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
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