The regular meeting of the Town Board of Burnhamville was held July 29, 2025 at the Burtrum Community Center. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chair Mike Berscheit. Members present include Supervisors Mike Berscheit and Bruce Johnson; Clerk Shirley Hulinsky. Sup. Joe Muellner and Treasurer Pam Throener were absent. Also present was Erv Herdering.
The minutes from the regular meeting of June 24, 2025 were approved on a motion by Sup. Johnson and second by Sup. Berscheit. Motion passed.
For correspondence the township received notices from Joel Rieffer of expansion of animal feed lot, MAT District 8 meeting Aug. 20, local weed inspection notification, and upcoming meeting with Sourcewell.
A motion was moved by Sup. Berscheit to pay all bills numbered 6858 through 6872 totaling $29,075.18. Sup. Johnson seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Sup. Johnson worked on cleaning up and replacing bushes in the buffers on Dunlin Road and Enchanted Loop. He noted that many shrubs were dead, unknown why so many, and he replaced them. The township will put circles around some of the bushes to help with maintenance and Sup. Johnson will do trimming every 10 days. Township will not bill land owner for dead bushes.
A resident was concerned about the speed of cars around Pillsbury Beach. The town board thought there were speed zone signs there. Flicker Road to the south of Big Swan Lake and County 12 north of the lake are already speed zone areas. After viewing, board noted that there were no speed zone signs. The area of Pillsbury would qualify as a rural residential district. The board discussed putting up speed zone signs. The clerk will prepare a resolution for next meeting.
A representative from Sourcewell offered to meet with the town board to discuss grant options. Some board members will meet with them on August 6 at 1 pm.
As supervisors are doing weed inspections with so much rain this year there are more weeds. Problem areas include along 168th St. and 150th St. in pasture areas. Supervisors will get more spray to help control several areas.
In the road report there are pot holes on 162nd St. and 150th has bad spots. Contractor will add gravel and blade as needed. 321st Ave. received a lot of gravel to raise road for the heavy machinery and big traffic. Rain has been causing issues with maintenance. Some areas of dust control needed to be resprayed. To help with brush control the supervisors discussed renting the tractor and big mower/trimmer again this year. The board also discussed getting more land owners to help pay for areas where the whole road is sprayed.
The Treasurer’s report shows balance of $80,244.82. Report approved on a motion by Sup. Berscheit and second by Sup. Johnson. Motion passed.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:43 p.m. on a motion by Sup. Berscheit and a second by Sup. Johnson. Next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 7 pm in the Burtrum Community Center.
Shirley Hulinsky, Burnhamville Township Clerk
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