REGULAR BOARD MEETING
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6 PM BY SUPERVISOR BOB KESLING, BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT WERE CLERK
BARBARA EGELER, TRUSTEE JEROME PAPES, TRUSTEE WAYNE ANDERSEN, TREASURER PATTI GEERS. WE HAD NINE GUEST ATTEND.
MINUTES WERE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
MOTION BY WAYNE AND SUPPORTED BY JEROME TO APPROVE PAYMENT OF BILLS FOR OCTOBER. ALSO, APPROVED A
NOVEMBER DISBURSEMENT TO GEMS FOR THE GRAVELING OF BOTH CEMETERY DRIVEWAYS FOR $29,464.14, AND, CLERK ASKED
TO PAY ELECTION WORKERS WITHIN A WEEK AFTER ELECTION.
MOTION CARRIED
SHERIFFS REPORT WAS GIVEN BY SHERIFF KIM COLE. 16 CALLS IN THE TOWNSHIP.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER JANET ANDERSEN GAVE COUNTY REPORT. 114 APPLICATIONS FOR THE CHILL GRANT. PLAN-
NING COMMISSION WILL MEET ON THE 19TH TO DISCUSS SOLAR IN THE COUNTY.
TREASURER REPORTED THAT THE MONEY MARKET FUND BALANCE ON 9/30/24 WAS $352,117.73, RECEIPTS WERE
$3,459.52, INTEREST WAS $1,195.54. DISBURSEMENTS WERE $10,111.59. LEAVING A BALANCE OF $346,661.20 ON 10/31/24.
CHECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE REMAINS AT $300.00 ON 10/31/24.
PERPETUAL CARE CERTIFICATE BALANCE REMAINS AT $62,821.14 ON 10/31/24.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FUND BALANCE REMAINS AT $321,628.50 ON 10/31/24.
HALL RESERVATION FUND ON 9/30/24 WAS $ 1,121.45. NO RECEIPTS, NO DISBURSEMENTS, INTEREST WAS .05 cents.
LEAVING A BALANCE OF $1,121.50 ON 10/31/24.
TAX ACCOUNT BALANCE ON 9/30/24 WAS $21,689.48, RECEIPTS WERE $5,851.97, DISBURSEMENTS WERE $16,906.99, NO
INTEREST REPORTED AT THIS TIME, LEAVING A BALANCE OF $10,634.46 ON 10/31/24.
TREASURERS REPORT ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED.
CLERK STATED WITH THE CEMETERY DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE DRIVEWAYS, WE MAY NEED TO AMEND THE BUDGET BE-
FORE THE NOVEMBER DISBURSEMENTS . BOARD MEMBERS ALL AGREED TO AMEND THE BUDGET FOR THE CEMETERY DISBURSE
MENTS.
SUPERVISOR REPORTED THAT HE HAD TURNED THE WATER OFF AT THE CEMETERIES.
WENT ON THE ROAD COMMISSION RIDE AROUND THE COUNTY, TO LOOK AT ROAD PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED.
MEETING AT THE RURAL FIRE AUTHORITY, PAT WIESE WAS CHOSEN TO REPRESENT VICTORY AS DALE GOODRICH, IS GO-
ING TO BE ADMINSTRATOR NOW.
A FEW MORE TREES NEED TO BE REMOVED AT THE CEMETERIES, AND LOOKING INTO REPLACING SOME OF THE ONES
THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT. ALSO, LOOKING WHERE TO PLACE COLUMBARIUMS AT THE CEMETERY, AND HAS SOMEONE
WILLING TO WORK ON THE FLOWER BEDS AND SHRUBS AT THE CEMETERIES.
WAYNE A MADE A MOTION TO SPEND $2800.00 TO SURVEY BOTH CEMETERIES AS WELL AS THE 40A PARCEL AT VICTORY PARK. PATTI SECONDED
MOTION CARRIED
BOB TALKED TO JEFF SCHWASS WITH MASON COUNTY DISC GOLF ASSOCIATION. TALKING ABOUT DISC GOLF COURSE AT
VICTORY PARK.
WAYNE MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION FROM AT&T TO RENEW THE METRO ACT RIGHT OF
WAY PERMIT EXTENSION. JEROME SECONDED
MOTION CARRIED
TOM KALINA WAS HERE REPRESENTING FRIENDSOFTHEPOOL.ORG. THEY ARE A GROUP WANTING THE PUBLIC TO KNOW
THAT THE WEST SHORE COLLEGE BOARD IS NOT INTENDING TO KEEP THE POOL OPEN AT THE COLLEGE. HE SAID THERE GROUP
WANTS TO COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AND TALK TO THE COLLEGE BOARD, IN HOPES THAT THEY WILL KEEP THE POOL OPEN.
FRED BATES ASKED WHAT WAS BEING DONE WITH THE JUNK MOVED TO THE FIELD ON TOWNLINE RD. AND THE TRAILER ON PETERSON. BOB EXPLAINED THERE LIKELY HASN’T BEEN A COMPLAINT FILED WITH THE JUNK/ZONING DEPARTMENT.
NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT
MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 6:49 PM.
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