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SPECIAL MEETIN6 OF THE 'P~MSEY TOWN BOARD The meeting was called to order by the Cha/rman., Mr. Cox, at ?=30 p.m. Present. were Mr. Hopperstad, Mr.' Murphy, Mr. Nelson,- and Mrs. Oliphant. Mr. Bernie Stephens was there to present to the board an outline of what he felt he could do for the board on matters he thinks will be coming up in the nea~ futures. At-approximately ~O bourns per month, he would charge $25.00 per hour. On a 'Job.basis, 'he would charge $~O.00 per hour., He would be de~ing ~ith grants', systems of fee.s_, an .analysis of what we are going'to do-about police protect~,~budgetin~, maaagement, etc., so we can. make quick decisions ~hen we. have to. Each Board. member was ~tven ~an out- line and theF'must decide how much time.they want him to spend for us. He Believes-we should have a form of government whic h keeps in touch w~th the people. Mr. ~nderson of Anderson & Sons of Pr~nc'eton was here w~th a quo- tation on renting a loader. Mr. Hopperstad explained the effort that had been put ~nto an attempt to find a used loader. They ust not available and a new one cannot be delivered until all are , if then, and would be very' expensive. Andersons have a used loader of the size and type which .we need. It is a 75 series 3 1967 H~e~h~,g~r loader-with a diesel engine, in good condition.. T~.e rentaI, would be $2~5OO per month with the Township to do the main- tenance and carry liability ins~u~_ance for the Township 'and Ander- son Bros. $13,5OO is the cost of th~s .loader-.. The rubber cellent. The capacity is 1 3/~ yard Bucket. He left .the .contract with us. Mr. Chapman. of Nason, Wehrman., Chapman & .Associates was present to explain what they felt they could d° for the TOwns. hip in the way of planmtng. They have been in the business:for 65-years. Their office is in Golden Valley.' They 'would try to help us do the plan- ning for our future growth. They now do some work for Anoka, Arden Hills, New Brighton, etc. Last year' Arden Hills fee was over $10,O00. _They charge $2?.50 per hour as a..rule. It runs to $500 or $600 per month. Prim_~rily they a_~e a land lanntn~ company. Mr. Chapman is an urban planner, himself. We t him for coming. Mr. Ernie Larsen: He sa~d he has been assessing.lin over ~00 homes since last year, He said with a few minor objections, everyone else is very happy with Ramsey To~nskntp. The .miL1 rate for the Township haa..¢ome .up, very definitely, from 1..9 to 5.97. Mr.. Bob Johnson was very d/rectly responsibl® in raising/this mill rate for our Township. Mr. Larsen brought a letter aboUt the..1975 real property assessing. He explained the assessment program for this coming year. He g~ves three alternatives. Hr. Larsen may be .~n Arabia by July 15, 197~. He will know by June 17th whether or not he will be able to do the assessing for us for 1975' When he started assessing three years ago, we had ~ tax books. Now there are 28 books. In 197~ he spent over 500 hours on assessing. In 1975, to meet the state requirements., it .will take 1000 hours.' July 1st is the beginning of' the fiscal .year. We will wait until Hr. Larsen lets us know whether he will be able to do our assessing.