Sunday, April 10, 2011

Approved minutes to March 2011 Meeting

MINUTES TO REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF TOWN OF BEAR CREEK
The Town Board of the Town of Bear Creek held its Audit of the 2010
Clerk’s and
Treasurer’s books at 7:30 P.M. at the Bear Creek Town Hall on Tuesday
March 1, 2011.
This meeting was called to order by Chairman Marty McCluskey.
Present included Harold Emerson and Jeff Scallon, Supervisors
;Sheila Tafs, Treasurer
; Tim McCluskey, Patrolman; and Eileen Eberle, Clerk.
Following the approval of the records, the Clerk’s and Treasurer’s
records were signed
by the board and recorded for 2010.

The Town Board of the Township of Bear Creek held its regular
monthly meeting
at the Bear Creek Town Hall Tuesday evening March 1, 2011 with the
meeting called to
order at 8:00P.M. by Chairman Marty McCluskey.

Present included : Harold Emerson and Jeff Scallon, Supervisors;
Sheila Tafs,
Treasurer; Tim McCluskey, Patrolman; Dan Fargen , Brent Winkers , and Eileen
Eberle, Clerk.

Minutes to the last meeting were read by the clerk. Motion to
approve as read by
Harold Emerson , seconded, and carried.

Treasurer’s report was presented by the treasurer. Motion to
approve as presented by
Jeff Scallon , 2nd, and carried.

The Form C State Report has been completed by the clerk and sent
registered mail to
the state.

The Township Annual Report for 2010 has been completed by the
clerk. These were
run and sent to the residents in March. Treasurer ran the labels for
these letters.

The April 5th General Election will need a 5 person election
board. Clerk to put
notice in the papers of the election and the testing of the equipment
for election day.The
testing will be Friday April 1st at 8:30 A.M. at the Town Hall..
The polls will be open
from 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. on election day.

The Township changed its April meeting to Wednesday April 6,
2011 at 8:00
P.M. This because of the election on Tuesday. This needs to be published.

The Township Annual Meeting will be held Tuesday April 12 th at
8:00 P.M. at
the Bear Creek Town Hall. This needs to be published in the paper .

The board needs to review the roads before the Annual Meeting ,
if the weather
permits this. .

Dan Fargen was on the agenda concerning the organized trail ride
for 2 times in 2011
in Bear Creek. He wants a longer trail ride and to go to White Mound Park..

The state housing report needs to be completed and was given to
Harold, the
building inspector for the township. .

Brent Winkers was on the agenda concerning his survey of his
property. Papers
were approved. These need to be passed by the Planning Commission before
comin-g to the board. .

Fire Audit forms were completed by the clerk and the fire
chiefs so we get the
fire dues.

Voter registration forms are here and we will continue to
complete these at the
Spring Elections.

We have 3 trained by the state for the election processes,
Phyllis , Judy, and Eileen to
be Chief Inspectors. Will get Lucille and Ken trained also in the
next 2 years..Clerk is
trained but doesn’t work at the elections as a poll worker , only in
emergency...

The PILT monies was distributed to the area schools and county..

Renewal of the Quick Books Payroll Program needs to be ordered .

The District Town’s Association meetings were held with Eileen,
Marty, Harold,
Sheila , and Jeff attending.

.The schools were paid for their February payment by February 20th..

The Spring Primary was held February 16th and there were 41 voters.

Eileen and Sheila attended the District Clerk’s meeting in Monona.

All bids on road projects have to be paid prevailing wages for
given areas, a new state
law.

Motion to adjourn the meeting was made at 10:07 P.M. by Harold
Emerson , 2nd by
Jeff Scallon , and carried. Chairman McCluskey adjourned the meeting.

Recorded this 1st day of March 2011 by Clerk
of Bear Creek Township
Mrs. Lawrence (Eileen) Eberle

Reply Reply to all Forward

2011 Annual Meeting April 12,2011 at Town Hall 8:00 P.M.

Swear in the new board. Sign papers.

