Title

Belle Plaine Township Records

Creation Date

1873 – 1994

Description

Government records produced by Belle Plaine Township. Belle Plaine Township is located in the southwestern part of Scott County and its township limits were formalized in 1874 with the founding of Blakeley Township. Belle Plaine Township's government tracked and was responsible for birth/death records, road maintenance, elections, building construction, fire protection, land usage, and so on.

This record group consists of the following:
-Official oaths of office, 1970, 1974 and 1984.
-Minnesota election manuals, 1980.
-Election judge training materials, 1980.
-Birth/death records, 1899, 1904, 1907-1908, 1914 and undated.
-List of baptisms in 1873.
-Official election forms including receipts for ballot returns, memos concerning defective ballots, number of ballots received by the township, and flag certificates, 1978-1979 and 1984.
-Official oaths by election judges, 1979.
-Town Board poll list and election register, 1968 and 1972.
-Correspondence concerning public meetings during elections and election judge tax status, 1988.
-Election judge sign-up sheet, undated.
-Correspondence and statistics concerning the use of a voting punch card system, 1984.
-Correspondence and contracts concerning fire protection between Belle Plaine Township and the City of New Prague, the Rural Fire Protection Association, and the City of Jordan, 1972-1974.
-Correspondence, applications, and lists related to building permits, 1970, 1972-1975, 1979 and 1989.
-Unused forms including a poll tax road warrant, town officer bond, wolf bounty, certificate of election, dames sustained by dog attacks on sheep, award of damages, application for a dancing permit, and application for cigarette license, undated.
-Insurance papers and receipts for workmen's compensation, employers' liability and bond policies between the township and the John E. Ploetz Agency, 1969-1974.
-Insurance policies and correspondence including a fire insurance policy with the New Prague Mutual Insurance Co.
-Policies and correspondence concerning bonds for township officials, 1923, 1969 and 1988.
-Papers related to road transportation including instructions for recording township roads, transportation guides/plans produced by the Metropolitan Council and Regional Transit Board, town road easements, widening town roads, bridge inspections, highway construction, highway safety, mass transit services, congestion, snow removal, road and bridge reports, paving, grading, petitions for road construction, and so on.
-Papers related to weed control, 1970, 1973-1974 and 1984.
-Work bids, proof of insurance, and receipts for township maintenance including road maintenance, snow removal, road grading, culvert installation, excavating, and so on, 1958, 1969-1970, 1973 and 1988.
-Easement and slope easement forms, 1963, 1967, and 1970.
-Verified account forms, 1970, 1972, 1973-1974 and 1988.
-Used envelopes from the State Bank of Belle Plaine, Belle Plaine Cooperative and Belle Plaine Herald, 1972.
-Receipts and invoices from F. J. Whitlock, Belle Plaine Insurance Agency, Belle Plaine Herald, Siemon Construction, Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative, Belle Plaine Coop, First National Bank of Shakopee and so on, 1906, 1909-1910, 1970, 1972-1974 and undated.
-Portions of adopted or amended township ordinances dealing with the construction, moving and location of buildings along with the location of dumping grounds and junkyards, 1960 and 1964.
-Printed list of personal property valuations, 1965-1966.
-Printed list of Scott County township officials and officials for the cities of Belle Plaine, Jordan, New Prague and Shakopee, undated.
-Assessor and tax related papers including tax rates, special session tax laws, correspondence, training, and so on, 1960, 1969, 1972-1973, 1984, 1989 and undated.
-Population lists and estimates, 1984 and 1989.
-Memo and correspondence concerning housing including zoning violations, housing guidelines, expansion of affordable housing, and so on, 1984-1985 and 1987-1989.
-Township fund deposit slips with the State Bank of Belle Plaine, 1972-1974.
-Applications, correspondence and resolutions concerning licensure of charitable gambling and sales of intoxicating liquor, 1988-1989.
