The Combined Lake Delhi Recreational Facility and Water Quality District

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

                               4:00 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 4:00 pm by President Burger.

Present: Burger and Thompson Hingtgen joined at 4:02

Colgan & Staebell via Zoom  Beals & Leonard joined via Zoom at 4:03

Absent: None

Visitors: None

Support Staff: Randy Rattenborg and Laurie Kramer via Zoom

A motion was made by Staebell, second by Thompson to approve the agenda.  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, technical services and software renewal.  Claims totaled $11,658.87 from the General Fund.  A motion was made by Colgan, second by Staebell to approve all claims.   All ayes.  Motion carried.

December financial reports were presented. The General Fund received $5,541.34 in property taxes for the month and interest in the amount of $7,121.17 for a total of $12,662.51.  Expenditures for December were $21,410.93 ending December at $2,357,426.97.  The Debt Service Fund received property tax in the amount of $7,526.65 for the month of December and $1,745.03 in interest.  There were no expenditures in December ending the month with a balance of $691,595.12.  The Dam Improvement Fund had no revenues or expenditures ending December with a $90,000.00 balance. A motion was made by Staebell, second by Colgan to receive and file the December financial reports.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

The Trustees considered moving the February meeting date but after discussion no change was made.  Therefore, there was no action.

A motion was made by Staebell, second by Thompson to approve Wednesday, March 11, 2026 as the public hearing date for the 2026/2027 budget.  The meeting will begin at 4:00 p.m.  The motion also included moving the regular March meeting date from March 18, 2026 to March 11, 2026 to follow at 4:15 p.m. or following the public hearing.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

Committee Updates:

Water Quality, Legislative & Community Events – No new updates

Dredge – No new updates

Dam Operations  – No new updates

Property Management – No new updates

Finance & Budget – Burger reported the Budget Committee met on Saturday, January 17, 2026 to work on the budget and will presenting their proposal to the rest of the trustees at the February meeting.

Public Comment:  No public comment

A motion to adjourn was made by Thompson, second by Leonard.  All ayes.  Motion carried.  Meeting adjourned at 4:14 p.m.