2021 Annual Meeting Minutes
Evergreen Township Annual Meeting Minutes 2021
The Evergreen Township Annual Meeting was held March 9, 2021 at Todd & Rana Holmer’s house at 42985 120th St. Present was: Nathan Matejka(Frazee Fire Dept), Betty Janke, Scott Ulschmid, Todd & Rana Holmer, Dwight Drewes and Steve Wilkowski Jr.
The clerk called the meeting to order and requested a nomination of a moderator. Rana volunteered to do it since no other residents here at the moment. All present in favor. The agenda was updated again this year to let the guests speak first.
Nathan Matejka reported there was 1 call in Evergreen in 2020 for a grass fire. They are still looking for more volunteers to join the department and have expanded the miles you live from town, so even someone from our area could join. There was a total of 59 calls in 2020,which was up some from 51 in 2019. They received a grant for a new fire truck. It is on order and set to arrive soon. The grant will cover about 3/4 of the cost of the new truck. Todd asked that they have an open house for the township’s to come and check it out once it arrives. Due to the new truck expenses and repairs to the other trucks the capital improvement cost portion of our annual bill has went up. Nathan mentioned the adaptor that Evergreen put on a nearby irrigation well was appreciated. They were down a little this year on training hours, due to Covid restrictions. They currently have 25 members and 3 on probationary status.
The minutes from the Annual Meeting in 2020 were read by the clerk. Steve motion to approve the minutes, second by Scott. All present in favor. The treasurer gave her report of all monies received, all monies paid out, and all monies on hand in savings and checking. Balance on hand as of December 31, 2020 is $146,298.62. Todd made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report. Second by Scott. All present in favor.
Road & Bridge: Steve motioned to leave this until the September13, 2021 regular meeting. Todd second and all present in favor.
Fire & Rescue: Todd made a motion to leave the levy at $15,000 and to do the same donations to Wolf Lake Rescue of $1750 and to Frazee Rescue of $800. Second by Scott. All present in favor.
General Revenue: Steve motion to raise the levy $30,000. Second by Todd. All present in favor.
Gophers: Scott motion to raise the levy to $6,000. Second by Todd. All present in favor.
Scott motion to leave the bounty at $2.75 with a landowner signature if the trapper is not a resident of Evergreen. Second by Todd. All present in favor.
Newspaper: Scott motion to leave it with the Frazee Forum. Second by Todd. All present in favor.
Postings: Leave the same with postings at the Town Hall and the Clerk’s house. Motion by Todd, second by Scott. All present in favor.
Meetings: Todd motion to leave the meeting times and locations the same. Second by Scott. All present in favor. Meetings May- October at Todd and Rana’s house and the November-April at Betty Janke’s house at 7 p.m. on 2nd Monday of the month. Also will use the Townhall as a back up like we did in 2020 with the Covid social distancing requirements.
Annual Meeting Location & Time: Todd motion to leave the meeting at 7 p.m. at Todd and Rana’s on 2nd Tuesday of March. Second by Steve. All present in favor.
Chairman Position: Todd motion to leave Steve the Chairman, second by Scott.
Old business: None
New Business: Dwight mentioned that he has a swing away mailbox post that could be used on Lowell Baumgart’s. He will bring it to Steve and he will put it up.
Gravel for 2021 might be difficult with the Hwy 87 road project. If not to much gravel needed than maybe we will replace the culvert on 140th St
Steve motioned to adjourn for tonight and revisit the road and bridge in September to set that levy. Second by Todd. All present in favor.
Respectfully submitted,
Rana Holmer, Clerk