Official Extended Meeting Minutes 4.9.13
The extended meeting was called to order by Dan Stommes at 11:01 am. Present were Dan Stommes, Neil Franz, Vernon Willenbring and Judy Bruemmer.

The following warrant was examined, verified and ordered paid:
6078 Sunny Brook Ent. snowplowing $ 3290.00

Total $ 3,290.00
Year-to-date Total $ 61,032.39

It was noted that Blading, Ditch Cutting and Gravel Quotes will be opened at the May monthly meeting.

Road Tour was taken:
246th Ave – maybe some gravel
Hazelwood Rd – good
260th St W (tar) – bridge ’77 looking old – check with Munson
Royal River Rd (tar) – OK
288th St W – gravel
305th St – good
Mahogany Rd – good
310th St – needs blading
320th St W – good
320th St E – gravel in turn-around
228th Ave S – good
228th Ave N – OK
Sand Lake Rd – good
Mapleview Rd N (tar) – good
Mapleview Rd S – good
317th St W – OK
Marshfield Ct/Marshwood Ct/Marshfield Circle – OK
317th St E – good – dustcoat is good too
Fifth Lake Rd N (tar) – good
Minikahda Ct – good
Morningstar Rd (tar) – good
Kriegle Lake Rd – OK – patch on west end uneven
Fifth Lake Rd S – gravel whole road
300th St E – good
300th St W – Buerman to Douvier gravel
307th St – OK
Koop Lake Rd – good
193rd Ave – good
Lindbergh Lane – OK
195th Ave – good
290th St – good
275th St E – OK
275th St W – OK
Clear Lake Rd N – tar good – 290th to north needs gravel
Clear Lake Rd S – blading needed on south side of lake
280th St – good
221st Ave – gravel north end
210th Ave – gravel south end?
218th Ave – good
223rd Ave (tar) – good
Hedgewood Rd – OK – light gravel?
260th St E – blading needed, pull in gravel
Manana Rd E (tar) – repair looks good
Manana Rd W – gravel, fix culvert on east end of road?
288th St E – gravel west end
Kranz Lake Circle N – good
Kranz Lake Circle S – good
Kent Circle – good

At 2:40 pm, Vernon Willenbring made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Neil Franz seconded. All in favor, motion carried.

Board of Equalization Meeting 4.9.13
The Board of Equalization and Appeals was called to order by Dan Stommes at 10:30 am. Present were Dan Stommes, Neil Franz, Vernon Willenbring, Judy Bruemmer. Also present were Gary Grossinger and Mark Koehn from the Stearns County Assessors Office.

It was noted that the market value on agricultural land has risen approximately 17% and will likely raise that much or more next year. Farming Township had $1.3 million worth of new construction in 2012.

No property owners came to appeal their tax statements.

At 11:00 am, Vernon Willenbring made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Neil Franz seconded. All in favor, motion carried.