2024 Meeting Minutes
January 18,2024
February 15, 2024
Wanamingo Township January Meeting Minutes
The meeting of the Wanamingo Township Board was called to order at approximately 5:30 PM on Thursday, January 18, 2024, by Chairman Tom Shane. Member’s present were Supervisors; Tom Shane and John Hegseth. Kerry Olson was absent. Clerk; Tamra Berg and Treasurer; Nancy Hegseth. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Clerk’s report was read by Tamra. Motion by Tom to approve the minutes. 2nd by John. Motion carries.
County Commissioner; Todd Greseth was present. He stated that Calvin Steberg had visited several townships and they were onboard with having a transfer station. Todd felt a private owner would have struggles. Public Works said there needs to be a study for the current Red Wing facilty. Not sure if they would move it to be centrally located in the County. The state flag has been discussed at the County level. There would be a huge cost to change the logo on all the state vehicles besides all the flags. The mobile command center will be coming. Its key benefit is that it can travel to the area where it is needed. Todd thanked the board for the work they do. The board thanked Todd for keeping them updated.
Treasurer's report was read by Nancy. Motion by John to approve the treasurer's report. 2nd by Tom. Motion carries.
Present Bills: Motion by John to pay the bills. 2nd by Tom. Motion carries.
Building Permits: none
Old Business:
Planning & Zoning: nothing to report
Roads: Kerry Olson was absent but he passed onto Tamra that he has worked on 4 culverts and was out snowplowing last Sat. and Sun.
The Presidential Nomination Primary (PNP) will be Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Voting hours 7 AM - 8 PM.
March Township Election information: Tom has filed for Supervisor and Tamra has filed for Clerk. Affidavit of Candidacy and filing fee of $2.00 had been received from each of them.
Absentee voting begins Feb. 9. Township Election will be Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The annual meeting will follow the election. The Board of Canvas follows the meeting.
New Business:
December calls for service were 43
The Annual Goodhue County Township Officers Meeting will be on Sat. Feb. 3 starting at 9AM. Tamra has emailed topics about the Landfill and the distrubance issues that occurred at the MAT Annual Meeting in St. Cloud to the Township Officer's secretary.
The Annual Wanamingo Fire Dept. Meeting will be on Monday, Feb. 5. There will be Happy Hour at 5:30, Dinner at 6:00 and a Power Point Presentation at n7:00.
Tamra has received the Goodhue County Fair donation request.
John made a motion to approve the 2024 Wanamingo Fire Contract. 2nd by Tom. Motion carries. Tom and Tamra signed the contract.
Motion by Tom to appoint Tom and Leah Shane, John and Nancy Hegseth, Kerry Olson, Kim Thompson, Dorothy Hjermstad, Chad Quiggle and Tamra Berg as election judges for the PNP election on March 5 and the township election on March 12. 2nd by John. Motion carries.
We will need to hold a Board of Audit at the Feb. 15th meeting.
There will be a Spring Officers Training on March 19 in Rochester.
The 2024 mileage rates have increased to 67 cents a mile.
As of Jan. 1, 2024 there is a Workplace Law for Earned Sick and Safe Time to part-time employees. Not sure how this affects Kerry as he is salaried 30 hours a week so if he were to be sick he would already receive pay.
Tamra will need to get W2's completed and sent out.
Tamra will have to submit the WC Audit to MATIT.
Tamra has received an email for a 2024 Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) (voluntary). This is to let them know if there are any changes to boundaries or any annexation in our township.
Other Business: none
Motion to adjourn by John and 2nd by Tom. Motion carries
Meeting adjourned at 6:26 PM
Next Meeting on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 5:30 PM
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February 15, 2024
Wanamingo Township February Meeting Minutes
February 15, 2024
The meeting of the Wanamingo Township Board was called to order at approximately 5:30 PM on Thursday, February 15, 2024, by Vice-Chairman John Hegseth. Member’s present were Supervisors; John Hegseth and Kerry Olson. Tom Shane was absent. Clerk; Tamra Berg and Treasurer; Nancy Hegseth. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Clerk’s report was read by Tamra. Motion by Kerry to approve the minutes. 2nd by John. Motion carries. Treasurer's report was read by Nancy. Motion by Kerry to approve the treasurer's report. 2nd by John. Motion carries.
