Miltona Township adopts resolution to vacate cartway for private driveway, approves $52,507 in bills

Miltona Township supervisors voted Oct. 7 to adopt Resolution 24-11, designating a portion of a public cartway bordering parcels owned by Sherman Olson as a private driveway and expressing the township's intent to vacate that portion under Minnesota Statutes Chapters 164.07 and 164.08. The motion to adopt the resolution was made by Supervisor Andy Anderson and seconded by Supervisor Matt Kugler; the board approved the resolution 3-0.

The board also completed routine business: supervisors accepted the Sept. minutes after correcting the date for the next meeting, accepted previously circulated Emergency Road Minutes, and approved the treasurer's report showing $630,746.89 in total township funds (checking $7,367.75; money market $1,002.30; Intrafi account $622,376.84). After discussion, supervisors voted to pay bills totaling $52,507.19; that motion, also by Andy Anderson with a second from Matt Kugler, carried 3-0.

Why it matters: the resolution clears a procedural path for Sherman Olson to make personal use of an unused portion of adjacent cartway for a private sewer system and to request a formal vacation of that cartway under state statute. The financial votes record the township's near-term obligations and confirm the board's current cash position.

What the board approved and how: official motions recorded in the minutes were unanimous (3-0) for acceptance of minutes, acceptance of emergency road minutes, acceptance of the treasurer's report, approval of bills, adoption of Resolution 24-11, and adjournment. The minutes list Andy Anderson as mover and Matt Kugler as seconder for the major motions; where votes are recorded the outcome is "motion carried 3-0."