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Township Day at the Capitol was Monday, March 2. Wilma Clerk Paul Raymond spent time with Rep. Nathan Nelson and in Senator Jason Rarick’s office. Wilma Township’s main advocacy at the MAT event and with our representatives is still about rural areas being underserved or not served with cell phone reception. Jason and Nathan both said they are working with MN Dot to get them to allow cell phone repeaters or antennas on the Duxbury tower. Both were asked about the investigations into massive fraud in Minneapolis and other cities. Jason’s wife, Rep. Marion Rarick is a main lobbyist in D.C. on exposing the fraud. MAT Attorneys and lobbyists also meet with MNDot and said they will ask about it. Shep Harris, MAT’s full-time lobbyist at the Capitol, is busy advocating for transportation funding for townships and for increased state aid. MAT is advocating for property tax rebates and to exempt townships from paid leave.

Wilmatownship.com is now Wilmatownship.org. It it the same site, but is now powered by the Town of Wilma and the Wilma Township Board and not by Chairman Glen Williamson. He told the Board of Supervisors that he wanted to get out of the site, and has given it to Wilma Township, so no one has the power to take it down. Meeting records and Financial Reports for the last several years are on the site. If you want to review earlier records or financial reports from prior years, they are public records. Make an appointment with the clerk (320-245-2579) to see them. They are safely locked in our safe, after someone stole them many years ago but then returned them after 15-20 years. We didn’t know they were gone until we needed to look up some history. All town websites are required to get a .gov address, so we will also eventually.