 guests. All attending recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Agenda - The Agenda was approved on a motion by Supervisor Town, seconded by Supervisor McGregor , motion carried.. Minutes the minutes were reviewed by all present. A motion by Supervisor Town to approve with one correction that the letter regarding the road count was sent to the MN DOT, not St. Louis County. Sseconded by Supervisor McGregor, motion carried. Treasurers Report
Payroll Jill Kiner, 190.25; Manninen, 383.56; Nevalainen, 424.72; Town, 46.77; McGregor, 46.77; Paul Kiner; 46.18, N. Wilkins; 46.17. The treasurers report was approved on a motion by Supervisor McGregor, seconded by Supervisor Town, motion carried. Old business Planning Commission Niles Wilkins resigned as of March 31, 2008. Vickie Peterson has agreed to fill Niles position on the planning commission board. The board will recommend to the township board that Vickie be appointed to the planning board. Many thanks to Paul and Niles for their service and to Jerry and Vickie for agreeing to serve on the planning board. A motion was made that Phil Hart serve as chairman and Marlene Tomczak as vice-chairman to the planning board. Betsey Warring agreed to remain serving as secretary. The township approved the change to quarterly planning meetings unless a special meeting needs to be held. The planning board By-Laws will be revised to reflect this change. Mark Nelson requested a special meeting with the planning board to discuss plans for the development of his property. The tentative date is May 5th 2008. The township board will have to make a motion to hold the meeting. Ben VanTassel and Jerry Mitchell submitted sample Vision Statements for the Comprehensive Plan. The board members will review both, make revisions and present them at the next planning board meeting. An April date will be set for reviewing the latest plans for the community center. May 30 June 1 will be a trail monitoring weekend sponsored by VNPA. Volunteers are needed. The next regularly scheduled planning meeting will be held in June. Supervisor Town moved to approve appointing Vickie Peterson to the planning commission board, seconded by Supervisor McGregor, motion carried. Supervisor McGregor moved to hold a special planning commission meeting on May 5, 2008, 7:00 pm at the Kabetogama Community Hall to discuss plans for development of the Mark Nelson property, seconded by Supervisor Town, motion carried. Community Center Report Marlene reported that there will be a public meeting on April 15th 6:30 pm at the Kabetogama Community Hall to review the most recent plans for the new community center. A notice will be in the Voyageur Sentinel, at Gateway Store, on the billboard across from the community hall and on the township website. The community club has asked if the township could incur some of the costs for this meeting. The board will look into if they can legally help out on this and report back at the next meeting. Roads the board will contact Greg House to ask if he is willing to sign another contract for clearing brush and downed trees ect. This is tabled to the next meeting. Supervisor Town moved to have chloride spread on the township roads again this year, seconded by Supervisor McGregor, motion carried. PPSSD Agenda for working meeting. B. Chard sent out an agenda for us to send to the landowners for the June 26th working meeting. Bridget asked that we reconvene our current meeting on April 17th to discuss a number of items and funding mechanisms. The board felt that the May meeting would be soon enough. The leases with the DNR and a possible one with the Lake Association were discussed. It was also suggested by Jack McMahon that the working meeting be moved up to May instead of June. The board decided to leave the meeting to June. This had been discussed at length at a previous meeting and it was felt that there would be a better turnout if the meeting was held in June. Chairman Nevalainen explained the hiring of the Lobbyist for funding on the Federal level. Chairman Nevalainen received a call from Richard Lehtinen, head of solid waste in Koochiching County. He gave Chairman Nevalainen a few more sources of funding one being the Lorenchen Resource Conservation out of Duluth allocated for these kinds of projects and can only be spent in the 8th district. He also mentioned other state grants. Chairman Nevalainen will contact him again and get more detailed information. This information will be forwarded to Bridget. Chairman Nevalainen explained the response letter we received from the VNP. It basically stated that there are currently no dedicated funding sources for community assistance regarding sewer systems. They did make contact with several other Federal agencies on our behalf regarding this project. This information was also forwarded to Bridget Chard. Supervisor McGregor moved to have the two agendas sent to the PPSSD members by certified mail ASAP, seconded by Supervisor Town, motion carried. Clerk Manninen make sure they are on township letterhead, have them reviewed by the Supervisors then send them out. Supervisor Town moved to allow Rural Development sent a copy of the qualification letter for the township to Bridget Chard, seconded by Supervisor McGregor, motion carried. New Business None Claims Approval Chairman Nevalainen moved to approve the claims presented, seconded by Supervisor McGregor, motion carried. Supervisor Town moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Supervisor McGregor, motion carried. Respectfully Submitted, Mary Manninen, Clerk, Kabetogama Township
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