The special meeting of the board of Burnhamville Township was held December 14, 2023. Chair Mike Berscheit called meeting to order at 2 pm at the Burtrum Community Center. Members present include Supervisors Bruce Johnson and Mike Berscheit and Clerk Shirley Hulinsky. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss a proposal by Todd County to handle the funds for the new Voting Operations, Technology & Election Resources (VOTER) Account. This information was given to the township after December 1 and Todd County needed this information returned before December 22, 2023 which is before our next regular meeting.
Minnesota State Legislature passed a law in 2023 establishing funds going to counties and municipalities to help pay for elections expenses. However, in Todd County only ¼ of the funds are going to municipalities since Todd County handles all election machine storage and maintenance and absentee voter activities for the major elections. Since there is only a small amount of funds allotted for this township Sup. Johnson made a motion to pass Resolution No. 2023-2 which will follow the agreement proposed by Todd County and allow them to handle all VOTER Account funds. Motion was seconded by Sup. Berscheit. Motion passed. Resolution is on file in clerk’s office.
Meeting was adjourned at 2:05 on a motion by Sup. Johnson and second by Sup. Berscheit.
Shirley Hulinsky, Burnhamville Township Clerk
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