LEGEND LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
LEGEND LAKE LODGE
Tina Cain called the meeting to order.
Board members present:
Renee Towne
Tina Cain
Nancy Pagel
Carol Beck
Steve Vanden Heuvel
Tim Guzek
Pat Leitermann
Andre Van Belkom
Board members excused: John Toppins.
Also present Thomas Strebel, and for part of the meeting Roy Stephens and Rick Moses.
Action Items:
Due to the new tax assessments, Carol Beck made a motion to change the minimum bid for lot 14 Sundance to 3,800. Second. Motion carried.
Pat Leitermann made a motion to change the minimum bid for lot 66 Big Sky to 3,400. Renee Towne second. Motion carried.
Tina Cain explained the proposed spraying plans for gypsy moth. She explained that the Tribe will be paying for their lots to be sprayed, as well as the LaMotte Association would be asked to pay for their lots to be sprayed. The County is still asking that the Association would take care of the assessment for the LLPOA owner’s lots because of the steps required to get it on the tax bill, it would be a year or two before they could spray. Tina suggested that they have Jeremy Johnson present the proposal to the Tribe for approval before going to the Association members. Pat Leitermann made a motion to make an assessment for the gypsy moth spraying to match the assessment proposed by Jeremy Johnson. Carol Beck second. Motion passed with one opposed. Renee Towne stated that she felt that the spraying should be the entire area, not just selected areas. Tina explained that they can only get approval from the DNR for areas with a certain percentage of egg masses. The whole lake does not qualify. Renee stated that they should not collect for the entire spraying if they are only going to do sections of it. Tina explained the proposal to keep the money in a separate account and that money would be used for only for spraying from year to year. Tina stated that the assessment would be less than $50 per lot for a plan of three years of spraying and the hope is after the three years, they will have the entire lake sprayed. Renee questioned what guarantee or process do they have if a person declines to do it, where as if it is on the tax bill it goes against their property. Tina stated it is an assessment and if not paid a lien would be placed on their property. Pat Leitermann asked when it will be sent out. Tina explained that they will have a special meeting and if approved, it will be sent out with the regular dues assessment. Andre Van Belkom pointed out depending on the weather, if it is a wet spring, not all of the areas may have to be sprayed. Tina stated that any money not used in one year will be kept in a separate account for gypsy moth spraying to be used in future years.
Steve Vanden Heuvel made a motion to approve the minutes of September 10, 2007. Nancy Pagel second. Motion carried.
Tina Cain questioned the bill from GE Capital. Andre Van Belkom stated it was for the copier agreement. Tina questioned the bill from Cecil Trucking and Excavating. Renee Towne stated it was the turning of the compost site. Steve Vanden Heuvel thanked the board for the flowers that he was sent. Steve Vanden Heuvel made a motion to approve the disbursements and unpaid bills for August 2007, seconded by Pat Leitermann. Motion carried.
Accounting/Office Managers Report:
Thomas Strebel stated the key sales have dropped off and there are 114 keys issued so far for the Hawks Nest boat launch and one was returned.
Thomas stated that the September statements have been sent out.
Thomas stated that on Saturday he and Andre Van Belkom talked about the billing through the Quickbooks computer program. He got across to Andre some of the problems there would be if they used Quickbooks for billing. Thomas also stated that Andre may have come up with some possible solutions for his issues. Thomas also recommended that Andre talk to Lisa Wilson because Quickbooks was used in the past for billing and it was stopped because of issues where it did not work and Lisa was working at the Lodge when those changes were done.
Officers Report:
Secretary:
Carol Beck stated that she is attempting to get in touch with the sheriff deputy that went to the neighborhood watch training to set a meeting time. She is trying to get as many people involved as possible.
Carol said that she will need to go to the Sheriff’s department on the contingency plan.
Treasurer:
Andre Van Belkom stated that he is going to look into moving money into an interest bearing account.
