GENEVA LAKE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY
Minutes of the January 21, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting

Present: D. Bowman, M.Fesenmaier, J. Miller, C. Workman, T/ Peters and guest J. McHugh.

  1. Meeting called to order at 7:01 by Chairman Bowman.
  2. Motion by J. Miller to accept the December 10, 2009 meeting’s minutes. CU.
  3. Motion by C. Workman to accept the December 2009 Bookkeeper’s report.CU.
    There was discussion on the final numbers in the January – December 2009 Profit & Loss budget vs. actual statement. We finished the year in the black, with reduced spending and an influx of donations the last month. As in past year the Walsh Foundation sent us $3,000 with a $1,000 earmarked for the EEF.
    Motion by C. Workman to send $1000 from GLEA donation to the EEF on behalf of the Walsh Foundation. CU.
  4. Motion by Workman to accept the Director’s report. CU
  5. Old Business:
    1. Peters presented an amended budget and explain changes. There was discussion on Kristi’s pay and the work she does. After further discussion there was a motion by J. Miller to give her a $2,000 bonus for 2009 and show it in the 2010 fiscal year. The money is to come from unspent monies in the Bookkeeper’s line item of the 2009 budget. CU.
      Motion by J. Miller to accept the 2010 GLEA budget as submitted. CU
    2. The Geneva Beach Winter Workshop will be in March and will most likely cover two different Sat morning. One on groundwater and the other on watersheds.
    3. It was agreed to encourage the Lake Use Committee to take up the establishment of lake wide fueling standards. Peters is working with that committee with the hope that they will take up this project.
    4. Peters was reminded that the budgeted amount and requested amount for the Computer is $1,000 and he is not go over it.
  6. New Business
    1. Motion by M. Fesenmaier to sign a one year lease with Aurora for the office at a rate of $225/month.
    2. Motion by D. Bowman to enter into a contract with Aurora University to be an external partner in their IMSP Earth and Space Science Grant for a one time payment of $6,000. CU
    3. Motion by J. Miller to pay registration cost for the Storm Water Conference and the SE. Wisconsin Lakes Conference. CU
    4. Peters informed the board that he has been asked to make a presentation on surface waters and Geneva Lake to the Lake Forest Open Lands Conservation Leadership program as they attend the OWLS program at George Williams on the evening of June 14, 2010. Ok by board.
    5. Peters handed out a summary of the winter road de-icing practices around the lake. He reminded the board that these are only for public roads and that some of the larger private parking lots use pure salt and at very high rates. There was discussion on the differences and why. He also passed around a copy of “Stormwater” publication which had a cover feature on road salt.
    6. Peters and Miller update the board on the developments of the 2010 Geneva Lake Car Rally. There will be a planning meeting on Feb 5, 2010 at 8:30 am at the Lodge on Geneva Ridge and all board members are invited to attend. Peters stressed the need for board members to take on some of the responsibility of putting the event on. He referred to several committees and their responsibilities and asked the board members to consider where they could help out. There was some discussion on a meeting Peters had with the Chairperson of the Marketing Dept of UW-Whitewater regarding development of a Car Rally marketing plan and its implementation by a summer intern.
  7. Workman brought the board up to date on the development of the “Turner Property” and their boat house issue.
  8. Next meeting set for Feb 18, 2010, the third Thur of Feb.
  9. Motion to adjourn by J. Miller. At 8:45 pm.

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