Present Bills: Motion by Kerry to pay the bills. 2nd by John. Motion carries.
Building Permits: none
Old Business:
Planning & Zoning: The County is planning a Zoning meeting in April for the townships. Gregg Erickson has been on the Zoning Board for over 10 years so we will ask Greg Berg if he would take his spot.
Roads: Kerry has done some blading on roads. Concerns about 110th Ave. used by Ag Partners. He plowed today. He has trimmed some trees. Kerry presented a contract from Kielmeyer which is basically the same as the one from 2023. Motion by John to approve the Kielmeyer contract for 2024 for a delivered price of $8.50/Ton from the Foss pit. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carrries.
Culvert: Kerry has talked with Corey Wersal (County) about the 425th culvert, There is a hole in it as well as erosion. It needs replacement. A culvert 60 inches by 60 ft is approx. $19,000 with an apron cost of $1500. What would labor cost? Kerry will investigate further with companies. Hancock may have a cement culvert that size available.
Kerry has not done any work for Leon Township west of Hwy 52
The Presidential Nomination Primary (PNP) will be Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Voting hours 7 AM - 8 PM. Tamra will write up a schedule for the judges working that day.
March Township Election information: Tom has filed for Supervisor and Tamra has filed for Clerk. Affidavit of Candidacy and filing fee of $2.00 had been received from each of them.
Absentee voting began on Feb. 9. The Township Election will be Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Voting from 5-8 PM. The annual meeting will follow. The Board of Canvas follows the meeting. Kerry, Nancy and Chad will work as judges with Kerry and Nancy counting the ballots.
The closing of the Wanamingo Landfill was a topic discussed at the County/Township meeting in Feb. Many in attendance would like to see a transfer station put in place.
At the Annual Fire Dept meeting they stated they will need a new pumper truck.
The W2's were issued. Everyone said they got theirs.
The MATIT Worker's Comp Audit Report was completed and sent.
The Spring Officers Training will be on March 19 in Rochester
Reminder: Board of Appeals on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at NOON.
New Business:
January calls for service were 33
There was John Deere letter about the excavator lease. Kerry will follow up on this..
Tamra presented the Minnesota Benefit Association (MBA) Group Insurance letter. All officers have to take the insurance. No one was interested.
The road map from the County needs to be reviewed as we saw some discrepancies.
Annual Meeting topics to be discussed: road vacation, 114th Ave was an issue last year, Reports from Gregg Erickson for the Ambulance, John for the Fire Dept., Tamra for Planning and Zoning, Kerry for the roads. Discussion about raising the levy as the costs for road materials has increased along with the contract costs for fire and ambulance.
Tom is on vacation starting Mon, March 18. John will act as vice-chair in his absence.
Kerry is on vacation from March 15 - April 1. Will have Bob Gadient cover and Kerry will communicate with him. Will move the March monthly meeting up one week.
Tamra and Rae worked on the Township Website, There is a bit to learn. Tamra felt Rae should be compensated for her time. Kerry agreed but John wanted to think about it.
We need to think about having a Township credit card. The website, anti-virus and microsoft word programs all are paid by individual's credit cards, This needs to be looked into.
Tamra still needs to complete the MN Pera Exclusion and annual leave reports.
The supervisors reviewed the Board of Audit with treasurer and clerk locating random canceled checks and deposits selected by the supervisors. Reporting forms and statements were reviewed.
It was noted that what the township spent was way more than what the township took in for revenue. Board decided to present an increase of $9,000 to the residents at the annual meeting.
Other Business: none
Motion to adjourn by John and 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries
Meeting adjourned at 7:25 PM
Next Meeting on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at 5:30 PM
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