October Minutes, 2009

 

ROCK LAKE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Board Meeting minutes Oct. 12, 2009

Lake Mills Municipal Building, 6:30 p.m.

Meeting Called to Order - Jan Jenrich, president: 6:30 p.m.

Roll Call - Bill Amann, Betsy Delorey, Lee Gatzke, Jan Jenrich (president), Scott Johnson, Margaret Krueger (secretary), Ron Niedfeldt, Katie Otto and Jim Plotz (vice president). Absent – Jim Colegrove.

Speaker - Guest speaker was Geoffrey Maclay, who has been president of the Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation since 1974, and is a founding member of the Gathering Waters Conservancy.

Committee Report - Bylaws – Chairperson Delorey introduced Ann Hundt of Lake Mills who has volunteered to assist with a review of the bylaws. Board members are asked to email Hundt with suggestions at dahundt@verizon.net.

Monthly Sept. 14, 2009 minutes – Motion, made by Niedfeldt and seconded by Johnson, passed to accept the secretary’s minutes. Motion, made by Delorey and seconded by Amann, passed to revoke the motion to accept the secretary’s minutes. Motion, made by Delorey and seconded by Plotz, passed to close discussion on the minutes. Motion, made by Johnson and seconded by Niedfeldt, passed to approve the secretary’s minutes as written. Roll call vote – Amann, no; Delorey, no; Gatzke, aye; Johnson, aye; Krueger, aye; Niedfeldt, aye; Otto, aye; Plotz, no.

Annual Meeting Minutes – Motion, made by Delorey and seconded by Gatzke, passed to approve the secretary’s copy of the minutes, with yellow highlighted areas included, for unofficial review for publication on the website.

Treasurer’s Report – The report stated: RLIA Checking, $9,797.00; Savings, $4,247.46; and Lake Grant, $1,150.01 for overall total of $15,194.47. Correspondence – received from Gerald Miller; and invitation from Rock River Coalition to attend a dinner and presentation on the G-Flow model on Oct. 28.

Public Comment:

Patricia Cicero, water resource management specialist of the Jefferson County Land and Water Conservation Department, invited people to help with the town of Lake Mills shoreline planting at Miljala Park on Oct. 23 and 24.

Milt Strauss, immediate past president of RLIA, said Robert’s Rules of Order offered guidelines for minutes and states minutes should not summarize what was said, but what was done. He objected to a statement by Jenrich in the Aug. 27, 2009 minutes regarding Tammy Jackson of Wisconsin Association of Lakes.

Committee Reports – Grant Committee – The Grant Committee interviewed six engineering firms and narrowed the search to two firms, Hey & Associates and Montgomery & Associates. The committee recommended to the board that Hey & Associates be selected. Motion, made by Gatzke, seconded by Otto, passed to accept Hey & Associates. Roll call vote – Amann, aye; Delorey, aye; Gatzke, aye; Johnson, aye; Krueger, abstain; Niedfeldt, no; Otto, aye; Plotz, aye.

Public Relations – Chairperson Otto said the display booth at the Lake Mills Fall Festival generated a lot of interest.

            A letter will be sent to homeowners along the ditch leading to Miljala Channel updating them on the planning process and sampling, and inviting them to future meetings. News releases will be posted on the website rocklake.org and sent to area newspapers.

            Old Business – Website Review – Work on the website is under way. Jenrich asked for photos and suggestions for the website.

Checking account signatories – Signatories at the Bank of Lake Mills are Jenrich and Plotz.

New Business: Rock Lake tee shirts – A discussion on RLIA tee shirts included whether more should be ordered, the design changed, sweatshirts and caps be added, price increased, or outlets added.

Meeting schedule – The next meeting will be held Nov. 9, 2009.

Adjournment – Motion, made by Plotz and seconded by Niedfeldt, passed to adjourn the meeting at 9:42 p.m.

Margaret Krueger, secretary