SLA - October 12 2024 Board Meeting Agenda
Meeting Place: Huettner House
Date: 10/12/24
Time: 9:00 am
Attendees: Bill Hagenbuck, Danielle Witherill, Tom Huettner, Linda Lonson, Deb Hagenbuck, Paul Mullaney via zoom,
Absent: Gwynne Bobich, Gordy Hoppe, Roger Quern
1) Call to order at 9:04
2) Announcements & Correspondence
a) Note: Tom got reimbursed for $50 gas card for spring speaker and 13 stamps from Linda.
b) AirBNB/VRBO Proposed Legislation/SLA President Email – The local log cabin VRBO was sold and will become a permanent cabin/home. Paul reached out to Katie Benes who works for the county commissioners to ask about refining the rules and policy. No updates at this time.
c) Planning with Abby out? – Abby had a boy named George. We need access to emails.
d) Other? – Laska’s sent an email about lake levels and the weir. Tom will get the level readings from Dick to see if we have dropped below the 40-year levels.
e) Mad Bear recreational area– they are starting to make a road into the land. No up-dates from Jeff Fortune.
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3) Secretary's Report/Prior Meeting Minutes Affirmation
Vote: September Minutes Approval
Tom Made a motion to approve, Linda seconded, all approved.
4) Treasurer's Report (5-10 minutes) - Linda’s Report (Sent out 9/29)
a) Financial Statement review. Total balance on 9/24/24= $71,064.98.
b) Pending bills?
Linda made a motion to pay $264 for SLA website for 2024, Deb seconded, all ap-proved.
Linda made a motion to pay $287.50 to Nordic Crayfish for traps, Bill seconded, all approved.
c) Investment Committee - Update on cash positions/investible funds and new CD in-vestments (Amounts, timing, etc); CD Renewal next week. Finance committee will discuss options.
d) Other? - Linda is working on grant funding. Linda and Roger working together on EOY fiscal budgeting. We are at net even on membership fees and expenses. We need to be diligent about AIS costs going forward.
Vote: Approve Treasurer’s Report
Danielle Made a motion to approve, Bill seconded, all approved.
5) Remaining FY ’24 Key Dates Reminder:
a) Fall Road Clean-up: this year only a few people showed up to clean.
b) Install/Remove AIS Signs at Public Landings (Approximate Dates): Oct.
6) FY 2024/2025 Proposed Key Dates:
a) Monthly Meetings (TBD: Either ZOOM or, safety permitting, at Sugar Lake Lodge at 8:30am unless otherwise notified): SLL to verify dates work
April Date & Location TBD
May 10th Location TBD
June 7th
July 19th
August 9th
September 6th
October Date & Location TBD
b) Spring Meeting/Brunch: June 1st
c) Fall Meeting/Dinner: Sunday August 31st (Labor Day Weekend)
d) Timberman Tri: July 12th
e) Spring/Fall Clean-ups: TBD
f) Install/Remove AIS Signs at Public Landings (Approximate Dates): May/October
Committee Reports: (Suggested topics; please make your own agendas)
a) Communications: Chair: Abby O.; Co-Chair: Gwynne B. – we still do not have ac-cess to the email from Abby. Paula will follow up with Abby.
b) Membership: Chair: Paula H.; Co-Chair: Joan S. & Sara M.
c) Water Quality, Management & Education: Chair: Tom H. (Temporary); Co-Chair: Open.
i. AIS Tools - Update/discussion. – Bill Grantges took out the tools from all the landings.
ii. Life Vests: follow-up on yearly activity and fall cleanup, Bill H took the life-jackets home to store.
iii. Rusty Crayfish Trapping/Test Results – Martin from Nordic Crayfish set up for 2 days and 3 nights of trappings in the deeper water, he cleared this with the DNR. Used brand new traps. Successful trapping; sent report to the
DNR and to Bruce with some future proposals. He proposes to trap in the spring when crayfish are breeding and he would like to keep the larger ones to sell to restaurants. We are waiting for the final report to pay his trapping fees. We will paid him for the 10 traps, $287.50.
d) Social: Chair: Paula H.; Co-Chair: Kelly-Sue R. – nothing set for winter.
7) Other 2024 Initiatives/Special Projects
1. Historical Record Retention Solution:
Next steps:
a) Someone should review accessibility/structure of database
b) Load/Organize on SLA’s website if doable and searchable.
c) We need access to the website Abby uses.
8) FY 24/25 Proposed SLA Committee Goals Discussion
1) Membership - Annual drive
2) Investment Committee -Approve investment policy and/or continue ongoing CD lad-der programs.
3) SLA Annual Contests: Ice-out and Photo
4) Website refresh as needed?
5) AirBNB/VRBO owner follow-up; Request key contacts/annual follow-up; STR regu-lation tracking
6) AIS Fund raising efforts /Legacy Fund/Promote Donations
7) Lake Stewards – sponsored by MN Lakes and Rivers
Adjourned at 9:46
Minutes taken by Danielle Witherill, Secretary