BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING
LEGEND LAKE PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION
DISTRICT
LEGEND LAKE LODGE-KESHENA, WISCONSIN
January 23, 2023
Commissioner Tom Ittner called the meeting to order
Commissioners Present:
Kristin Allen on zoom, Robert Clark on zoom, Tom Moutvic on zoom, James Lowey, Jeremy Johnson, and Tom Ittner
Visitors:
Arland Dillenburg and Steve Schuh
Approval of the Agenda:
Jeremy Johnson made a motion to approve the agenda. James Lowey seconded. Motion carried
Public Input:
James Lowey said that this will be the last meeting he will be attending. He told Tom Ittner to talk with Beth Moses on who will be filling his position.
Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes:
Robert Clark made a motion to approve the minutes as provided. Kristin Allen made a motion to delay the approval because she did not have a chance to go through it. Jeremy Johnson seconded. Motion carried.
Correspondence:
No correspondence.
Cash Balance Report:
Tom Moutvic went over the cash balances.
Approval of Disbursements:
Tom Moutvic went over the disbursements. James Lowey made a motion to approve both reports. Kristin Allen seconded. Motion carried.
Chairman’s Report:
No report
Lake Manager:
Arland Dillenburg said a tree on dam 3 fell over the fence. Steve and Ernie took care of it.
Arland said he received several calls on the ice crack on Big Black Smith. There was a discussion about the water on the ice.
Arland told them about the Association’s Beach Club meeting on Saturday.
Tom Ittner asked if the oil is in the shed yet. Arland said no.
There was a discussion about the Beach Club meeting.
Arland said that Stan Wilson will be coming to talk with Tom Ittner on the service agreements. They are short on money. There was a discussion about the agreements.
Tom Ittner asked about the snowmobiles on the dam. Steve Schuh says every time it snows there are new tracks all over the dam. Jeremy Johnson said as long as they are not tearing the dam up.
Tom Ittner asked about the spillway. Steve said it is cleaned out and the water is low.
Dam Inspector:
Tom Ittner said there is nothing on the dam reports that need to be done. Arland said Lisa called on the tree immediately.
Lake Maintenance:
No report.
Adopt-A-Shore:
No report.
Responsible Safe Boating:
Kristin Allen said they had a meeting after the last Board meeting. They now have Greg Malmstrom on their committee. They talked about the grant, and they should know soon if they got it. They are going to meet this week and bring ideas for videos. She discussed the costs of the videographer, and the video should use the whole grant.
Communications:
Kristin Allen said she talked to Lisa Wilson about having the craft fair at the same time as the Lake Fair. Lisa is going to get back with her.
She has met with Karen from the Association. She wants the communication to be better between the Association and the District.
She talked about the Association and the Lake District take on the Walk the Lake event.
Kristin complimented the Lake District Board, and she feels the other Board does not want to organize better in her opinion. Also, in her opinion they seem to be stuck in the past.
Sanitary:
Jeremy Johnson said 2022 is wrapped up and no one needed to be cited this year. They are waiting for spring to send out the next batch of cards.
Law Enforcement:
James Lowey said nobody took out nomination papers for ward five so it will be appointed or a write in candidate.
He talked to chairman Corn about participation on the Board. He suggested two people for law enforcement and environmental. The statues only allow for 7 people on the Board.
Fish:
Tom Ittner said that Kristin and he had talked about the certificate for adopt-a-musky. They were not comfortable with the certificate they had so they decided to delay it a month. They will get back to the Board next month.
Tom Ittner and Jeremy Johnson told the Board about fish they had caught. Tom Moutvic also told the Board about the fish his family had caught. They discussed the derby coming up.
Legal:
No report
Auxiliary Approved Meeting Reports:
Jeremy Johnson said land conservation meeting is coming up this Thursday.
Personnel:
Tom Moutvic said he has the personnel committee meeting on his calendar after he gets back in March.
Lake Management Plan:
Jeremy Johnson said they just got the final management plan update for the 2022 final and 2023 purposed plan. Tom Ittner had given Cason and Associates some revisions to the plan. A draft was sent to the whole Board.
Jeremy said a request for proposals to perform AIS surveys. Lake Management Plan and Grant writing work was sent out to three or four companies. He was also contacted by another company.
Jeremy reported for the residual monitoring plan they will have to do 33 samples:
8 different spots and 4 samples from each spot at different times and one control. Tom Ittner said Brenda put in for a grant to cover the lab analysis of the samples. Arland asked if they should drive the samples down. Jeremy Johnson said they need to go through UPS not the US Postal service. They will need to wait until they know which Lab to send it to. Kristin offered to take it to Chicago. There was a discussion about the permits.
Boat Launch Repair:
Jeremy Johnson said he officially applied for the permit, and he received a confirmation of receipt. They are waiting to hear from the DNR to proceed. Once he gets approval, he will pass it onto Robert Clark.
Lake District & POA Coordination & Communication:
Kristin Allen said they had their first meeting, and she feels that it will be beneficial for both boards.
Arland Dillenburg said for the money they pay he suggest that they start using the new building to perform office duties. James Lowey said the issue is all the member correspondence through Thomas and to hire someone to do it out there could be difficult. Kristin said they can pick stuff up at the lodge, they have their meeting and drop stuff back off at the lodge. Tom Ittner said that they will have to wait and see what POA proposals will be.
Budget Review and Reclass:
Tom Ittner passed out the budget and asked the Board to approve some reclassifications. He asked the Board to approve the use of the equipment non lapsing money to pay for the lawn mower. Tom Ittner made the motion to use $7599.90 from the equipment non lapsing fund to pay for the expense. There was a discussion about the amount and why we use non lapsing funds. Jeremy Johnson seconded. Motion carried.
Tom Ittner said that he is going to back date the check for Cason and Associates to December 31, so it goes into 2022 budget. Jeremy Johnson made a motion to pay the final lake management plan bill for Cason and Associates $12,500 in the 2022 budget. Kristin Allen seconded. Motion carried.
Other Information:
Robert Clark asked if the rails on the roof are doing any good. Steve said they are doing good. He has been clearing snow 6 feet from the building.
Next meeting is February 27, 2023, at 9:00 am. Kristin Allen said she may not make it. She will see if she can zoom in.
Meeting adjourned.
Kristin Allen, Secretary