Monday, April 12, 2010

Approved minutes to March 2010 meeting of Town Board

MINUTES TO REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF TOWN OF BEAR CREEK
The Town Board of the Town of Bear Creek held its Audit of the 2009 Clerk’s and Treasurer’s books at 7:30 P.M. at the Bear Creek Town Hall on Tuesday March 2, 2010. 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 2009.
The Town Board of the Township of Bear Creek held its regular monthly meeting at the Bear Creek Town Hall Tuesday evening March 2, 2010 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; Ted Greenheck; Dan Fargen , 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 2009 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 6th 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 Saturday April 3rd at 8:00 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 Thursday April 8, 2010 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 13 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. This was set for April 12th at 9:00 A.M. .
Dan Fargen was on the agenda for a contract to be signed for the organized trail ride for 2 times in 2010 in Bear Creek. This was approved and signed by the board.
The state housing report needs to be completed and was given to Harold, the building inspector for the township. .
Jerry Whittmann was on the agenda to have his survey map at his residence approved. This is approved, but Jerry wasn’t present.
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..
The Planning Commission is meeting March 16th.
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 attended the District Clerk’s meeting in Fitchburg and the election training in Baraboo
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 9:17 P.M. by Shelia Tafs , 2nd by Harold , and carried. Chairman McCluskey adjourned the meeting.
Recorded this 2nd day of March 2010 by Clerk of Bear Creek Township
Mrs. Lawrence (Eileen) Eberle

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Agenda to April Regular Meeting

April Town Board Agenda 2010


AGENDA FOR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF TOWN OF BEAR CREEK
Tuesday April 8,2010
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
6,2010. 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 Saturday April 3rd at the Town Hall. Checks for
this group to be signed tonight.
_______2. Township Annual 2010 Meeting will be held Tuesday April 13,2010 at 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 2010 and any other business
pertinent to the meeting. This was published and posted.
_______3.A date was set for the board to view the roads for the spring of 2010,
with the patrolman.. This is April 12th ..
_______4. The Town Board is to be paid at this meeting.
_______5. Meeting changed to Thursday evening due to the election on Tuesday.
_______6. The Planning Commission meetings are continuing at the Town Hall
and Ted Greenheck is on the agenda with a Certified Survey Map for Jeff
Scallon and Dan Kast . Also Marty needs to sign the Certified Survey Original
Map of Jerry Whittman and this will finalize his survey map.
_______7. The Annual Financial Reports for the Township for 2009 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 31,2010 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 $239.00.
_______10. The quarterly reports are due at this time.
_______11. A claim was made on the insurance. Letter here for the board.
________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. Cal Magnan called and wanted to know if Thursday May 20th would be all
right for Open Book. He also wanted to know if Thursday June 10th would be
all right for Board of Review
________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 $364.40 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.
________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 30,2010. Get these papers online now. Clerk has run these.
________19. The Township Insurance at Rural Mutual is due May 1,2010. The
coverage papers are here.
________20. Untaxed lands reports need to be completed and sent to the state. Are due
June 2,2010. The ones due to the clerk have been received by March
31st. From St. Patrick’s Church.
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________21. 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 Verizon
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
FS Frontier Wisconsin Town’s Association dues Dish Network Spring Green Auto Any other bills approved by the board .

2010 Agenda for Annual Meeting

Agenda


AGENDA FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF BEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP 2010
April 13 ,2010
1.Appoint Chairman of the 2010 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 2009. Look over. Any comments.
(Can be dispensed)
5. Discussion and decisions on the roads to be improved in 2010
6. Discussion of times of the Open Book May 20 , 2010.
7. Discussion of times of the Board of Review for 2010 . June 10,2010.
8. Any other business brought before the board pertinent to the Town Annual
Meeting. .
9. Set the 2011Annual Meeting.
10. Motion to adjourn the 2010 Annual Meeting

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

2010 Annual Meeting of Bear Creek

Annual Meeting of Bear Creek


NOTICE TO BEAR CREEK RESIDENTS
2010 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2010 Town of Bear Creek Annual Meeting Notice
Notice is hereby given of the 2010 Annual Township Meeting of the Town of Bear
Creek will be held Tuesday April 13,2010 at 8:00 P.M. at the Bear Creek Town Hall.
Included on the adgenda will be the following:
1. Roads to be resurfaced in 2010
2. Review of the 2009 Annual Report
3. Discussion of expenditures for the township in 2010
4. Any other business pertinent to the Town Annual meetinng.
Please attend .
By Clerk of Bear Creek Township
Mrs. Lawrence (Eileen) Eberle
Please note that the April Regular Monthly Meeting of the Town Board will be held Thursday April 8,2010 at 8:00 P.M. at the Bear Creek Town Hall. Meeting changed due to the Spring General Election on Tuesday April 6th.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Spring General Election April 6,2010

