Lake Lemon Conservancy District

Board of Directors Annual Meeting Minutes

Monroe County Courthouse, 3rd Floor Meeting Room

February 7, 2007

 

The 12th Annual Meeting of the Lake Lemon Conservancy District was held on February 7, 2007 at the Monroe County Courthouse, 3rd Floor Meeting Room and was called to order by Chairman Marty Mann at 6:00 p.m.

 

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:  Marty Mann, Rex Taylor, Tom Kelly, Dave Hobson, Bruce Cassal, and Dennis Friesel.  ALSO PRESENT:  Bob Madden, Manager; Aunna Huber, Board Recorder; and LLCD Freeholders (see attached sign-in sheet).  ABSENT:  District II Director Barb Ritter and Rachel Atz, CBU Representative.

 

I.                   OPENING COMMENTS (Mann)

 

·        Mann thanked all freeholders for attending the meeting and introduced Dave Kory, former District I Director and the current Directors and staff.

 

II.                APPROVAL OF 11TH ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES (Mann)

 

·        Approval of February 8, 2006 Annual Board Meeting Minutes.

 

KELLY MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 8, 2006 ANNUAL MINUTES.  FRIESEL SECONDED THE MOTION.  ALL “AYES.”  MOTION CARRIED.

 

III.             TREASURER’S ANNUAL REPORT (Friesel)

 

·        All back taxes have been received from Monroe Co. Brown Co. is still one year behind.  Brown Co. will bill 2 years of taxes in 2007. (2005 payable in 2006 and 2006 payable in 2007.) See attached.

·        It is anticipated that all back taxes will be received by the end of 2007.

·        LLCD currently has $80,492.39 in CD’s and $47,633.70 in the cumulative maintenance fund.

·        The State Board of Accounts audited LLCD for the years 2001-2005 with no significant problems being found.

 

IV.             MANAGERS REPORT (Madden)

 

A.    2007 Special Use Agreement (see attached)

·        IU Women’s Rowing event vs. Wisconsin is scheduled for March 24th.

·        The special user fee for this event is $250.00

 

                  B.  2007 Marina/Club Agreement (see attached)

·        Schell Marina:

o                   $1000.00 marina fee

o                   $37.50 per occupied slip for boats

o                   $16.25 per occupied slip for PWC’s

·        Indiana University:

o                   $1000.00 marina fee

o                   $37.50 for occupied boat slips occupied by the general public

o                   $16.25 for occupied PWC slips occupied by the general public

o                   $16.25 for occupied boat slips mooring IU boats.

·        Bloomington Yacht Club:

o                   $500.00 not for profit user fee

o                   $16.25 per occupied slip for boats

 

MOTION BY KELLY TO APPROVE SPECIAL USE AGREEMENT WITH IU AND MARINA CLUB AGREEMENTS WITH IU, SCHELL MARINA, AND BLOOMINGTON YACHT CLUB AS WRITTEN.  SECONDED BY TAYLOR.  ALL “AYES.”  MOTION CARRIED. 

 

C.  2006 Annual Report

·        See attached 2006 Annual Report.

·        2006 Highlights:

o       IDNR reported no boating accidents.

o       LLCD received $25,200 in LARE grants for aquatic plant management.

o       LLCD also received a second $100,000 grant from LARE for dredging.

o       LLCD began dredging and removed 9,780 cubic yards of material in the first year.

o       LLCD will continue to look for a second disposal site.

o       LLCD spent $201,563.59 on the SRP program to date.  See attached 2006 Final Dredging Financial Report.

·        Status of 2006 Goals (See attached)

·        2007 Goals (See attached)

 

V.                PUBLIC COMMENT

           

·        Discussion on where Annual Meeting will be held in the future.

o       Decided that future Annual Meetings will be held at Benton Twp. Senior Citizens Building in Unionville.

·        Discussion on 2007 fireworks date

o       Decided that fireworks should be held on Tuesday, July 3rd with a rain date of Thursday, July 5th.

 

·        Freeholder A. Ziepolt, BYC, commented that LLCD should monitor the number of boats in wet slips this year compared to last to see if rising costs drives lake users down.

·        J. Gajewski, BYC, wanted to know the dredging schedule for areas like sandbars.

o       Board responded that dredging will be in high priority areas that affect the majority of lake residents.

VI.             DRAWING

 

·        Dave Kory and Adrian Ziepolt were each awarded certificates for one free resident boat pass.

 

VII.          AWARDS RECOGNITION

 

·        Awards were presented to John Ellis and Jim Sutton for outstanding service for beautification of Long Causeway on South Shore Drive.

·        They have been picking up trash along the long causeway and also noticed that parts of the causeway were eroding.  A letter was written to LLCD to notify of the problems.  This letter was then forwarded to the Monroe Co. Highway Dept. and finally onto the County Commissioners.  Action was finally taken with a new culvert being installed and parts of the causeway riprapped.

 

VIII.       ELECTION RESULTS

 

·        Dave Hobson was up for reelection and ran unopposed. 

·        Dave Hobson will continue to be the District VII Director for another 4-year term.

 

IX.             ELECTION OF 2007 BOARD OFFICERS

 

KELLY MOTIONED AND NOMINATED THE CURRENT THREE OFFICERS BE REELECTED FOR ANOTHER 1-YEAR TERM.  SECONDED BY CASSAL.  ALL “AYES.”  MOTION CARRIED.

 

·        2007 Board Officers are as follows:

o       Marty Mann, Board Chairman; Dave Hobson, Board Vice-Chairman; and Dennis Friesel, Board Treasurer.

 

X.                ADJOURNMENT

 

MANN MOTIONED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.  FRIESEL SECONDED THE MOTION.  ALL “AYES.”  MOTION CARRIED.  MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:40 P.M.

 

Meeting Minutes submitted by:

 

Aunna Huber

Board Recorder