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2025 Meeting Minutes
January 16, 2025
February 20, 2025
March 20, 2025
April 17, 2025
Wanamingo Township Meeting Minutes
January 16, 2025
The meeting of the Wanamingo Township Board was called to order at approximately 5:30 PM on Thursday, January 16, 2025, by Chairman Tom Shane. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Members present were Supervisors; Tom Shane, John Hegseth and Kerry Olson. Clerk; Tamra Berg and Treasurer; Nancy Hegseth. The clerk’s report was read. Motion by Kerry to approve the minutes. 2nd by Tom. Motion carries. The treasurer's report was read. Motion by Tom to approve the treasurer's report. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries.
Nancy mentioned there are two outstanding checks for the Fire Contract and the County.
Motion by Tom to pay the bills. 2nd by John. Motion carries. Motion by Tom to pay Kerry. 2nd by John. Kerry abstains. Motion carries.
Old Business:
Planning & Zoning: Tom was not able to follow up with MAT concerning our solar concerns. Discussion that a 4-7 acre site can support a 1 megawatt solar farm. Should there be restrictions on A1 land? Should this be brought up at the annual meeting so the residents can voice their opinion? How to get information to the residents? Zumbrota Shopper is no longer mailed out. Have a flyer sent?
Road Updates: Kerry said there was not much going on.
Fitzgerald Pit: will keep this on the agenda as a reminder the IUP expires in April.
No updates on the 60th Ave culvert.
Kerry completed his Board of Appeal Training.
Kerry filed for supervisor. Nancy did not file for treasurer.
There is a Township Day at the Capital, January 27, 2025. A free bus is offered.
New Business:
December calls for service were 42
Absentee Voting materials will be picked up by Kerry from Monday, Jan 27 - Wed., Feb. 5. Tamra will let the County know. Absentee voting begins on Friday, Feb. 7.
Tamra received a notice from Xcel regarding their application to increase electric rates. Majority of the township has REA for their electricity needs.
Arrow Tree Works sent an email to board members.
Wanamingo Township’s Board of Appeal and Equalization meeting to be on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 11:00 am at the Wanamingo Townhall. Tom will be on vacation from April 4 - May 10 so he will not be in attendance.
The Goodhue Township Officer's Meeting will be on Sat. Feb. 1, 2025 in Zumbrota
Tamra is on vacation from Monday, Jan. 27 to Thursday, Feb. 6.
MAT sent an email regarding the District 4 Special Election on Feb. 6
Motion by Kerry to appoint Chad Quiggle, Kim Thompson, Tamra Berg, Tom Shane and Leah Shane as election judges for the March 11 election. 2nd by Tom. Motion carries.
Motion by Tom to allow Tamra to appoint 2 judges to the Ballot Board for the March 11 election. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries.
Tamra received an email for a 2025 Citizen's Academy from the Sheriff's Dept. These are 10 classes for 3 hours each. No one was interested in attending.
The Board of Audit will need to be held at the Feb. 20th meeting.
There will be a Spring Officers Training on March 18 in Rochester.
The 2025 mileage rate is now at 70 cents a mile
2024 W-2's have been distributed.
Kerry plans to ask Sawdust Savage for an updated estimate for tree removal on 110th by Halverson's.
The outside lights on the town hall are not working. Not sure if they are dusk to dawn. Tom will have Shane Electric look into it.
Tamra will do the Worker's Comp Audit and send it to MATIT.
Tamra received an email for 2025 Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) (voluntary) from the Census Bureau. This is to let them know if there are any changes to boundaries or any annexation in the township.
Other Business: Kielmeyer has submitted an extended gravel contract for 2025. Motion by Tom to accept the contract. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries. Contract was signed and Tamra will get it mailed.
Motion to adjourn by Tom. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries.
Meeting adjourned at 6:17 PM
Next Meeting on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 5:30 PM
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Wanamingo Township Meeting Minutes
February 20, 2025
The meeting of the Wanamingo Township Board was called to order at approximately 5:32 PM on Thursday, February 20, 2025, by Chairman Tom Shane. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Members present were Supervisors; Tom Shane, John Hegseth and Kerry Olson. Clerk; Tamra Berg and Treasurer; Nancy Hegseth. The clerk’s report was read. Motion by Tom to approve the minutes. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries.
