Town Board Reorganization Meeting

At the Town Board Reorganization meeting on March 21, 2019, 

the Town Board Supervisors elected a Chair and a Vice-Chair

for March 2019 through March 2020. They also addressed

Meetings/Posting/Notices, Financial Items, Professional Services,

Policies and Contact Assignments.

                              
Chair and Vice Chair positions:

The nominees for Chair were Donovan Palmquist and Butch Hansen.

The new Township Chair is Donovan Palmquist.

Tim Murphy was nominated and elected as Vice Chair.

Congratulations! I know the Township is in good hands.

Supervisor Liaisons to attend and represent the Board

at Planning Commission meetings:

Typically one Supervisor attends each Planning Commission meeting

as a resource person. Each Supervisor commits to attend several of

12 meetings throughout the 2019-2020 year.

Mark Ceminsky, Tim Murphy, Lu Barfknecht and Donovan

Palmquist volunteered as Liaisons.

Butch Hansen did not volunteer to act as a liaison at any of

the meetings. When asked if he would like to be the liaison

at the April Planning Commission meeting,
his response was "Not Really."

When asked if there were any months that he was willing

to volunteer for, Butch's response was "Nope."

At a later time in the meeting, Butch stated "All Supervisors

should commit to attending ALL 12 Board meetings."

He was reminded that there are life circumstances that might

prevent any one of the Supervisors from attending. However,

they were elected to attend and would honor that commitment

if at all possible.

                                    

Contact Assignments were made for the following entities:

Airlake Airport:                           Tim Murphy and Donovan Palmquist

Ambulance Service:                     Lu Barfknecht and Tim Murphy

Attorney Contacts:                      Donovan Palmquist and Tim Murphy

Building Inspector:                      Mark Ceminsky and Donovan Palmquist

Compliance Official:                    Donovan Palmquist and Tim Murphy

Dakota County:                            Tim Murphy and Lu Barfknecht

Dakota County Sheriff:               Tim Murphy and Lu Barfknecht

Data Practices:                             Donovan Palmquist and Tim Murphy

Farmington Fire Dept:                Tim Murphy and Lu Barfknecht

Lakeville Fire Dept:                     Tim Murphy and Lu Barfknecht

IT Consultant:                              Tim Murphy and Lu Barfknecht

Professional Services:                  Ranee Solis, Clerk and Deputy Clerk

Roads:                                           Mark Ceminsky and Butch Hansen

Town Hall:                                    Lu Barfknecht and Mark Ceminsky

North Cannon and

Vermilion River Watersheds:      Tim Murphy and Donovan Palmquist

Weed Inspector:                            Donovan Palmquist and Tim Murphy

Wetlands DNR:                             Donovan Palmquist and Tim Murphy

Vice Chair Tim Murphy asked Butch Hansen if he was interested in

serving as a contact person with him regarding the Airlake Airport

as Butch was a contact person with Tim last year. Butch stated "He

wanted nothing to do with the airport."
Road contacts will be compensated $25 per hour for various tasks.

The Direct List of Officers Form will be forwarded by Ranee Solis

to the MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF TOWNSHIPS.