The board meeting Tuesday evening was the best attended regular meeting I can remember. That was so nice to see. Thanks to all that came and had their voices heard.
The pre-formal session had quite a bit of discussion about the new lake restrictions. Both sides of the issue had much input. Finally during the formal meeting the item was completely dropped from the agenda and sent back to public safety and lake management to see if there was any common ground for changes of any kind. Board president Rich Witt asked that email comments to be sent to him at rwitt@candlewick-lake.org and he would be sure all comments are taken into consideration and forwarded to the appropriate committees and individuals. I know I intend to send my feelings as we all should.
The rewrites of the governing documents was also discussed in pre-session. Many concerns were stated about the vague wording and the legalese being a major concern as well as the inability to make a true comparison. These are in my personal opinion very valid concerns although I did not speak on the matter. Board member Don Parisi explained the difficulty making a side by side comparison due to extensive changes and new items inserted. Voting will take place after the mailing of the revised documents and those not returning the ballots will continue to receive the ballots until a majority votes this either up or down. This looks like it is going to be a tough sell.
Moving on to the formal session, our Treasurer reported our financial condition is good, with our accounts combined holdings about $3,860,000 so we are in good shape. Savannah Oaks showed revenues last year for June of $17,554 compared to this year's $22,704 so that looks great!
The audit of our finances was completed by the outside firm and nothing was found out of order so it was voted to accept the audit results. A summary of the audit will be published in our newsletter. For those wanting to see the complete report it will be available in the office.
Compliments were given to Dave Kaske and his public safety group for their handling of the July 3rd traffic and the event in general. Our force has also been complimented from outside our gates for their help in accidents and other matters. Great job, Dave and the crew! You represent us well.
General Manager Tracy said the dredging has begun although it started late due to late shipment of the new dredge from the manufacturer, The penalty will be imposed as contracted. They ran into rocks in the first finger that damaged the dredge shield but that has been fixed and things are moving along.
Two elliptical trainers were ordered due to unavailability of parts necessary to repair the two broken ones in our workout room. The ones purchased will be made in America.
A piece of equipment was installed in our 2006 public safety vehicle by our maintenance without a rubber grommet placed where the wires went through the firewall. The wires rubbing the metal caused a short and the vehicle burned. We are purchasing a replacement 2010 Impala 9-C-1 with the police package. After insurance reimbursement our final cost will be $17,319.76. This item had already been budgeted for future replacement so the funds were accessed earlier than anticipated. It needs to be noted we received special police pricing on the vehicle with the aid of Sheriff Wirth through our newly revived cooperation with his office. Thank you Sheriff Wirth for the help as well as your continued involvement in our association.
The Binantis asked for authorization to leave their closing hours for their Dockside Grill as they are but change the opening time to 3 p.m. since the noon business just wasn't there. The change was voted in since there is little reason to be open if customers are not using the facility during those hours. Special events may still see an earlier opening.
General manager Tracy will investigate areas available to facilitate remote parking for those who have business trucks and can not park them at their homes. It will be on a fee based consideration. This seems a very logical benefit for the truckers that has been discussed before. This time I believe it will happen. Good for them.
Around $16,000 in bad debts had to be written off due to bankruptcies and foreclosures. There is no recourse to access the funds so it is a bookkeeping matter.
This is simply a compilation of main points from personal notes and is not to be considered complete and final minutes, which will be published in our newsletter. We hope it is helpful as a general synopsis.
Ken Dillenburg