On Saturday, July 27th, the Lake St. Catherine Association held their third meeting of the 2024 season.
Attendance: John Belnavis, Mark Shea, Mary Jo Teetor, Lisa Micich, Jim Canders, Kemi McShane, Frank Callahan, Jerremy Jones, Mike Gay (call in), Ed Laird. Absent: Jeff Crandall, Sue Williams, Bob Williams, Nancy Liberatore, Rob Nesbit
Guests: None
Call to Order: President Jim Canders called the meeting to order at 8:37.
Public Comment: None.
Approval of Meeting Minutes: Minutes of June 22, 2024 posted. Motion to accept the minutes as presented. All in favor, so moved.
Treasurer’s Report: Mary Jo Teetor presented income, expenses, and anticipated costs for DASH, Arrowwood and Greeter Program. A foreign transaction fee in account, Jerremy will look into. Motion to accept the Treasurer’s report. All in favor, so moved.
Annual Membership Meeting: John Belnavis. Meeting is this evening at the CC. Discussion of setup for the meeting & dinner. John made a motion for an allocation of $275 for the facility fee. All in favor, so moved. Mary Jo will take care of checks for facility fee and dinners paid for on the LSCA to the CC.
Milfoil Management: Jerremy Jones. Discussion of LL, and treatment in northern end, detached plants being caught in topped-out pond weed in middle to eastern shore. Ed mentioned Lake George court decision. Discussed new permit and probable public meeting. Discussed Arrowwood estimate and contract, Jerremy will ask Arrowwood for COI.
Greeter Program: John Belnavis. John said 630 boats greeted so far, and he recounted a discussion with Kim J from DEC asking that we work on installing a wash station.
Water Quality and Testing: Mary Jo Teetor. No sign of bacteria or cyano. The lake looks clean, but geese are very active this year. Discussion of the loons.
Publicity: Jerremy Jones. Good recent coverage in the FreePress, and a FOVLAP update.
Lake Safety: Frank Callahan & Mike Gay. New buoys placed at Sunken Island. Discussion of adding additional reflective tape.
Nominating Committee: Jim and other members have not heard from Bob. We’ll have 2 vacancies on the board after the annual meeting.
Membership: Jerremy Jones. To date there are 360 LSCA members. The membership goal is to reach 400. A reminder postcard was sent. $71k in dues & donations so far.
Government Relations: Jerremy Jones. Our 3 state senators, 1 state representative, and all members of the Wells Select Board were invited and will be attending the annual meeting.
Grants: Hilary S from PMNRCD will be attending the annual meeting and speaking about 2 grants, LWAP and SWMP project development.
Old Business: LSCA to participate in East Poultney Day, August 10th, Jerremy, Jim and Frank to work the booth. Jerremy will leave briefly to attend LSCCF meeting. Formal approval of the DASH expense that was discussed over email.
New Business: LSCA sponsored a Wells teen for the new Junior Warden program. Discussion about dues collection and the bylaws.
Motion to adjourn meeting at 10:08, all in favor, so moved.
The board remained to review the slide presentation prepared for the Annual Meeting.
Respectfully submitted, Kemi McShane
