April 13, 2026
Call to Order: 7:03
Attendance: David Kistner, Kevin Buckingham, Jamie Maurer, Mike Vieth, Mike O’Koniewski, Albert Middeke, Tim Valley, Steve Kupsky, Ben Bullock, Doug Schultz
Secretary Report: Minutes from March were approved. Going forward, the committee will take a week to approve before releasing them to the troop’s email.
Eagle Scout Presentations: No report
Treasurer Report: Report was approved and passed. Beginning balance was reported to be approximately $5,300. After Beaver Dam groceries, High Ropes Course and the Cardinals calendar fundraiser, the closing balance was reported at approximately $4, 300. Mr. Valley stated he plans to bring a printed record of Scout account details, so families have an idea of where their accounts stand.
Activities Chair: Next confirmed campout is Scouts Xccelerate April 24-26. We currently have no adult commitment for this campout to proceed at this time. An email will be sent in an attempt to secure adult leadership.
Marengo Cave campout is the next big campout and is booked for May 16-17.
Anticipate the May PLC to be replaced with a parent meeting to gauge interest in future campouts and other events.
Advancement Chair: Court of Honor is scheduled for April 20
Council/District Report: Nick Schubert and Luke Schauster divided responsibilities. Mr. Schubert is responsible for the northern units, including Edwardsville, and Mr. Schauster oversees the Southern units. They also divided up non-unit specific things. The Spring Camporee, communication and coffee falls in Schubert’s wheelhouse, and Social Media, popcorn, and District Dinner falls under Schauster’s responsibilities.
April’s Roundtable was 4/7, and it focused on cooking, specifically cast-iron cooking. Leaders were present to show demonstrations of meals cooked using cast iron.
On a final note, there will be a Parent and Pal event held at Camp Warren Levis the weekend of May 1st. Help from scouts to run stations is being requested.
Quartermaster: No report
Communications: Website is going live soon. There will be space where we can upload committee meeting minutes once approved. It will include a calendar for troop activities. In the long run, we can update it or have the company make updates periodically.
Recruitment: Scoutmaster, Angela, from Troop 75 has 4 or 5 Scouts that are undecided about who they will charter with. We have reached out informing them of our events and invited them to our meetings.
Fundraising Report: Camp cards are available for Scouts to sell and earn money for their Scout accounts.
We sold enough Cardinal calendars to earn vouchers to a future game. More info. To come.
Culvers DIne to Donate will be May 4. We plan to set up a table to advertise our troop and encourage donations. Volunteers are needed to run food and be available to talk to guests about Troop 216.
Senior Patrol Leader Report: Interested in going to Horseshoe Lake for fishing, biking and camping.
Troop leadership positions are filled; Chaplain is Noah, Quartermaster is Owen and Librarian is Caspian.
Committe Chair: Received an email regarding holding elections for Order of the Arrow. Currently, we have no eligible Scouts for OA.
Charter Representative Report: There is a continuing problem with the blessing box outside of church. We are in search of someone to put it back together, formerly a church member had been repairing it and we are now in need of a more permanent solution.
Old Business: Dave Kistner received the honor of Scoutmaster of the Year.
New Business: None
Meeting adjourned 8:50