As
has become the rule, the meeting was held with low attendance of 9.
Maintenance
reports they have kept busy filling potholes, sanding, priming, and
painting all truck beds with graphite based paint to prevent
corrosion, plowing and salting, shoulder repair, installing dog park
posts, and many other normal maintenance duties.
Public
Safety reports 1092 calls in January. 409 of these are building
checks.
Lake
Management reports a new state Senate bill requires any boat towing a
water skier or a tube must display a bright orange flag no less the
twelve inches per side during the time any of this activity is taking
place. Another bill requires anyone operating a boat with an engine
over ten H.P. Take and pass a boating safety course if born after Jan
1, 1998. This applies to public lakes, not ours at this time.
Recreation
reports the Quilting Club has five to six ladies attending, Kouture
Canvas Painting class will begin February 27th, Senior
Bingo will be held February 24th at 1 p.m., Biggest Loser
has 10 participants, and the dog park posts are installed.
Tuesday,
February 24th at 7 p.m. Boone County Zoning Board of
Appeals will hear the request for the permit for our new Capron
Rescue Squad facility if you wish to attend.
Policy
15-01 had the second reading and was adopted charging a fee to those
who appeal citations and do not show up or request a continuance for
the hearing, incurring costs to the association. The fee will be
$25.00 for no shows.
Dandy
Donuts has decided to withdraw it's proposal to operate the vacant
restaurant area.
Finance
reports Operating cash at $210,600.15, Operating investments of
$509,651.54, Road investments of $314,879.97, and Reserve investments
of $3,439,228.01. Total investments are $4,263,759.52. Total cash
stand at $4,474,359.67.
Expenses
year to date are $167,320.31 under budget and revenue is $118,248.70
over budget leaving us “to the good” at the end of January in the
amount of $285,749.01.
Finance
also reported write offs in the amount of $54,760.77 in assumed
uncollectable debt. We are keeping
clean books. As I indicate monthly these are budgeted write-offs so
no unexpected charges. Accounting adjustments are $172.50.
The
specifications for our road project for the coming year are in the
final process and we expect requests for bids to be sent in early
March.
Most
should be receiving your ballots for the board election within the
next couple days. Please send them in as soon as possible for easier
sorting by our staff.
An
Eagle Scout letter of Commendation Request was received regarding
Rhett Montgonery Bomher who has a project establishing Barn Owls in
the Piscasaw Fen. We will be writing a letter of recommendation. He
is from a Candlewick sponsored pack.
The
Board granted a request to open our gates for the next Vendor Fair in
the spring as we did for the fall fair.
As
always be sure to read your Candlewick Paper for the official
minutes.