MINUTES of January 30, 2014 Meeting

MARQUETTE COUNTY LAKES ASSOCIATION

Board of Directors Meeting

January 30, 2014 

Board Members Present:  John Cotter, Walt Brudnowski, Doug Griesbach, Lee Vaughan, Bob Krause, Mike Jacobi and Al Rosenthal 

Also Present: Pat Kilbey and Chris Hamerla 

Meeting was called to order at 2:35 p.m. by Vice President Mike Jacobi 

The minutes of the October 24, 2013 meeting were approved on a motion by Lee Vaughan and a second by John Cotter.  Approved 

The treasurer’s report was presented by Lee.  It showed a balance of $1667.12  on October 1, 2013 and had expenses of $63.00 and receipts of $300.00 for a balance as of January 28, 2014 of $1904.12.  Al will send out a 2^nd reminder to 7 clubs, as White River, Wood and Mason will be contacted by Board members.  The report was approved as presented.

 

GOLDEN SANDS RC & D COUNCIL             

John Cotter gave a report on the last meeting he attended.  Possible water projects and grants were the main discussion.

 

CENTRAL SANDS WATER ACTION COALITION

Mike Jacobi reported on water bills that are being discussed by legislators , and how they could affect lakes and streams. 

MARQUETTE COUNTY LWCD

Pat reported that Ryan has left the Marquette County office for a job with the Department of Agriculture.  Interviews are being held for his replacement.   Pat talked about the water level projects and the gathering of data.

Chris talked about plans for summer and surveying Puckaway Lake, Sharon Lake, Mason Lake and Crystal Lake.  He also plans to work with Mecan Outfitters and Rendezvous Paddles & Sports on water management of invasive species. 

WISCONSIN LAKES

Al reported on Mike Engelson being named the new Executive Director of Wisconsin Lakes.  Mike has had experience with Wisconsin Lakes and the River Alliance.  The Association is working hard to keep up with the various water bills  being introduced in legislation.  The joint convention is in Stevens Point, on April 24 thru the 26^th.  Registration will be open soon.  The association will also be surveying members on possible ways of raising money to support Wisconsin lakes. 

SPRING MCLA MEETING-MAY 8, 2014

The Board decided that we would stay with the Thursday evening meeting.

Discussion followed on the program for the May 8^th meeting.

It was decided that the Spring meeting would stress water safety and Heather Gottschalk would be asked to talk about water boating safety.  Heather is the Northeast-South water safety expert.  Chris will contact her to see if she is available.

Reports will be given by Chris and Pat on stream and lake monitoring, which includes lake levels.

We will also have report given on work done on Marquette County lakes including Mason, White River and Buffalo.

Get input from members on projects for 2014.

The theme of our fall meeting will be legislative water issues, and some legislators will be invited to fill us in on what is going on, and how it will affect us.

It was noted that when Judi Nigbor retires, MCLA should recognize her for her hard work.

MCLA 2014 PROJECTS

This was tabled to our next meeting.  It was mentioned that we should bring this up at our May meeting to get input for the people.  We also felt we need to get more people involved in the projects for the betterment of the Association.

NEXT MEETING

Tentatively set for April 10, 2014, but if Ron feels we need to call a meeting before the 10^th, he should do so. 

Meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m. on  motion by Lee and seconded by John.  Adjourned

Al Rosenthal, Secretary