April 23, 2007 - Meeting Minutes

 

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

LEGEND LAKE PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION

DISTRICT

LEGEND LAKE LODGE-KESHENA, WISCONSIN

April 23, 2007

Chairman Wayne Towne called the meeting to order.

Commissioners Present: Wayne Towne, Mike Bader, Jacque Fedders, Susan Johnson,

Tom Moutvic, Tony Warrington and Bob Hermes.

Guests: Thomas Strebel & Tina Cain

Secretary’s Report: Mike Bader made a motion to approve the minutes from April 2, 2007 meeting. Jacque Fedders second. Toni Warrington abstained. Motion carried.

Financial Report: Jacque Fedders made a motion to approve the financial report. Mike Bader second. Motion carried

Disbursements: Mike Bader made a motion to approve the disbursements. Tom Moutvic second. Motion carried.

Visitor’s Comments: Tina Cain asked if they had time to look at the Service Agreement for 2008 and she explained the changes that were made from the 2007 agreement. There was a discussion about the 2008 Service Agreement and the dollar amount to be placed in the budget.

Wayne Towne asked Tina Cain about when the permanent signage is going to be put up on the Blue Heron Beach Club. Tina stated that Pat Leitermann is going to be talking with the crew about the changes that they had agreed to. Wayne Towne reported on the swim area signs being pulled down on the Blue Heron Beach Club.

Jacque Fedders questioned the cost for the Hawks Nest boat launch key. Tina stated that the deposit is $50 and when the key is brought back they would get $40 back. Jacque stated that she felt that they should get the total $50 back. There was a discussion about the reason for the closing of the launches and the reasoning for the charges.

Tina Cain stated that the Association sent out post cards and put articles in the newsletter stating that the Land Conservation Committee and the Legend Lake Protection & Rehabilitation District had requested that the launches be closed. She said this was done because members of the Legend Lake Protection & Rehabilitation District stated that it would be very helpful in getting grants and other things if the Association were to close their launches. Mike Bader stated it was a comment that was made, but it did not come before the Legend Lake Protection & Rehabilitation District board.

Chairman’s Report: Wayne Towne reported that they have a permit for harvesting has been issued. Wayne still wants to get clarifying of the picking up of the floaters in the middle of the lake on the harvesting permit. Tom Moutvic stated that the area that they can cut does not include channels. Wayne stated that it is stated in the permit that they can cut in channels

Wayne stated that Rick Anderson and Bill, engineers from STS Consultants will meet on Wednesday on dam 3 and look over dam for what maintenance needs to be done. Wayne stated that where the seep is may be a spring and they will decide what to do on the dam once this is determined. Wayne also stated that they will be looking over dam 1 for muskrat damage.

Wayne stated that the work on the tree drop in the area off of VV is finished.

Wayne stated that the boat launches that are closed have cables across and they will have keys for the crew if they need to get access. He also said that they need to get the boat launches inspected and add material where it has been degraded. They also need to get the no public property signs posted.

Wayne reported on the conference call that he and Tom Moutvic had with Chad Cason and Pete Harris regarding Eurasian Water Milfoil treatment.

Wayne presented a proposed letter to invite the Tribal legislator to the May 14 meeting. There was discussion and changes made to the letter.

Wayne talked about the resolution presented at the Conservation Congress meeting requiring anybody who takes their boat from Lake Michigan to an inland lake is required to pressure wash the boat before placing it in the water. There was a discussion about the fishing derbys sponsored by DNR that take place in multiple lakes.

Committee Reports:

Lake Maintenance: Tom Moutvic talked about the conference call with Chad Cason and Pete Harris. The Board discussed the costs and options of the lake treatment. There was a discussion about a liaison to explain the Eurasian Water Milfoil issues to the Tribe.

Tom stated that they need to clarify whether they can cut in the channels. Susan stated that the cutting permit does not specify if the channels can or can not be harvested.

Tom stated that he has to work on the pay scale for the employees. He said that he also has to talk to Dan Moede on his pay rate. Tom also has talked to the employees from last year.

Tom stated that he will post this week for the job and interview in the middle of May.

Tom stated the buoys will be put in by the first Saturday in May.

Tom stated that Aquarius insisted that the motor is fine for the small harvester and that they will be coming up to work on the harvester.

Tom stated that he went to Home Depot and talked to them about the garbage pickers for Adopt-a-Shore. He was told that he needed to write up a request and submit it, which he did. He is going to follow up on this. Tom is going to order them so they are available at the Lake Faire.

Legal & Personnel: Mike Bader had nothing to report.

Grant Communication/Sanitary Committee: Jacque Fedders stated that is still working on the Lake Faire and passed out a post card that they would like to send out. She also talked about the advertising she is doing or going to be doing. There was a discussion about changes to the post card. Wayne stated that they would need to post a public notice on the Lake Faire.

Bob Hermes talked about the water native plants advertised at Menards. Susan Johnson stated that a lot of them are not native plants. Bob Hermes suggested that they should look at and address the problem of buying them and putting them into the lake.

Law Enforcement: Bob Hermes stated that he won the election and he thanked everyone for their votes. There was a discussion about the election and who won.

Bob stated that he thought they did a poor job on the tree drop on VV and they may need to bring in some pines.

Bob stated that the remaining portion of the posts were cut off the boat ramp.

There was a discussion about how and when the chemical treatment took place in prior years.

Bob stated that he and Jeremy Johnson have a meeting with the Sheriff’s office and bringing the ordinance on the boat landing. Bob talked about how the boat launch fees would work.

Susan Johnson questioned where they were at with the combining of lot issue. Mike Bader stated, per the lawyer, that state law states that you can not combine lots to get out paying property taxes. There was a discussion about what needs to be done to get this information to the County.

Emergency Government: Wayne Towne stated that he and Mike would be excused from the next Emergency Government meeting because they will be in Green Bay on Thursday at the WAL convention.

New Business: Mike Bader made a motion to accept the contract with Legend Lake Property Owners Association. Susan Johnson thought the 5% increase was too much. There was a discussion about the increase over the years. Tom Moutvic suggested that they accept this increase this year but limit the raises to the cost of living for future years. Tom Moutvic second. Motion passed with 1 opposed. Mike Bader stated that next year before they sign the contract that they clarify the limit of the increased to be cost of living.

Susan Johnson questioned the need to borrow money for the dam and the treatment. There was a discussion about the need to borrow and how much to borrow. It was decided that it is not necessary to borrow money.

Mike Bader made a motion to approve the contract for the engineering fees for dam 3 project number 200605909 2000. Tom Moutvic second. Motion carried.

Wayne Towne stated that Pete Harris has offered to write a Waterway Commission Grant and they would need to send representatives to defend the grant. Pete would like to take 10% of the amount that they get up to $1500. Tom Moutvic made a motion to allow Pete to do the Grant work for the Waterway Commission. Mike Bader second. Motion Carried.

Jacque Fedders stated that she will not be able to attend the August Annual Meeting.

Next regular meeting is on May 21, 2007 at 8:00 A.M. at Legend Lake Lodge.

Meeting adjourned.

Mike Bader

Secretary