Date: May 11, 2026
Butte des Morts Conservation Club
General Meeting Minutes
Date: Monday, May 11, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Butte des Morts Lions Club
The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order at 6:30 PM by Bruce Loberg.
1. Communications
· New donations: Battle on Bago ticket sales donation $3,228
· Winneconne Town Reporting due in November
2. Property / Trail Updates
· Lift: Decision made to scrap the lift; Ken Meier will work on this in the winter when he can access the lift.
· Trail is now open. However, we did have flood water damage. Looking to get estimates and possible go fund me page set up. Grants are not available at this time.
· Building clean up – Bruce Loberg, Ken Meier, Dave Lux and Pete Guckenberg took a load to “scrap for trap” Thank You!
· Need to schedule Trail Brush Clean up
· Breakwall Project: Last meeting was 4/2/2026
-Jordan Vanderloop will post public hearing notice in Oshkosh Herald this week
-August 22nd is when open water work can begin. Permit is needed for temporary seawall, which has been submitted and can take 90 days
· Inside Rock Removal: Art Techlow continues work on
· Jordan Vanderloop will complete Wiouwash cleanup next week
3. Fundraising
· Golf Outing is scheduled for Sunday, August 23rd
· October Calendar Raffle tickets are available to sell/purchase
4. Old Business
· Strategic Plan: Seeking leaders
· UW–Oshkosh Grant: Art Techlow to follow up.
· Building Cleanup: Dave got proposal from TVR Contracting for garage repair. Labor $3000. Need to get lumber price from Eric at Omro Lumber.
· Viewing platform – Radtke quote was $82,500. GoFundMe page?
· Trail Open Hours: Suggestions were to have 1 day a month to be open later? Leave gate open but close the second gate? Will discuss further at next meeting.
5. New Business
· Lawanda Jungwirth and Jordan Vanderloop are working on by-law revisions.
· Maintenance schedule needs to be created
· School house clean up needed – Brad Winkler can get truck with water. Needs to get scheduled.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned by Ken Meier, seconded by Dave Lux. Next meeting will be Monday, June 8th at 6:30pm