July Minutes, 2008

ROCK LAKE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
Board Meeting Minutes July 14, 2008
Lake Mills Municipal Building, 6:30 p.m.

Call to Order: 6:30 p.m. by Milt. Present - Milt Strauss, Larry Clark, Margaret Krueger, Jim Colegrove, Stan Smoniewski, Tom Pezzi, Ron Niedfeldt, Russ Wagner, Patricia Cicero and Bob Wardall.
Secretary’s Report: Minutes of June 9, 2008 meeting approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Jim said RLIA has 152 members, about the same number as last year, but not the same members. As of June 9, 2008, account balances were $7,209.77 in RLIA Checking and $4,193.37 in RLIA Savings for overall total of $11,403.14.
Correspondence: RLIA was not listed in the Rock River Coalition newsletter as a donor, but will be noted in the next newsletter. Burnett County has new informational material on soil and erosion run-off from lakefront property which RLIA will offer free to members through its website and annual meeting.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Joint Rock Lake Committee: Tom said the Joint Rock will meet with the Lake Mills Town Plan Commission on July 16 at 7 p.m. in the city’s Municipal Building regarding state and town pier ordinances.
Publicity Committee: Members will meet to prepare newsletter to invite members to annual meeting on Aug. 16. Town and Country display was a wash-out on Friday and Saturday. The paper fish project was a failure, but kids liked the secchi disk.
Adopt-A-Lake: No report.
Management Plan for Rock: #1 Storm drain labeling. Jim will go to city for approval to label storm drains to lake. Motion was approved to spend up to $300 for this project. Tom asked board members to e-mail updates to him on their assigned projects.
OLD BUSINESS:
Goose Count: Milt said geese totaled 306 this year compared to 434 last year. The city is working with the feds on goose removal options.
County Parking Lot, North End – Patricia said the Jefferson County Finance Committee voted to give the County Parks Dept. the contingency funds necessary this year to start on the parking lot project. The project will be completed next fall. The project will be financed with a grant for $80,000 from the Wisconsin Waterways Commission; county, $40,000; and town, $40,000.
Pier Ordinance Work Session: Session to be held July 16.
NEW BUSINESS: Annual Meeting Agenda: Susan Graham will be guest speaker. All current board members will be on ballot.
Adjournment: 8:36 p.m.
Next Meeting: Annual meeting, Aug. 16, 10 a.m. Lower Rock Lake County Park.
Submitted by Margaret Krueger, secretary.