Bridgewater Township Board of Supervisors

County of Rice, State of Minnesota
Agenda
 July 11, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Call to Order at ________.

Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll Call: [__] Castore, [__] Doran –Norton, [__] Morlan,
[__] Cooper, [__] Pfahning, [__]C.Braun, [__]J.Braun, [__] D.Brown

Introduction of Guests: Robert Tuma

Approval of Agenda  (Motion_______Seconded_______Ayes_____Nayes______)

Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items

Approval of Minutes and Claims

• Approval of Minutes May 9, 2012 (Motion____Seconded___Ayes_____Nayes____)
• Approval of Minutes May 29, 2012 (Motion____Seconded___Ayes____Nayes____)
• Approval of Minutes June 13,2012 (Motion____Seconded____Ayes____Nayes___)
• Approval of Claims June 13,2012  (Motion____Seconded____Ayes___Nayes____)
• Approval of Rice Creek Claims June 13, 2012(Motion____Seconded___Ayes___Nayes___)

Treasurer’s Report

Clerk’s Report

• Filing System
• Election Judge’s and Election Planning
• Bridgewater Book Project

Planning and Zoning Report

• Rice County Steam and Gas site is a CUP
• TDRs, progress in Planning Commission

Old Business

• Review accounting process for OAA Tax rebate from Dundas (Morlan)
• Response to Dundas request for mediation per OAA, report on Special Meeting of 9 July 2012 (Morlan)
• Resolution  affirming that Bridgewater remained a single precinct after 2010 census redistricting. (Morlan)
  Motion _____  Second _____ Ayes _____ Nayes _____
• Fire Service Agreement Update (Castore)
• Rice Creek Project (Doran-Norton)

New Business

• Noxious Weed Control Policy (Morlan)
• 14 June 2012 rain event
  • summarizing damage for FEMA (Castore, Brown)
  • budgeting for the repairs (Pfahning)

Administration

Schedule of Upcoming Meetings:

•  July 25  2012, 7:30PM. Bridgewater Planning Commission (reset date)
• August 8, 2012, 7PM. August Board of Supervisors meeting

Motion to adjourn (Motion_______Seconded_______Ayes_____Nayes______)

Time:_________

Janalee Cooper
Clerk of Bridgewater Township

Noxious Weed Control Supplement

Noxious Weed Control Supplement – Background

• Town boards are responsible for ditches … including noxious weeds.
• Each town supervisor is, by law, designated a local weed inspector for their township.
  • They can designate someone to perform that duty on behalf of the township.
  • Local weed inspectors are required to attend annual training.

• We can (1) ask voters to allow us to make land owners and tenants responsible for controlling noxious weeds in township ditches after which we would (2) pass a resolution and (3) enforce the resolution through a written policy.

Noxious Weed Control Supplement – References