Lake Puckaway
Protection and Rehabilitation District Meeting
January 23, 2014 1:00PM
Good Old Days Restaurant
The meeting was called to order by Acting Chairman Gettelman
at 1:00 PM.
The Certification of the open meeting law was met with it
being posted on the web district web site and other areas around the lake.
District Commissioners in attendance were: Clayton
Masters (Treasurer); Paul Gettelman (Secretary); Roger Swanke; Randy Schmidt, and
Rich Pergande: Absent; Margaret Whirry,
Phil Malsack (Chairman);
Guests: Andrew Sabai (Lake Puckaway Coordinator); Derek
Kavanaugh (Green Lake Co)
Dave Bartz (WDNR); Jim Tomasko (WDNR).
District Members in attendance; Richard Kushman
Secretary’s Minutes:
A motion by Comm. Masters and 2nd by Comm. Schmidt
to accept the minutes as emailed
and posted. Motion Passed
Treasurers Report:
Comm. Masters handed out a summary of the Treasurer’s Report from
1/1/2013 thru 12/31/2013 & 1/1/14 – 1/23/14
Comm. Schmidt
made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report as presented, 2nd by
Comm. Swanke. Motion Passed Comm. Masters
handed out and explained the Cash flow Report for 2013. This will be available for the annual
meeting. Comm Masters asked that the books be audited
and this will be done after the meeting by Comm. Gettelman and Schmidt. (Books
were audited after the meeting by Comm. Schmidt and Swanke—All
balanced and checked out)
District
Members input; Rich Kushman asked
if we are making progress with the fixed crest dam. Jim noted that there is an engineer hired. The DNR has a lot of historic data to assist
with this process. They are looking for
the reports from the Corps when they did the dam samplings in about 2006.
Old Business:
A) 12/5/13 Malsack Motion Correction: No one wanted to change the motion as written
in the 12/5/14 minutes. (the motion correction submitted by Chairman Malsack
was basically the same motion just worded differently)
B)
Commercial
Fisherman update: Some reports have been sent to Dave Bartz. Jed needs to get all of his stuff into the
WDNR. Cold weather has slowed down his
operations. We don’t have the weight
slips so we can’t pay his carp allotment from the LPPRD. It was also noted that Jed’s father had a
heart attack last fall. He is doing okay now.
New
Business
A) Discussion
on District Boat(s); Comm. Swanke noted that Jed would let us rent a
boat. Dave said that you need at least two
people run the boat with nets. The boat
we currently have is too small for our Hatchery needs. Bottom line is that we will need a boat. Dave said he will be here or someone will be
here to help/train us put the nets out and get the walleye’s this spring.
B) Water
Level Monitoring: Andrew gave a
summary of his Grant extension Project deliverables and what he is planning to
do with the individual topics. Andrew
would like the LPPRD to approve this report.
The only $ coming from the district would be for the boat gas. Comm. Masters questioned some of the $
amounts as he has in his report. He
wanted to know how the in kind will be put on the grant paper work. Comm Masters noted
that for the past 3 years we have purchased (expenses) $42,000. He questioned why we have to pay for the
boat/gas under this proposal as this is different from the first part of the
grant. Now we would be contracting with Lake & Wetland
Ecosystems LLC. Of which Andrew is the operator. It was felt that the $35,000 is a little
excessive. Basically
noted that previously we spent $22,000 per yr for the
first 3 years. Andrew noted that his expense is approx... $23,000. In kind will include the boat/gas. There is a summary of the grant for the first
3 years and Andrew will be getting that to us by the first week of Feb. Comm. Masters made a motion to tentatively
approve Andrew’s extension request pending Andrew making
modifications/corrections that we discussed.
We will have a meeting the 2nd week of February to go over
all the corrections/detailed explanations that Andrew will get back to us with
prior to the scheduled meeting. 2nd by Comm. Swanke. Motion
Passed Feb 12, 2014 at 1pm
Marquette Town Hall.
C) Northern Study & Equipment 2014; Dave is planning on doing the Northern tagging here
early as normal and will help and do the radio tagging. Ryan Koening will
be a contact person to assist us. Dave
mentioned he wanted to put tags in various sizes of Northern.
D) Town of Marquette office space Rental 2014; It was noted that Comm
Masters received a letter dated Dec. 22, 2013 indicating that the Town of
Marquette at its November 14, 2013 meeting voted to raise the rent $20 to
$420. Comm. Masters had sent the $400 in
thus prompting this letter. The LPPRD board
noted that it was never notified of the increase prior to the Dec. 22 letter
and it wasn’t mentioned by the Town chairman when he attended our 12/5/13 LPPRD
mtg. The 12/22/13 letter from the Town
noted that our rent was covering the use of the hall, office space and internet
access. It was noted that the LPPRD
wasn’t notified prior to the expiration of the “rental agreement” of any sort
if increase in the agreement for the upcoming year. Comm. Schmidt made a motion to cancel the
agreement with Marquette Township for the office space at the Town Hall. 2nd Comm.
Masters. Motion passed [Comm Masters will request that the $400 check that was
submitted for 2014 be returned and we would pay for the month or 2 that we use
the hall and office space until we clean out all of our equipment/materials.]
E) Buffalo
Lake Dam Project update; the contractor has fallen behind but they will
fill the lake around the end of May. All
is going good and it looks good.
F) Hatchery
Needs; DO Meter—Andrew brought the one he uses’ and we will get trained on
the use of it after the meeting. As far
as an aerator for the boat and fish tank, Dave Bartz (WDNR) noted that they use
a Bilge pump with the walleyes.
G) Any
other new business: Derek has been working with the FWS for a grant for eastern
dredge bank, rip/rap the island the tip and the opening. Putting in where the opening is in the
island. Also on the dredge bank and
some in bluebill bay. The FWS is also
interested in the tern rafts. Derek will
let us know of the date of the meeting for this project. (Derek will forward a
summary of what he is doing and it will be part of the official record for todays meeting)
Aaron
Bucholtz sent an email to the LPPRD regarding
dredging and the regulations for dredging. He noted that the Water
Management Staff would be willing to come to the Annual meeting to explain the
state laws and regulations if we were interested. It was suggested we invite
them to our annual meeting.
Comm. Gettelman asked Andrew
if he will have the final summary of the Grant for our review. He noted that he would have it by the first
week of February.
Comm.Masters moved to adjourn the
meeting; 2nd by Comm. Pergande.
Motion Passed Meeting
adjourned at 3:05 PM
Respectfully
submitted,
Paul
Gettelman, LPPRD Secretary
Part of the
official minutes will include:
Treasurer’s Report 1/ 1 /2013—12/31/2013
2013 cash flow Report
Malsack motion correction proposal
Town of Marquette letter to Comm.
Masters
Lake Grant Extension Project
Deliverables 1-20-2014
Ryan Koenigs
email; RE; tracking Northern assistance
Derek Kavanaugh reports
Attendance list
Agenda