Call To Order
Beth Bush called the meeting to order at 10:08.
Board members present: Beth Bush, John Hedstrom, Jim Henderson, Ed Hummelt, Fred Koch, Jim Nagle, Jeff Price, Julie Verhaalen, Beth Wells.
Beth Bush reviewed action items since the last meeting.
April Board Meeting Minutes
April meeting minutes were approved as amended.
Treasurer’s Report
Jim Henderson gave brief report of our current financial
There is not much to report. We remain prepared for upcoming potential expenses.
Lake Health
Survey will be done on May 11.
Golden Sands received a grant for $171K. We might work with them to determine how they handled their grant application.
Fred Koch will make the contact with Beth Wells.
Jeff Price raised the issue of potentially dredging the west lobe of the lake – we will table this.
Seagulls
Ed Hummelt walked us through a PPT on seagulls—their impact on the lake, their behavior, how they can be controlled, and steps we can and cannot take.
Seagull numbers are back to “normal” following an influx in the spring.
Ed will monitor the seagull situation.
New Members
We are following up with various members, however at this point, we do not appear to have enough volunteers to replace the members who are leaving the board.
We are planning to move forward with 7 members.
Continue to canvas members.
Annual Meeting
Beth Bush presented a draft of the agenda for the annual meeting. It is essentially the same as the agendas for the past several years.
There was discussion about how to handle the election.
Assignments were made regarding who will speak and lead each agenda item.
We decided to have ballots available in the event new nominees from the floor arise.
Beth Bush, Julie Verhaalen, and Beth Wells will be a subcommittee to plan the annual meeting.
Water Testing
Recent lake testing revealed positive news about the lake water. Specifically,
The water is clear with 28 feet clarity.
Water quality is listed as “beautiful”.
The color of the lake is blue.
Jim Nagle is sending a sample of lake water to UWSP and will have more detailed results in 4-6 weeks.
Water testing kits will be available to the residents at the annual meeting.
Two different tests will be available.
Basic kits $31, more advanced kits $80-90.
On the July 7th samples will be picked up by Jim who will take them to the UWSP.
Owners will see their own results, but results will be anonymous to the larger group.
Pay when drop off the bottle.
Springwater Township Annual Meeting
Beth Bush presented information on the Springwater Township meeting, however there was little of significance for Pine Lake.
Picnic
Beth Bush led a cursory review of supplies and preparations for the Annual Picnic
Picnic will be on Saturday, July 25.
The Kleutgen family has graciously agreed to host the picnic again.
Major rental items have been reserved at Wood Street Rentals (Jeff Wiesman’s business) including
A large trailer-mounted gas grill.
Bouncy House
Dunk Tank
Lake Map and Directory
Julie Verhaalen will get Jeff Price the map files and directory files.
Jeff Price will get approximately 100 maps printed on heavy-stock paper.
Maps will be distributed at the annual meeting.
Adjournment
Beth Bush concluded the meeting at 12:00
The next meeting will take place on June 13 at 9:30 at Beth Bush’s house.