Personal
notes from the Candlewick board meeting of April 21, 2015
As
always, these are personal notes. Look for the official ratified
minutes in your Candlewick paper.
A
little more interesting meeting this month with the employee of the
year, drawing for dues reduction, a new restaurant lease, rental
caps, etc. Attendance was about 10. This had to have been either the
longest agenda of any meeting since I have been on the board or very
close to it.
Sargent
Matt Studt, a valuable long time employee of our Public Safety
department, was named employee of the year. The recognition is well
deserved. He won $500.00 plus a day off.
The
drawing was held for the dues reduction raffle. The winners are Janet
Everett, Arturo Manus, My Halemann, and Sandy Morse with each
receiving a deduction of $613.75 from their dues.
AQUA
notes the study of lift station #1 below the dam has been completed
and is being evaluated. They also wanted to remind everyone if they
use AQUA water for watering their lawn they will put in a separate
meter for that if requested so you will not be charged for the sewer
usage.
Your
Finance Commission reports the following balances at the end of
March. Operating cash $321,862.55, operating investments
$285,180.55, road investments $315,066.70, and total reserve
investments $3,532,583.40. Total investments equal $4,132,830.65.
Total cash is $4,454,693.20. Revenue is up $155,750.60 over
budget and expense is $156,870.20 under budget, putting us
$312,620.80 better than our budget projection.
Bad
debt write-offs total $10,791.48 (mainly from banks only being
legally obligated for only six month's dues in a foreclosure) and
accounting adjustments of $37.68.
We
had two very qualified applicants who submitted proposals to re-open
and operate our restaurant facility. The decision was made to go with
the folks from Dandy Donuts. Their plan will be very different from
the operations we have had in the past. Watch for their ad in our
newspaper for details. I think you will like it. Many of you know Dan
and Mary. Nice people already running a successful business.
The
decision was made to deviate from our board policy and provide set up
for the Flames dinners. The Flames folks volunteer for many things in
our community and spend countless hours helping out so that along
with their physical limitations made this the right thing to do in
this case.
Maintenance
reports besides their normal duties they met with electricians
preparing for the installation of the thrusters to help with water
quality in the fisherman's Cove area so it shouldn't be long.
Savannah
Oaks Clubhouse reports things are ready to roll and starting May
first they will be open Sunday through Thursday 7 a.m. To 9 p.m.,
Friday and Saturday 7 a.m. to midnight.
Lake
Management reports the first stocking of Walleye and Channel Cat has
been completed and Smallmouth Bass will be stocked in the fall. As of
April 14th 51 goose eggs have been addled.
Rec
Commission reports upcoming events will be a GloGO fun run September
12th and Karate classes will begin in May. The Rec
Commission always has a huge number of activities in progress for all
ages.
The
Golf Commission need members. Please consider joining. Members should
be able to assist in events and tournaments. The new irrigation pump
is scheduled to be installed April 25th so that should be
a boon to course quality.
The
question was brought to the board asking why an out of state property
owner that does not use the facilities have to pay the $450.00 fee
for renting his properties. The decision was made to continue the
charge because access was there whether used or not.
We
have a very large roads project going on this year. William Charles
Construction's bid was accepted. Start date is not yet set.
A
report was given detailing the 15% rental cap that was agreed upon at
a special meeting of the board. No one currently renting their home
will lose that ability as long as it continues being rented and the
cap will not go into effect until October. This is a complicated
issue that will be explained in the CWL newspaper. Your attorney
reviewed the rule to be sure we are in compliance with applicable law
in all provisions. He indicates we are on solid footing. The new
rental cap was passed by unanimous vote.
The
new Election Rules and Procedures were passed. This is in an effort
to have less ballots disqualified. All will be spelled out prior to
the next election and the new procedures will be published in the
Candlewick paper. If possible every ballot should be counted and we
are working toward that end. You took the time to vote so you should
be heard!
The
decision had been made in the Finance Commission to not allow
property owners with delinquent accounts to be able to use the
amenities by paying for each use. The board as a whole needed to pass
this resolution. The reso passed.
Our
west gate is having issues with the internet provider, meaning we are
having traffic delays due to the slow service. Mediacom will be
taking over that service going forward to eliminate that problem
(hopefully).
The
Capron Rescue Squad facility is still on track with ground to be
broken hopefully this Friday.
There
were a few “house cleaning” issues to be taken care of. The vote
was taken to retain the same legal council for the next fiscal year.
We renewed our POS license agreement. The pool pump and strainer
basket needed replacing. We needed to get a back-up pump for
maintenance. We use the same one for spraying chemicals as we do to
drain the pool. That is fine but if the one goes out of service we
are down in both areas so having a back-up is necessary. The
committee/commission charters were O.K.'d by the board.
Our
FTS Glide Functional Trainer in the workout room will be replaced
after a series of repairs. It is becoming a safety hazard.
A
property owner submitted an offer to sell their lot to the
association. As has been the case in the past, the offer was
declined. We are trying to rid ourselves of lots on our books so we
do not wish to add to them even when given an attractive offer.
The
Belvidere Fire Department requested permission to sink a car body
without components into our lake for rescue and retrieval training.
There would be no vehicles on our dam. The 500 pound car would be
carried to the lake then inflated air bags would float it to the
desired area. The board voted to allow this on a five to two vote.
The
bids were received for the electrical work getting power to the new
thrusters to go in Fisherman's Cove. The board voted to fund the
installation of the four thrusters. The cost was more than
anticipated for the electrical work but this needs to be accomplished
so it is a go.