Notice to Bear Creek Residents


Notice is hereby given of the Spring General Election to be held Tuesday April 6, 2010 in the Township of Bear Creek at the Bear Creek Town Hall on Hwy G, with the polls open from 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
The following offices included in this election are:
Judicial
Court of Appeals District 4
Circuit Court Branch 2
County Supervisors
School Boards
Please vote.
Notice is also hereby given that Bear Creek Township will be testing the election equipment at 8:00 A.M. on Saturday April 3rd at the Town Hall.
Notice is also given that the April meeting of the Bear Creek Town Board will be held Thursday April 8,2010 at 8:00 P.M. at the Bear Creek Town Hall. ( The meeting changed due to the Election being held on Tuesday April 6th in the Town Hall)
Submitted by the Clerk of Bear Creek Township
Mrs. Lawrence (Eileen) Eberle

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Approved minutes to February 2010 Meeting of Bear Creek Town Board

MINUTES TO REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF TOWN OF BEAR CREEK
The Town of Bear Creek held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 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 Jeffrey Scallon, Supervisors, Sheila Tafs , treasurer; Tim McCluskey, Patrolman, Dan Fargen, Don Fleming , Eileen Eberle, Clerk.
Minutes were read by the Clerk. Motion to approve as read 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 16th. We will use a 5 person board to familiarize all with the procedures .. Was published and posted. There was a training session for the election board on Saturday February 13th 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.
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The Clerk’s and the Treasurer’s books for 2009 are to be audited at the March 2,2010 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 workng 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 4 attend . Eileen February 12th at Mineral Point and Marty, Harold, Sheila, and Jeff Saturday March 6th at Wisconsin Dells. All will be trained in Conducting the Board of Review..
Training in Baraboo for Chief Election Inspectors was attended by Judy Brassington and Eileen Eberle.
Harold will be meeting with the assessor on new construction in Bear Creek .
The tobacco report was completed and mailed.
Dan Fargen and Don Fleming were 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.
Jerry Wittmann survey map is to go to the Planning Commission and then back to the Town Board for approval.
Bills were paid as presented and approved by the board.
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:35 P.M. was made by Sheila Tafs , 2nd , and carried. Chairman McCluskey adjourned the meeting.
Recorded this 2nd day of February , 2010 by Mrs. Lawrence (Eileen) Eberle
Clerk of Bear Creek Township

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Agenda March 2,2010 0f Town Board

Agenda March 2,2010


AGENDA FOR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF TOWN OF BEAR CREEK
March 2,2010
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 2,2010 by the
board.
_______2. Form C State report due March 31st to State has been completed and sent
by registered mail.
_______3. 2009 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 6th Spring General Election will need a 5 person board. Clerk
will meet with this group on Saturday April 3rd , 2010 to test the equipment
and make sure all is in readiness for this election. This will be at 8:00 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. (Clerk in Mondovi all day Monday April 5th at District
meeting)
_______6. The Town Annual Meeting has been set for Tuesday April 13,2010 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
2010 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.
_______8. A time needs to be set for the Board to Review the Roads in April before the
Town Annual Meeting.
_______9.Jerry Wittmann is on the agenda concerning a certified survey map of his
property at his new home.
_______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 were filled out by the clerk and sent to the 2 chiefs and
forwarded to the state for the 2% fire dues..A member of the ambulance crew
stopped at the Clerk’s house and had her sign the ambulance papers for 2010.
_______13. The Planning Commission held a meeting at the Town Hall on February
16th.
_______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 Fitchburg on
February 25th.
_______16. Eileen and Judy attended the election training in Baraboo on
February 4th. This made them certified with the state. and can conduct
elections. Ken was asked but had other responsibilities..
_______17. Town Board to attend District Town’s Association meetings. Clerk on
February 12th at Mineral Point. Marty, Harold, Jeff, and Sheila to attend at
Wisconsin Dells March 6th. These start at 8:00 A.M.. Speakers start at 8:45
A.M. All will be trained for Board of Review and have signed certifications on
file with the clerk.
_______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 16th and there were 41 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 Verizon
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 2009
Any other bills approved by the board

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Spring Primary Election February 16,2010

Notice if Spring Primary Election in Bear Creek


Notice is hereby given of the Spring Primary Election to be held in the Township of
Bear Creek on Tuesday February 16, 2010, at the Bear Creek Town Hall with the polls
open from 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Balloting will include :
1. Court of Appeals Judge- District 4
By Clerk of Bear Creek Township: Mrs. Lawrence (Eileen) Eberle
The time of the Public testing of the of Accu-Vote Machine and the Touch Screen Machine will be Saturday February 13,2010 at 8:00 A.M. at the Bear Creek Town Hall..
All residents welcome.
The regular monthly meeting for March of the Town Board of Bear Creek will be held on Tuesday March 2, 2010 at 7:30 P.M. at the Bear Creek Town Hall .(The time change is due to the auditing of the town books at this meeting , which is done yearly.)

