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Town of Holland outlines 2025 road, park and public-safety plans; knotweed eradication to expand
Summary
Town officials described 2024 project work and sketched 2025 plans including several road repavings and sealcoats, expanded park maintenance and a five-year Japanese Knotweed eradication plan carried out at no cost to property owners.
Town officials at the April 15, 2025 annual meeting outlined infrastructure, parks and public-safety activity for the coming year, describing 2024 accomplishments and planned 2025 work.
Roads: Supervisor Stanley Lammers (report read by Clerk-Treasurer Janelle Kaiser) summarized 2024 road projects — pulverize-and-pave work, mill-and-repave jobs, culvert replacements, seal coating and shouldering — and listed anticipated 2025 projects including completion of Stokdyk-Ingelse Road betterment, pulverizing and paving on Meves Road, and multiple seal-coat jobs. Kaiser reported the town received $73,261 in county shared sales-tax revenue in 2024 and expects approximately $76,129 in 2025.
Parks and environmental work: Supervisor Douglas Hamilton said Parks & Property will repeat 2024 summer Recycling Center hours in 2025 (Wednesdays 4–7 p.m. May 1–Labor Day and Saturdays 8 a.m.–1 p.m.) and announced a co-hosted Shred Event for July 12, 2025. Hamilton described a five-year plan to eradicate invasive Japanese Knotweed with Glacierland Resource Conservation and Development, Inc. and Stantec Corporation; in 2025 the town hopes to treat all participating properties at no cost to property owners. He also noted Amsterdam Park faces low lake levels and that the estimated cost to rebuild the parking lot is $104,115 (2024 dollars).
Public safety: Supervisor Kelly Caswell summarized policing and emergency response coverage — the town contracts additional patrols April–September; in 2024 the town contracted 140.4 hours but received 155.75 hours at no additional cost; the Sheriff’s Department responded to 83 contract-time calls. Total complaints answered in the town fell to 990 in 2024 from 1,177 in 2023. Fire and EMS coverage from Cedar Grove, Oostburg, Adell and Random Lake departments was outlined with department call counts for 2024 provided.
Several electors raised maintenance questions, including a request from Craig Droppers to purchase an additional mower to improve right-of-way mowing and weed control. The town did not take a formal vote on mower procurement at the meeting; the request was placed on the record for future consideration.
