MP11-12
Maine Prairie Town Hall Meeting
April 19, 2011
Chair Loewen opened the board meeting with the pledge to the flag.
Members present: Dennis Loewen, Terre Harff, Jim Unterberger, Chuck
Froehling, Ann Craft and Alice Robinson.
The board reviewed what was discussed at the annual meeting.
A flyer was suggested for the annual newsletter. The board felt the
flyer should have why a building is needed such as: for storage of
files, sign posts, mail box posts and culverts along with a larger
meeting area that is uninterrupted by others. Also to
mention the vote of 24-4 taken at the annual meeting showing the
residents see there is a need. Another issue was to make it known
to the residents that the Fire Hall is City owned, there seems to be a
misconception the township owns a portion of the fire hall to have
meetings there. There are also times that the parking lot is not
large enough. Discussed was how the meetings need to be cleared
with the City to make sure the building is open. It was suggested
to have pictures included showing where everything is located and list
the items not pictured that are stored elsewhere.
Future expansion was brought up by Jim Unterberger. He said there
might be a time when the township will want to do their own grading and
they will need a place to park a grader. It was also suggested the
township build a storage area to store their salt/sand for winter.
It was discussed not to announce that Maine Prairie Township is largest
in Stearns County, not to list how many townships have a town hall in
the county.
The board felt it was important to get this information to the residents
through the newsletter that goes to every resident in the township.
Discussion was to have a town hall meeting after the flyer goes out, to
review options and cost with the people.
Ann Craft and Dennis Loewen will meet at Clerk Harff’s home on Friday,
April 20th at4:00 p.m. to compile information and develop a flyer.
The information will be given to the board for their approval to mail
out. They will also come up with a day to meet with the committee
to present the information to all the residents.
Terre Harff, Clerk/Treasurer