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Board of Supervisors
BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP
County of Rice, State of MinnesotaMay 12, 2009
 The meeting was called to order by Vice-chair, Glen Castore at 7:05 PM. Inattendance were supervisor Kathleen Doran-Norton, Treasurer Brad Pfahning,Zoning Administrator Jim Braun, consultant Carolyn Braun, and clerk, PamPetersen. Leif Knecht, chair arrived about 7:30 as he had another meeting toattend prior to the board meeting. The Pledge of Allegiance was said by all present. The minutes from the April 14, 2009 meeting were approved with someminor changes. The motion to approve was made by K Doran-Norton, secondby G Castore, motion carried. The claims were presented for payment. Some notes were additionalpayment to PERA as B Pfahning had read the chart incorrectly. The firstgravel payment was made to Gleason Co. for gravel. Brad then brought upsome financial concerns; phone bill is high, not because of wrong doing, justthe high cost of a business line and the internet, should try to find a way tocut the cost; Murnane-Brandt, lawyers, very likely will go over budget.It was brought up that Brad will present each board member with a completelist of the claims to be paid the night of the meeting. G Castore made amotion to approve the payments, second by K Doran-Norton, motionapproved. There is no treasurer’s report at this time.Bridgewater Planning Commission: G Castore.A} Nuisance Ordinance- This will be written and it will be implementedby the Board of Supervisors.B} Trails, This will be discussed at a future meeting.C} At this time the consensus of the Planning Commission is to nothave a member from the City of Dundas at this time.
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D} The HWY 19 Access Ordinance has been set aside at this time.Decker Road Boring Report: Blair Fowler reported on the engineering studythat was done on Decker to check the makeup and the condition of the roadbed so that if it is upgraded there is knowledge of what will need to be done. The funds for this study came from the tax revenue from the City of Dundasper the annexation agreement. Blair spoke of the good base the road has(see the full report). A summary will be forth coming and extra booklets willbe available for the surrounding jurisdictions.Galen Malecha and Jeff Docken, Rice County Commissioners attended themeeting also. Topics of conversation were:1} Economic Initiatives with the City of Faribault2} Work has begun on the 2010 Budget3} The crumbling road systems are a huge concern. What can RiceCounty do to have a better voice within District 6 for a larger orbetter share of the road dollars? Put pressure on ourrepresentatives, Bly and Dahle.4} Jail Annex Building, needs changes, should the county build a new jail or partnerwith another county?Planning and Zoning, Jim Braun. The past month there were 3 lot splits and 4permit applications.Update on the lot split for the Schmidt, Sumac, Camus property: Dundasapplied city ordinance to that property, which is not in the City of Dundas.G Castore: Update on the meeting he had with Dundas mayor, GlennSwitzer.A} Ordinances would be stand aloneB} Planning Commission would have the zoning authorityC} Changes would be discussed and advised by all authorative bodies.G Castore made a motion to authorize K Doran-Norton to draft a statementto the Dundas Planning Commission, then to send to all the supervisors and
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copy the clerk. The other supervisors can respond to K Doran-Norton only. LKnecht seconded the motion, the motion carried.K Doran-Norton made a motion to continue and leave this meeting open untilMay 19, 2009. Second by G Castore, motion carried unanimously.G Castore reported on the Stream Inventory, it is going well but may not befinished this year.Road Funds: Increase dust control measures on the township roads.Crack filling: K Doran-Norton made a motion to approve Fahrner Company toproceed with crack filling. Second by G Castore, motion carried. The contractwas signed.Dennis Brown will be asked to keep track of costs per individual road for dustcontrol and gravel laid down. This is due to allocation of funds and fromwhere it is paid. Tree trimming is going well but will be over budget. The company doing thetrimming is Cannon River Tree Trimming and they are doing a very good job.Fawn Court Update: The road is almost finished and is more than satisfactoryper Dennis Brown. After the road is graveled there will be a resolution to takeover the road as a township road at the next board meeting.Update on SF913/HF1035, now SF2082-no new cities, at a standstill for now,but change could happen at any time.K Doran-Norton will work with Dennis Brown on a postcard to send to theresidents when tree trimming will commence.A motion to adjourn for the evening was made by G Castore, second by K Doran-Norton, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 10:10 PM.Respectfully submitted,Pam Petersen, Clerk
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