Board Meeting Minutes
SEPTEMBER 9, 2000
Pat
Zakalowski, 1st Vice President, called the meeting to order at 9:00
AM. Present were Jay Farr, 2nd Vice
President, Directors Don Kuester, Doug Bradley, Linda Brabant and Roy Miller
and Manager Tim Fall.
Jay
Farr moved to accept August minutes as amended.
Seconded by
Don
Kuester. All in favor. Carried.
Treasurer
absent. Manager Fall reported income for
August was $26,128.00 plus special
assessments
of $5700.00. Total Operating expense was
$34,776.00. Loss for month of
August
was $8647.00. Total fiscal YTD income
was $93,703.84. Balance of cash on
hand
was $106,244.89. Manager Fall advised
that 85 to 90% of major annual costs are
complete. Special Funds in the amount of $21,273.00
collected toward purchase of road
grader
were close to 40% received at end of August.. Balance is due on September 1.
Roy
Miller moved to accept financial
report. Seconded by Jay Farr.
All
in favor. Carried.
Refuse
pickups were discussed and improvements were noted in violations of dumping
at
the campground. Increase in insurance
costs was due to increased valuations
of
installations at guard house and improvements at the clubhouse. Doug Bradley
moved
that bills be paid. Don Kuester seconded
the motion. All in favor. Carried
None
CORRESPONDENCE
Manager
Fall stated that several letters have been received regarding ORV violations
and
concerns
about unleashed dogs. He noted that he
had good cooperation from Animal
Control
during the Labor Day weekend. A letter
was received and read from Margaret
Lawson
resigning her position as Secretary-Treasurer effective Aug 17, 2000. Linda
Brabant
suggested the board send Margaret an official thank you for her many years of
devoted service.
President White will be contacting board members regarding appointment
of
a new Secretary-Treasurer.
COVENANTS
AND RESTRICTIONS
No
Report
ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMITTEE
Chick
Witchell reported on numbers of approvals
granted. She also gave an
update
on types of violations and the ensuing
correspondence to lot owners
advising
them of the restrictions and violations.
ACTIVITIES
COMMITTEE
Pat
Zakalowski reported she has no chairperson for the activities committee.
October
7th is the date set for the garage sales. Volunteers are
desperately
needed.
Manager
thanks Chick Witchell and past and present members of
the environmental
committee
for the many hours spent on environmental work for citing violators
and
for providing the beginning of a paper trail. Much work and many improvements
have
been done at the storage area. Contact
has been made with the Farwell School
Board
to possibly get school bus to make a couple of stops within White Birch.
Contact
made with Sheriff’s department to work with WBLRA to enforce ORV violations
as
their time permits. Voltage fluctuations
are a problem being resolved in order to start
operation
of the gate system.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
None
Roy
Miller thanked the Manager for information on the operation of the
gate
system and that members are being informed as to the issues within WBLRA. Anne
Hobart,
lot 454, goes on record as being opposed to replacing sign at the
entrance. Gary
Cheadle, lot 1010, questions if street signs will be replaced by some similar
to those
at
the entrance by the guardhouse. He
recommends sign that says GUARD HOUSE be
replaced
by GATE. A lengthy discussion by
interested parties was presented concerning
violations
of vehicles, especially ORV’s, and the resulting liability of WBLRA in case
of
traffic
injuries and/or fatalities. Comments
were made describing the damage done to
to
the roads and the wooded areas. Other
discussion was about designated trails and roads.
Do
members have the right to approach violators, especially under-age
drivers? Joe
Romine,
lot 542, suggested that an Ad Hoc committee be appointed to study the ORV
problem
as to what can be done , how it can be done and then take action. NUFF SAID
None
Jay
Farr makes motion to adjourn. Motion
carried.