1.Appoint Chairman of the 2011 Annual Meeting

2. Call meeting to order Take roll call

3. Minutes to last annual meeting. (Can be dispensed )

4. Reading and reviewing the Annual Report for 2010. Look over. Any comments.
(Can be dispensed)

5. Discussion and decisions on the roads to be improved in 2011

6. Road side brushing .

7. Discussion of times of the Open Book and Board of Review for 2011 .
.
8. Papers concerning the billing of all election items done by county clerk’s
office.

9. Concerns over the ATV trail rides and ATV permanent trails in Bear Creek.

10. Any other business brought before the board pertinent to the Town Annual
Meeting. .

12.. Set the 2012 Annual Meeting.

13.. Motion to adjourn the 2011 Annual Meeting

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Agenda April 2011

EILEENLAWERENCE EBERLE to Marty
show details 8:25 AM (1 hour ago)

AGENDA FOR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF TOWN OF BEAR CREEK
Wednesday April 6,2011
Call meeting to order.
Roll Call
Minutes to last meeting
Treasurer’s report
Agenda:
_______1. Discussion of the Spring General Election held on Tuesday April
5,2011. 5 person board used as there are several
offices being filled .
Also, the continuing voter registration before voting
takes time. Testing meeting
of equipment was held Friday April 1st at the Town
Hall. Checks for
this group to be signed tonight.

_______2. Township Annual 2011 Meeting will be held Tuesday April
12,2011at the
Bear Creek Town Hall with the meeting to be called to
order at 8:00 P.M. The
meeting will discuss the roads to be repaired in 2011and
any other business
pertinent to the meeting. This was published and posted.

_______3.A date needs to be set for the board to view the roads for
the spring of 2011
with the patrolman..

_______4. The Town Board is to be paid at this meeting.

_______5. Meeting changed to Wednesday evening due to the election
on Tuesday.

_______6. The Planning Commission will meet at the e Town Hall with Ted
Greenheck .Concerning Dan Crook land and a building
project. Dan requested
coming before the board on this.

_______7. The Annual Financial Reports for the Township for 2010
were run and
sent to the residents in March. A newsletter was put
together and distributed at
the election and sent with taxes. More will be
available at the Annual Meeting.

_______8. The State Form C is completed and sent to the state by March
31,2011 and
the clerk sent it registered mail. We have the verified
notice of the state
receiving the report.

_______9. Quik Books update for the payroll needs to be sent for and
will be here by
April.The cost will be $299.00.

_______10. The quarterly reports are due at this time.

_______11. The Clerk got the new laptop for the town and has the new Quick Books
Program installed in there. We need to have the
technical support program
of $149.00 . Billing is here tonight for the laptop and
programs installed in
this.
________12. The school districts have to be given a complete roll of
the election to each
district. We have to run over 50 sheets of records for
each of the 3 districts.
These have to have a certification of the Clerk to be
legal. New rules of the
state. This is Ithaca, River Valley, and Weston.
Books came for Weston and
Ithaca, and we used those for those districts.

________13.Dan Fargen requested being on the board concerning an ATV
ride in the
township this summer. He wants a longer ride and to go
to White Mound Park.

________14. A road rating report is due on the town roads is usually
due at this time..

________15. Wisconsin Town’s Association dues are due for $398.00 and
will be paid
at this meeting. They also need the names ,
addresses, phone numbers and
offices of each member of the board. Clerk to
complete this and send in after
the election on April 6th..

________16. The fire bills are due May 1st. 1/2 for Plain and 3/4 for Town of
Washington .Also fire reports for the state were to
be completed by the clerk
and fire-chiefs. This has been done online and
completed by all 3 places
involved.

________17.Lottery credit checks are due now. We only get ours
anymore. The county
sends the others to the respective places..

________18. The State Recycling Report is to be completed and sent to
the State by
April 30,2011. Get these papers online now. Clerk has
run these.

