Farming Township
Official Minutes 7.3.12

The July monthly meeting was called to order by Vernon Willenbring at 8:00 pm. The flag pledge was said. All members were present. Also present was Math Schmitz. Tony Legatt arrived at 8:50 pm.
The June minutes were read. Neil Franz made a motion to accept the minutes as read, Dan Stommes seconded. All in favor, motion carried.
Duane Janssen gave a financial report.

RE: Manana Road – No update has been received from MN Engineering since the June meeting.

RE: Dustcoating – Neil Franz reported that the dustcoating was finished.

RE: Weed Inspection – Supervisors reported that they were not finished with weed inspection.

RE: Legatt Gravel Mining – A letter was received from Stearns County. Discussion was held. Mr. Legatt stated that he thought Farming Township should drop the $.25 fee per yard of material and should refund what was already paid. Discussion was held. Township Supervisors stated that they thought the fee should remain as it is. No changes were made.

RE: COL Fire District – Vernon Willenbring gave a short report on the Fire District. All is going well.

RE: Sign Reflectivity – Discussion was held concerning replacement of road signs. It was decided that the clerk would go through the list and determine which signs should be replaced first – according to their reflectivity/condition rating. The Clerk will also contact M-R Signs to check the price of the two types of signs.

The following warrants were examined, verified and ordered paid:
5975 Stearns Electric monthly electric bill $ 64.93
5976 Pat Schmitz cutting road ditches 1308.50
5977 US Treasury medicare/social security 515.39
5978 CVT testing on Manana Road 575.00
5979 Karolyn Boucher website domain registration 24.34

Total $ 2,488.16
Year-to-date Total $ 121,285.15

At 9:16 pm, Neil Franz made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Dan Stommes seconded. All in favor, motion carried.