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Regular Meeting – December 4, 2007 Chairman Gordon Ceskowske called the regular meeting of the Fox Lake Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District to order at 9:00am on December 4, 2007 at the District Town Hall Office. Commissioners present; Gordon Ceskowske, Kurt Heckl, Lionel Wagner, Dennis VanderWerff, and Cheryl Witkowski. Also present: Les Schraufnagel, operator; Barbara Dutkiewicz, resident; and Kathleen Rydquist, clerk-coordinator. Motion to approve the minutes as printed, K. Heckl, second D. VanderWerff. All yes. Motion carried. Motion to approve the minutes of the November 5, 2007 Special Meeting as printed L. Wagner, second C. Witkowski. All yes. Motion carried. Motion to approve the draft financial statement, subject to audit, K. Heckl, second L. Wagner. All yes. Motion carried. Operators report: attached WCC report: 1] WCC accepted the proposal for use of the District truck for reading the new flow meters once they are installed. WCC will pay $12.00 per day for a time not to exceed one hour for reading meters only. 2] The new flow meters are scheduled (tentatively) to be installed December 19 & 20th. 3] The next thing for discussion will be samplers. Clerk-Coordinators report: 1] Received call from Jim Lund, Ayres & Associates, needing permission to answer the request from WCC re the Commissions’ future growth. 2] The Rock River Coalition is sponsoring a conference explaining how the GFLOW project can supply baseline information. 3] Sent a thank you to Senator and Representative Fitzgerald. 4] Arranged a field trip to Fox Lake Correctional. County report: 1] The County kept just about everything in the budget including funding for the full time conservationist in the Land Conservation Department. It was noted that all communications to the County Board in favor of keeping the full time position came from lake groups and conservation organizations. None came from farmers. 2] D. VanderWerff will be attending a 3-day conference in Madison. 3] Marc Bethke will be suggesting some ways to strengthen non-point runoff rules (NR151 and ATCP50). Town report: The Town survived the first snowfall. Armond Alsteen will be taking the oxygen readings on Fox Lake and Lake Emily over the winter. Regular Meeting – December 4, 2007, page 2 Audience participation: none Old business: 1] Watershed study/Management Plan – tabled 2] Field trip to Fox Lake Correctional after December 4th meeting. New business: 1] Help for the operator – G. Ceskowske, K. Heckl, L. Schraufnagel, and K. Rydquist met with Jeff Ipsen, Ipsen Plumbing & Heating, to discuss the possibility of using Jeff and his company for emergency back up and general help for the operator. Ipsen was open to the idea. The District would set up Confined Space Training through Alpha Terra (1/2 hour classroom – 1 ½ hours practical experience) for Ipsen and his helpers at District expense. We would also pay for the necessary Hepatitis shots. Ipsen would supply a certificate of insurance to the District and bill us as needed. Motion by L. Wagner, second D. VanderWerff to hire Ipsen for emergencies and confined space entries/back-up help with the District to pay for confined space training and shots. Ipsen would work at the Districts’ request and give us an itemized bill. All yes. Motion carried. 2] Where to bank surcharge money – Motion by K. Heckl, second C. Witkowski to deposit any surcharge money received from FLWCC into the RCA Account (future improvements at the treatment plant). All yes. Motion carried. 3] Funding for further watershed study – Motion K. Heckl, second L. Wagner that after todays’ tour, if it becomes evident that further studies need to be done, we advise the prison that we would be more than happy to cost share. All yes. Motion carried. 4] Elmwood Island development – Table for next meeting. Clerk to call Dodge County Planning to inquire about lot size and turning a crazy quilt into something reasonable. 5] Fee for Televising – Motion by L. Wagner, second K. Heckl that the District charge $50.00/hour for televising of private laterals/clean-outs at the request of a resident. All yes. Motion carried. 6] Problems with DNR vs. WCC – engineering issues – Table for next meeting. WCC’s engineer has been reporting that the DNR has not been forthcoming with information needed by him to prepare the plans laid out in the DOJ stipulations for the treatment plant. The question is should we sit back and wait for DNR and put ourselves behind schedule, or should the three entities meet to discuss solving the problem. The additional engineering costs created, in part, by DNR foot dragging are getting burdensome. Motion to pay the bills L. Wagner, second D. VanderWerff. All yes. Motion carried. The next meeting will be January 9, 2008 at 8:30am*. Motion to adjourn and reconvene for the field trip L. Wagner, second C. Witkowski. All yes. Motion carried. The Board reconvened at 12:30 at the District office. Neal O’Reilly, Barbara Dutkiewicz, and Jeff Hafenstein joined Board members Ceskowske, VanderWerff, Witkowski, and Clerk Rydquist for the field trip. We arrived at Fox Lake Correctional at about 1:00pm. The staff at the prison provided a tour of their wastewater treatment facility by their operator and also had the person in charge of the farms available for questions. They were very cooperative and answered all of the questions we had. They also seem to understand reason for our concerns. The high nitrate/nitrite number in the UWM Regular Meeting – December 4, 2007, page 3 study indicate a problem in the Drew Creek watershed. These high levels may affect the lake and the ground water. It is everyone’s best interest to locate the source of the problem and find a solution. Neal O’Reilly and Jim Congdon discussed further testing in cooperation with the prison and the possibility of getting state grant money to help funding a project. Respectfully submitted, Kathleen Rydquist