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- 2 - A.M.3/12/7~ Clerk Treasurer Secretary Weed Inspector Town Board Planning & Zoning Com. $68.00 per month 68.o0 ,, ,, $55o.0o" " 300.O0 for season 20.00 per meeting 12.O0 " " Election judges & other misc. $2.75 per hour. Highway Department - same scale as County Highway Department Mileage for Park Board Mr. Cox explained that the community has been growing so fast that it has been very hard to keep up with it. Mr. Larsen suggested that the Newsletter carry one page on the budget. Mr. Bulen said the figures looked realistic to him. Mr. Bulen said he thought the Board knew what they needed to run the To~fnship. Mr. Hopper- stad read the financial report. Mr. Larsen asked how much we had budgeted for clerical work. He said we must not ask for all vol- unteer work. Mr. Oliphant: What is the policeman in our Town- ship expected to do and what are we paying for this? Mr. Hopper- stad read him the figures that had been spent on police protec- tion out of revenue sharing. Rev. Lea asked about the $35.66 in last year's budget and now it is $20,500. Mr. Hopperstad explained this to Rev. Lea. $119,000 is our budget limitation and this is all we can budget. Mr. Mur- phy said the government is using the 1970 census and that we had tried to get another census and the government said they would only do it if the whole County was censused. Mr. Mike Auspos wanted to check on the legality of the Township controlling minibikes. He said the kids feel snowmobiles can operate along the ditches but minibikes can't. We might be able to arrange a policy whereby they could be allowed to use certain sides of the ditches. They did this on a permit system in Coon Rapids for snowmobiles and it seems to be working out pretty good. Two minibikes were almost wiped out by Mr. Murphy on the way over here on a dark road. The Sheriff's office is obligated to supply protection "on call." A day car stays in Ham Lake all day since the trouble they had there. Mr. Auspos is working for us 20 hours a week. We pay 1.96 mills toward's the sheriff's department. We should go on record as insisting the sheriff's office spend the time for which we are paying in our Township. The sheriff's office is contracting with Ham Lake. Mr. Oliphant said the sheriff's officers were issuing some speeding tickets out here for which they are collecting the money. We should look into some funds that he thinks we should be getting. Mr. Auspos said we could get effective protection by programs where the people are watching out for others in their own neighborhoods. Mr. Coe asked whether an- other part time policeman would be the answer? Mr. Coe moved that we should look for another part time policeman. Seconded by Mr. Martin Gorham. Mr. Auspos said that a part time policeman would have to be certified within a year. Motion carried.