LTPOA Meeting Minutes July 14, 2009
    
The meeting opened at 7:00 p.m. with the following board members present:  Janet Hirsch, Ann Schatzman, Chris Townsend, Marilyn Meyer, Joe Hejnal, Matt Schweiss and Renee Kittel.   
    
President’s Report    
President Townsend started off the meeting by thanking everyone for attending the meeting and asking for approval of the June minutes.  Motion to accept minutes was made by Marilyn Meyer and seconded by Janet Hirsch.  Motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report    
Marilyn Meyer, Treasurer, reported for June. The Financial Report for June is listed separately.  Motion to approve the June Financial Report was made by Janet Hirsch and seconded by Ann Schatzman.  Motion passed.  We still owe $59,449.50 on the dam loan before the July payment.
Marilyn presented the following bills for payment: 
  
Legal					=        $1,141.25
Dale Whalen Grass Mowing		=        $2,730.00
Stryker Security                              	=        $1,489.00 
Portable Toilet                                  	=        $90.00 
Postage for Invoices                           	=        $154.00
Pea Gravel                                           =        $562.04
Pole Saw                                              =        $645.36
Gate Cards                                          =        $416.53
Kleinschmidt                                       =        $772.03
Keys for Patrol Boat                            =        $14.72
Envelopes for Invoices                        =        $21.17
Newsletter                                          	=        $235.49
        
Motion to approve bills was made by Joe Hejnal and seconded by Janet Hirsch.  Motion passed.    
   
Building  
President Townsend suggested a motion be made to appoint John Hindrichs as the new Building Director.  Motion was made by Joe Hejnal and seconded by Marilyn Meyer.  Motion passed.  John will work along with the board in receiving and reviewing applications and plans for building projects.
John Hindrichs reported receiving 1 new building application from Glen Deutsch who owns D31/32/33.  Glen would like to build another dock by the path and will submit the plans to the board once received.  
Joe Hejnal stated that all building project/permit approvals are up to date.
President Townsend reported that Mr. Frauenfelder wants an extension on his permit so that he can build a boat dock when the lake is down.

Maintenance  
President Townsend stated that the new Lake Tishomingo sign at the entrance to the lake looks great and thanked all who contributed to the making of the sign.  President Townsend also reported and showed his great appreciation for Matt Schweiss and other volunteers who have been cleaning up and cutting the trees around the entire lake and there are only 2 miles left to go.
Joe Hejnal stated that he and Matt were going to get together and go over some big maintenance projects for the upcoming budget meeting.
Additionally, President Townsend thanked Ron Sansone and Kevin Seelbach for all their efforts with the maintenance while on the board. 
 
LTIA REPORT 
Barb Rohm stated that the boat parade was very successful and the next events are boat poker and the fishing tournament. The dates for these events are listed in the newsletter.
  
Finance Committee 
Janet Hirsch reported that on August 5, 2009, the LTPOA BoD and Finance Committee will meet and prepare the budget for the upcoming year.  Everyone can submit a proposal.
One homeowner questioned what the special assessments were being used towards since the dam repair was complete.  Marilyn and Janet stated that it was being used toward paying off the loan which was for the repair of the dam and this is the last year for the special assessment.
  
Web Site & Newsletter  
Janet Hirsch reported that 357 newsletters were just mailed out. The opinion survey results and analysis are posted up on the website along with the online version of the opinion survey.  President Townsend stated that all opinions on the survey count.  The results of the survey showed that property owners feel that the grass cutting, water quality testing, enforcement of the rules and regulations and the security gate are of great importance to the community.  
 
Security
President Townsend reported that the board has asked Rick Hannick to be the new Security Coordinator.  Rick handed out his security report to the board members and read his report aloud.  Topics discussed and of concern at the meeting included the following:
 
•	Closing the security gate at all times.  Closing the gate on a Saturday as a trial run.  
•	The use of surveillance cameras at the gate entrance.
•	Speeding on lake roads.  How to enforce the speed limit.
•	Mandatory LT stickers on all motorized vehicles - cars, boats, ATV's, golf carts etc.  How to get all property owners in compliance.
•	Increasing the security guard's hours.  Having a guard work the morning shift to catch early morning violators.
•	Parking in the community house lot. 
•	Having guest passes available for property owners to purchase and give to planned visitors.
•	How to enforce the fines?
•	Additional speed limit signs will be placed on both sides of the lake - Barb Rohm and Kevin Seelbach will take care of this.
•	Citations which are given out should have accumulative affect.
•	Matt Schweiss stated that he would have his family business print up citations.
  
In summary, the LTPOA adopted the following security rules that impose a fine of $25 for any of the following offenses: 
•	Violation of the water rules 
•	Violation of the ATV rules 
•	Violation of the security sticker rules 
•	Exceeding the posted speed limit of 20 mph
 
The rules and regulations will be updated on the LT website.
 
Gate 
Russ Wilner reported that he had to reboot the gate a couple of times in the last month.  Russ stated that he did contact Jim Lema on the cost of upgrades.  Jim will give us a contact to call for options.  
 
Community Coordinator
Renee Kittel stated that there will be a Parent's Club meeting at 6:00 P.M. on July 16th and that volunteers for boat patrol should call her.
 
Fishing Club
Small Bass Tournament is on July 18th from 6am-10am.  There is a $10.00 fee to participate.
  
Sewer Committee    
Janet Hirsch reported a milestone has been reached in the sewer project.  The plans for the collection system were submitted to DNR and USDA and will take 30-60 days for approval.  The survey forms were sent to the property owners in the Tishomingo forest asking if they are interested in connecting to the sewer system since they are 300 feet from the sewer main and can choose to connect.  If one property owner chooses to connect then all would be required to do so in order for it to be economical.  The sewer board is investigating developing an access road so that we can gain access over Regina instead of over the dam in order to construct the sewer plant.  Construction will begin mid-November. Collection plans were made available to those in attendance so they could see what their individual residence connection will look like.
   
Old Business (Board)    
Gail Lents would like an LTPOA board member to take over her position of being in charge of the real estate that the LTPOA owns. Chris Townsend agreed to do so.
  
Ed Mitchell has volunteered to cut the grass around the Community House and should be reimbursed for the gas used to mow the lake property.  This was already agreed to by the board; Ed just needs to contact the board and present his expenses for reimbursement.
  
There being no further business, a motion was made by Joe Hejnal and seconded by Marilyn Meyer to adjourn.  Motion passed.  The meeting concluded at 8:15 P.M.    
Respectfully submitted,    
Ann Schatzman    
Secretary