Minutes
LAKE PUCKAWAY PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION
DISTRICT
COMMISIONERS MEETING
March 10, 2014 1:00pm Good Old Days
The meeting
was called to order by Acting Chairman Masters at 1:04 PM.
The
Certification of the open meeting law was met with it being posted on the
district website, at the Good Old Days and kiosks around the lake.
District
Commissioners in attendance were Mick Masters, Roger Swanke, Randy Schmidt and
Rich Pergande.
Absent were Margaret Whirry, Phil Malsack and
Paul Gettelman.
Guests
included Andrew Sabai (Lake Puckaway Coordinator) and Dave Bartz (DNR).
Commissioner
Schmidt made a motion to approve the minutes from the last meeting as printed. Second by Commissioner Swanke. Motion passed.
Commissioner
Masters gave the Treasurers Report and went over the recent bills. Commissioner
Schmidt made a motion to approve the Treasurers Report. Second by Swanke. Motion passed.
No District
members in attendance.
Andrew Sabai
reported that the Grant Extension has been approved, but Ted Johnson hasn’t
approved the scope yet. Andrew shared
the agreement for his services (contract) with the Commissioners. A motion was made by Commissioner Schmidt to
approve the agreement with Andrew pending Ted Johnson’s approval of the Grant Extension
Scope. Second by Commissioner Pergande. Motion passed. This was done so we wouldn’t need another
meeting. Commissioner Gettelman will
sign Andrew’s agreement once Ted approves the Scope.
It was
decided we should be able to pay Daryl Christianson request of $400 for his
Tern project out of the grant monies. Commissioner Masters made a motion that if we
are unable to get funding from the grant the District would pick up the cost. Second by Commissioner Swanke. Motion passed.
Aaron Bucholz
was unable to attend today’s meeting because of a schedule conflict.
Commissioner Masters read an email update on the Princeton Dam from Aaron.
Dave Bartz
brought the receiver and the tags for the Northern tagging happening this
spring. Dave will be busy as there are
many lakes in the area where he will be doing Northern surveys this spring. His hope is to do Puckaway first thing,
hopefully netting 2 days to implant the 20 fish.
New Business
Commissioner
Masters read the regulations from the state for Lake Districts regarding
mileage. A motion was made by
Commissioner Masters to pay mileage at the IRS rate of 56 cents per mile, paid
by the District quarterly. Second by
Commissioner Pergande. Motion passed.
Meeting per diem
was also discussed. It was noted that if
there was some compensation maybe this would encourage more people to get involved
as board members. Commissioner Malsack is
to bring this up at the annual meeting for a vote from the District Members.
No new info
on the fish cribs.
The Annual
Meeting will take place on June 7 in the Village of Marquette Town Hall at 10
AM.
Commissioner
Gettelman is to follow up with Water Regulation person to speak at annual
meeting about dredging regulations.
There was no new
information on projects on Lake Puckaway not associated with the LPPRD.
Walleye
Hatchery needs were discussed. Bob O.
will probably be helping us again and he can bring a boat according to Dave
Bartz. Motion was made by Commissioner
Masters to authorize Commissioner Swanke to get a boat from Jed during spawning
if needed. Second by Commissioner
Schmidt. Motion passed.
Other new
business
Andrew plans on planting Sago Pondweed, Wild
Celery and Wild Rice with any left-over grant monies. It was noted that this did well when planted
in Puckaway in the past.
Also a
discussion on what was needed for the cable anchors at the Princeton Dam.
Commissioner Schmidt will be checking with a local salvage yard.
Commissioner
Masters made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Second by Commissioner Swanke. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 3:00 PM.
Respectfully
submitted;
Randy Schmidt