Meeting Minutes May 18, 2024

Meeting Attendance

Officers: Kathy Tournour (President) , Leslie Schmidt (Secretary)

Members: Marj Mehring, Tony Giannola, Jeff Paddock, Dale Smith, Greg Nevinski

Absent: Tom Eggert (Treasurer), Russ Tennessen (Vice President) Jay Laetsch 

Call to Order 9:00am

  1. Welcome
  2. President's Report
    1. Membership - No new members since last meeting
    2. Email update - As a follow up from the WI Rivers and Lakes Convention,  Kathy made the decision to trial Constant Contact as an email platform. The platform offers a professional email that connects directly to the website, social media and includes the required unsubscribe feature. 
    3. Website Update - Vox has been chosen as the website platform. Further development of the website will be deferred until fall of 2024. A goal will be for others to have access and capabilities to edit and update the Website.
    4. Newsletter - Articles due May 20th. Suggestion to add an article differentiating between the SLA and the Lake District. Kathy will teach Linda how to use Constant Contact as a platform for distributing the newsletter to members. 
    5. Other - Kathy will contact the Crescent Town Hall about the use of wifi during Board meetings  
  3. Minutes from April 6, 2024 meeting 
    1. Motion: 1st Dale, 2nd Greg. Approved
  4. Treasurer's Report  
    1. Jan to May Actual - Reviewed
    2. May Total Assets - Reviewed
    3. Assets available for a Capital Project. Potential projects for consideration;
      1. Updating the pictures and text on the Boat Landing sign
      2. Repair wall of the boat landing
      3. Boat Washing station
      4. Camera System to monitor the boats for weeds and identification
      5. Repair the Shed and update contents of the Shed
      6. EMF markers for property owners to mark plants 
    4. Motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report: 1st Dale, 2nd Tony. Approved
  5. Education Committee Update
    1. WI Rivers & Lakes Convention April 10-12
      1. Marj will provide an report for the newsletter
      2. Healthy Shore Video to be uploaded to the Website
      3. Living in Harmony Booklet available from the DNR
      4. Wake Boat Effect, report discussed. 
    2. Summer 24 programs focus areas Healthy Lakes and EMF mitigation
  6. Fisheries Committee Update: Deferred
    1. Pelican Piers invoice for installation of fish cribs has not yet been received. 
  7. Finance Committee Update: Tony
    1. Review 2025 Budget
      1. Motion to approve 1st Tony, 2nd Marj. Approved
    2. Lake Signs Discussion: Pier signs and use of Association funds to discount the price of the pier signs. A Sample sign will be available at the Annual meeting for members to view. Order forms will be available at the Annual Meeting for those who would like to purchase a sign. The Association will cover 10.00/per sign reducing the cost to members to $35.00 a sign. 
    3. Electronic Membership fee discussion. 
      1. Motion to absorb the admin fee of $1.14 1st Leslie, 2nd Tony. Approved
  8. Social Committee Update
    1. Annual Meeting: Saturday  June 22, 2024 
      1. MC: Russ 
      2. Venue: Northwood Golf Course
      3. Annual Meeting Agenda  
        1. Motion to approve Agenda, 1st Leslie, 2nd Jeff. Motion passed
      4. Dock sign sample: Tony 
      5. Wake Boat Awareness poster will be made available
  9. Social Events for summer 2024
    1. Boat parade on Saturday, July 6th  
      1. Judges update: Jeff
    2. Golf outing: gauge member interest at the Annual meeting
  10. Lake District Update
    1. Wake Boat Ecosystem Health Report 
  11. CBCW update
    1. 2024 Grant approved
    2. Training has been completed. Start date 5.27.24
  12. Lake Level Monitoring
    1. The Squash Lake Association contracted with WaterWays Lake Management Services to install a gauge in Loon Bay to monitor lake levels during the summer season. 
    2. The gauge was installed just before Memorial Day and taken out in early October.
    3. 2023 was a relatively dry summer, and we appear to be in a cycle of decreasing water levels. Over the course of 2023, lake levels went down about .6 feet, or a little over 7 inches. Without the benefit of the gauge this spring, the lake appears to be down an additional 6 inches, but we’ll know by early June.
    4. The lake level monitoring data was entered into the DNR’s Surface Water Monitoring system. It will be used to create a historical record of lake levels over time.
    5. Many longtime residents of the lake recall a lake level cycle, with levels going up and down over time. However, there is no agreement on how long the cycle is. This data will help establish the length of the cycles.
    6. If you have any questions regarding lake level monitoring, you can contact Ann Kipper at annkipper11@gmail.com or  Tom Eggert at tleggert@wisc.edu.
  13. Upcoming Events
    1. May 20:  Newsletter articles due
    2. June 22: Annual Squash Lake Association meeting
    3. Next SLA Board meeting - immediately following the SLA Annual meeting
  14. Other
    1. DRAFT Policy regarding memorials/Recognizing past board members - Kathy will email draft for review

 

  1. Adjourn 11:15am