The regular meeting of the Town Board of Burnhamville was April 28, 2020 at the Burtrum Community Center. Social distancing and sanitizing were implemented. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chair Mike Berscheit. Members present include Supervisors: Bruce Johnson, Mike Berscheit, Joe Muellner; Clerk Shirley Hulinsky. Treasurer Pam Throener was remote. Also present was Erv Herdering.
The minutes from the regular meeting of March 27, 2020 were approved as presented on a motion by Sup. Johnson and was seconded by Sup. Berscheit. Motion passed.
For correspondence the township board members received letters concerning bridge inspection, information from the bank, information about road maintenance and a request by a resident that would like to put in a culvert on 331st Ave. and Co 104. Supervisors approved the culvert idea.
A motion was made by Sup. Muellner to pay all bills numbered 5906 through 5916: Rev. $1,016.40; R & B 9,107.83. Sup. Johnson seconded the motion. Motion passed.
One supervisor and the contractor did the road inspection on April 23. A few roads were added to the list.
Dust control will be about the same this year as last year. Contractor may be able to start next week pending road restrictions going off soon. Supervisor will check with Jennie-O to help pay for spraying on Fitz Road. Some areas the entire distance of road will be sprayed.
Township clean-up day is set for Saturday, May 16 at the Lion’s park in Burtrum. Prices and time will remain the same.
In the road report the supervisors doing ditch brush cutting is going well, but 331st needs more work. Roads are in good shape. Contractor and board members will watch for frost boils. The board discussed changing the “Y” intersection at 315th and 150th and decided to leave as is.
Supervisors approve the access permit for David Hulinsky.
Treasurer’s report showed a balance of $81,865.85. Sup. Berscheit motioned and Sup. Muellner seconded motion to transfer $15,000 from Revenue Fund to Road and Bridge fund. Motion passed.
If the party that sent the unsigned letter to the chair would like to speak to him about some of the complaints they had about Burnhamville Township give Mike a call at 320 733-2359.
A motion was made by Sup. Berscheit to adjourn the meeting which was seconded by Sup. Johnson. Motion passed. Meeting was adjourned at 7:29 p.m. Next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 7 p.m. in the Burtrum Community Center.
Shirley Hulinsky, Burnhamville Township Clerk
Unapproved minutes