County Commissioner; Todd Greseth was present. Tom asked Todd about solar. Goal is to try to keep them smaller. Prairie Island Nuclear asks for a reduction in taxes every year. Our township did do a resolution delegating cannabis retail registration to the County. Megan Smith is the new land use administrator. Tom said that he had heard light rail would be coming to Rochester with a park and ride at the north Menards. Todd stated that Pine Island did an annexation in order to build a data storage facility. Todd was thanked for attending.
The treasurer's report was read. Motion by John to approve the treasurer's report. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries. Tricia Bauer attended to see what the treasurer’s job entails.
Present Bills: Motion by John to pay the bills. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries. Motion by Tom to pay Kerry. 2nd by John. Kerry abstains. Motion carries. Tamra did mention to the board that we currently have 2 credits, $227.74 with John Deere and $128.10 with RDO.
Old Business:
Planning & Zoning: The Zoning Board met on Tuesday, Feb. 11. They discussed having a public informational meeting and/or have a moratorium. Use a CPI rating? Tom shared a follow up letter from MAT concerning solar. Tamra shared the Stanton Township’s solar ordinance. It was decided to bring up the solar issue at the annual meeting.
Tom made a motion to approve the Resolution to Establish Permit Fees. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries.
Road Updates: Kerry said there has been no snow to plow. He has been working on 408th Ave Way pushing snow back. The road is icy and having salt in the rock has helped. The spreader is fixed on the plow truck. Kerry noticed the culvert on 70th Ave, south of Rae Rusnak’s, is collapsing with a divot between the shoulder. He found it when mowing and took pictures. It is undermining. It would need a 60-inch culvert. He got a quick bid of $18,000-$20,000 from O’Brien. Still need bids for the 425th culvert repair.
Tom was contacted by the bank about the letter of credit for Fitzgerald. It is due in April. Tom will call Jason. The IUP was only good for one year so Jason would need to be issued a new IUP.
Kerry will wait until spring to discuss the road maintenance on 400th Ave.
Tree Trimming on 110th Ave.: Halverson’s said it is okay to make a pile in the pasture. Tom and Kerry will work on it. Bid was for $2000. Tom will need to keep track of his hours as he is doing work outside of his supervisor’s position.
No updates on 60th Ave culvert
John, Nancy and Kerry attended the Goodhue Township Officer's Meeting on Sat. Feb. 1, 2025 in Zumbrota.
Kerry attended the Wanamingo Fire Meeting on Mon. Feb. 3.
Wanamingo Township’s Board of Appeal and Equalization meeting will be on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 11:00 am at the Wanamingo Townhall.
Diane Johnson, was elected as the MAT District 4 Director for the remainder of the open term replacing Gary Burdoff.
Tamra mailed out 8 absentee ballots per the State’s requirement.
Spring Officers Training will be March 18 in Rochester
Tom has gotten the dusk to dawn outside lights on the town hall repaired
Tamra completed the Worker's Comp Audit
New Business:
January calls for service were 38. There were a lot of traffic stops.
Absentee voting began on Feb. 7. Kerry picked up those supplies. Office will need to be open on Sat. March 8 from 10 AM - NOON and till 5 PM on Mon. March 10. The Township Election will be Tues. March 11, 2025 with voting from 5 - 8 PM. The annual meeting will follow. The Board of Canvass follows the meeting. Topics: 90th Ave Bridge, upcoming road repairs, reports for Fire and Ambulance, Planning and Zoning, and Road Maintenance and Equipment. Donations, bounties, solar and levy. Kerry will write up a road report.
The township is not interested in the Minimum Maintenance Road signs available for sale from the County
Rae wants her credit card removed from website Doteasy. Tom said his card could be used. Tamra will check to see if we could pay from the checking account.
Tom's cell number is updated on the website
Tamra suggested having a newsletter for Wanamingo Township if the board is interested. Tricia Bauer has offered to create labels. Motion by Tom for Tamra to create, print and mail a newsletter to the township residents. 2nd by John. Motion carries.
Tricia Bauer has expressed interest in the Treasurer position and will have to be a write-in. Will note that in the newsletter.