________19. The Township Insurance at Rural Mutual is due May 1,2011. The
coverage papers are here.

________20. Don Fleming requested being on the agenda concerning an ATV ride in
his area. This is different than Dan Fargen’s . He
wants to go to Bear
Valley.
________21. A dividend check came from Consumer’s Co-op for $35.22 and
given to the
trearurer.
.
________22. Any other business approved by the board.
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Bills to pay :
Tim McCluskey (3) Eileen Eberle
Magnan Assessments
Town and Country Sanitation Alliant Electric U.S.
Cellular Frontier Phone
People’ Community Bank(Fed.With,Med.,FICA) Retirement Fund
Sheila Tafs
State of Wisconsin Department of Revenue Lucille Brice
Judy Brassington
Marty McCluskey Harold Emerson Jeff Scallon Phyllis
Meister Ken Blum
Planning Commission checks to committee (5) Sauk County Highway
Department
Phoenix Computers Quick Books Program United States Postal
Pauline Lins
FS Frontier Wisconsin Town’s Association dues Dish Network
Spring Green Auto
Country Crossroads Any other bills approved by the board .

Reply Reply to all Forward

Agenda for April 6, 2011 at 8:00 P.M.

The town Board of the Town of Bear Creek will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Bear Creek Town Hall on Wednesday April 6,2011 at 8:00 P.M. Included on the agenda are the following: Dan Crook concerning his land and a survey Dan Fargen concerning an ATV ride this summer Don Fleming concerning an ATV ride in his area The spring general election The Annual Meeting on April 12,2011 at 8:00 P.M. The Form C Report to the state Quick Books 2011 installed in the computer New laptop for clerk and township Ted Greenheck requested being on the board Quarterly reports due now. Wisconsin Town's Assocaition dues of $398.00 State Recycling report due April 30,2011 Fire reports completed in March by Fire Cfiefs and Clerk for state Dividend from Consumer's Co-op for $ 35.22 Roads to be looked at for 2011 repairs Any other business pertinent to the board.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Sauk County Hazardous Waste Clean Sweep June 4,2011

Attention;
There will be a hazardous waste clean sweep to properly dispose of hazardous wastes on Saturday June 4,2011 at the Sauk County Landfill at E8795B Evergreen Lane , Baraboo,Wisconsin from 8:30 A.M. until Noon..
There will be FREE disposal of lead based and latex paints; waste motor oil and oil filters; unused pesticides; batteries; light bulbs; and other solvents. (A list is available at the Town Hall ot information from any town board member.)

Oe imformation can be obtained from the following web site www.co.sauk.wi.us or phone
(608)355-3245

