September 10th,2022
Location: Roundabout Bar & Grill
The meeting was called to order by Jim Buhil at 11:30 am.
Welcome from the President, Jim Buhil.
Present: Marie King, Jim Buhil, Mary Smoliak, Ed Collova, Bob Savage Ron Bourquin, Mike Singer, Deb Mlinar, Mark Koller, and Dave O’Neill.
Absent: Nick Newton
Secretary’s Report: Review minutes from last year and approve. Motion made by Mary, 2nd Bob, approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Review updated report and approve. Motion made by Dave, 2nd Bob, approved.
New Business:
Guest speaker: 12:20 Charlie from the Webster Fire Department, speaking about Jaws of Life and
fundraising for it.
Presentation of YLRA donation check to Webster Fire Dept for the Jaws of Life.
Q & A
75 members attended, YLRA paid for 100.
Vote counters: Rob & Caroline
Old Business:
Updates on Bridge between Big & Little Yellow Lakes. Should be finished by the end of the month.
Bridge height was determined by the state standard. It was set at the state standard of 5 ft above the high water mark.
Question on Fish Cribs. Answer was based on the DNR info: Yellow Lake has enough weed & structure to not need cribs, per DNR. It takes a minimum of 100 cribs in a lake to make a difference.
Officer Results, Mike announced winner’s for the 5 board positions: Jim Buhil, Marie King, Deb Mlinar, Mark Koller, and Dave O’Neill were voted in with Nick Newton and Ed Collova are still alternates.
Thanks to the Roundabout for hosting and for the great customer service!
The next YLRA board meeting is October 8 at the 10th Hole at 8:00 am.
Meeting adjourned: 12:57pm, submitted by Deb Mlinar, Secretary.
YLRA Board Meeting August 13, 2022
Location: Bob Savage’s house
The meeting was called to order by Bob Savage at 8:08am.
Present: Bob Savage, Marie King, Deb Mlinar, Mark Koller, and Ron Bourquin.
Absent: Jim Buhil, Dave O’Neill, Mike Singer, Ed Collova, Nick Newton, and Mary Smoliak.
Secretary’s Report: Report submitted. Motion to approve by Marie, 2 nd Mark, motion approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Report submitted. Motion to approve by Deb, 2 nd Ron, motion approved.
Meat Raffle: Bob and Marie reported. We need a couple dates filled in August and September. We filled the
September date, still looking for someone for the last Saturday in August.
New Business:
Newsletter: Finished, Marie will get it printed.
Yellow Lake Bridge: Bridge work will begin August 22 and will be finished by September 22, 2022. It will be
closed off to traffic completely part of the time it’s under construction.
Clothing: Marie updated. We will have more clothing available for purchase at the September Fall Membership
Picnic and election.
Fishing Limits: Mary posted it on our website and Deb posted it in our newsletter.
Sympathy Flowers: With the passing of Tim McGannon, the Board voted to spend $100 on flowers for his funeral.
Tim will be greatly missed. He was one of our greatest meat raffle volunteers. He was always there to share a
laugh and help out with anything. He was such a wonderful man.
Elections: Fall Meeting on September 10 will include elections for Board Member positions. The following
members are running for the five Board of Director positions for a two-year term and the two alternate Board of
Director positions to a one-year term: Jim Buhil, Mark Koller, Marie King, Deb Mlinar, Dave O’Niell, Ed Collova
and Nick Newton.
Fall Members Meeting: Roundabout will host this year. The board voted on spending $2500 for the food for the
Members picnic. Motion to approve by Mark, 2nd Ron, motion approved.
PonTunes: The board was approached to donate to the Little Yellow Lake Music Fest in July of 2023. We are
considering donating $1000 for the event. We will vote on it at a future meeting.
Old Business:
Yellow Lake Condo Rip-Rap: The Condo association will do the dredging and the rip-rap.
Sanitizing sites: They have been busy. Bleach purchased.
North Boat Landing: Mark updated us- getting permit. The cost is $303.
Webster Fire Department: Motion to donate $1000 to the Webster Fire Department for the Jaws of Life was
made by Marie, 2 nd Bob, motion approved.
Water Quality: Ron is waiting on updates from the DNR.
Meeting adjourned: 8:44am, submitted by Deb Mlinar, Secretary.
YLRA Board Meeting July 9, 2022
Location: 10th Hole Tavern
The meeting was called to order by Jim Buhil at 8:00am.
Present: Jim Buhil, Bob Savage, Marie King, Deb Mlinar, Mary Smoliak, Mark Koller, Dave O’Neill, Mike Singer,
Nick Newton, Ed Collova and Ron Bourquin.
Absent: All present.
Secretary’s Report: Report submitted. Motion to approve by Bob, 2 nd Dave, motion approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Report submitted. Motion to approve by Mike, 2 nd Deb, motion approved.
Meat Raffle: Bob and Marie reported. We need have most of this year filled up. There are a few fall and winter
dates available. We had many volunteers sign up at the Summer Picnic. ��
New Business:
Newsletter: Deb is finishing it – waiting on info on fish limits and elections. Marie will get it printed.
Yellow Lake Bridge: YLRA set aside $10,000 to donate toward the new bridge. Motion made to run and deliver
check to Union Township for the new bridge. Motion to approve by Bob, 2 nd Nick, motion approved.
Bridge work will begin August 22 and will be finished by September 22, 2022.
Clothing: Dave and Marie updated. Summer Picnic sales went well. There were very few items remaining. All
YLRA gear is sold to members at our cost. We will be purchasing more gear for the Fall Members Meeting.
We will include more Yeti’s, long sleeve T’s, and zip hoodies. Suggestion was made to furnish Board Members
with t-shirts for events and working the Meat Raffle. Motion was made by Nick, 2 nd Deb, motion passed.
Fishing Limits: Mary will forward us the state and county fish limits on Yellow Lakes and River. We will post this
information in the August Newsletter.
Fish Cribs: Mary is checking on the cost of purchasing and installing fish cribs in Yellow Lake. Fish cribs assist
the lake environment in creating areas to spawn and create a healthy ecosystem for fish renewal.
Elections: Fall Meeting on September 10 will include elections for Board Member positions. The following
members are running for the five Board of Director positions for a two-year term and the two alternate Board of
Director positions to a one-year term: Jim Buhil, Mark Koller, Marie King, Deb Mlinar, Dave O’Niell, Ed Collova
and Nick Newton.
Fall Members Meeting: We are checking locations. Whitetail was chosen, but declined hosting. Jim is checking
with Zia’s and Roundabout.
Old Business:
Summer Picnic: June 11 at Sweeny’s. Event went well, regardless of rain, with 138 members attending. The
Chuckwagon ran out of food. About 20 went without food. They were supposed to have food for 150.
The Speaker, a DNR Biologist, was excellent. We would like to have him back some time.
Yellow Lake Condo Rip-Rap: The Condo association will do the dredging and the rip-rap.
Sanitizing sites: They have been busy. Bleach needed for Nick and Dave.
Lake level Issues: Many people have asked and expressed concern over the lake level. Lake levels are low due
to the draught. Mary would like to post the lake levels from the Burnett County Lake & River Association. We
are looking into a Dam Tour.
North Boat Landing: Mark updated us- getting permit. He is working with Cheryl on the Oakland Township Board.
No Wake Signs on the river: Jim updated- land owners can post no wake signs in their yards and shoreline. We
are checking into the cost of purchasing signs,
Meeting adjourned: 9:35am, submitted by Deb Mlinar, Secretary.