Membership Meeting – Lake Lucerne Advancement Association

Meeting Minutes

Saturday June 17, 2023

Call to Order

Mark Orlovsky kicked off the meeting at 9:00 am

Introduction of Board

• Approval of the minutes from the May 20, 2022, Board Meeting
  • Jim Wienser– motion to approve minutes (no change), LexAnn Hitchcock – second, approved
  • All Board members votes

Jenny Criel – Yes
LexAnn Hitchcock – Yes

Jack Kloss – Yes

Jim Wienser – Yes

Grant Johnson – Yes

Jim Zach – Yes

(for all other items there were approved in these minutes, board approval will assume all voted yes, unless otherwise noted)

• Officers Report
  • President welcome– Mark Orlovsky
    • Welcome new board members – Jim Zach and Grant Johnson
    • Boat Landing – issue with power loading has eroded the launch, beware as some have gotten stuck
      • Will not be able to fix it until end of the season, no budget
      • Mark will continue to communicate the results
    • Treasurer – Sally Hickman
      • Review of financial statements
        • Capital improvements – new floor $4,000 YTD
      • Patty Orlowski motion to approve financials, Tom Austin second
        All Board members approved
      • Jack Kloss – motion to approve bank reconciliations, LexAnn Hitchcock – second
        All Board members approved
    • Committee Reports
    • Membership – Jenny Criel
      • Annual Dues – going up
        • New amounts to be in effect for the 2024 year and beyond
      • Newsletter
        • Newsletter mailing, revisit this in upcoming meeting to cut down on cost
          • Opt out option
          • Discontinue mailing
          • Will add this to our Sept mtg for a vote
        • Social (Fun Days)– LexAnn Hitchcock
          • Raffle tickets – please pick these up, appreciate the help
          • Format for Fun days –
            • Going back to original timing
            • Kid games changing – Jenga, basketball hoops, bouncy, cornhole – recreational this year no cost to participants
            • Food at 10:30
          • Auction –
            • will start at 10am, inspections 9:30am
            • Please donate items worth value, do not use this as a dump
          • Volunteers
            • Passing around for sign-up
          • Clean Boat Clean Waters – Jim Wienser
            • Patty continues to be our coordinator for 2023 season
            • Offered a contract for a new employee to help
            • Volunteering helps the organization – please sign up
            • Jim Wienser will follow up to find the link to the training and post it online, there is also in person training, reach out to Jim if you have any questions
            • Will be staining the shed this year at the landing
            • A new container will be on site to help collect fishing line – do not put fish line in a lake, it ruins engines
            • Mark Orlovsky continues to work on addressing the potholes, we can use the grant money for this
          • Lake Ecology Committee– Jim Zach
            • See attachment for details
            • Cisco update – seem to be thriving, looking at stocking options for this year as well, estimated cost $500
            • Walleye stocking update – recruitment problem (fish disappear), DNR has begun to cut back on the lakes for stocking. Lucerne is still on the list for stocking; however, this will be monitored for the next several years.
            • Artificial spawning reef – this is not covered over the current fish stick permit, if we want to proceed with this, we will need to work on permitting and approval
            • Exploring monitoring systems
            • Question regarding the brackish water condition, reference the newsletter. Maren Klich continues to monitor and bring to the committee with findings
          • Building and Grounds –Jack Kloss
            • Floor done
            • No new updates
          • Community Support – Jenny Criel
            • Run – Volunteers, sign-up sheet passed around
            • Food Drive / Pet Drive
          • Old Business
            • Building Rental Cost – had 2 this summer, no others yet
              • Increase the rental from $250 to $300 for rental, with $200 deposit
              • Members – lifetime members $200, with $150 deposit
            • Question regarding insurance cost to the rental property
              • Mark Orlovsky reviewing with the insurance company to ensure our liability is understood and that we are covered
              • Eric Anderson offered to help with rental, Mark Orlovsky with connect with him as needed
            • Could we advertise this better?
              • Will address when we are set with insurance
            • Fish Sticks and Rock Features will work on update for 2024
            • Apparel – Mary Van Grusven and LexAnn Hitchcock will work on apparel this year, will be working on it and getting ready for fun days
            • Golf Outing – Tuesday Sept 5, look at newsletter for signup
            • Donation from Sokaogon – how funds will be used, we will outline it and report back annually
            • Election Process for 2023 = review the process for 2023 and will add it to our bylaws when approved
              • For 2023, will take a multi-winner approach for the 2 open board positions
              • For 2023, for a tie we will use a Yahtzee approach, highest role wins
              • Election committee will work on bylaw updates and will address for future years
            • New Business
              • Eric Anderson – If rental agreement becomes anything significant, recommend to work with an attorney for the LLAA to address it
              • Eric Anderson – Recommendation to continue to educate our members to better protect our lake and understand what we can do to ensure a health lake in the future
              • Patty Orlovsky – provide educational information to the overall community about articles that impact our lake
              • Sarah Austin – recognition of all the work the board does to support rentals
            • Nominations
              • Board Position 1 & 2– Grant Johnson & Jim Zach
                • Nominate – Grant Johnson
                  Jim Wienser motion, Mary Heilman second
                  Accepted
                • Nominate – Jim Zach
                  Jim Wienser motion, Matt Steno second
                  Accepted
              • Secretary – Jenny Criel
                • Nominate – Jenny Criel
                  Mary Heilmann motion, Patty Orlovsky second

Accepted

• President – Mark Orlovsky
  • Nominate –Mark Orlovsky,
    Renee Hebber motion, Bob Van Grunsven second
    Accepted
• Congratulations to all nominations, as all are running unopposed there will be no voting this year

Adjournment

Jim Wienser – motion to adjourn, Neil Klemme seconded

All Board members approved

Meeting adjourned 11:59

Respectively submitted:

Jennifer Criel, Secretary

Post meeting speaker highlights:

Speaker – Chad Mullis – Deputy Sheriff/Recreational Patrol

– if you see issues with snowmobiles safety, ATV safety, jet skiing safety, boating safety, boat landing, etc.

Will keep helping address the boat landing issue

ATV/UTV rules – can be on any route other than HWY’s (hwy 8, 32, etc), except in Laona where they have enacted rules for there local roads to not be used for this traffic.