Respectfully submitted
By Bear Creek Town Board

2010 Financial Report for Bear Creek

Eileen Eberle - Town Clerk and Sheila Tafs - Town Treasurer
JANUARY-DECEMBER, 2010
BALANCE ON HAND JANUARY 1, 2010
$109.80
Taxes Collected in December, 2009
$352,021.01
Forest Crop/Managed Forest Collected in December,2009
$9,178.78
Dog Licenses Collected in December, 2009
$110.00
Special Assessment Collected in December, 2009
$0.00
Equipment Account
$20,553.55
TOTAL CASH AND INVESTMENTS
$381,973.14
2010 REVENUES
Intergovenmental Revenue
43410 State Shared Revenue July/November
$9,041.37
43420 Fire Dues
$1,566.97
43531 Transportation Aides
$90,029.55
43533 Food Damage
$3,449.45
43537 Haz Mat
$0.00
43538 Bridge
$3,648.00
43620 DNR in lieu of Taxes
$2,284.74
43640 Forest Sevance
$0.00
43790 Vet's Graves
$6.00
Total Intergovenmental Revenue
$110,026.08
Licenses Total
44100 Beverage & Cigarette License
$0.00
44110 Liquor & Beer License
$200.00
44112 Operator License
$15.00
44300 Building Permits
$450.00
44200 Dog Licenses
$255.00
44201 Dog Refund
$28.00
46100 Publication of Licenses
$20.03
Total Licenses
$968.03
Miscellaneous Revenue Total
46100 Copies Sold
$0.00
48308 Environment Clean-up
$0.00
46435 Recycling Grants
$1,741.54
48303 Sale Highway Equipment
$0.00
48307 Sale of Metal
$356.35
48110 Interest
$393.30
48902 Surplus Applied
$0.00
48900 Miscellaneous Revenue
$347.71
48903 Transfer Equipment Account
$0.00
48901 Private Work
$0.00
Total Miscellaneous Revenue
$2,838.90
Tax Receipt Total
41111 Property Tax Real Estate/Personal Property
$470,243.05
41111 School Tax Credit from State
$0.00
41113 Lottery Credit - Real Estate
$3,508.35
41115 Tax Settlement - August County
$85,453.57
41116 Computer Tax
$7.00
44150 Forest Crop/Managed Forest
$14,913.83
41160 Special Assessment
$12,121.09
Total Tax Receipt
$586,246.89
Non-Budget Revenues
40002 Advance Dog Licenses
$140.00
41100 Advance Tax Collection
$442,972.70
41151 Advance Forest Crop
$12,189.64
41161 Advance Special Assessment
$0.00
48930 Advance Ithaca Lottery Credit
$0.00
Total Non-Budget Revenues
$455,302.34
Equipment Account
Sale of Tractor
$0.00
Interest
$45.86
Total Equipment
$45.86
TOTAL INCOME
$1,537,401.24
2010 EXPENSES
General Government
51100 Board Salary
$5,350.00
51101 Board FICA
$331.70
51102 Dues Association
$448.00
51103 Publication
$1,167.47
51104 Board Travel
$276.67
51105 Board Expense
$4,354.82
51106 Postage
$440.00
51107 Office Supplies
$204.99
51108 Telephone
$769.04
51110 Board Medicare
$77.58
51300 Legal
$0.00
51400 Clerk Salary
$14,881.00
51401 Clerk FICA
$928.20
51402 Clerk Medicare
$217.08
51403 Clerk Expenses
$3,296.85
51404 Clerk Equipment
$39.95
51405 Clerk Retirement
$1,526.35
51440 Election Salary
$3,110.00
51441 Election Expenses
$3,180.32
51512 Bank Charges/Checks
$0.00
51520 Treasurer Salary
$4,425.00
51521 Treasurer FICA
$274.35
51522 Treasurer Medicare
$64.16
51523 Treasurer Expenses
$1,360.35
51530 Assessor Salary
$6,300.00
51533 Assessor Expenses
$2,393.10
51601 Addition to Town Hall
$0.00
51600 Town Hall Expense
$1,206.37
51932 Town's Insurance
$8,936.00
Total General Government
$65,559.35
Health Service
54910 Ward Cemetary
$478.00
Total Health Service
$478.00
Miscellaneous
54911 Miscellaneous Expense
$0.00
54912 Transfer from Equipment
$0.00
Total Miscellaneous
$0.00
Public Safety
52200 Fire Protection - Plain
$27,318.88
52201 2% Fire Dues - Plain
$1,566.97
52203 Fire Protection - Town of Washington
$6,070.86
52205 Emergency Diaster Plan
$0.00
Total Public Safety
$34,956.71
Public Works
53100 Fuel for Shed
$3,044.04
53103 Land Purchase and Shed
$3,244.18
53311 Highway Maintenance/Repair
$52,078.07
53312 Highway/Road Salary
$657.50
53313 Machinery Purchases
$719.34
53314 Haz Mat Spill
$0.00
53315 Highway Construction
$124,316.15
53316 Gas, Oil, Diesel
$5,273.79
53317 Gravel
$0.00
53318 Truck Phone
$346.87
53320 Bridge
$0.00
53321 Patrolman Salary
$41,877.00
53322 Patrolman FICA
$2,596.37
53323 Patrolman Medicare
$607.22
53324 Patrolman Expenses
$825.52
53325 Patrolman Retirement
$3,378.55
53420 Street Light
$323.85
53631 Recycling Wages
$0.00
53632 Highway/Road FICA
$0.00
53633 Recycling Expense
$30,508.88
53638 Highway/Road Medicare
$0.00
Total Public Works
$269,797.33
Plan Commission
56900 Plan Commission
$892.65
Total Smart Growth
$892.65
Non-Budget Taxes
24309 PILT State of Wisconsin
$10.57
24310 Sauk County Taxes
$184,874.38
24311 PILT County
$280.97
24312 DNR
$12,121.09
24330 Dog Licenses County
$347.00
24331 Dog Licenses Treasurer
$28.00
24350 Forest Crop/Managed Paid to County
$17,274.87
24600 Taxes Paid River Valley School
$325,624.75
24610 PILT Paid River Valley School
$626.07
24610 Taxes Paid Weston School
$33,295.56
24620 Taxes Paid Ithaca School
$53,428.42
24700 Taxes Paid Madison Area Technical College
$42,572.74
24701 PILT Paid Madison Area Technical College
$81.85
24710 Taxes Paid Southwest Technical College
$15,134.54
59930 Refund Escrow - Overpayment
$0.00
Total Non Budget Taxes
$685,700.81
TOTAL EXPENSES
$1,057,384.85
BALANCE ON HAND AS OF DECEMBER 31,2010
Bank Balance as of December 31, 2010
$459,383.98
Plus Deposits Made after Statement
$0.00
SUB TOTAL
$459,383.98
Less Outstanding Checks
-$33.00
CHECKING ENDING BALANCE
$459,416.98
Equipment Account
$20,599.41
Total Ending Balance
$480,016.39
TOTAL MONEY DISBURSED AND ENDING BALANCE
$1,537,401.24
TOWN BOARD OF BEAR CREEK/AUDIT:
Marty McCluskey, Chairman - phone 986-4154
Harold Emerson, 1st Supervisor - phone 588-7161
Jeffrey Scallon, 2nd Supervisor - phone 986-6010
Eileen (Lawrence) Eberle, Town Clerk - phone 583-5544

