Fourth Quarter
President, Margaret Paden
verified that a quorum had been established and called the meeting to order at
Attendees: Margaret Paden –
President, Doris Hastings – Vice-President, Diane Wolf – Treasurer, Brenda
Lallathin – Secretary, Trustees: Bill Grubb, Rex King, Sharon Phillips, and
Shawn Robinson.
Absent: Duane Cadle
Margaret Paden - President’s
report:
Thanked volunteers and
reminded everyone that we were still looking for volunteers to run the kitchen
every other weekend.
Informed everyone that work
weekend was moved to Oct. 14th due to the benefit dinner for Noah
Robinson.
The hamlet was painted with
the exception of the peak which we hope to complete when the boom truck is in
the park.
The fence at the entrance of
the park – one side is done.
The backhoe has been
repaired but needs a seat. Jerry Delp
and Rex King are taking care of that.
The pool was closed on
Sept., 23rd for the season.
Water turn off – for those
who are not consistently here, you should have your camper winterized by
November 1st.
Untagged vehicles – Letters
will be sent to those members informing them to either get current tags, remove
the vehicle or it will be towed at the owner’s expense.
The lift station has been
repaired. Margaret explained that the
problem was caused by feminine hygiene products being flushed and getting
wrapped around the pumps. Also reminded
members to inform their daughters not to flush feminine hygiene products in the
campers because they still end up at the lift station.
Under age drinking: Parents have told Margaret that providing
alcohol to their own under-age children was ok.
Margaret called the Ohio Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco and was informed
that it was not legal and you are either 21 years of age or you are not.
Add-on construction –
Margaret explained that there was a lot of construction taking place with no
plans submitted to the Board for approval.
Also plans are being submitted and the construction is not performed as
submitted. Margaret asked the Membership
how they would like the Board to handle this.
After discussing, Brenda made a motion to have any member who has
constructed add-on enclosure(s) since LLMA acquired the park from Shady Side to
be fined $200.00 a month until proper approval and in compliance with Leisure
Lake guidelines, 2nd by Carol Borlie, vote: 78 yes and 40 no, motion
carried.
We received a letter from
the
Margaret stated a sign for
Noah’s benefit dinner that had been defaced (asking what Noah has ever done for
this park). After listing 16 things off
the top of her head; including gravel, purchased donations for the kitchen,
kid’s activities, work in the park, and security); she explained that if any
member approached the Board regarding a member in need of assistance, there
wasn’t a member on this Board that wouldn’t arrange for a fund raiser or help
of some kind.
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Margaret announced that the
benefit dinner for Noah raised $5,914.50.
For those of you who are unaware; this past summer we took up a
collection for Noah’s boss (Orville Nicolas) in appreciation for allowing the
park to purchase gravel at a discount and the use of his company’s trucks to
deliver and spread. Orville was kind
enough to also pass that on to Noah.
Activities: Saturday, October 14th at
Diane Wolf – Treasurer’s
report:
As of today, checking =
$21,613.12 and savings = $151,595.22. A
breakdown of the income and expenses can be found on the bulletin board.
The Budget Committee
addressed the membership:
Fred Mehlman – Stated the
electric bill(s) from Oct. through Mar. totaled $41,000.00 (approx. $6,800/mo).
Electric bill(s) from Apr. through Sept. totaled $44,000.00 (approx.
$7,300/mo). Fred doesn’t understand why
there isn’t a significant difference in the winter when there are less people
in the park. Total expenses for Oct.
through Mar. = $91,487.31 and total expenses for Apr. through Sept. =
$125,335.90. At the April mtg., the
Committee asked for money making ideas.
No one approached them. In April,
the Committee asked the Board what their budget would be; they submitted
$21,000.00 for odds & ends. Until
the Committee receives a plan from the Board, Fred believes we should rely on
the $50,000. surplus from last year and there should be no raise in dues.
Pat Detrick – Stated the
Committee received no formal budget from any committee. As far as improvements, the Board is hard
pressed because there is no money for improvements. Electric is not going down and we need
everyone to conserve. There was talk at
the last meeting with regards to the sales bldg. Dues are half of what they are every where
else. For the long term, Pat believes
there needs to be a $100.00 dues increase to keep us running on a
shoestring. Pat contacted Ohio Edison to
inquire on the possibility of each site being metered. The price would be astronomical.
Pat Detrick made a motion to
increase 2007 – 2008 dues by $60./Rovers, $100/Perms & Paid Rovers, and
$200 for sewered lots, 2nd by Joanne Mociolek. After discussing, members felt the dues
should be $100.00 across the board.
Margaret called for a vote, motion was denied.
Pat Detrick then made a
motion to increase the
Margaret thanked Sharon
Phillips for all her hard work and indicated that
Margaret asked the Election
Committee to please come forward and verify that each candidate received at
least one vote (since all were running unopposed). The Election Committee did verify and Tom
Wolf swore in the newly elected Board Members; Margaret Paden – President,
Brenda Lallathin – Secretary, and Trustees: Tom Reed, Noah Robinson and Shawn
Robinson.
Tom Wolf made a motion to
adjourn, 2nd by Brenda Lallathin.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda Lallathin, Secretary