Mike Duerst

Volunteer Services and Memberships

• Member of Farm Bureau, serves as chair of both the Membership Committee and the Safety Committee for Dane County

• Lifetime member of the Verona FFA Alumni

• Member of the Upper Sugar River Watershed Farmer led group

• Lifetime member Deer Creek Sportsman Club

 

Experience in Town of Verona Governance

• Town Board Supervisor, 10 years

• Member of Public Works Committee since its inception in 2015, chair one year

• Town Board representative to the Fitchrona Emergency Medical Service for 10 years and chair of the Finance Committee

• Town of Verona representative to Dane County Town Association executive committee

 

Why you should vote for Mike Duerst for Town Board Supervisor

• Lived in Verona his whole life and has lifelong history with the Town, which no other Board member has

• Experience as a farmer and issues related to agricultural land use 

• The only farmer on the Board 

• Self motiviated to get what the Town needs

• Has knowledge of equipment that is used in Town: tractors, snow plow trucks, mower

• Listens to views of others

• Has common sense and thinks outside the box to solve problems. 

• Supports preserving the Town’s unique characteristics

• Experience in Town governance and worked to keep the Town mill rate low

• Spearheaded getting navigation systems into all ambulances

• Provides diversity of views and lives in a different geographic location than the other Board members, who live as next door neighbors at the end of a cul-de-sac

• Stands up for all the Residents of the Town-Right Time, Right Choice