Andre talked about the options of getting a Sam’s Club account for the crew to use for supplies. Pat Leitermann recommended that they check into a credit card at Fleet Farm. Pat Leitermann made a motion to get a Fleet Farm credit card and membership to Sam’s Club. Carol Beck second. Motion carried.
Visitor’s Comments:
Roy Stephens stopped in to discuss the problems with the public boat launches and the closing of the boat launch at Silver Canoe. Roy stated that he and other people are making their own boat launches; so that if the closing of the boat launch was to stop the launching of the boats, it is not working. Tina Cain stated the closing was not to stop people from launching boats. It was closed at the request of the Town to limit access to the lake by other people who do not live on Legend Lake to reduce the spread of Eurasian Water Milfoil.
Roy suggested that if they close the ramp next year, a gate should be put in. Instead of charging $50 for a key, everyone is given a key and then charge $50 if they do not return it. Tina stated not everyone would be happy to be charged to put the gate in, but they could possibly do something as they did at Hawk’s Nest. Steve Vanden Heuvel pointed out that many people are glad that the Silver Canoe boat launch has been closed. Steve also stated they will have to talk to the town to repair their boat launches. He also explained that the Hawk’s Nest launch was gated because it is the only one on the north side of the lake, and because they have had some problems and abuse with keys it still has to be discussed, if they will continue this next year. It will be reviewed with the County on how well the system is working next spring and a decision will be made then.
Officers Report:
Secretary:
Carol Beck stated that people have reported to her that Pat Brunker has been seen gambling which is in violation of her probation. Tina Cain said that this is hearsay if someone other than the person actually witnessing the incident reports it. However, it can be reported by the person who is witnessing it first hand to Pat Brunker’s probation officer Becky Reich at 526-4072.
President:
Tina stated that they are still getting payment on the Brunker case.
Tina stated that they received a report from the Social Committee and they may be purchasing a white erase board.
Tina said she sent a thank you to the quilters thanking them for the quilts sent to the children of soldiers in Iraq.
Tina reported that Judge Askenette has asked for more time to remove the sweat lodge from the Association property.
Tina stated that George Cobb is taking care of a few issues asking people to remove items from the Association’s property.
Visitor’s Comments:
Rick Moses presented the bids he obtained for adding cameras to the security system. There was a discussion about the cost and how much should be upgraded. Steve Vanden Heuvel made a motion to buy the upgrades from Federal Security. Nancy Pagel second. Motion carried.
Rick stated the Highway Commission has put the VV project on hold until Spring and he is willing to write up something for the Smoke Signals on this project if the Board wanted him to. The Board agreed to have him submit something to the Smoke Signals.
Tina Cain stated the LLPRD wants to have a joint meeting with the LLPOA Board because they have some issues that they would like to discuss. It was decided to invite them to the next LLPOA meeting.
Pat Leitermann stated that he would not be at the next meeting.
Nancy Pagel pointed out the issue about the pile of rocks at the end of the County boat launch by the lodge. Steve Vanden Heuvel stated someone needs to talk to the County to get this repaired. Thomas Strebel pointed out Jeremy Johnson has called the lodge stating that he has signed paperwork stating that the Lake District agreed to maintain that boat launch.
Rick stated that he has only received one estimate for the repair of the lower garage from the damage made by the LLPRD crew; and because the lower garage is now full, he is going to wait until spring to pursue this project.
Rick asked someone to look at the three trees by the Lodge that are near the power lines and asked if they should have them removed.
Rick reported that all the docks but 5 have been removed.
Rick asked about leaving the gate at Hawk’s nest opened. It was decided as soon as there is ice on the lake to open the Hawk’s Nest and Silver Canoe gate until spring.
Tim Guzek asked if they ever got payment from the Lake District on the Smoke Signals. He was told that no it has not been paid.
Carol Beck stated that she is going to put the Neighborhood Watch meeting notice on the website and so is the Menominee County Taxpayer’s group.
Pat Leitermann made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Andre Van Belkom second. Motion carried.
The next regular meeting is November 12, 2007.
Meeting adjourned.
Submitted by:
Carol Beck, Secretary
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