Lake Lemon Conservancy District

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Benton Township Senior Citizens Building

January 18, 2006

 

The January 18, 2006 meeting of the Lake Lemon Conservancy District was held at the Benton Township Senior Citizens Building and was called to order by Chairman Marty Mann at 6:05 p.m.

 

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

 

OPENING COMMENTS (Mann)

·        Mann thanked all freeholders for attending the meeting. 

 

I.                   APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 21, 2005 BOARD MEETING MINUTES (Mann)

 

RITTER MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 21, 2005 MINUTES.  KELLY SECONDED THE MOTION.  ALL “AYES.”  MOTION CARRIED.

 

II.                TREASURER’S REPORT (Friesel)

·        At this time, LLCD has spent $265,000.00 and has revenue of $266,000.00.

·        This is the first time in three years that LLCD’s revenues have exceeded its expenses.

·        The $70,000.00 loan from Monroe Bank will be paid back when delinquent tax checks are received, hopefully, in 2006.

 

III.             BLUE/GREEN ALGAE DISCUSSION (Mann)

·        LLCD has attended meetings with Bill Jones from IU, the CBU, and Monroe County Health Department.

·        Conclusion is that Cylindro is an issue and a state program with standards needs to be implemented.

·        LLCD doesn’t need to self-impose standards at this time.

·        Testing can still be performed on Lake Lemon, but not at LLCD’s expense.

·        LLCD has one year of data showing no toxins being produced on the reservoir.

·        The Monroe County Health Department will issue a statement officially rescinding the health advisory.

 

MOTION BY RITTER TO MODIFY THE CURRENT TWO YEAR AGREEMENT WITH IU AND BILL JONES TO ONLY PERFORM THE ESTABLISHED WATER TESTING PROTOCOL AND TO NOT INCLUDE CYLINDRO TESTING FOR 2006.  SECONDED BY KELLY.  ALL “AYES.”  MOTION CARRIED.

 

V.                 GIS DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (Mann)

·        The proposed contract with Image Matters, Inc has been modified and scaled back.  See attached.

·        The new contract with allow LLCD to establish dredging “service areas” using existing bathymetric data and add a map of the lake with the service areas to the website.

·        The contract is for $3,412.00

 

MOTION BY KELLY TO APPROVE GIS SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH IMAGE MATTERS FOR $3,412.00.  SECONDED BY CASSAL.  ALL “AYES.”  MOTION CARRIED.

 

VI.              MANAGERS REPORT (Madden)

A.    Board Meeting Dates (2006)

·        The monthly board meetings will be held on the third Wednesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. at the Benton Township Senior Citizens Building in Unionville.

·        The annual meeting will be held on February 8th at 6:00 p.m. in the third floor meeting room in the Monroe County Courthouse.

·        The two summer board meetings will be held on July 22nd and August 19th at 11:00 a.m. at the Riddle Point Park Shelter.

B.    Updated Board of Directors Information Sheet

·                    See attached.

C.  2006 Annual Grant Update

·        LLCD has applied for both the DNR’s sediment removal grant and weed control grant for 2006.

·                    LLCD will know if funds will be awarded in March.

D.  Annual Meeting Agenda

·        The February 8th, 2006 annual meeting will be at the Monroe County Courthouse in the third floor meeting room. 

·        The agenda will include (see attached):

o Annual treasurer’s report, SRP update, blue/green algae update, 2005 annual managers report, awards/recognition, election of board members for District II and VI, and the election of 2006 board officers.

E.     Sublease Renewal Letters

·        Renewal letters will be mailed out the week of January 23rd with the appropriate changes with the sublease application.

·        The use of dock stickers was also added to the sublease program.

 

 

 

F.     Donation for the Use of Benton Township Senior Citizens Building

·        In 2005, LLCD donated $250.00 to the Benton Township Assessor for the use of the Benton Township Senior Citizens Building for monthly meetings.

 

MOTION BY KELLY TO DONATE $250.00 TO THE BENTON TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR FOR THE USE OF THE BENTON TOWNSHIP SENIOR CITIZENS BUILDING IN 2006.  SECONDED BY FRIESEL.  ALL “AYES.”  MOTION CARRIED.

 

VII.           PUBLIC COMMENT (Mann)

·        Freeholder J. Schell expressed interest in doing a “build your own boat” program this summer.  After a short discussion, it was agreed to put information about the program in LLCD’s next newsletter.

·        Freeholder A. Reese asked in Lake Monroe will be testing for Cylindro in 2006.  R. Atz, CBU Representative, answered that if testing is performed it will be done on a local level because there is no uniform testing across the state or country at this time.

 

VIII.  NEW BUSINESS

·        None.

 

KELLY MOTIONED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.  RITTER SECONDED THE MOTION.  ALL “AYES.”  MOTION CARRIED.  MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:30 P.M.

 

Meeting Minutes submitted by:

 

            Aunna Huber

Board Recorder