LUTSEN TOWN BOARD
March 18, 2025
AGENDA
1. Call to Order:
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Approval of February Monthly Meeting Minutes
Review of Annual Meeting Minutes
5. Commissioner’s Report (Ginny Storlie)
6. Clerk’s Report: Correspondence: 3 phone calls forwarded to fire dept; 6 new townhall rentals booked, Email; Fire State Aid and Police State Aid Form Deadline, 2025 Multifamily Consolidated RFP/2026 HTC Round 1 Important Dates and Information, Minnesota Office of the State Auditor update, 2024 MATIT'S WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAYROLL AUDIT; filed, Sen. Champion reappointed to IRRR Advisory Board, MAT 2025 Spring Short Courses, City of Grand Marais Weekly Update, Broken table leg reported to supervisor Friesner, March 12: American Heart Association BLS CPR Training; forwarded to Fire/EMS, IRRR Board Meeting Recap, Arrowhead Area Agency on Aging updates, PERA Webinar: Maintaining Member Records, Minnesota Association of Townships newsletter, Community Outreach Program for fire; forwarded to fire chief, Survey from Auditor Blaha; completed, FEMA Message to Grant Recipients on Manual Review Process, Public hearings for Housing & Community Development Action Plan, Special Monthly Public Hearing Notice- Cook County Planning Commission; forwarded to supervisors, Request for Public Records On Short-Term Rental Properties; forwarded to planning and zoning, PERA Employer Newsletter: Spring Edition, CCHE March Newsletter, Important update to your Microsoft 365 subscription, Minnesota Office of the State Auditor weekly update
A. Ballots and election material created/picked up
B. Last minutes election judge trained and approved by supervisors
C. Annual Meeting prep/minutes; emailed donation recipes for requests
D. Attended PERA webinar
E. Fire stickers ordered/ custom made/ batteries and pad ordered for deliberator
F. All accounts; passwords logged
G. Office open for absentee ballots
H. SAMS registration renewal
I. Playground grant meeting
J. Review grants available
K. Post LBAE notices
L. Mowing bid notice to go out after meeting 3/18/25
7. Treasurers Report
8 Review and Approval of Claims
9. Fire Report and EMS Report
10. Supervisor Reports
A. Carl Friesner
B. Lollie Cooper
C. Chris Homyak
11. Old Business
A. Consideration to make Lutsen Township suitable for emergency shelter; generator/red cross
B. Installation of personal convection oven at Lutsen townhall (installed and kitchen rearranged/plug in issue)
C. Request for Lutsen township to take over ownership of new fire hydrants update
D. Insurance update for broken fire bay garage door (last payment cleared)
E. New township website design-Phil Crieghton/April meetings to go over details
F. Eagle Brook donation
13. New Business
A. Ballpark summer dates for youth sports
B. St. Louis County Home Consortium
C. Requested sale of garage exhaust system
D. Broken tables
E. Gitchi Gami Trail and prioritization memorandum of understand
F. Painting interior of townhall
14. Donations: Lutsen Fire Department Relief, Temperance Traders LLC (North Shore Winery)
15. Citizen Comments:
16. Adjournment: