LAKE MADISON DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
The Executive Committee of the LMDA met at the home of Terry Ryan at 7 pm on Feb 12, 2009. Present: Michelle Anderson (Secy), Mike Halverson (2nd VP), Millie Moser (Treas), Curt Nelson (Past Pres) and Terry Ryan (Pres). Unable to attend: Matt Larson (1st VP).
Items Discussed:
Water Project District—the Interlakes Water Quality Committee is submitting the WPD petitions to the state Water Quality Board for consideration at is March meeting. If approved, the Lake County Auditor will be required to set a date within sixty days for a vote. At its next meeting on March 5, the IWQC will set the dates for as many as four informational meetings prior to the vote. We will then be able to determine the date for our next Board meeting.
Brant Lake Improvement Ass’n—Matt, Mike and Terry will be meeting with Jan Nicolay and the leadership of the BLIA on Sat, Feb 21 to look “down the road” at possible cooperative activities for our two Associations.
Vice President Duties—Matt has agreed to serve as liaison between the LMDA and the Lake County Improvement Corporation and Mike has agreed to take charge of the LMDA Safety Committee. It is thought that these duties might become part of the role of the VP positions.
Payment of Tax on Interest Income—Michelle has obtained a new Employer Identification Number from the IRS so we can pay the 2008 tax on our CD interest. Such payment has not been made in the past and the IRS indicated that it did not have anything on file regarding our previous EIN.
ByLaws—at our Spring Board meeting, we need to give final Board approval to updates to the Ass’n ByLaws to be presented for approval to the membership at the Annual Meeting. The months of Nov, Feb and May are thought to be best for Board meetings (in addition to the meeting in Aug, immediately after the Annual Meeting). Terry will be in touch soon with the Bylaws Committee to see if a meeting is desirable prior to the Spring Board meeting.
Ambassadors—the Ambassador process, begun by Curt when he was Membership Chair, was reviewed. It has not been in use the past two years. It is considered valuable in contacting folks new to the Lake, but would require the involvement of Board members to be successful. It will be placed on the agenda of the Spring meeting of the Board.
Lake Access at the Poor Farm—Terry attended a meeting on Feb 9, involving Chris Giles and Scott Pederson of the Lake County Commission and Vicki Seager, Brandon Gust and Steve Vanderbeek of GFP regarding the feasibility of developing a boat ramp and fishing dock along the shore of “Poor Farm” property owned by the County. The matter will continue to be explored, including a tentative Public Meeting on April 2.
Directors are reminded that minutes of the IWQC are available at www.lakemadison/info.