CORINNA TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, August 2, 2005

7 p.m., Town Hall Unapproved

Present: Dennis Klug, Mark and Julie Grimml, Don and Lois Riley, Robert Balogh, Mark Miller, Douglas Smith Town Board: Chairman John Dearing, Supervisor Bill Lieb, Clerk/Treasurer Vi Novotne. Absent: Ken Jude

Meeting opened at 7 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance.

With motion by Bill Lieb, seconded by John Dearing, the minutes of the July 19, 2005 Town Board Meeting were approved as printed.

John Dearing presented motion, Bill Lieb, second, agenda was approved with the addition of Dennis Klug and a Maintenance Men Meeting.

Requests to be on the Agenda:

1. Kathy and Jeff Weiss, PID 206-072-000020 and 206-072-000241, Sugar Lake. (Rescheduled for August 16, 2005.)

2. Dennis Klug, 7875 Greer Ave NW. Proposes to vacate a portion of Greer Avenue,

a dedicated road and proposes to build a new portion of this road, eliminating the curve of the road, approximately 130’ east that connects with existing road. Besides straightening the road, it would make several lots larger. Mr. Klug is to procure a legal description of what is to be vacated and description of the new road. Mr. Klug received a copy of the township road specifications and a sample petition form for a road vacation.

3. Mark and Julie Grimml, 8100 block of Isaak. Discussed setback for building a home close to bluff and home would be in line with other houses.

4. Don Riley, 8596 Griffith,PID 206-090-002040 and neighbor, Robert Balogh. (Continuation of 7/19/2005 meeting) Property line adjustment. Bill Lieb offered to obtain additional information from Barry at Planning and Zoning regarding the previously vacated road that was not recorded.

Maintenance Men Meeting: Mark Miller, Douglas Smith

1. Road Striping: Board received bids from Traffic Marking Service, Inc at $.05 per foot and AAA Striping Service at $.05 per foot solid white line and double line at $.10/foot. With motion by John Dearing, seconded by Bill Lieb, the board approved the bid from Traffic Marking Service. Mark Miller will forward a map of roads to be striped to Market Striping.

2. Discussed other road maintenance work to be done.

3. The board will determine a wage increase for Kevin Ludenia, the part-time maintenance person on call for snowplowing.

4. Heating fuel contracts. Contract for heating fuel for the 2005-06 heating season will be from Jack’s Oil Distributing, Inc of Eden Valley at $1.249/gallon. Before obtaining fuel oil from Jack’s, the town will use the remaining fuel credit from Federated

Co-op.

5. Discussed additional road areas including the 120th town line road that need to receive dustcoating.

Other Items:

1. 89th and Linn Paving Project. Public Hearing on Assessment will be at the next town board meeting, August 16, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. Hearing notice has been placed in the Maple Lake Messenger, the Annandale Advocate and individual notices mailed to each property owner.

2. 79th and Iten Paving Project. Public Hearing on Assessment will be at the nest town board meeting, August 16, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. Hearing notice has been placed in the Maple Lake Messenger, the Annandale Advocate and individual notices mailed to each property owner.

3. 103rd Street Reconstruction. One electric pole is left to be moved. John Dearing will contact Dale Erdmann, the road contractor, to obtain a firm start date.

4. Special Town Meeting to consider construction of a new town hall, Tuesday, August 23, 2005, 7 p.m., town hall. Special Meeting notice will be mailed to each property owner, published in the Annandale Advocate and the Maple Lake Messenger and posted at the town hall bulletin board.

5. Junk Amnesty, July 30, 2005. 232 truck/trailor loads were recycled. A complete report will be submitted when all invoices have been received.

6. Johnson, Larson, Peterson and Matt, Attorneys at Law, correspondence of July 28, 2005. Re: Stromme/Dircks/Cook Quiet Title Action to assign an accurate legal description to the property that is consistent with the historical monumentation and use of the property. No action is being made against property utilized by Corinna Township. 98th Street is adjacent to the property now owned by the above named persons. Board Chairman, John Dearing, signed the Acknowledgement of Receipt of Summons and Complaint

7. Junk Violations:

Steve Leinonen, 11718 Kramer Ave NW. John Dearing asked that deadline be further extended as property owner is making progress in cleaning up his land.

8. City of Annandale Proposed Land Use Plan Meeting, July 21, 2005, at the city hall. Town Board attended and added to the discussion of the city’s plan for development. Next meeting will be Thursday, August 25, 2005, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Annandale City Hall. City of Annandale forwarded the August 1, 2005 City Council Agenda and City intends to continue to send the council agenda to our township each month.

9. Silver Creek Information Meeting covering Advanced Technology concerning septic systems and topics concerning lakes, wetlands and development, July 26, 2005. No report.

10. HAVA Work Group. Group is to develop a plan to purchase voting equipment that can be used by all voters including voters with disabilities. Clerk Vi Novotne will inform the Wright County Election Supervisor that she is interested in serving on this committee.

11. Darrell Dahl, 7630 106th Street (telephone request). Mr. Dahl expressed that the Topfer Road Holding Pond drainage pipe appears to be too low and feels pond needs to build up. John Dearing stated that board had a pond agreement with John Topfer and no changes can be made to the depth of the pond. Clerk will inform Mr. Dahl of this agreement.

12. Ken Yager, Township Assessor, (Telephone Call). Reported that he has completed his review area. He will be responding to parcel building changes beginning in September. Sales of property have not slowed down.

13. Payment of Claims: Check No. 12827, 12830-12866 and Electronic Transfers 90-93 for a total amount of $87,938.64 were approved for payment.

With a motion by Bill Lieb, seconded by John Dearing, the meeting adjourned for a closed meeting to discuss wage increase for the part-time maintenance person. Meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, ` Approved: August 16, 2005

Vi Novotne, Clerk John Dearing, Chairman