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Silver Creek Township supervisors approve agenda, minutes and disbursements; keep using Teams
Summary
At its Dec. 3 meeting, the Silver Creek Township Board of Supervisors approved the agenda, prior minutes and disbursements, heard the clerk-treasurer report (including a change to semi-monthly federal tax remittances), received maintenance updates and agreed to continue using Microsoft Teams instead of Zoom.
The Silver Creek Township Board of Supervisors convened Dec. 3 and approved the meeting agenda, last meeting’s minutes and the list of disbursements while discussing audit preparations, maintenance plans and meeting-platform subscriptions.
Chairman Mike Helman called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. and added two items to the agenda—"ARPA Funds under Maintenance" and a discussion of Zoom versus Teams. Supervisor Ryan Nelson moved to approve the amended agenda; Vice Chairman Brandon Geyen seconded. The minutes record the vote as carried 4-0.
Clerk-Treasurer Alana Paumen updated the board on audit preparations and finance items. Paumen said staff have additional items to submit to the township’s CPA and that they hope the audit can be completed within the next couple weeks. She reported corrections to 11 property parcels and that fire assessments were submitted to the county. Paumen also told supervisors the township must now remit federal payroll taxes on a semi-monthly schedule after paying more than $50,000 over the last four quarters, which changes the township’s tax-deposit timing.
A maintenance report said two maintenance staff will attend snowplow training next week and encouraged residents interested in serving as backup snowplow drivers to submit an application. Workers also reported the 134th culvert replacement has been postponed until spring because of weather, and that a 2003 Chevrolet pickup is listed for auction.
Under new business, supervisors said they are waiting on responses about extending township cooperative agreements; if counterparts agree, they will proceed. Employee job descriptions were distributed to supervisors for review and will be updated at the next meeting, and employee insurance will be on the next agenda for discussion. On meeting platforms, supervisors agreed to continue using Microsoft Teams and to ensure Zoom subscriptions are cancelled.
The minutes show the meeting was closed for an employee review. Vice Chairman Brandon Geyen moved to adjourn and Supervisor Ryan Nelson seconded; the provided segments record the motion but do not include a recorded vote tally for the adjournment.
Voting and formal actions recorded in the minutes included approval of the agenda, the Nov. 26, 2024 meeting minutes and the list of disbursements; each of those motions is noted in the minutes as carried 4-0. The board’s next procedural steps include reviewing updated job descriptions and employee insurance at a future meeting and following up on cooperative-agreement responses.
