October 10, 2023
AGENDA
Call to Order
Attendance: Town officers, guests
Clerk's Report
Treasurer's Report
SEPTEMBER 2023
Total Funds on Hand 9/1/2023 $255,804.11
Plus: Deposits $502.39
--Interest on Accounts 502.39
Less: Disbursements $8,426.13
--Payroll 1,251.43
--Sinnott Blacktopping 7,000.00
--Other Expenses 174.70
Total Funds on Hand 9/30/2023 $247,880.37
Checks Written #1930 - #1941
OCTOBER 2023
Expected Receipts None
Checks Written #1942 - #1947 $1,443.88
No transfer to checking needed
Old Business
- West Branch Road repair update
New Business
- Supervisor Doug Nelson completed the course Board of Appeal and Equalization Training good for 2024 to 2027 Local Board of Appeal meetings
- Clerk process of the Meeting Agenda and Minutes
- Future voting -Presidential Nomination Primary is set for March 5, 2024 and election will be held at the Pequaywan Firehall
- Clerk report from the MAT 4-Corners Training re-CTAS attended in Grand Rapids
- Discussion on having a building on the township land
- Road restriction weight permit enforcement
Correspondence - (any additional pertinent correspondence received before the meeting will be added)
Received:
- Email from St. Louis County Sheriff's Office in the 911 division requesting to provide township contacts for after hours incidents that require immediate attention (e.g. a tree falls in the middle of the night and is blocking a township road or a township road has been heavily eroded after heavy rainfall and needs to be closed.
- 500+ pages of 2023 Minnesota Election Laws from St. Louis County Elections.
Sent:
- Clerk submitted the Contract Application for the 2023-2024 snow plowing of West Branch Road to St. Louis County Public Works
- Invitation to Representative Natalie Zeleznikar to attend the October Town Board Meeting. She responded "yes."
- Email to St. Louis County Sheriff's Office in the 911 division providing them with Pequaywan Township's contact information.
- Contract signed form to St. Louis County Elections concerning distribution plan for allocating funds from voter account.
Public Comment: The Public Comment section is a courtesy extended to persons wishing to address the Board. To request to make a public comment, follow the protocol below:
- Submit both your (1) full name, and (2) what you want to comment about to the clerk via email to peqclerk@gmail.com. Feel free to include document/s related to your request.
- Deadline to submit your request is the Saturday before the 2nd Tuesday of the month.
- Your presentation will be limited to (2) minutes.
- What you said will be on file and the board can either address the issue, assign someone to address the issue, or do nothing.
Public Comment Requests:
- Jeff Tyllia - Pequaywan Lakeside Chapel Board exploring possibilities about sharing a space in case Pequaywan Township builds a town hall in the future
- Bonnie Dressen - West Branch Road financing and town hall
Next Meeting, November 14, 2023, 7:00 p.m., Pequaywan Firehall
Adjourn meeting