Sheila Tafs, Town Treasurer - phone 546-2383
Town Assessor - Magnan Assessment Service -
phone - 262-542-3332 or 1-888-263-1665
Town Board Meetings are on the first Tuesday of each
Month at 8:00 p.m. at Bear Creek Town Hall
PLAN COMMISSION
Ted Greenheck - Surveyor & Chairman
Ken Blum - Vice Chairman of Plan Commission
Bob Bremel - Secretary
Sheley Scallon
Joe Bauer
Plan Commision Meetings are on the third Tuesday of
each Month at 7:30 p.m. at Bear Creek Town Hall
BEAR CREEK WEB SITE IS:
http://townofbearcreek.blogspot.com

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Approved minutes of February Meeting of Bear Creek

Minutes of meeting


MINUTES TO REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF TOWN OF BEAR CREEK
The Town of Bear Creek held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday February 1st, 2011 at the Bear Creek Town Hall, with the meeting called to order at 6:00 P. M. by Chairman Marty McCluskey. (Called early due to bad storm in the area. Blizzard conditions.)
Present included :Harold Emerson and Jeffrey Scallon, Supervisors, Sheila Tafs , treasurer; Tim McCluskey, Patrolman, Dan Fargen , and Eileen Eberle, Clerk.
Minutes were presented by the Clerk. Motion to approve as presented by Harold Emerson, 2nd, and carried.
Treasurer’s report was presented by the Treasurer. Motion to approve as presented by Jeffrey Scallon, 2nd, and carried.
Roads were discussed concerning salt and sand. Regular winter roads.
Spring Primary Election to be Tuesday February 15th. We will use a 3 person board .. Was published and posted. There was a training session for the election board on Saturday February 12th at the Town Hall.
Checks are to go to the schools on February 20th of the monies paid in January. Sheila needed a check to pay the dogs dues.
.
The Clerk’s and the Treasurer’s books for 2010 are to be audited at the March 1,2011 meeting due ..Time of meeting is 7:30 P.M.
The Clerk is working on the Township Annual Report and these will be mailed to the residents after the books have been audited. She is also working on the Form C Report for the state. This is due March 31st.
The area District’s Town’s Association meetings are to be held and Bear Creek is having 5 attend on March 5th at Wisconsin Dells..
Harold met with the assessor on new construction in Bear Creek .
The tobacco report was completed and mailed.
Dan Fargen was present to request having ATV rides in the Township using the roads as part of the trail. Marty to check about insurance and police approval. Letter to be signed by the board and on the March agenda. Adding more mileage to the trail ride.
All board members were nominated to their respective offices at the January Caucus and will be on the ballots in April..
Bills were paid as presented and approved by the board.
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:10 P.M. was made by Sheila Tafs , 2nd , and carried. Chairman McCluskey adjourned the meeting.
Recorded this 1std day of February , 2011 by Mrs. Lawrence (Eileen) Eberle
Clerk of Bear Creek Township
(We had one of the worst storms in our area in over 20 years and schools were all closed the next day. We did the business required and got all home safely. Reason for the emergency time of the meeting. The Chairman checked that all were home Safe.)

