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August 4, 2007 Regular Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting August 4, 2007 Commissioners present; Gordon Ceskowske, Kurt Heckl, Lionel Wagner, Dennis VanderWerff, and Cheryl Witkowski. Also present: Les Schraufnagel, operator; and Kathleen Rydquist, clerk-coordinator. Chairman Gordon Ceskowske called the regular meeting of the Fox Lake Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District to order immediately after the Annual Meeting at about 3:00pm on August 4, 2007 at the Fox Lake Town Hall. 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 WCC report: Two questions were raised at the last WCC meeting that needed to be answered by the District Board and City Council. The first question was to address extending the date of installation of flow meters to December 1st. The second was to waive the surcharge for overflow against the City. The District received a copy of a letter sent to WCC from the City stating that the City agreed to the installation date of December 1st and waiving the surcharge. The District will address these under new business. State and federal report: 1. The District, Town and Property Owners have completed their work on the joint web-site. Our site will have minutes, agendas, brief report on harvesting/chemical treatment activities, ordinance, frequently asked questions for District and sanitary sewer, dos and donts list, board members, advisory committee, staff, pictures, links, etc. 2. Talked to Norb Hughes about stuff getting caught in the weir. Turns out, there is a young beaver trying to turn the weir into a dam. Contacted DNR, a trapper, and Hughes about trapping the animal. The trapper, Russell Warmka will contact the Hughes for permission to trap on their property and end the problem, at least until the next beaver moves upstream. Warmka stated that there will be no charge to the District or Hughes family. 3. Warden Ben Nadolski asked if the District would put an article in the next news letter asking for volunteers to teach boater safety classes locally. He said he would get the article to us in early September. County report: Dodge County Land Conservation Department will be prioritizing NR151 projects according to severity and address them in that order. The July 18th Secchi depth reading was 2. The dissolved oxygen was 9 at 3 down to 4 at 15. Town report: The Town is finishing up blacktopping projects. The Town has been investigating the possibility of purchasing the Fox Lake Golf Club. This would guarantee green space for the Town and hold off sale of the property for development. Audience participation: none Regular Meeting August 4, 2004, page 2 Old business: 1] Maintenance for Weir/Buchda agreement The District received a list of costs from Buchda Excavating stating the hourly cost of different types of equipment. 2] Web site Our web site is www.townoffoxlake.org. It will be up and running soon. 3] Watershed Study/Management Plan We will arrange for a meeting with Hey & Associates, DNR, Land Conservation Dept., District and others as soon as possible. 4] Pumps Tabled 5] Copper at WCC WCC received a check from the City of Fox Lake for exceeding the copper limits at Wastewater. MSA will be working on the charge for the three months following. 6] Form for Hook-ups Tabled New business: 1] Election of Officers - The Clerk called for nominations for Chairman. A Motion was made by L. Wagner, second D. VanderWerff to nominate Gordon Ceskowske for Chairman. Nominations were closed and a unanimous ballot was cast for Ceskowske. A motion was made by G. Ceskowske, second D. VanderWerff to nominate Lionel Wagner for Secretary. Nominations were closed and a unanimous ballot was cast for Wagner. A motion was made by G. Ceskowske, second L. Wagner to nominate Kurt Heckl for treasurer. Nominations were closed and a unanimous ballot was cast for Heckl. 2] Name District Depositories Motion by D. VanderWerff, second L. Wagner to rename Farmers State Bank, Markesan Bank, and LGIF as the District depositories. All yes. Motion carried. 3] Motion by K. Heckl, second G. Ceskowske to name Westra, Tillema, and OConnor as the District auditors. All yes. Motion carried. 4] Appointments The following Commissioners were appointed to Committees: Wastewater Control Commission Kurt Heckl Zebra Mussel Monitoring Cheryl Witkowski Advisory Committee Committee will remain as stands. Insurance Committee K. Heckl and C. Witkowski 5] Discussion/action for extension of deadline for installation of flow meters at WCC A motion was made by D. VanderWerff, second K. Heckl to extend the deadline for installation of new flow meters until December 1, 2007: Witkowski yes; Wagner no; Heckl yes; Ceskowske no; and VanderWerff yes. Motion carried. 6] Discussion/action to drop charges for overage at WCC until new meters are installed A motion was made by L. Wagner, second K Heckl to deny waiving the surcharges for excess wastewater flow that has been delivered to the Fox Lake Wastewater Control Commission treatment plant: Witkowski yes; Wagner yes; Heckl yes; Ceskowske yes; and VanderWerff abstain. Motion carried. 7] Discussion/action re # of meetings consultant can attend with Advisory Committee Motion by G. Ceskowske, second C. Witkowski to rename the Plant Management Plan Advisory Committee to Inland Lake District Advisory Committee. All yes. Motion carried. The Committee will notify the District Board of their wishes concerning attendance of Hey & Associates at their meetings and received the Boards permission to call on the consultants. Motion to pay the bills K. Heckl, second L. Wagner. All yes. Motion carried. Next meeting will be September 12, 2007 at 9:00am. Motion to adjourn L. Wagner, second K. Heckl. All yes. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Kathleen Rydquist, Clerk - Coordinator