Pelican Group of Lakes Improvement District

14 th Annual Membership Meeting

Saturday, August, 18, 2007 at 9:00 a.m.

Fair Hills Resort

Directors Present: Ostbye, Jenkins, Manuel, Peltier, Duemelund, Uglem, Wheeler

Director Absent: Poolman

  1. Call to order 8:00 a.m. and recess until 9:00 a.m. (Election polls open at 8:00 a.m.) Literature Distributed: 2007 Annual Meeting Agenda, 2006 Annual Meeting Minutes, 2006 Financial Report, 2008 Budget Proposal, PGOLID Annual Meeting Rules, 2007 Annual Report, Candidate Information, Handouts from Moriya Rufer
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Election of Annual Meeting Chair. Motion made by Peltier, seconded by Majkrzak to have Roald Lund act as temporary chair. The motion passed unanimously.
  4. Appointment of Parlimentarian and Secretary. Motion made, seconded and passed that Millie McLeod act as Parlimentarian and Wheeler act as recording secretary.
  5. Appointment of Election Board
  6. Discussion and Approval of Annual Meeting Agenda: Don Meidinger moved that the agenda as proposed be accepted, Whit Whitman seconded the motion and the motion passed.
  7. Discussion and Approval of the Annual Meeting Rules: Uglem moved that the meeting rules as presented be approved, Stueness seconded the motion and the motion to accept was passed.
  8. Preliminary Report of Election Board: Swanson reported that the polls would close at 9:30 a.m.
  9. Election of Directors – Brent Jenkins
    1. Explanation of voting procedures
    2. Nominations on printed ballots: three
    3. Nominations from floor: zero
    4. Nominee statements: Duemeland, Denny Tollefson, Mike Ostbye. Motion was made by Lyle Williamson, seconded by Majkrzak to accept the slate of candidates. The membership approved the motion.
    5. Final Report of Election Board delayed all ballots counted.
  10. Approval of the 2006 Annual Meeting Minutes. Motion by Otteson to approve the minutes, seconded by Swanson and passed by the membership
  11. Lake Coordinator Report: Moriya Rufer reported on the results of the 2006 septic system survey, the 2007 educational meeting schedule, water quality monitoring, DNR grant application for shoreline landscaping, and the overall lake management plan including internal phosphorus loading and storm event monitoring.
  12. Pest Control Report: Vance Stueness reported on the 2007 spray season and lack of tent caterpillars in 2007 but warned that they may appear in 2008.
  13. Were treated in the spring for curly leaf pondweed. This is a multiple year process and will be continued each spring until the weed is eradicated.
  14. Public Access Inspections: Brent Jenkins reported that there were no serious incidents or issues with the boat inspections over the summer.
  15. Treasurer's Report: Fred Manuel presented the December 31, 2006 income and expense summary along with the income and expense summary from January 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007. He then presented the proposed 2008 budget. Duemeland and Meidinger moved and seconded that the 2008 budget be approved. Discussion followed. Question was called. The membership then passed the motion to approve the budget. Paul Marquardt opposed the motion.
  16. Old Business: Septic Inspections 2006 – Peltier reported that Ottertail County did spot inspections of septic systems in 2006 but expects to do full inspections by 2010. Other - New water discharge agreements with Big Cormorant and Lake Ida are under discussion and are progressing.
  17. New Business: Don Anderson presented a brief view of the walleye fingerling program.
  18. Election Results – Swanson reported that there were 29 absentee ballots and 42 ballots cast during the meeting. Tollefson, Ostbye, and Duemeland were elected.
  19. The membership thanked Butch Poolman for his years of service on the board.
  20. Other PGOLID Business – the Board met briefly and reorganized. Ostbye was elected president, Peltier vice-president, Manuel treasurer and Wheeler secretary.
  21. The meeting was then adjourned.

Respectfully submitted

Lisa Wheeler, secretary