Approved January Minutes

MINUTES TO REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF TOWN OF BEAR CREEK
Tuesday January 5, 2010 8:00 P.M. Bear Creek Town Hall
The Town Board of the Township of Bear Creek held its regular
monthly meeting Tuesday January 5, 2010 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.
$361,309.79 was collected in early paid taxes and 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 2010 was completed and placed in the computer.
The 1099’s were mailed to our businesses.
The Machinery Equipment Account at the bank as of December
31,2009 is $20,553.55.
Recycling charges are going up as of January 1st
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, these completed by the clerk.
Taxes for 2009 are being collected by the treasurer. New recycling
sheets are here for 2010 and distributed by Sheila when collecting taxes.
New record books for the board’s 2010 records were completed by the clerk and distributed to the board.
The Township Audit of the books of the Clerk and Treasurer will be held Tuesday evening March 2nd. This is done by the Town Board.
The Town Board was paid for the 4th quarter of 2009 at this
meeting.
The township needs to get more sand due to the bad 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.
An updated Quick Books program needs to be ordered for 2010. This will be for the payroll program..
The Smart Growth Committee name has been changed to the Plannig Commission and will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:30 P.M..
The clerk and Judy Brassinghton will attend a chief inspector of
elections meeting in Baraboo on February 4th..
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 2nd,2010 at 8:00 P.M.
A letter was sent to area legislators stating Bear Creek is NOT in favor of having counties do the area assessing. (3 sent)
The board needs to be registered for the District Town’s Association
meetings for the spring Town’s Association meetings. The Clerk will go to Mineral Point on February 12th and the rest of the board will go to Wisconsin Dells in March 6th.
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 9:45 P.M.by Jeff Scallon, 2nd, , and carried. Chairman McCluskey adjourned the
meeting.
Recorded this 5th day of January, 2010 by the Clerk of the Township of Bear Creek
Mrs. Lawrence ( Eileen ) Eberle

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Revised February Agenda with addendum

AGENDA FOR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF TOWN OF BEAR CREEK
Tuesday February 2, 2010 8:00 P.M. at Bear Creek Town Hall
______1. Discussion of the roads. Use of salt,sand,etc. Bad winter weather conditions.
______2. Spring Primary Election to be held Tuesday February 16th from 7:00 A.M. to
8:00 P.M. at the Bear Creek Town Hall..Will need to use a 5 person board. Will
publish and have the public testing of the voting machines on Saturday
February 13th at 8:00 A.M..
______3. Checks need to be written to the schools (5) by February 15th of the tax
money paid in January. Sheila needs checks to settle with the county for the
county and state and the dogs. Also checks need to be written for the DNR
money in lieu of taxes to MATC, River Valley, county and state.
______4.A book came on the Sauk County Planning Commission and is available to
the board.
______5. Audit of the Clerk’s and Treasurer’s books for 2008 has been set for
the March 2nd Town Board Meeting .
______6.There is to be a Smart Growth meeting at the Bear Creek Town Hall on
Tuesday February 16,2010 at 7:30 P.M. which will need to be changed due to the
election on that day..
______7,. The Clerk is working on the Township Annual Report for 2009 and starting
the State Form C State Report that is due March 1,2010. We can distribute
the Township Annual Reports in March.
______8. There are area Town’s Association meetings coming up in February and
March . Clerk to attend February 12th at Mount Horeb. Marty , Harold, Jeff, and
Sheila going March 6th to Wisconsin Dells.All will be trained for the 2010
Board of Review..
______9..The April 6th meeting of the Town Board will have to be changed due to the
Spring General Election being on that day.
______10. There is an election training meeting in Baraboo on February 4,2010
on the certification of Election Chief Inspectors and to be attended by Eileen
Eberle and Judy Brassington. Ken Blum was to attend, but can’t make it.
______11. The 2010 Quick Books payroll program needs to be ordered this spring..
______12. The Clerk will attend the Spring meeting of the Wisconsin Clerk’s
Association in Fitchburg on February 18th.
______13.The Township has to register with the state at a cost of $10.00.
______14.We are paying the State and Federal monthly deposits for witholding online..
______15. Any other business to come before the board.

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Bills to pay : Tim McCluskey (3) Eileen Eberle Retirement US Cellular
Magnen Assessments Alliant Energy Verizon State of Wisconsin Withholding
DNR in lieu of Taxes 4 checks Election Board for February 16th 5 checks
School taxes for February (5 checks) Town and Country Sanitation Edie Eberle
People’s Community Bank(FICA,Fed.With.,Med.) Sheila 2 checks for county
Frontier FS River Valley Publishing U.S.Postal Spring Green Auto
Sauk County Highway Department Any other bills approved by the board


Addendum to Agenda: Dan Fargen requests being placed on the agenda concerning a riding trail near his property.