These are unapproved minutes.
The regular meeting of the Town Board of Burnhamville Township was held March 27, 2017 at the Burtrum Community Center. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Clerk Shirley Hulinsky. Members present include Supervisors: Louis Thompson, Mike Berscheit and Bruce Johnson; Clerk Shirley Hulinsky; Treasurer Pam Throener. Others present: Loren Felbaum, John Peterson, Jerry and Laura Lemke and Erv Herdering.
New officers were sworn in before the meeting.
Sup. Thompson made a motion to appoint Mike Berscheit as chairman. Sup. Johnson seconded the motion. Sup. Johnson made a motion to appoint Louis Thompson as vice chair. Sup. Berscheit seconded the motion. Motions passed.
The minutes from the regular meeting of February 28, 2017 were approved as presented on a motion by Sup. Johnson. Motion was seconded by Sup. Thompson. Motion passed.
For correspondence the township board members received letters from U.S. Census, Todd Co. Planning and Zoning which the township had no concerns about applications, township weed training April 4, DNR, and Todd Co. Township Assoc. officer meeting April 13.
Residents presented a concern about a hole in Dunlin Road that needed gravel. The board and contractor will check on it during road inspection.
The DNR sent the board information on a possible grant for Forest Lane improvement. Loren Felbaum was present to describe the details of this grant. This grant is to upgrade roads to state parks or public recreation areas and it would not cover engineering costs. Forest Lane does not lead to a state park or recreation area so the county engineer and board do not believe this project would qualify for the grant. The county engineer did not design this road but the board may seek his advice to see if the road meets standards.
A motion was made by Sup. Berscheit to pay all bills numbered 5392 through 5407: Rev. $1,479.78, R & B $741.70. Sup. Johnson seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Sup. Berscheit made a motion to set the board wages the same as last year including IRS mileage standards. Sup. Thompson seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Annual road inspection was set for Friday, April 21 at 3 p.m.
Short course township officer training will be held March 31 in Alexandria.
Sup. Johnson made a motion to approve the road blading contract to Herdering, Inc. Sup. Thompson seconded the motion. Sup. Johnson made a motion to award the gravel contract to Herdering, Inc., and Sup. Thompson seconded the motion. Sup. Berscheit approved the dust control contract for the same amount as last year to Herdering, Inc. Sup. Johnson seconded the motion. Sup. Johnson made a motion to approve Tom’s Refuse offer for the clean-up day on May 20 from 9-11. Sup. Thompson seconded the motion. Sup. Berscheit made a motion to pay $1 bounty per gopher tail caught in our township. Sup. Thompson seconded the motion. Sup. Johnson seconded the motion. Motions passed.
For the March 14 township election Bruce Johnson and Pam Throener were reelected. At the annual meeting Swanville Rural Fire Association is looking at replacing a truck therefore the public voted to increase the fire levy to help pay for this new truck. The rest of the levy stayed the same.
In the road report the contractor will work on road grading as weather allows.
Treasurer’s report showed a balance of $118,688.35. Treasurer’s report was approved by Sup. Berscheit and seconded by Sup. Thompson. Motion passed.
A motion was made by Sup. Berscheit to adjourn the meeting which was seconded by Sup. Johnson. Motion passed. Meeting was adjourned at 7:47 p.m. Next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Burtrum Community Center.
Shirley Hulinsky, Burnhamville Township Clerk
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