*TOWNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENTS*
Metropolitan Mosquito Control District’s 2024 Season Highlights may be found here. Additionally, you may click here for their Laketown Township specific report.
Following adjournment of the Regular Board Meeting on Monday, December 23, 2024, the Board will gather with staff for an appreciation lunch at Hoppers, Waconia. Posting for transparency - Board business will NOT be discussed at lunch.
Congratulations to Supervisor-elect Linda Mullen elected for Board Supervisor Seat A for Laketown Township. Her term begins January 2025. Thank you to out-going Supervisor, Mike Klingelhutz, for multiple years of service to the residents of Laketown Township. Mike’s term ends 12/31/2024.
Laketown Township’s Annual Meeting will be held Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 7:00pm at the Town Hall, 9530 Laketown Rd, Chaska, MN.
AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY CONTACTS
Sewer emergencies only: 612-616-1862
Road emergencies only: 302-943-8007
201 SEWER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Public Hearing was held on March 20, 2024 for residents/property owners connected to the 201 Community Sewer System to review the Facility Plan by Bolton & Menk (engineers) relating to replacing the 201 system with sanitary sewer, along with discussion of the preliminary assessment numbers. Project was supported by those in attendance and has been approved by the board with public funding requests for the $21.4m estimated project cost ($11m state bonding consideration ($6.4m made it into the 2024 Bonding Bill that remains in limbo following the statutory end of the 2024 legislative session) ; $2.5m congressional consideration ($2m has been approved for the US House Appropriations Bill, with same amount supported in the US Senate); and $1.1m county investment consideration.
LEGAL NOTICES
Legal notices are published in the Waconia Patriot and Chaska Herald. After April 30, 2024, Chaska Herald will no longer be available for subscription.
Special Meeting Notices are posted here, and on the outdoor bulletin board at the Town Hall, located at 9530 Laketown Road, Chaska, Minnesota.
ASPHALT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
Augusta Road (townline road) Improvements in 2024 - grant funding specific to Augusta Road improvement was awarded on April 1, 2024. Public Hearing was held June 6, 2024. Both Dahlgren and Laketown Boards unanimously approved this project on July 10, 2024. This project is anticipated to go out for public bid mid-July, to be completed by October 2024. ***Lowest responsible bid came in higher than anticipated - joint meeting of both townships was held on Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 9:00am at Laketown Town Hall to decide whether to proceed and award the bid for project in 2024. Additional LRIP grant dollars were awarded via MnDOT, and both Dahlgren and Laketown Town Boards approved awarding the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, GMH Asphalt, for construction to be completed Fall 2024.
Residential Road Improvements in 2025 - Informational meetings were held in Spring 2024 for neighborhoods identified for improvements in 2025: Summit Place, Poppitz Lane, Rolling Meadows, and the Pierson Lake neighborhood. Notice of Public Hearing for each of these neighborhood projects was mailed to impacted property owners via USPS in addition to being published in the Waconia Patriot: Summit Place neighborhood (7/31/24); Poppitz Lane neighborhood (8/15/24); Pierson Lake neighborhood (8/21/24); Rolling Meadows neighborhood (8/22/2024). The Laketown Board of Supervisors has voted to proceed with all 4 projects and has named WSB and Associates as the project manager, ordering design specifications to be prepared for soliciting public bids this winter for construction in Summer 2025.