Pelican Group of Lakes Improvement District
Board of Directors Minutes of Reg. Meeting
October 2, 2004 8:00am
Cormorant Town Hall


Directors Present: Crothers, Majkrzak, Meidinger, Robinson, Poolman, Ostbye, Duemeland, Engkjer

Directors Absent: Stueness

Also present: Ben Jendro, Paul Horvick, Vic Horne, Mac Traynor, Ro Lund, Thea Munson, Deb Olafson

Special thanks to all who brought donuts.

Information distributed: Water Testing Draft Plan 2005
Minutes of the July 17, 2004 minutes and August 28, 2004 Reorganization meeting.

The meeting was called to order by Pres. Crothers at 8:04. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by the body present.

The first order of business was the approval of the agenda. A motion to approve the agenda was made by Robinson, seconded by Meidinger, motion passed.

Minutes of the July 17, 2004 meeting and the August 28, 2004 meeting were re-distributed by Engkjer for approval. Motion was made and seconded to approve the previous minutes.

Meidinger presented the financial report. Engkjer presented the returned check from the Pelican Walleye Foundation. The financial report was approved and filed for audit.

Under Item # 6. Old Business:

A) Majkrzak stated that Steve McComas of Blue Water Science did not have a report at this time. A meeting is planned for Duemeland and Majkrzak Oct. 7, 2004. Majkrzak made comment that McComas does not have the time for any additional work to check the status of the holding tanks that are on Pelican Lake. Further information will be presented at the Dec. 4, 2004 meeting.

B) Fish Lake Dam ownership- Robinson will contact Terry Leichter with the DNR in regards to the status of dam. Ownership of the dam is the responsibility of the DNR as previously reported.

C) Echo Bay Development- Robinson reported that there has been very little activity in regard to the proposed Echo Bay Development. Robinson commented on the recent Otter Tail County information gathering meeting held at Lake Region Co-op. The meeting, reportedly attended by 150+ area residents, focused on gathering public in-put on cluster developments. The county is in the process of developing an updated set of guidelines for cluster developments.

D) Mosquito Abatement- In Stueness’s absence, Ostbye read the report on the 2004 season. A proposal for 2005 is work in progress. The mosquito abatement board was very happy with the results of the 2004 season and will recommend PMC for 2005.

E) Buoy and water safety report- Poolman stated that the buoy’s will be removed for the 2004 season. Poolman stated that several buoy’s will need to be replaced causing the budget to exceed $300.00 to $400.00. Poolman will report in March on the number of buoy’s that will need to be replaced.

Under Item # 7, New Business

A) Lake Resource Coordinator- A draft was distributed by Majkrzak for the 2005 water testing.

B) BWS Projects 2005- Motion was made by Duemeland but later withdrawn to spend the balance of $3800.00 towards an intern for RMB Labs. Further discussion will be on the Dec. agenda. Crothers will report on bids for new projects at the March meeting.

C) Mosquito Abatement Plan 2005- Ostbye again reported for Stueness that an RFP will be done for the Dec. 4, 2004 meeting. Motion was made by Robinson, seconded by Meidinger and passed for Stueness to proceed with the proposal for 2005.

D) 2005 Budget- Motion was made by Duemeland, seconded by Poolman, but later withdrawn to not submit the line item for the $1000.00 to support the Pelican Lake Walleye Foundation as previously voted on at the PGOLID 2004 Annual meeting in August.

Motion was made by Ostbye, seconded by Duemeland to withdraw the $20,000.00 for the Echo Bay legal fund line item from the Otter Tail County budget request. On a 4-4 vote the motion failed.

E) Rules of Gov.- Motion was made by Majkrzak, seconded by Ostbye and passed to give Crothers authority to seek a formal opinion from the Attorney General in response to the motion made at the Annual 2004 meeting regarding the Rules of Governance.

F) PGOLID media- Further discussion will be done at the Dec. 4, 2004 meeting as to the direction and content of the website, water brochure, and newspaper.

Item #8. Other Business

Engkjer reminded board members that minutes will not be published until the minutes are approved.

Meeting adjourned at 10:21 am
Respectfully submitted,Faye Engkjer
PGOLID Secretary