(Not final until approved/signed by the Board)
Turtle Lake Township Regular Meeting Minutes
January 5, 2015
Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM by Co-Chair Russ Bennett. Also in attendance board members
Janee Hill, Al Lidstrom, Treasurer Gail Dockendorf, Zoning Administrator Kelly Booge, and Clerk,
Kirby Bahr. Bruce Skipton and Howard Schultz could not join us tonight.
Approve Agenda
The Agenda was approved as is. Motion made by Janee Hill and second made by Al Lidstrom. Motion
carried 3/0.
Approve Regular Meeting Minutes of December 1, 2014.
Motion to approve minutes of last meeting made by Al Lidstrom, second was made by Janee Hill.
Motion carried 3/0.
Approve December 1, 2014 Treasurer's Report
Motion made by Janee Hill to approve the Treasurer's Report. Second was made by Al Lidstrom.
Motion carried 3/0.
Approve Claims & Payroll
There was some discussion on the animal control invoice and also on the Beltrami Electric invoice.
Some discussion ensued with help from Michelle Anderson who is employed by Beltrami Electric.
Motion made by Al Lidstrom to approve the Claims and Payroll reports as they stand. Motion seconded
by Janee Hill. Motion carried 3/0.
Public Attendees (signed in)
Wade Thoring, Aliza Thoring, Lynn Johnson, Tony Johnson and Michelle Anderson.
Discussion Items (in order of discussion)
Kelly Booge, Zoning Administrator, presented the board with his yearly report which reflected the
number of specific issues he attended too plus his hours spent on zoning and also on road items. Kelly
will send the report to the clerk who will put dollars with it so the board can see how the expenses of a
ZA compare to the income from permits etc. This could result in slight amendments to the fee schedule
established for zoning.
Kelly also advised the board that the road policy document was complete. Clerk handed out bound
copies to the board. Russ Bennett requested that a copy of our road classification document be added to
this packet and the clerk will bring pre-punched copies to be added to said packet.
Kelly also gave an update on the Turgi Road status...and the communications received late yesterday
afternoon from the township attorney. Kelly will work with clerk to attend to this and hopefully we will
be able to pursue a resolution and set the date for the public hearing and our next regularly scheduled
hearing.
Kelly continued with an update on Lake Beltrami Road. There is a grant that may be applied for
through the DNR that needs to be in by October 2015. Janee Hill made a motion we table this grant
application for the moment in order for the entire board to have discussions on this project. Al Lidstrom
seconded that motion and it carried 3/0.
Kelly completed his report with an update on the vintage dump site. He still has not received a call
back from the appropriate person at the MPCA and will escalate his questions to the next level or to a
local or state representative.
Al Lidstrom presented the gravel placement document generated from the annual spring road tour and
ensuing gravel loads placed on township roads. A copy of this is available through the clerk’s office.
Janee Hill gave an update on the cemetery. These winter reports are minimal since there are no burials
etc. during the winter months. Janee did say that there is a need for a good spring cleanup of dead
flowers and etc.
Al Lidstrom visited with Liberty township’s clerk concerning some ideas our board needed to discuss
with that board. Al is scheduling our attendance at the February meeting in Liberty...which is held the
second Wednesday of each month.
Gail Dockendorf set the annual budget discussion meeting for January 27th at 7 pm at the town hall.
Clerk will advertise this meeting via the Bemidji Pioneer and post as required.
Treasurer, Gail Dockendorf, confirmed that she will run again for Treasurer at the March elections.
Russ Bennett will contact Bruce Skipton and discuss the possibility of Bruce running in March. Bruce
will report back to the clerk by week’s end so clerk can communicate this information to the county.
Michelle Anderson advised the board she would be willing to take on a supervisor role, only if Bruce
chose not to run again for that office.
Kelly brought a quote from Murray surveying concerning the potential cost to survey Vista Forest
Road for the possibility of taking it over (and recording it) from the state/county. This will be put on
next month’s agenda and Al will present some figures of the potential overall cost of doing this. This is
being done as the township feels the road is not maintained well and at times presents a danger to
travelers.
Kelly also discussed the recording of all township roads. There are two scenarios in doing this, and he
suggested we record all the roads as they are today...it will be quicker and once recorded...we can deal
with them on a separate slower basis as needed.
Correspondence: One item of correspondence was read by the Clerk.
Adjourn: A motion was made by Al Lidstrom at 8:05 pm to adjourn the meeting. Motion was
seconded by Janee Hill and motion carried 3/0. Meeting was adjourned.
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Approval of these Minutes from January 1, 2015 Regular Township Meeting: Approved
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