Kerry should do the Road Inspections as he is the maintenance person.
Tamra received a thank you from Emmanuel Church and a letter from the Goodhue County Fair requesting a donation.
Annual election and meeting notice will need to be published and posted
The supervisors reviewed the Board of Audit with the treasurer and clerk locating random canceled checks and deposits selected by the supervisors. Reporting forms and statements were reviewed.
Other Business: It was questioned if the township should get money for the sand removal from Fitzgerald. Check with County? Also noted that Leon township lowered their levy.
Motion to adjourn by Tom. 2nd by John. Motion carries. Meeting adjourned at 6:54 PM
Next Meeting on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Wanamingo Township Meeting Minutes
March 20, 2025
Before the meeting the Clerk, Tamra Berg swore in Kerry Olson for Supervisor and Tricia Bauer for Treasurer. The meeting of the Wanamingo Township Board was called to order at approximately 5:30 PM on Thursday, March 20, 2025, by Chairman Tom Shane. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Members present were Supervisors; Tom Shane, John Hegseth and Kerry Olson. Clerk; Tamra Berg and Treasurer; Tricia Bauer.
Building Permits: Matt Roth was applying for a permit to build an Ag shed. Motion by Tom to approve the permit. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries. Ryan Amundson was applying for a permit to build an Ag shed. Motion by Tom to approve the permit. 2nd by John. Motion carries. Wayne Lexvold appeared before the board to inform them of the intent to build a new manure pit. The location is on County #1. The County’s Land Use Management wanted the township to be aware of this. Motion by Kerry to approve the new manure pit. 2nd by Tom. Motion carries. Larry Grove was applying for a building permit for construction of living quarters within an existing shed with intent to use the same well and septic as the main house. Motion by Tom to approve the permit. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries.
The clerk’s report was read. Motion by Tom to approve the minutes. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries. Motion by John to approve the treasurer’s report as read. 2nd by Tom. Motion carries. Money will have to be moved from the money market to cover the bills.
Tamra was unable to print out the claims list but had printed each individual claim and had the supervisors sign them. Motion by Tom to pay the bills. 2nd by John. Motion carries. Motion by Tom to pay Kerry. 2nd by John. Kerry abstains. Motion carries.
Old Business:
The Planning and Zoning Board would like public input regarding solar. Tom made a motion to have a moratorium for one year on any solar installations in the township. 2nd by John. Motion carries. Tamra will write it up and post it on the bulletin board at the town hall.
Road Updates: Kerry said the last snowstorm ended up being nothing to worry about. Gravel has been applied. Kielmeyer had requested a pre-payment, but the board will pay when the gravel has been applied and billed accordingly. Tom noticed when he had plowed on the previous snowstorm that the road by Ron Thompson needs to be crowned
Tree Trimming: Arrow Tree Service could be another company to get a bid for the tree by Halverson’s.
Tom had talked with Jason Fitzgerald about the mining pit as he had received a call from the bank that the letter of credit would be expiring. Jason said he was good to go for planting. Tom will make a physical inspection of the property.
The 60th Ave culvert still needs to be addressed with Holden Township
Tamra, John and Kerry attended the Spring Officers Training March 18 in Rochester
Wanamingo Township’s Board of Appeal and Equalization meeting to be on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 11:00 am at the Wanamingo Townhall. Tom is on vacation.
There was good feedback on the township newsletter that was sent. We will plan on doing it again next year.
New Business:
February calls for service were 33 with 21 traffic stops
Election results were: Supervisor; Kerry Olson 13 votes, Treasurer; Tricia Bauer 10 votes with 3 blanks. We had 13 ballots cast with 4 being absentee.
Annual Meeting agenda items:
No motion was made at the annual meeting to donate to the Goodhue County Fair Board. Tom made a motion to donate $400 to the Goodhue County Historical Society. 2nd by John. Motion carries. Tamra did let the board know that no donation was made in 2024.
Tom made a motion to keep the levy the same. General $30,000 Road and Bridge $152,000 Fire $24,000 Total $206,000. 2nd by John. Motion carries.