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Agenda for March 1,2011 Town Board Meeting

Agenda for March 1,2011 Town Board Meeting


AGENDA FOR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF TOWN OF BEAR CREEK
March 1,2011
Call meeting to order
Roll call
Minutes to last meeting
Treasurer’s report
_______1. Town Audit of books of treasurer and clerk. 7:30 P.M. March 1,2011 by the
board.
_______2. Form C State report due March 31st to State has to be completed and sent
by registered mail.
_______3. 2010 Township Annual Reports have been completed and run and to be
mailed to residents in March. Copies here tonight for the board.
_______4. The April 5th Spring General Election will need a 5 person board. Clerk
will meet with this group on Friday April 1st , 2011 to test the equipment
and make sure all is in readiness for this election. This will be at 8:30 A.M.
This needs to be published. Polls will be open from 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Article to be published at newspaper.
_______5. The Township will need to change its next meeting (April) as this is the same
as the election day.
_______6. The Town Annual Meeting has been set for Tuesday April 12,2011 at 8:00
P.M. at the Bear Creek Town Hall. Needs an agenda and published.
_______7. Dan Fargen is on the agenda concerning having an ATV trail ride 2 times in
2011 using the road in Bear Creek on part of the ride. Papers of approval need to
be signed. Chairman to look into liability of Township. Adding a longer route.
_______8. A time needs to be set for the Board to Review the Roads in April before the
Town Annual Meeting.
_______9.Brent Winkers is on the agenda concerning a certified survey map of his
property division. This needs to go to the Planning Commission before going to
our board.
_______10. The PILT money was distributed to the schools and county..
_______11. Housing report to the state needs to be completed. Clerk to get information
from the building inspector, Harold Emerson.
_______12. Fire Audit forms need to be filled out by the clerk and sent to the 2 chiefs
and forwarded to the state for the 2% fire dues.. The fire chiefs need to do this.
_______13 Recycling sheets are available for residents who don’t get tax bills. Several
have made requests.
_______14.The checks were written for the schools and mailed out by February 20th.
This is the money collected in January for the schools.
_______15. Eileen attended the District Clerk’s training meeting in Monona on
February 23rd.
_______16..Several people are looking at the winery on Strang Hollow Road. Clerk filled
out 2 reports to title holder companies. A couple from England called about
services in our area.
_______17. Town Board to attend District Town’s Association meetings at
Wisconsin Dells March 5th. These start at 8:00 A.M.. Speakers start at 8:45
A.M.
_______18. All bids for construction now need to include prevailing wages for our
area. Board will be instructed on this at the area Town’s Association
meetings.
_______19. The Spring Primary was held February 15th and there were 37 voters.
_______20. .The Emergency Management Program forms need to be completed and
returned to the county.
_______21. . Any other business to come before the board.
*************************************************************************Bills to pay : Tim McCluskey (3) Eileen Eberle Wisconsin Retirement
Alliant Electric U.S. Cellular Town and Country Sanitation Frontier
Magnan Assessments People’s Community Bank (FICA, Fed. With.,Med.)
State of Wisconsin Department of Revenue(With.) Plain Kwik Trip
FS Frontier Plain True Value Spring Green Auto
River Valley Publishing Office Market Sauk County Clerk(Election expenses) Dish Network Town and Country TV Planning Commission 4th quarter of 2010
Any other bills approved by the board

