MINUTES OF THE YLRA BOARD MEETING Dec 14th 2019 AT THE 10th HOLE
Present at the meeting were Kent Warner, Jim Buhil, Marie King, Tony Rutter, Bob Savage, Mark Koller, Mary Smoliak, and Dave Guay. Absent Randy Lohse, and Bill Yorkson.
Dave Ferris from Burnett County Land Managment gave a presentation on lake shore managment.
The meeting was called to order at 8:57 am by President Kent Warner.
Secretary and Treasurer report - As of 10/29/2019 a balance of $197,638.95 was in the checkbook. Bob Savage made a motion to accept the Secratary and Treasurer report. Mary Smoliak 2nd the motion. Motion passed.
Meat Raffle – Volunteers are still needed to work the meat raffle. Marie King passed out a sign up sheet to the board.
Water Level – Jim Buhil reported that water level at the gauge house was 928.91 feet on 12/14/19.
Mark Koller made a motion to accept the letter of resignation from Dan Haumschild. Bob Savage 2nd the motion. Motion passed.
Bob Savage made a motion to have Bill Yorkson become a board Director to replace Dan Haumschid due to resignation. Dave Guay 2nd the motion. Motion passed.
Kent Warner and Jim Buhil reported on a teleconference call with WRE, DNR, and YLRA. YLRA has the task to review the 2004 Polaris report and write up pros and cons of proposed solutions to control water levels. A future meeting may happen when all data is collected.
Meeting adjourned at 10:08 am.
Submitted by Jim Buhil, Vice President
MINUTES OF THE YLRA BOARD MEETING November 9th 2019 AT THE 10th HOLE
Present at the meeting were Kent Warner, Marie King, Bob Savage, Dave Guay, Mark Koller, Mary Smoliak, Dan Haumschild and Randy Lohse.
Absent from the meeting were Jim Buhil, Tony Rutter and Bill Yorkson.
The meeting was called to order at 8:01 am by President Kent Warner.
Secretary’s Report / Treasurer’s report – Marie King reported a balance of $97,692.63 in the check book as of 10/30/2019. Bob Savage made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report and approve Nov 9th 2019 board minutes. Randy Lohse seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Kent and Marie shared about their meeting with the lawyer (Benson) and clarified the meeting with the lawyer is to accomplish responsibility of the DNR working with YLRA concerning conditions, problems and solutions with the Yellow Lakes & River. Water level 929.3
Water quality concerning weed survey: Waiting for results.
Discussion of the following items
Ideas for activities and roles each board member feels is important and is willing to step up to managing
Board members taking leadership of running the meat raffle a minimum of times a year and passed around meat raffle calendar so board members can confirm dates they can lead the meat raffle.
Discussion around newsletter and website (ideas on sending out newsletters via email and adding interesting facts and resources that would increase members frequenting the YLRA website to find out what’s happening in our area).
Discussion around removal of weeds around the Glendenning bridge
Next board meeting will be 12/14/19 at 8:00 am at the 10th Hole.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:40 am.
Submitted by Randy Lohse (Secretary).
Present at the meeting were Kent Warner, Jim Buhil, Marie King, Bob Savage, Tony Rutter, MarkKoller, Bill Yorkson, and Randy Lohse. Absent from the meeting were Mary Smoliak, Dave Guay, and Dan Haumschild.The meeting was called to order at 8:00 am by President Kent Warner. Secretary’s Report /Treasurer’s report – Marie King reported a balance of $91,868.07 in thecheck book as of 9/30/2019. Jim Buhil made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report and approve Sept. 7th 2019 board minutes. Bob Savage seconded the motion. Motion passed. Election of officers - Nominations were open for all officers. Bob Savage nominated Kent Warner for president Kent accepted. Mark Koller nominated Jim Buhil for vice president. Jim accepted. Kent Warner nominated Marie King for treasurer. Marie accepted. Marie King nominated Randy Lohse for secretary. Randy accepted. Nominations were closed. Motion made by Bob Savage for a white ballot vote. Randy Lohseseconded the motion. Motion passed. AIS – Kent Warner has been in contact with Northland College. They did the weed survey onboth lakes and the results will be sent to YLRA shortly. Water Level – Jim Buhil reported that water level was at 930.51 on 10/12/19. Jim also reportedto the board about the bench markers and water levels taken by Wagner Surveying on 9/26/19. Next board meeting will be 11/09/19 at 8:00 am at the 10th Hole. Meeting was adjorned at 10:00 am. Submitted by Jim Buhil Vice President.