The Combined Lake Delhi Recreational Facility and Water Quality District
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
5:00 pm
Lake Delhi Office
Delhi, IA 52223
The regular meeting of the Combined Lake Delhi Recreational Facility and Water Quality District was held and called to order at 5:01 pm by President Althoff.
Present: Althoff and Thompson. Scherrman, Staebell and Burger via Zoom.
Absent: Beals, Leonard
Visitors: Ben Pasker. Ed Schmidt and Andrew Judd via Zoom
Support Staff via Zoom: Laurie Kramer Doug Herman and Randy Rattenborg
Scherrman made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Thompson second the motion. All ayes. Motion carried.
A motion to approve minutes from previous meetings was made by Thompson, second by Staebell. All ayes. Motion carried.
The Board reviewed claims from the General Fund (81000) as presented. Claims included utilities, maintenance contract, clerical expense, lobbyist expense, dam supplies, legal expense, copier expense and dam maintenance and equipment (50%). Claims totaled $30,820.50 from the General Fund. Claims for Fund 81006 included dam maintenance and equipment totaling $23824.25. A motion was made by Thompson, second by Staebell to approve all claims. All ayes. Motion carried.
January financial reports were presented. The General Fund received $2,824.00 in property taxes for the month and interest of $8,982.64. Expenditures for January were $67,300.83 ending January at $2,419,007.54. The Debt Service Fund received $3,835.73 in property tax for the month of January and $1,760.06 in interest. There were no expenditures ending January at $551,147.01. The Dam Improvement Fund had no revenues and no expenditures ending January with a $80,000.00 balance. Grant Fund (81006) had revenues of $1,231.32 in interest and $60,086.92 in expenditures ending January with a balance of $283,982.77. A motion was made by Staebell, second by Burger to receive and file the January financial report. All ayes. Motion carried.
The trustees discussed the proposed 2025/2026 budget. Burger informed the trustees that the proposed budget includes expenditures in the Debt Service Fund in the event the Board decides to spend down the bond debt. A motion was made by Staebell, second by Scherrman to approve the budget as proposed. All ayes. Motion carried.
Burger made a motion to publish the proposed budget as required by law. Staebell seconded the motion. All ayes. Motion carried.
Andrew Judd from HDR Engineering was present to discuss the bids that were received for the purchase of hydro-gates for the dam. Four bids were received. Lunda Construction’s bid was $306,000 which is significantly lower than the other three because they plan to do the fabrication work themselves. The other three bids included outsourcing that work. By doing the fabrication work, Lunda was also able to provide a better timeline for the project completion. Judd said he still wants to clarify some specifics with the bid documents and would hope to have that completed yet this week. Thompson made a motion to approve Lunda’s bid provided Judd confirms all questions are answered to Judd’s satisfaction. Burger seconded the motion. All ayes. Motion carried
Committee Updates:
Water Quality, Legislative & Community Events – No new updates
Dredge – Staebell noted he is still waiting to hear back from the University of Iowa before scheduling another committee meeting.
Dam Operations & Property Management – Althoff will send out an updated spreadsheet for Grant 2. He also indicated that he has talked with Lunda regarding billing out their invoices prior to the April deadline. Rattenborg mentioned that he installed the last spare ice heater. The other three need repairs and he is looking into that. He also noted that everything in the turbine room is working well and the area is staying dry.
Finance & Budget – Burger informed the Board that the District’s property insurance is not being renewed by Nationwide Insurance. He noted that insurance carriers across the country are starting to drop property coverage in part because of the volume of disasters that have been happening nation wide. He is working with ICAP to see what coverage is available through them.
Public Comment: None
A motion to adjourn was made by Scherrman, second by Staebell. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 5:43 p.m.