Our meeting was attended by a
reporter from a local paper. I would assume this was mainly to
acquire information regarding our lake condition, which was of course
a major discussion during the open mic portion of the meeting. The
possibilities for remediation of our lake going forward were
discussed but they were the same subjects we have discussed here in
the past so I will not waste your time repeating them. As expected
the Naysayers were sure the lake problem is due to board negligence.
I can only assume they believe we should have consulted the weather
Gods to demand more rain and less heat during this record breaking
year and of course every other lake in trouble this year should have
done the same. Same old story, everything is wrong and unfair to
those few.
It was nice to see Rich Witt comment
on the good people of Candlewick, mentioning one in particular who
showed up at 6 a.m. one morning riding a bike with a snow shovel
across the handle bars to help clean up the goose poop so another
person doing the same could get done early and go to another event.
Dominic DeMay came to the mic for the
sole purpose of complimenting the board on the good work being done,
the way the money is being handled, and the long hours the board puts
in on the job. It is nice to hear positive comments occasionally,
especially with the media present, and I thank both he and Rich.
It will be interesting to see the slant given by the reporter in his
piece. Remember the old saying.....”if it bleeds it leads.”
Barb McDermott spoke regarding a
citation she was given for something a contractor had done. She felt
it was unfair. The matter was to be discussed in executive session.
The Naysayers of course once again
repeated the same old complaints of unfairness, even admitting the
questions were the same as usual but they didn't feel they had been
answered adequately. That is their right to believe as they wish but
one of them became so loud and offensive he was told if it continued
he would be asked to leave. After the meeting I asked one of them if
he would be helping with the leaf clean up and get a little dirt
under his nails. To my shock (not) he said he was too busy. As I
asked the question he was too busy tearing up a paper and tossing it
on the table in front of Bonnie for her to clean up, indicating this
is what he thought of a response he had been emailed. Classy.
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Now on to the regular meeting........
Gaydeane, Faggestead, our accounting
manager, was given a five year employee award.
Jeff, our treasurer gave the report
indicating we are still very solvent and coming in around $40,000
under budget in the operating account for the fiscal year to date. He
also unveiled a new form that will be published in the Candlewick
paper showing in greater detail our financial position in different
segments including comparisons to budget and actual. I think you will
like this form produced by Gaydeane for you.
Don reported the ECC is looking for a
new member as well as another alternate. It is a sad thing that Karen
Pearson, a very good long time member, will be leaving due to a move
to Florida. She is wished the best. Both she and her husband Dan have
been very active in our community. Applications should go to Val Alt
in the office. Applicants should have some knowledge of building.
Steve reported Lake Management is
continuing the research into lake remediation as I mentioned before.
Joe Rush (biologist) will be here again this week taking more lake
samples for testing. Every time we do this it is costly but we must
stay on top of lake conditions so we know when the toxins are at a
safe level again so all can once again enjoy the lake. Steve also
reported the leaf collection days this year will be October 27 and
November 3 at the maintenance area. Volunteers are of course needed.
Karl reported on several new programs
being put together for the enjoyment of all ages. There are too many
to list here but announcements of each will be forthcoming here as
well as in e-blasts plus our paper so stay tuned. Just a few are
ballroom dancing, 3 on 3 basketball tournaments, zumba, senior
exercise, and mom and me time. In the future plans are to consider
snowman building contests, ping pong, painting, studio time,and
various sports instruction. This will be one busy rec center!
I reported the road project that was
contracted to Rabine is now finished with our guys working on
shouldering. Rabine has been paid for the originally contracted work.
I won't go into the details of my report because I have already
covered it here. This will be my last formal roads report until
spring when the process starts again. I made the motion, which passed
unanimously, to make the Roads ADHOC into a standing commission due
to the continuing project. I hope to retain all the talent we
currently have involved for a smooth continuation of the yearly
project of road maintenance.
Chuck reported on the golf commission
meeting in which discussion included the idea of pumping water into
the adjacent sedimentation pond then from there pumped into the
sprinklers for the golf course the improve the water quality for the
course. This is standard procedure for many courses. He also reported
the new tapper is in for draft beer and the T.V.s now are HD for
better viewing of football. This was accomplished at not cost.
Bad debt was written off in the
amount of $5,350.49 due to 4 foreclosures, 1 chapter 7, and 1 move
out without contact. Our tornado sirens have to be upgraded at a cost
of $3,500.00 and our office software is not compatible and is not
communicating so it must be replaced at a cost of $493.49.
As always, this is simply my report
from meeting notes and is not the official minutes. Be sure to read
the complete report in the Candlewick newspaper.
Ken Dillenburg