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Regular meeting moved up 2 hours February 1,2011

With the national news and weather service quoting blizzard conditions for our area ,an emergency meeting time was called by the Bear Creek Town Board for 6:00 P.M. instead of 8:00 P.M. on February 1st.
The roads and weather were at blizzaed conditions, the meeting adjourned at 7:10 and all members of the board got home safely,with the men checking that each got home safe. All business before the board and on the agenda was completed.
All schools and most businesses were closed the next day and our area got about 12 inches of snow and gusts of wind at 40 miles per hour. Really an old-fashioned winter weather with about 12 below zero today and most schools on a 2 hour delay. Stay warm and safe.
Eileen Eberle
Clerk of Bear Creek Township

Approved minutes to January 4th Town Board meeting

Approved minutes to January 4th meeting



MINUTES TO REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF TOWN OF BEAR CREEK
Tuesday January 4, 2011 8:00 P.M. Bear Creek Town Hall
The Town Board of the Township of Bear Creek held its regular
monthly meeting Tuesday January 4, 2011 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; 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.
The treasurer’s report was presented by the treasurer. Motion to
approve as presented was made by Jeff Scallon , 2nd, and carried.
The early paid taxes amounts need to go to the schools , state,
and county needs their monies from this by January 15th, with these checks needing to be made out and sent by that time.
New budget for 2011 was completed and placed in the computer.
The 1099’s were mailed to our businesses.
A set of statute books was obtained and given to the chairman.
Quarterly reports were due at this time. W-2’s were completed and
distributed to the board. Federal and State Reconciliation’s were completed, and the W-3 report.
Taxes for 2010 are being collected by the treasurer. New recycling
sheets are here for 2011 and distributed by Sheila when collecting taxes.
New record books for the board’s 2011 records were completed by the clerk and distributed to the board.
The Township Audit of the books of the Clerk and Treasurer needs to be set.
Ross and Teresa Halverson were present for a permit to start a rug hooking business in the town. Permit was issued.
Assessor was in the township to update the town for 2011.
The Town Board was paid for the 4th quarter of 2010 at this
meeting.
The township has the sand for the winter.
An election survey came from the state and was completed by the
clerk,and returned to the state.
The Wisconsin Clerk’s Association dues were paid in the amount of
$45.00.
Clerk to compile the retirement figures for 2010 and get to the treasurer , so they can be done electronically.
Supervisor Harold Emerson fell and broke his hip and is coming great
An updated Quick Books program needs to be ordered for 2011. This will be for the payroll program..
The DNR report was completed and sent to the state of the levies and the mill rates. This gets us our reimbursement from the DNR.
The Statement of Taxes was completed and sent to the county and state. Also the Certification of the tax book completed and sent to the county and the book given to the treasurer.
Next meeting of the Town Board will be Tuesday February 1st,2011 at 8:00 P.M.
The board needs to be registered for the District Town’s Association
meetings for the spring Town’s Association meetings. The board will go to Wisconsin Dells in March .
The web site for Bear Creek is up and running. The address is
http://townofbearcreek.blogspot.com.It runs for free and was put together by Mike Eberle. It has the agendas. minutes, notices, etc. for information to the town residents..
The bills were paid as presented and approved by the board. The
schools will be paid on January 15th with the early paid tax money due them.
Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by at 9:25 P.M.by HaroldEmerson, 2nd, , and carried. Chairman McCluskey adjourned the
meeting.
Recorded this 4th day of January, 2011 by the Clerk of the Township of Bear Creek
Mrs. Lawrence ( Eileen ) Eberle