Tom made a motion to offer a bounty of $20.00 per coyote and a $1.00 bounty per gopher plus ½ cost of bait. 2nd by John. Motion carries.
Motion by Kerry to approve March 10, 2026, for the township annual election and
meeting with the same voting and meeting times as 2025. 2nd by Tom. Motion carries.
Received an email from Goodhue Historical Society requesting a donation
Tom is on vacation April 4 – May 10, so we will do the reorg meeting in May
Tricia will need to be set up at the bank and get her email to the County and State
Other Business: Tom brought up concerns about a lot of garbage on 90th Street. This is a newer resident to the area. Tom and Kerry will go and talk to them. There is also garbage by Ron Thompson mailbox. Tom and Kerry will talk to him as well.
Motion to adjourn by Tom. 2nd by John. Motion carries. Meeting adjourned at 6:54 PM
Next Meeting on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 5:30 PM
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Wanamingo Township Meeting Minutes
April 17, 2025
The meeting of the Wanamingo Township Board was called to order at approximately
5:35 PM on Thursday, April 17, 2025, by Vice-Chairman John Hegseth. The Pledge of
Allegiance was said. Members present were Supervisors John Hegseth and Kerry
Olson. Clerk; Tamra Berg and Treasurer; Tricia Bauer. Supervisor; Tom Shane was
absent.
Building Permits: Jason Bauer was present to apply for a building permit to build a
house for Leslie Blakstad. This will be a replacement dwelling. Motion by John to
approve the permit. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries.
Motion by Kerry to approve the minutes. 2nd by John. Motion carries. Motion by Kerry to
approve the treasurer’s report. 2nd by John. Motion carries.
Micky Nesseth then joined the meeting to apply for a building permit to build a 40 X 64
Ag shed. Motion by Kerry to approve the permit. 2nd by John. Motion carries.
Motion by Kerry to pay the bills. 2 nd by John. Motion carries.
Old Business:
Planning and Zoning: The board met on April 8. No replacement named for Rae
yet. They would like to see the moratorium include alternative energy. Jeff Engstrom
had heard that in Rice County residents are being approached about wind turbines.
Motion by Kerry to amend the current moratorium to include any alternative energy
sources. 2 nd by John. Motion carries.
Road Updates: Kerry has bladed the Soil Center Road (110 th Ave). It is getting a
lot of traffic due to this time of year. There is loose rock and it’s too dry when blading.
Kerry will talk to them about paying for gravel. The road inspection has been completed.
Nick Overby had called saying he had a badger digging in the ditch. Kerry called the
DNR and badgers are a protected species so they can’t be killed. They are nesting and
will eventually move. We need some rain to help getting the gravel to settle.
It was decided to wait on tree trimming.
The Fitzgerald Pit looks to be pushed in when checked by John. Tom had also
made a prior inspection and found the project completed. Tamra had emailed the
County to let them know. The letter of credit from the bank has been closed out.
No updates on the 60 th Ave culvert as Tom has been working with Matt Voxland
on it.
425th Culvert: bid of $20,087.51 received from Tim Hinrichs. This is the lowest
bid received. Motion by John to accept the bid from Tim Hinrichs to replace the culvert
on 425 th Ave. 2 nd by Kerry. Motion carries, Work to start asap.
Reminder that the Wanamingo Township’s Board of Appeal and Equalization
meeting will be on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 11:00 am at the Wanamingo Townhall.
Tom is on vacation (April 4 – May 10) so cannot attend.
We will do the Reorg meeting when Tom gets back from vacation
Tricia has been set up at the bank and the County has been notified.
New Business:
March calls for service were 37
Tamra has set up the Website payment in her name. Prices have increased.
MAT had sent out a Fire Contract Survey. No one did it.
Jim Yngsdal had called about a culvert issue. Kerry said it was on his field
approach driveway, but he did take care of it.
We received a refund from MATIT. Excavator was removed from the insurance.
Other Business:
Tom and Kerry did make a visit to the residents on 90 th Ave with the garbage
issue but no one was home. They also spoke to Ron Thompson about his garbage by
his mailbox and Ron did get it burned.
Motion to adjourn by John. 2nd by Kerry. Motion carries. Meeting adjourned at 6:42 PM
Next Meeting on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 5:30 PM
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