May 5, 2011

Chairman Gregg Cygnar called the May 5, 2011 meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the LGLP&RD to order at 6:00 pm.  Present: Township Representative Tom Zick, County Representative Mike Stoddard, Treasurer Dick Schneider and Secretary Renee Braun. Nine people attended.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA –Motion by Stoddard/Zick to approve the agenda. Motion passed.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Zick stated that the town would not split half the cost of maintaining the port-a-potty as stated in the minutes.   Motion by Stoddard/Zick to approve minutes with change. Motion passed.

FINANCIAL REPORT – Schneider reported the account balances as of  May 5, 2011. General Checking balance is $28,958.63, the Savings Balance is $154,544.46, the Debt Service Fund balance is $12,958.20. Equipment Repair & Replacement Fund balance is $10,220.35 and the Building Debt Service Fund is $7,423.90. Net worth for 2011 is $214,105.54 compared to $194,757.90 in 2010. Motion by Stoddard/Braun to approve the financial report.  Motion carried.

SEWER REPORT – Ross submitted the account balances as of April 30, 2011. The General Checking balance is $3,563.44, the Savings account balance is $142,761.53.  The CMAR CD balance is $12,837.50. The Environmental Fund has an outstanding loan balance of $1,089,643.63. Motion by Schneider/Zick to approve the sewer report.  Motion passed.

PHASE II – Ross gave copies of the ordinance regarding the obligation to the county and or home owners to inspect holding tanks and septic systems. The ordinance states that the County must keep inventory of new and existing systems.  The department has until 2013 to get the testing results if a system fails. At that time they will do something about it. He has forwarded the information to our attorney.  Debbie Glynn questioned if the board had the power to force residents to have inspections on their septic systems. Cygnar read the letter from Alan Shute from the zoning department stating that they need to get a complaint before they will check septic/holding tanks.  Discussion continued. We will add Phase II to the annual meeting under other business.

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE – Aaron Gruenewald reported that the Aquatic Plant Management Plan was hand delivered to Ted Johnson on April 3rd.  He has not heard anything from Ted yet. Based on the plan, the clear water testing will start colleting data required by the DNR.  Gruenewald did a plant survey of the lake and submitted it to Brian Suffren from Bio Chemists to get the permit and do the spraying.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:  

ANNUAL MEETING UPDATED – We received bids on the small harvester.  The highest bid is $193,000.  It is double the cost of our existing harvester.  In the future we may depend more on the harvester because we may not get a permit to spray.  The harvester will remove the biomass as compared to the spraying which kills the plants and the biomass settles to the bottom.  Dean Abendroth expressed concern regarding the fiscal responsibility of the district.  Cygnar explained that the district finances are strong.  We are refinancing two of our balloon loans into a ten year loan with a lower rate saving the district $14,000 over the ten year period.  Braun said they would hand out contact information to shore line residents.  If we need to get a nuisance spraying permit we will have their information.

NEW BUSINESS – No new business

The next monthly meeting is June 9th at 6:00 pm.  

Motion by Cygnar/Zick to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 7:15 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Renee Braun