November Minutes 2025

ERIE TOWNSHIP

Regular Board Meeting Minutes

November 4, 2025

Board members present: Chairman Neal Sundet (via Teams); Supervisor Kyle Vareberg; Supervisor Brett Friesen

Officers present:Clerk Karen Eifealdt; Treasurer Becky Renner

Others present: Amy Nelson, Tim Nelson, Chuck Becker, Mark LeDoux, Matt Arola

The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chairman Neal Sundet

After reviewing the agenda, a motion was made by Supervisor Vareberg and seconded by Supervisor Friesen to approve the agenda with no additions. Motion carried.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

After reviewing the minutes of the regular board meeting on October 14, 2025, a motion was made by Supervisor Friesen and seconded by Supervisor Vareberg to approve the minutes with no corrections or additions. Motion carried.

Treasurer Renner gave the treasurer’s report ending October 31st with the checking account having an ending balance of $100,308.98 and the money market account having an ending balance of $338,811.16 making total available funds as of October 31st, 2025 - $439,120.14. Due to the switch from Bremer Bank to Old National Bank occurring in the middle of October leading to some corrections needed on the report, the approval of the treasurer’s report will be tabled until November meeting.

The Board reviewed the expense and payroll claims for October, 2025 as presented to them by Treasurer Renner. A motion was made by Supervisor Vareberg and seconded by Supervisor Friesen to approve payment of all claims – payroll claims in the amount of $2,409.58 and expense claims in the amount of $12,226.85 totaling $14,636.43. Motion carried.

Arvig

$96.45

Bowers, Terry

$630.00

Gustner Construction, LLC

$10,693.50

MATIT

$545.00

Mosher, Amos

$50.00

Renner, Becky

$69.95

Stenerson-Eifealdt, Karen

$96.95

Zachariason, Debra

$55.00

No citizen’s comments.

Road Report:

All the gravelling work has been completed in Erie. The culvert on 295th is also done.

Old Business:

The update on the fencing project around the recycling bins will be tabled until November after the county is contacted.

The road signage that was missing has not yet been replaced. Supervisor Friesen will follow up. Nothing has been done yet with the surveying of the minimum maintenance portion of NW Pickerel Lake Road. There is no update regarding the tree trimming so Dan will be contacted. Mark LeDoux and Chuck Becker gave a thorough presentation about wake surfing and the damage it can cause and the safety issues it creates on smaller lakes. They presented facts from a study done at the University of Minnesota citing the effects of wake surfing on lakes that are too small. So far the DNR has remained fairly neutral and local law enforcement has said if there is a county ordinance in place, they will do their best to enforce it. After they presented the information to the board, they requested a letter from Erie Township in support of an ordinance protecting small lakes from the effects of wake surfing and restricting the use of wake boats for that purpose. There were considerable questions asked and discussed. Several comments and suggestions were made from the board of supervisors including the suggestion of going out and talking to the residents to gain more support from the those affected. Also discussed was the possibility of townships working with the county and DNR in order to unify in support of the ordinance. The board thanked them for the information and the work that they had done, but the supervisors were all in agreement that they would not make any decision at this meeting and at this point in time would not write a letter in support of the ordinance being proposed.

Other:

Supervisor Friesen read a letter of thank you received from Roger Minch for the great job done on South Cotton Lake Road.

Tim Nelson asked the Board what the first steps would be to begin the process of getting their road tarred with a possibe special assessment. The board suggested that he contact all residents on the road that would possibly support proceeding with a project to tar the road and the board provided him with a ballpark figure of what it would cost.

There being no further business, a motion was made Supervisor Friesen and seconded by Supervisor Vareberg to adjourn the meeting and the meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Karen Eifealdt, Clerk