Another P.O. Spoke regarding the speed bumps. The effectiveness is being studied at this time by public safety.
The formal meeting started on a high note after the open forum with the presentation of the fishing awards to the tournament winners by Representative Sosnowski. This had to be a thrill for those young folks and the crowd enjoyed it as well. Some awards were accepted by grandparents for kids unable to attend.
Jeff Lutzow (treasurer) reported our current balance is $4,305,899.35 combining all funds so we are looking good and currently we are coming in under expense projections by about $36,000 for the year so that is good. Later he reported write-offs in the amount of $129.60 and accounting adjustments of $2,658.09.
Our preliminary audit report was discussed with no surprises. This is a yearly audit. The board approved the audit.
The proposed By-Laws and cover letter were discussed and recommended by the board to proceed with some changes to the cover letter since the CC&Rs are now passed and other verbiage needs changed then mail the information to the P.O.s.
Lake management reported no weed treatment is recommended at this time due to the possibility of the cut weeds decaying may provide nutrients for algae growth. The shoreline buffer strips are to be left ten feet wide with natural vegetation and mowed diagonally to aid in water filtration as well as goose deterrents. The “Wounded Warrior” catch and release bass tournament is scheduled for September 28th with board approval.
The rec commission reported the bocce ball court is now open at Savannah Oaks but may need to be relocated. Fall programs now open for enrollment are Little Learners, Preschool, and Adventure Club. Contact the rec center for more info.
Michelle, the rec center manager, asked the board to allow an appreciation swim party for rec center employees or possibly even more staff after the pool closing for the year since the pool is not immediately drained. Dates considered are in early September.
The Events commission said the Independence Day parade and celebration was a huge success. Hotel Transylvania was the summer beach night movie. It was shown inside with minimal attendance. The dog show and a book fair will be held at the rec center during mud volleyball. There will be sweet corn, baked potatoes, hot dogs, brats, and burgers available to purchase. The Tractor Parade was a big success. This year's fall chili cook-off will have no fee. There will be a kid's costume contest, kid's games, and music.
The board passed the reso to go for the watershed implementation grant to continue the program to help clear our lake water. If we get the grant $52,800 from the EPA and Candlewick will kick in $35,200 (A lot of which we hope to offset with volunteer hours that can be deducted from our contribution.)
The Neighbors Helping Neighbors program will be allowed to use the community room December 14th as in the past. Last year 17 Candlewick families were holiday gifts for the kids as well as dinners. This is a good program. Bonnie Marron and Sandy Morse deserve credit for spearheading this effort.
The office printer has had it and the board voted to lease a new unit. The average copy volume for the office is 15,000 to 17,000 copies per month. This seems like a lot but consider this, My packets for this week's Finance meeting, Board meeting, and ECC meeting came to hundreds of pages alone, and they are necessary in order to prepare for the meetings (Ken).
The board voted to go with Dish Network for Savannah Oaks in order to have digital HD television for the games. It is a two year contract.
A request was submitted from a property owner that owns an adjoined two lots plus a separate lot to have four guest passes issued to the owner of any lot that is not adjoined to another lot so they could have facility use the same as any other single lot owner. They pay full dues but have no benefit as those who own a single vacant lot receive. The request will be considered further before any action is taken by the board.
The board voted to have the following restrictions for the volunteer of the year award. No board member will be eligible nor will any winner from last year be considered for this year's award.
There was a rather loud exchange between myself and one of the naysayers who chose to attend a board meeting of Poplar Grove and indicated to them there are four of our board members ready to vote for annexation. That in itself is untrue. As I stated to him the entire board could vote for it and it would make no difference and we can not just hook up our sanitary system to Poplar Grove. It takes a 66% vote of our property owners to be annexed and AQUA owns our infrastructure for the system and can not be simply bypassed. Bonnie Marron also told him with our size we can not be annexed anyway. In my opinion he doesn't understand the situation but it seems that doesn’t matter to him.
This post got pretty long so I will have another small post to come. As always these are simply my notes and possibly not complete so be sure to read the Candlewick paper for finalized minutes.
Ken