BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING
LEGEND LAKE PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION
DISTRICT
LEGEND LAKE LODGE-KESHENA, WISCONSIN
February 27, 2023
Commissioner Tom Ittner called the meeting to order
Commissioners Present:
Kristin Allen on zoom, Robert Clark, Tom Moutvic, and Tom Ittner on zoom
Commissioner Excused:
Jeremy Johnson
Visitors:
Arland Dillenburg and Steve Schuh
Approval of the Agenda:
Robert Clark made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Tom Moutvic seconded. Motion carried
Public Input:
No public input.
Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes:
Tom Moutvic made a motion to approve the minutes as presented. Robert Clark seconded. Motion carried.
Correspondence:
Tom Ittner reminded the Commissioners about the conference that is coming up in April. Tom Ittner, Jeremy Johnson and Kristin Allen will be attending the conference.
Cash Balance Report:
Tom Moutvic went over the cash balances.
Approval of Disbursements:
Tom Moutvic went over the disbursements. Robert Clark made a motion to approve both reports. Kristin Allen seconded. Motion carried.
Chairman’s Report:
Tom Ittner said he has been working with Stan Wilson on the office service contract. They verbally agreed on $850 per month and they will meet in July to set budget for the following year. Arland Dillenburg said the LLPOA finance committee has still not met since the election, but once they meet, maybe they can help with this.
Tom said he worked with them to increase the communication and interaction on the contracts going forward. He also suggested that the LLPRD should be able to give input on the employee’s reviews for the work they perform for the Lake District going forward.
Lake Manager:
Arland Dillenburg said he has to get the barrel of hydraulic oil to Steve at the shed yet. When it warms up, he is going to have the mechanic look at the little harvester. He is getting a lot of calls on the ice.
Dam Inspector:
Steve Schuh said the dams are good. Tom asked if the water level is going up. Steve said no. The water is open at the spillway
Lake Maintenance:
No report.
Adopt-A-Shore:
No report.
Responsible Safe Boating:
Kristin Allen said they did not get the grant to make videos. Tom Ittner said they got the Clean Boats Clean Water grants for 2023. They will discuss at the next Responsible Boating meeting on how they want to proceed. Tom Ittner asked if they want to proceed with their plans, and how much money would be needed. Would the Lake District want to partially fund part of the project and then budget more for 2024? Arland told Kristin that Kit is good at writing grants.
Communications
Kristin talked about having one or two representatives from each Board to get together each month to collaborate on what they are doing, what they have done and what they think.
Tom Ittner asked if the social committee is going to be part of the lake fair. Kirstin said they want to be part of the lake fair. She would like the lake fair to be something that the POA, PRD, and social committee does together because it is for the lake.
Kristin wants to bring a farmer’s market to the lake fair and a dunk tank. Kristin has not have had time aske the LLPOA if they would like to get involved. Tom Ittner said LLPOA could tell the members about the forestry program at the fair. The Lake District can tell how they take care of the lake and take care of the AIS, education, clean boats clean water, and have some DNR videos running. The County has emergency warning system, and emergency radios they sold at past fairs. The Lake Fair is August 19, 2023. Kristin is going to hammer out what they want to do and delegate out the responsibilities.
Tom Ittner said he talked to Ryan Wehse who said next year if they are going to have the lake fair, they will not do the sturgeons in the tank, but they will do bass and pan fish. Kristin suggested doing a video of sturgeons in the lake. There was a discussion about what caused the problem for the sturgeon. Arland suggested they fence them in the lake and leave them in the water. Tom Ittner is going to propose that to Ryan.
Kristin informed the Board that Deputy Dinns is no longer working for the County. Tom asked who is going to run the boat patrol. She did not know, but we should find out who is her replacement. Tom Ittner is going to call the Sheriff. There was a discussion about the number of wards on the lake and are all of them up for election. Kristin is going to create a map of the wards on the lake and post it. Arland suggested Kristin talk to Kit to get information on the wards and who is running.
Sanitary:
No report
Law Enforcement:
No report
Fish:
Tom Ittner said the DNR will not allow them to stock the hybrid muskies that they got last year because they are not the original strain of Musky for the regional area of the State. Ryan is checking around to see if they can get some Original strain. At this point we cannot promote the adopt a musky program. Kristin asked to be informed what Tom finds out.
Tom said we are a go with stocking the walleyes. Kristin asked if they have a date for stocking because she feels the community would be interested in this. Tom said it is usually in September.
Legal:
No report
Auxiliary Approved Meeting Reports:
No report
Personnel:
Tom Moutvic said they are going to have a personnel meeting on March 15 when he gets back. He will get in touch with them when he gets back.
Lake Management Plan:
Tom Ittner said they everything for the permit has been submitted to the State last Friday. They have to wait for approval and Jeremy will bring it to the Tribe through the appropriate committees. Robert asked why they are doing it so late. Tom Ittner said they are not really late, they started in January and this is the usual timing process.
Tom said they received 3 bids for the lake management plan. Tom said that he will be sitting down with Jeremy this week and go over them. There was a discussion on the plans.
Boat Launch Repair:
Tom Ittner said they received approval from the DNR about the boat launch repair. Robert Clark asked how many panels they are going to need. There was a discussion on the repairs. Tom Ittner is going to check the invoices for the quantity they ordered last time.
Lake District & POA Coordination & Communication:
Arland Dillenburg said that he volunteered the Lake District shed for the Association’s Beach Club committee meetings during the summer if the Lodge isn’t available because of rentals. They are trying to make the Beach Clubs make their own sub-committee. There was a discussion about the use of the building.
Other Information:
Tom Moutvic said the mileage rate is now $.655
Next meeting is March 27, 2023, at 9:00 am.
Meeting adjourned.
Kristin Allen, Secretary