-Notice of public hearings for variance applications, amendments to Ordinance 2 regarding the disposal of solid wastes, and rezoning, 1984 and 1987-1989.
-Scott County board application request and capital improvement plan, 1989-1994.
-Minutes, correspondence, planning guides and so on concerning waste management and sewer systems, 1973, 1983-1985, and 1989-1990.
-Scott County Board of Adjustment meeting minutes, 1984-1985 and 1987-1989.
-Metropolitan Council and Scott County drafts and guides concerning long-term care and delivery services for the elderly, 1984-1985.
-Reports and memos produced by the Metropolitan Council and Scott County concerning water shed management and public water access, 1985 and 1987-1988.
-Farming-related materials including soil conservation, 21st century farms, Scott County Agricultural Classification Committee minutes, and right to farm materials, 1960, 1973, and 187-1990.
-Notices, plans, correspondence and so on concerning outdoor space, recreation, and parks, 1984-1988.
-Scott County Planning Advisory Commission meeting minutes, 1987-1989.
-Cartway road petition from Stephen O'Connor, 1931.
-Papers related to the Minnesota Association of Township Officers including by-laws, resolutions and newsletters, 1970-1973.
-Metropolitan Council newsletters "Metro Digest", Feb-April, June and November, 1988.
-Correspondence and guides from the Metropolitan Council and State of Minnesota concerning energy investment, planning assistance loans, guidelines for local comprehensive plans, transportation, financial reports, aerial photographs and so on, 1984-1985 and 1987-1989.
-Financials including township board annual reports, auditor receipts, correspondence, budget forecasts, and so on, 1969-1989.
-Scott County Treasurer's Office receipts for taxes paid by Peter McDevitt, 1905-1906.
-Letter from the Scott County Sheriff's Department to Town Clerk Carol Bauer concerning crime prevention, 1988.
-Correspondence and forms concerning the establishment of a Scott County Study Commission to study alternative forms of county government, 1984.
-Notebooks with Belle Plaine Town Board meeting notes/minutes, 1963-1967 and 1977-1981.
-Legal papers related to a donation of land in Belle Plaine Township to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, township liability immunity, a summons for a lawsuit between numerous local cities and Metropolitan Council, and grading work completed by F. H. Weiss, 1927, 1973-1974 and 1989.
-Small booklet of carbon-made checks issued by the Town of Belle Plaine, December 1969-September 1970.
-Manual of instructions for keeping vital statistics, 1948. Savage, Marlin
Bowler, Edmund
Kornder, Ted G.
Klehr, Richard
Solheid, Ronald
Bauer, Carol
Schmitz, Sharon
Siemon, Alma
Kelly, J. P.
Odell, W. F.
Moriarty, Joseph J.
Riesgraf, Kenneth
Doyle, Francis
McNeil, Don
Heitz, LeRoy
Koening, Robert
Hennen, Thomas
Klehr, Dick
Jones, Hazel
Lambrecht, Carol
Ploetz, John E.
Weiss, F. H.
Taylor, L. A.
Wolf, Arnold
Brown, Sylvester
Pint, Laurence
Franzen, Paul
Borchardt, Norman
Borchardt, Mildred
Mickley, Karl
Connelly, Dorothy
Daly, M. J.
Glisczinski, Michael
Michel, Vincent
Schuette, Wilmer
Stoppelmann, Fred
Kahle, Marvin
Woestehoff, Wilmer
Puncochar, Richard
Ryan, Roland
Novak, Eugene
Zeman, Emmanuel
Skluzacek, Joseph F.
Mares, Myles
Feldman, Albert
Casey, William
Bisek, Gilbert
Schmitz, LeRoy
Wolf, George
Witt, Jack
Vyskocil, Ray
Bauer, LeRoy
Theis, Norbert
Stemmer, Calvin
Theis, James
Lenzmeier, Earl
Theis, Lawrence
Theis, Alois
Storlie, Lester
Mohn, Sidney
Thalbuber, William
Olson, Arthur
Gerdes, Vernon
Ruehling, Earl
Hesse, Peter
Carlson, Melvin
Schroeder, William
Schaak, Marvin
Pauly, Lambert
Preisen, Andrew
Brandt, Willard
Moll, Elmer
Lucas, Richard
Will, Reinhard
Chard, William
Mueller, Clarence
Zahratka, Yvonne
Day, Charles
Undesser, Gary
Hedstrom, Earl
Wagner, Leo
Seurer, Norbert
Bednar, Wallace
Flicek, Jerry
McGuire, Michael
Stock, Walter
Lind, Norm
Shafer, Leonard
Fahey, William
Foslid, Ray
Pascal, John
Krueser, Frances
Theim, John
Westlake, Jon
Stafford, Clifford
Nevin, William
Lynch, Frank
O'Connor, Stephen
O'Connor, Timothy
Ries, Joseph F.
Kahle, Orville
Wolf, Cy
Tillman, Donald
Schuman, Frances
Ruehling, Earl
Lenzmeier, Earl
Ness, Barbara