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Silver Creek Township supervisors approve $92,847.07 in claims, pause 148th driveway permits and authorize new credit card and Amazon account
Summary
At its Aug. 19 meeting, the Silver Creek Township Board of Supervisors approved a $92,847.07 claims list, authorized a $1,000/month Cortrust credit card and a township Amazon account, limited clerk remote work to four hours weekly, and voted to pause driveway permits on 148th until road realignment with County Road 8.
Silver Creek Township’s Board of Supervisors met Aug. 19, 2025. The board approved the meeting agenda and a List of Claims totaling $92,847.07, with Vice Chair Brandon Geyen moving and Supervisor Sandy Forsman seconding the claims motion; the record shows the vote carried 3-0.
The board took several administrative actions. Chairman Helman moved, and Vice Chair Geyen seconded, approval for the clerk to work up to four hours per week from home; that motion carried 3-0. In new-business votes, the board approved obtaining a Cortrust credit card with a $1,000 monthly limit (moved by Geyen, seconded by Helman, carried 3-0) and approved creating a township Amazon account (moved by Helman, seconded by Geyen, carried 3-0).
On a policy affecting roads and development, Vice Chair Geyen moved that no driveway permits on 148th be approved until that road is properly realigned with County Road 8; Supervisor Forsman seconded and the motion carried 3-0. The minutes record this as an explicit condition for permitting on 148th.
The minutes include a maintenance report noting parking concerns on Amery and 105th, a request to consider vacating a narrow road end near the Lake Ida development, a Maple Lake Fire inquiry about the structural integrity of a concrete bridge on 128th, and a recommendation that an F-550’s shocks be replaced in-house on a rain day.
The meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m. after a motion by Nelson and a second by Forsman; the minutes record the adjournment vote as 4-0. The minutes do not specify the date of the next meeting.
