Approved minutes of August 2012 Town Board meeting of Bear Creek

The Township of Bear Creek held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday August 7, 2012 at the Bear Creek Town Hall with the meeting called to order at 8:00 P.M. by Chairman Marty McCluskey. Present included : Harold Emerson and Jeff Scallon, Supervisors; Sheila Tafs, Treasurer; Tim McCluskey, Patrolman; Kevin Roessler, Don Fleming, Bob Fleming, Dan Fargen ,and Eileen Eberle, Clerk. Minutes to the last meeting were read by the Clerk. Motion to approve as read was made by Harold Emerson , 2nd, and carried. Treasurer’s report was given by the treasurer.Motion to approve as presented by Jeff Scallon , 2nd, and carried. Road work being done was discussed. . . Kevin Roessler was present concerning a certified survey map of a house he is building His paper work being done was approved and forwarded to the Planning Commission.. The State School Credit was received and credited to our account at Sauk County.. The Insurance Audit was completed and sent.. Final values for assessment in Bear Creek is $ 56,910,500.00 for 2012. Consumer’s Co-op sent contract on the amount of billings of propane for the winter season. Marty has the contract. Was signed and returned. Signed contract back in township. Copies for the board. The September meeting was set for September 4, 2012 on Tuesday evening. The recycling Grant for 2012 needs to be completed and sent in. It is in the computer State Shared Revenue is to come this month. The chairman is putting together the figures for the bridge program . Dan Fargen and Don Fleming were present concerning ATV rides in the town. Each has some different views and wants of their rides. Were told to work out their differences and the ordinance was not changed. 3 rides per year in the town and no new areas aproved. There was a Partisan Primary in the Township on August 14th and we had 89 voters. Th touch screen had problems at the end of the day and Ken is trying to rectify this, along with help from the company. We used 5 members on the election board. We had 1 overseas ballot sent and returned email. There were some bad wind storms and many trees down in the township. The area paper asked the clerk to write some of her duties as clerk and an article is being put together on area clerks by the paper. A survey came concerning property of Walter Powell and this was forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Bills were paid as presented and approved by the board. Motion was made at 9:53 P.M. by Jeff Scallon to adjourn the meeting, 2nd and carried. Chairman McCluskey adjourned the meeting. Recorded this 7th day of August, 2012 by Clerk of Bear Creek Township Mrs. Lawrence (Eileen)Eberle