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November 9, 2021
The November 9, 2021 Township Board meeting will be held at the Pequaywan firehall. We will follow CDC and Governor Walz guidelines. Masks are required reguardless of vaccination status. There is also the option for guests to attend the meeting via teleconference. To access the meeting: call 1-425-436-6339, at the prompt, enter the access code 5232275 followed by #.
Pequaywan residents may submit a topic for discussion during the town board meeting under the Public Comment section of the Agenda by sending an email to peqclerk@gmail.com at least three (3) days before the meeting. Public Comment section is a courtesy extended to persons wishing to address the board. No more than one (1) public comment item per citizen will be accepted per meeting. Guests will be muted during the meeting but unmuted during Public Comments for those that submitted a request. Presentation will be limited to two (2) minutes.
November 9, 2021 Agenda
Call to Order
Attendance
Clerk’s Report
The October 12, 2021 Township Board Meeting minutes for approval
Treasurer’s Report
October 2021
Total Funds on hand as of 10/01/2021 (Includes Investments) $188,061.72
Plus: Deposit $124.50
Interest on Accounts $124.50
Less: Disbursement $2791.83
Payroll $824.13
Other Expenses $441.51
Form 941 Taxes $404.94
St Louis County Plowing $1121.25
Total Funds on hand as of 10/30/2021 $185,255.87
November 2021
Deposits (November) - $0
Claims (November) - $494.75
November check # 1729 – 1734
No transfers to the Checking Account is needed at this time
Old Business
- Update on deputy treasurer and deputy clerk opening.
- Update for the 66’ easement on the Moose Lake road
- Update on the township website
- Update on LBAE training
New Business
- Staking for snowplow turnaround
- Frontier Communication requests road access and permission to bury cable
Correspondence
Received
- Email from Debbie Peterson of Lake Superior School District containing information on who will be paying the election judges fr the November 2, 2021 school election
- Email from Debbie Peterson of Lake Superior School District with the official times of the school election
- Email from Debbie Peterson of Lake Superior School District verifying if election judges are needed from other precincts
- Email from Debbie Peterson of Lake Superior School District with information on the pay rate for the election judges
- Email from Lola Haus Lake County Election Administrator stating that the Automark cards and ballots were sent to the townships, but that there was a problem with the software for any St. Louis County townships. The Automark card will not work on any St. Louis County townships.
- Email from Lisa Sweet of St Louis County elections office verifying election judges
- Email from Lola Haus Lake County Election Administrator with updates on the Automark media cards. New cards have been ordered.
- Email from Phil Chapman of St Louis County Clerk of County Board/ Elections Supervisor containing election reminders and information
- Email from Lora Skarman of St Louis County Assessor’s Office with LBAE training availability reminder
- Email from Debbie Peterson of Lake Superior School District with new wage information for Pequaywan Township judges
- Email from Cathy Rouleau of St Louis County Association of Townships on the upcoming monthly meeting
- Email from Heather Gregor of Frontier Communications on the request for access for bury cable on township road
- Email from the Minnesota Association of Townships (MAT) containing the October 2021 newsletter
- Email from Cathy Rouleau of the St Louis County Association of Townships containing the minutes of the SCLAT monthly meeting
- Email from Lola Haus of Lake County Elections administration stating the new Automark cards were in and directions on where to pick them up at
- Email from Daisy Wallace containing updates on research and work done for/on the township website
- Invoice from Daisy Wallace for the sum of $37.50 for website administration
- Missing payment invoice reminder from Daisy Wallace for the sum of $12.50 for last month’s website administration
- Email from Lisa Sweet of the St Louis County Elections verifying election judges and the need to find one more judge
- Email from Debbie Peterson of Lake Superior School District with directions on where to return election materials
- Email from Lita Wallace containing her resignation of deputy clerk.
- Email from Phil Chapman of the St Louis County Elections department with the news that Lisa Sweet has transferred to a different department
Sent
- Email to Debbie Peterson of Lake Superior School District with questions regarding the upcoming school election
- Email to Debbie Peterson of Lake Superior School District asking what the pay for the election judges is to be
- Email to Daisy Wallace with website update requests
- Email to Debbie Peterson of Lake Superior School District with judges update
- Email to Lisa Sweet of St Louis County with election judges update
- Email to Debbie Peterson of Lake Superior School District inquiring where to drop off election materials
- Phone call to the Lake Superior School District with election results
Public Comments
Meeting Adjourn