July 2022 LMA Board Meeting

By Beth Blaylock

8/15/2022

JULY 2022 LMA Board Meeting

July 9, 2022

Attendees: Sue W, Sue R, Chuck M, Terryl P, Robbie, Greg, Melissa, Tim, Arylss, Beth

Missing: John M

Guest: Bruce Patterson – New LID president

Terry made the motion to start meeting and John 2^nd. The meeting started at 9:01 AM

Treasurers Report:

Taxes for 2021 have been completed and ready to submit
Beth to help with totally the business contributions
July 15^th is the next LID meeting. Robbie to get all the current expenses into the LID before the meeting.
Robbie to resubmit items to the County and Steve Hughes. Haven’t been reimbursed yet.
Expenses for promotional items is $5149. Will end up with a profit or zero balance once the season goes on
Report accepted as is. Terryl motioned to approve and Tim 2nd

Secretary’s Report:

Water Quality Report:

Stopped harvester last week due to the holiday
Up to this point there hasn’t been much for weeds collected. Will be back up and running this week.
Chris is now here.
Tom Nelson and Ole installed a relay so the hydraulics wouldn’t overheat.

Old Business:

Business Memberships:

Individual Memberships:

The list that we get from the County is updated every year.
Any returned mailings were readdressed and sent out. No additional returns have been received. Arylss to get Beth the envelopes with the yellow stickers.
Beth to review membership levels from last year to this year to see if sending the letter later has a better return for memberships.

Wier’s Damn:

One new bid that has come in and it is lower than last year’s bid. They do have another contractor that would like to do a site visit to put a bid together.
Have interest in providing more funding from Sportsman Club, LID and LMA to ensure that this project gets moving forward this fall.
Sue to follow up with Steve to get the RFP to Robbie. Robbie has asked for it and isn’t getting any response.
Beth to find out who Steve’s backfill is.

Loon Nesting program:

Have found a find a natural loon nest.
The nest in front of Bann’s hatched before the storm but have found a few dead on the shore. Not seeing any babies on the lake currently.
A social group of 4 has been hanging out on the lake. Seems like Minnewawa is a social and fishing lake for the loons.
Haven’t had any activities on either of the other two platforms. Looking for different locations for the other platforms. Thinking of the “weed island” between Warners and Sheshebe point.
$1500 approved to use on loon platform expenses. Tim made to motion to approve and Chuck 2^nd. All approved.
New chains or another material for the platforms instead of rope. We are seeing wear on the ropes.
3 more buoys
Upgrades to the loon signs
If the weather is calm, looking to pull the platforms next weekend.
Greg will be ready to talk to the folks at the BBQ.
Greg to do some research on what it takes to make additional wood duck houses. Will use the information to put together a plan for next year.

Placemats

Updated design sent to the printer yesterday. Robbie should have them next week.
Melissa has volunteered to take over the placemats and coasters printing.
Coasters are here now

Kid’s Fishing Day:

Have 17 kids signed up for the July 25^th date.
We have $175 in donations for the Kid’s fishing day. (Connie Antonsen)
Will use the money to purchase bait from Willie’s and some tackle
Have saved 20 shirts for the kids
Boats for event – 2 Blaylock, 1 Westburg, Tim, Chuck. Mike has volunteered his boat but can’t be there on the day.

LMA Merchandise:

Gave away 280 t-shirts this year on the 2^nd of July. Very well received. Sue has been putting pictures on Facebook. This is the 3^rd year that we have done the give-away.
New apparel has been ordered from Aitkin T-shirt.
Majority of the merchandise has arrived at Aitkin T-shirt and needs to be personalized.
Will need to pay the balance when we pick up the merchandise. Total is $6889.
BBQ Staff t-shirts has arrived. Will hand them out after setting up in the morning of the BBQ.
Sue and Arylss will investigate other items than apparel.

BBQ:

Terryl to run to Duluth for the food that hasn’t been donated– Sam’s and Costco.
Will be ordering buns from Super1
Tim has the wheelbarrow reserved and will go to pick up beverages
Melissa will manage the raffles again.
Sue to contact the same people regarding using their yard for parking
Zell’s are not sure if they will have a patio set to donate. Mike’s Son is in a new role. If they can’t donate, would we purchase?? What about Ace Hardware??
Venmo has been set up for the BBQ.
Can we get napkins from the Grand Timber Bank? Sue W to follow up.
Need 6 people for serving food
Request Donations for the BBQ – put something on the website (Beth) and Facebook (Sue W). Items can be stored at Westburg’s
Let’s plan on setup starting at 10:00 for tents. Greg and sons will do the tables and trailer stuff before everyone arrives.
Should we purchase some additional tables to use during the BBQ and can be stored at the garage.
Beth to put together a starter sheet for putting together spreadsheet/checklist for next year.
Send out this week.

New Business:

Sunday July 17^th will be a Bass Nation (High School Bass) fishing contest on the Lake. Starts at 7:00 and weigh in is at 2:00 PM at the boat launch.
Has anyone noticed if anyone is using the line collection?
There is a paddleboat that has floated up at the launch. No one has claimed it yet.
Wild Rice Days – Booth has been paid for. Will have the same spot as last year.
Annual meeting notice – Beth to put on website. August 6^th – 10:00 AM at Sportsman’s Club

Tim made a motion to adjourn and 2^nd by Melissa. Meeting adjourned at 10:55 AM