The Combined Lake Delhi Recreational Facility and Water Quality District
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
5:00 pm
Zoom Meeting
Delhi, IA 52223
The regular meeting of the Combined Lake Delhi Recreational Facility and Water Quality District was called to order at 5:00 pm by President Burger.
Present: Burger, Scherrman, Jasper, Thompson and Leonard via Zoom
Absent: Althoff, Staebell
Visitors via Zoom: Laurie Kramer, Ed Schmidt, Lori Tucker, Dan Reyner and Doug Herman
Burger asked for a motion to approve the meeting agenda. A motion was made by Scherrman, seconded by Leonard to approve the agenda. All ayes. Motion carried.
A motion to approve minutes from previous meetings was made by Scherrman seconded by Jasper. All ayes. Motion carried.
The Board reviewed claims from the General Fund as presented. Claims included utilities, maintenance contract, clerical expense, lobbyist expense, copier expense, misc. expenses, legal fees, LP for office and generator inspection. Claims totaled $8,012.39 from the General. A motion was made by Jasper, seconded by Scherrman to approve all claims. All ayes. Motion carried.
January financial reports were presented. The General Fund had revenues of $5,168.28 from Delaware County. Expenditures for January were $28,241.07 ending January at $2,230,273.03. The Debt Service Fund had revenues of $5,080.08 from Delaware County and no expenditures ending January at $316,853.24. The Dam Improvement Fund had no revenues and no expenditures ending January with a $60,000.00 balance. The Lake Impoundment Fund had revenues of $257.82 and expenditures of $20,345.00 ending January with a balance of $346,790.31. A motion was made by Leonard, seconded by Scherrman to receive and file the January financial report. All ayes. Motion carried.
The Trustees reviewed the proposed budget for FY24. Scherrman motioned to approve the proposed budget, second by Thompson. Leonard requested a line item be added to the General Fund expenditures to include $60,000 allotted for the Wall of Recognition. Scherrman amended his motion to include that line item. Thompson seconded the amended motion. All ayes. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Jasper, seconded by Leonard to approve a resolution for a supplemental debt service levy in FY24 for the payment of principal and interest on GO Refunding Bonds, Series, 2017. All ayes. Motion carried.
Schermann made a motion to publish the proposed budget in the Manchester Press on February 22, 2023 noting the public hearing for the budget approval is set for March 8th at 5:00 p.m. Leonard seconded the motion. All ayes. Motion carried.
The Trustees considered appointing a trustee to negotiate with the property owner(s) on potential dredge site options. Jasper made a motion to appoint Leonard as the negotiator for the trustees. Scherrman seconded the motion. All ayes. Motion carried.
The Trustees reviewed a contract with 3E Engineering for a 5-year service agreement for the dam diesel generator. It was noted that the cost for the contract is not significantly larger than the previous years of service with 3E. Leonard made a motion to approve the 3E Engineering contract at a cost of $11,715 for five years. Thompson seconded the motion. All ayes. Motion carried.
Doug Herman was present to discuss legal issues regarding several property owners and frontage requests. He also expressed a concern that the current frontage policy should be updated because of its limited restrictions. In addition, he discussed the dredge pit conservation easement and concerns regarding the new county re-zoning ordinance and how it could impact property owners on the lake. Leonard suggested the trustees hold a work session to go over the zoning ordinance in more detail. Burger asked Herman to take the lead on gather more information.
Committee Updates:
Water Quality – No update
Community Events – Dan Reyner was present to update the trustees on the LDRA events for this summer. They include: Lake Delhi Golf Outing on May 19th; Bands, Beer and Boats on June 17th; Christmas on the Lake on August 5th; and, Fireworks on August 12th. Burger noted that the Hartwick Huskys will hold a practice at Lost Beach on June 18th and have a show there on Saturday, July 1st.
It was noted that at 6:10 p.m. both Scherrman and Thompson had dropped from the meeting leaving the trustees with no quourm
Operations & Maintenance – Burger noted that he has asked Herman to review bidding procedures for future dam projects.
Property Management – No update
Budget & Finance – No update
Legislative – No update
Dredge – No update
Wall of Recognition – No update
Public Comment: Reyner informed the Trustees that he had received information from the Maquoketa Valley Electric Cooperative regarding broadband services for the south side of the lake. Burger asked him to forward the information to himself and Kramer.
Burger adjourned the meeting at 6:20 p.m.