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July 11, 2007 Regular Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting – July 11, 2007 Commissioners present; Gordon Ceskowske, Kurt Heckl, Lionel Wagner, Dennis VanderWerff, and Dona Turgeon. Also present: Les Schraufnagel, operator; Barbara Dutkiewicz, resident; and Kathleen Rydquist, clerk-coordinator. Chairman Gordon Ceskowske called the regular meeting of the Fox Lake Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District to order at 9:00am on July 11, 2007 at the District Town Hall office. Motion to approve the minutes as printed, D. Turgeon, second K. Heckl. All yes. Motion carried. Motion to approve the financial statement as printed, subject to audit, D. VanderWerff, second D. Turgeon. All yes. Motion carried. Operators report: attached Additional comments – The District will generate a form that the building inspector can hand out for new builds in the District. This will be an agenda item for the next meeting. Motion by L. Wagner, second D. Turgeon to purchase a trailer from Central Cable of Waupun to carry District equipment. At a WCC meeting Craig Hughes stated that Central Cable has some closed trailers for sale for about $1,500. Les will take a look to check on the condition, size and price. All yes. Motion carried. WCC report: L. Wagner and others attended a meeting at the treatment plant with Doris Thiele, DNR engineer to discuss the hydraulic loading report prepared for DNR as part of the Stipulation. Doris was not happy. The population growth numbers used by MSA were taken from the 2030 Plan and included increased population for the entire Town not just the District. Gil Hantzsch, MSA, explained that he was unable to complete the hydraulic loading report because DNR didn’t send him information he needed to make all of the necessary calculations. The reports submitted to date were ok. Doris asked two questions. What’s going on with the copper? There seems to be a lack of communication between the City and ECS about solutions for the copper problem. Doris also wanted to know when Jeff had last tested the sludge in the lagoons at the treatment plant. Testing should have taken place in 2006 and didn’t. State and federal report: 1] Harvesting of aquatic plants took place on June 16th to June 19th. 2] Working on the Newsletter and asked for any input. 3] Bill Kamp said that he had observed that there are a lot of smaller carp this year and suggested that the size was right for Kallenbachs company. Contacted Kallenbach and asked if he was planning to come to Fox Lake this year. Told him there were a lot of smaller carp in the lake this year. Said if he comes, it will be in November. He said that if another commercial fisherman was on the lake in October with gill nets, the carp would be “scared” and wouldn’t school up to make for an easier catch. Discussed this theory with Laura Stremick-Thompson and she said it was baloney. County report: D. VanderWerff stated that the annual Summer Tour had taken place. The tour included the Mayville land fill and the northern federal part of the Horicon Marsh. Because the federal part is held for fish and wildlife, there is a proposal that that section of the marsh should be “flushed” out. Flushing would send sediments and whatever down stream into the DNR marsh area and then into Lake Sinissippi. DNR report shows that the clarity is way down and there are fewer aquatic plants than last year. Regular Meeting – July 11, 2007, page They toured the lake looking for spiny waterfleas and zebra mussels. They will be back two more times. Town report: The last weekend in July will see work completed on Spring Road. Culverts are to be installed on Howard Drive. The Town is negotiating costs with the golf course. Correspondence: none Audience participation: none Old business: 1] Maintenance of Weir/Buchda Agreement – Tabled 2] Budget – The Clerk handed copies of the final budget. D. Turgeon noted that there was an error in the Lake Management item. The total to be collected under that item was supposed to be zero. The Clerk explained that it was an error on her part. She had not heard that part of the discussion changing it to zero and had contacted a board member to clarify the number as she was unsure. The Clerk thought some money had been put into the item for lake patrol, administration, and a plant survey and that the money excluded was for carp. Though verified by the other board member, it was incorrect and no amount was earmarked for Lake Management. The Clerk will correct the budget. 3] Pumps – Money is in the Replacement Account to cover the cost of a pump replacement project. Which pumps will be replaced is a discussion for later. 4] The web site is coming along. We will be meeting with the Town and Property Owners next week. New business: 1] Watershed study/Management plan – Tabled 2] City lagoon project – K. Heckl wanted to discuss his concerns re the proposed retention lagoon in the City. The major concerns are the rate of discharge/delivery to the plant, and the pressure put on the District’s main lift station “pumping past” or pumping into the joint main to the treatment plant. There may be further discussion later. At this point in time, the DNR has not approved the selected lagoon sites. 3] The Annual Meeting will be on August 4th at 1:00pm following the 12:30pm Budget Hearing. D. Turgeon has chosen not to run and there is one person on the ballot, Cheryl Witkowski. Motion to pay the bills D. Turgeon, second D. VanderWerff. All yes. Motion carried. Suggestions for next agenda are Permit form, Grinder pumps, and Copper at WCC. The next meeting will be August 4, 2007 immediately following the annual meeting. Motion to adjourn L. Wagner, second D. VanderWerff. All yes. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Kathleen Rydquist Clerk-Coordinator