Unofficial November 15, 2011 Board Minutes
General Manager’s Report: Working on the silt pond and
there is a lot more silt than we thought. There is over 5ft.
of silt so they may be working until Friday or Saturday.
Public Safety: The citizens and Public Safety have been
doing a good job. There have been no car break-ins for 6
weeks.
ECC: Policy 11-15 – any driveway or extension has to be
paved to the roadway. This must be approved prior to
construction. Existing gravel extensions are exempt.
See minutes for exact regulations.
Lake Management: They are working on monthly articles
in the Candlewick paper. The received the fish delivery
for this fall and another one is due this Friday which is
all within the budget. They are working on boat safety
classes. They filled almost 2 dumpsters with leaves and
another leaf collection is scheduled for this Saturday.
They are in need on young people to volunteer for this
Saturday. Bring your leaves to the maintenance area from
nine to noon next Saturday.
Road Construction: There will be some down time for
awhile until more bids come in. More will be happening in
the spring time.
Recreation: The Open House went fairly well with the
archery having 25 people interested. The class on Aging
and Care Giving had 14 people sign up, Line Dancing had
13 people interested, and Neighborhood Watch had 4 more
people sign up.
Legal: They have received 580 ballots back so far. That
is almost half we need with 562 yes and 17 no. So get
those ballots in!!!
Aqua: Please get more comments on the web site. They
have a comment card you can fill out if you do not want to
go on the web site or cannot, they will so it for you.
Senators Syverson and Johnson are working on a compromise to
the public hearing issue, possibly a locally held video conference.
Restaurant Update: The Dockside Grill is now open. They
are doing sandwiches, salads and soups, dinners will be
coming. Breakfasts will start Thanksgiving weekend and
will be on Saturday and Sunday.
Property owner request for Sound Barrier: One property
owner has requested a sound barrier to the noise of the
trucks at the Marathon gas station. It was suggested that
we could look in to planting some trees on the side of
route
76. That will still be up for discussion.
Bad Debt: It was voted that $2,400.00 bad debt would be
written off due to foreclosure.
11-R-19: It was voted on and approved that Savit
Construction would do the dredging not to exceed
$5,000.00 and their bid can in at $4,250.00.
11-R-22: It was voted on and approved that new DVR
would be installed at the Rec Center and the West gate
due to the current equipment is unrepairable.
11-R-23: It was voted on and approved that the cameras
at the vehicle storage area would be replaced because
the some of the present cameras were obsolete and
unrepairable.
11-R-24: It was voted on and approved that they would
replace the maintenance truck and plow. They will keep
the old truck for this season and sell it in the spring.
This was already in the budget.
Lake Management: Fish stocking and fish structures were
voted on and approved. They will replace the broken
concrete to enhance fish habitat. This will not interfere
with any other boating.
Employee Handbook Changes: Personnel will not be paid
holiday pay if they take are on unpaid leave. There will
be a cap of $400.00 per month paid by Candlewick toward
medical insurance per employee. Anything after that will
be paid by the employee. Public Safety will be paid ½ hour
for meal time since they still have to be on duty during
their meals.
Ellen Steiskal, Secretary