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Regular Meeting – April 11, 2012 Chairman Dennis VanderWerff called the Regular Meeting of the Fox Lake Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District Board of Commissioners to order on April 11, 2012 at 9:00am at the District office. Roll call: present Dennis VanderWerff, Kurt Heckl, Cheryl Witkowski, Timothy Meekma, and Julie Flemming. Also present: Andy Dolgner, operator; Joan Schmidt; and, Kathleen Rydquist, clerk-coordinator. Correspondence: Letter from FLCI – notification of the spring Community Relations Board meeting on May 11 at 10:00am at the Kolb Center. A 45-minute tour of the institution is offered as part of their 50th anniversary this year. Audience participation: J. Flemming brought articles re wetlands (Wisconsin Wetlands Newsletter) and the Lake Delevan project. T. Meekma attended one day of the Wisconsin Lakes Conference at Green Bay. Former DNR Secretary, George Meyer spoke about how wetlands are not being protected. A question that was not posed was justifying the spreading of industrial waste vs. mining. Both have the potential of polluting surface and groundwater. Another discussion centered around the diminishing number of barn owls in Wisconsin. Reportedly, only five remain here. Tim will report on the endowment session at the May meeting. Motion by K. Heckl, second T. Meekma to approve the minutes as printed. All yes. Motion carried. Motion by K. Heckl, second C. Witkowski to approve the financial statement as printed, subject to audit. All yes. Motion carried. Operators report: attached The operator is having trouble with his computer. As it is necessary for him to have access to his computer and the internet, a new system may have to be purchased. WCC report: K. Heckl reported that things were running smoothly at the treatment plant. The satisfaction of the court order remains on hold. Clerk-coordinator report: 1] Spoke with Cindy Block, aid to Senator Fitzgerald, re the advisory committee. She asked for more specifics. Neal O’Reilly was contacted and he provided a list of the kind of people he is looking for. An email was sent to Cindy asking for help getting someone from Corrections farm management and treatment plant. Also a DNR land application specialist from Horicon and/or downtown. By return email, she stated that she can sit on the committee and coordinate with the agencies, funding sources, etc. Regular Meeting – April 11, 2012, page 2 2] Forty-eight properties are sign up for the herbicide treatment. Hopefully treatment will take place earlier this year. County report: 1] D. VanderWerff brought the “Use of Land & Water Resources Management Plan Cost Sharing” report for 2012. The Drew Creek Watershed has moved up to the third priority Status. As usual, the list of important projects exceeds the amount of funding available. 2] A breakdown of landowner participation in the Farmland Preservation Program was presented. The total number of participants, as of March 21, 2012, was 650 – number of enrolled acres was 85,000 acres. Towns with zoning will have to change agricultural zoning from A1 to Farmland Preservation. Having land in the program allows tax breaks to landowners. In 2011, 1,881 acres came into the program. New Zoning participants to date in 2012 will add 1,850 acres with 400 pending. 3] In August of 2011 a Forum on Land-Applied Wastes from (non-Agricultural) Municipal, Septic and Industrial Sources was held to discuss issues and concerns regarding the spreading of liquid wastes on farmland generated by cities, industries and septic tank owners. The Forum was organized to gather information to learn to what extent the addition of these potentially valuable forms of fertilizer were being integrated and accounted for by landowners. As a result of what was learned and follow-up conversations, recommendations to policy makers to improve the handling and management of land-applied liquid wastes and minimize their negative impact on land and water resources were made. Town report: 1] The Town will only sponsor one “junk” day – over Memorial Day Weekend. 2] Donation Concerts in the Park - $250. 3] The Town voted not to allow the Michel’s pit to be enlarged. They expect to hear back from them to appeal the decision. Old business: 1] Discussion/action re high nitrates in surface/groundwater/FCLI – tabled 2] Discussion/action re satisfaction of court order – table. 3] Discussion/action to adopt Employee Grievance Procedure – table. 4] Discussion/action to become a supporting partner of SAGES/support concept – table. 5] Discussion/action to investigate biomass filter bed tor tiling – tabled. New business: 1] Discussion/action to resurface Lift Station drywells – table. 2] Discussion/action re concrete over District easement – It was brought to the District’s attention that Fox Lake Villas may be considering installing concrete on the roadway and driveways on their property. Cement would cover the existing gravel road and the Districts’ forcemain, gravity sewer line, and City of Fox Lake main carrying all wastewater from the City to the treatment plant. This would put our maintenance easement under concrete. Mrs. Schmidt stated that their roadway and driveways would be resurfaced, but the kind of material had not been finalized. The District ordinance does not allow placement of any structure over Regular Meeting – April 11, 2012, page 3 a maintenance easement or equipment without permission from the District Board. An amended easement would have to be written and recorded with the property deed. The District concern is about access which is allowed by the current gravel surface. 3] Discussion/action re City request MSA – Beaver Dam as the City’s engineering firm. Not discussed as we did not received a request from the City. 4] Discussion/action re comp-time – tabled. Motion by C. Witkowski, second K. Heckl to move into CLOSED EXCUTIVE SESSION according to SS 19.85(1)(g) conferring with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved. And/or SS 19.8/5(1)(c) considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. Roll call: Vander Werff – yes; Heckl – yes; Witkowski – yes; Meekma – yes; and, Flemming – yes. Motion carried. Motion to move out of closed session and into regular session C. Witkowski, second T. Meekma. Roll call: Vander Werff – yes; Heckl – yes; Witkowski – yes; Meekma – yes; and, Flemming – yes. Motion carried. Motion to pay the bills T. Meekma, second K. Heckl. All yes. Motion carried. Chairman Vander Werff told the Board that he would be resigning from the Land Conservation Committee and the District Board as of the August annual meeting. Suggestions for the next meeting – report on endowments – Tim Meekma. The next meeting will be on May 9, 2012 at 9:00am. Motion to adjourn T. Meekma, second K. Heckl. All yes. Motion carried. Motion to reconvene the regular meeting C. Witkowski, second J. Flemming. All yes. Motion carried. Motion by K. Heckl, second T. Meekma to authorize the Chairman to approve the purchase of a computer for the operator. All yes. Motion carried. Motion to adjourn T. Meekma, second K. Heckl. All yes. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted. Kathleen Rydquist Clerk-coordinator **The Fox Lake Inland Lake District representatives to the Fox Lake Wastewater Control Commission may be present at the meeting to discuss the District’ wastewater collection system and its relationship to proposed improvements to the FLWCC Plant..