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Regular Meeting – January 14, 2009 Chairman Gordon Ceskowske called the Regular Meeting of the Fox Lake Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District Board of Commissioners to order on January 14, 2009 at 9:00am at the District Town Hall Office. Roll call – Present: Gordon Ceskowske, Kurt Heckl, Dennis VanderWerff, and Lionel Wagner. Absent; Cheryl Witkowski. Also present: Attorney William O’Connor; Les Schraufnagel, operator; and, Kathleen Rydquist, clerk-coordinator; Motion was made by D. VanderWerff, second K. Heckl to go into CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION according to ss19.85 (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. All yes. Motion carried. Motion to adjourn closed session made by D. VanderWerff, second L. Wagner. All yes. Motion carried. Motion to approve the minutes as printed D. VanderWerff, second K. Heckl. All yes. Motion carried. Motion to approve the financial statement as printed, subject to audit, K. Heckl, second L. Wagner. All yes. Motion carried. Operators report; attached Under Item #3 – Operator is to set up a meeting with Energenecs to put together a pump replacement plan to alleviate the pressure on the system experienced during the June heavy rain and flooding and address upgrade issues. WCC report: No report Clerk- Coordinator report: No report County Report: 1] LCD sells packets of trees annually. Would the District be interested in purchasing trees for District residents who would like to plant them? 2] LCD reports that the Kooiker Farm is increasing the size of its herd and needs more manure storage. 3] In reviewing all of the soils maps for Dodge County many inaccuracies were found. New maps will be compiled. 4] The Committed received a report on the funding given or approved for 2009. 5] No State funds have been approved for Cost Share agreements Town report: There will be a few contests in the spring elections. Chairman Wagner will not be running for office this year. Running for Town Chairman are Dean Streich and Tom Wissing. Running for Dean’s old seat are Julie Flemming, Dale Paul, and Richard Morgan. Armond Alsteen is running against John Lehmann for his Supervisors seat. There is some concern that too much water is going through the culvert. This is being checked. Armond Alsteen is running the aerators. Correspondence; Correspondence items are addressed on the agenda. Regular Meeting – January 14, 2009, page 2 Audience participation: none Old business: 1] Discussion and action regarding allocation of plant expansion costs and changes to Service contract/Ordinance at Wastewater. The City and District are negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding to solve several issues that will allow Wastewater to meet their DOJ stipulation. The attorneys for the City and District hope to have a completed and approved document to present at the next WCC meeting. Further discussion is tabled to the next meeting. 2] Discussion and action regarding changing District policy for collection of up-front money on properties with multiple DUE’s if they plan to change their use. Tabled. 3] Discussion regarding the carp barrier. We received rendering of a plan that must be approved by DNR before progressing. 4] Discussion regarding development of an ordinance to ban lawn fertilizer with phosphorus. The clerk inquired of the Sinissippi District about their ordinance. They do not have one but have a reminder on their web page to use P-free fertilizer. Legislation has been written and is in the process of being approved or not. New business: 1] Motion by K. Heckl, second D. VanderWerff to sign the contract for further monitoring of Cambra Creek by Hey & Associates. All yes. Motion carried. 2] Motion by K. Heckl, second D. VanderWerff to sign the contract for further monitoring of Alto Creek by Hey & Associates. All yes. Motion carried. 3] Discussion and action to send letter to Legislature regarding Land-spreading issues. The Clerk is instructed to compose a letter to legislators and have the Board members sign it. 4] Discussion and action regarding a contribution to the WAL legal fund. Motion by G. Ceskowske, second K. Heckl to contribute $100 to the WAS legal fund. All yes. Motion carried. 5] Discussion and action regarding collection system upgrades. Tabled. 6] Discussion regarding funding for WCC projects. The clerk will check with Ayers Associates to see what is available as far as grants and low interest loans are concerned. Motion to pay the bills K. Heckl, second L. Wagner. All yes. Motion carried. The next meeting will be February 11, 2009 at 9:00am. Motion to adjourn L. Wagner, second K. Heckl. All yes. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Kathleen Rydquist Clerk-Coordinator