The Combined Lake Delhi Recreational Facility and Water Quality District<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday, January 15, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lake Delhi Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delhi, IA 52223<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Present: Burger, Althoff, Thompson and Scherrman. Beals and Staebell via Zoom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Absent: Leonard<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visitors: Ed Schmidt and Andrew Judd via Zoom<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Support Staff via Zoom: Laurie Kramer and Randy Rattenborg<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scherrman made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Burger second the motion. All ayes. Motion carried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A motion to approve minutes from previous meetings was made by Scherrman, second by Beals. All ayes. Motion carried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Board reviewed claims from the General Fund (81000) as presented. Claims included utilities, maintenance contract, clerical expense, lobbyist expense, dam supplies, lighting for lake office, copier expense and dam maintenance and equipment (50%). Claims totaled $67,800.77 from the General Fund. Claims for Fund 81006 included dam maintenance and equipment totaling $60,586.92. A motion was made by Thompson, second by Burger to approve all claims. All ayes. Motion carried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
December financial reports were presented. The General Fund received $2,679.04 in property taxes for the month and interest of $9,260.28. Expenditures for December were $33,841.10 ending December at $2,474,501.73. The Debt Service Fund received $3,638.81 in property tax for the month of December and $1,807.33 in interest. There were no expenditures ending December at $545,551.22. The Dam Improvement Fund had no revenues and no expenditures ending December with a $80,000.00 balance. Grant Fund (81006) had revenues of $1,1,251.80 in interest and $35,715.83 in expenditures ending December with a balance of $342,838.37. A motion was made by Scherrman, second by Beals to receive and file the December financial report. All ayes. Motion carried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A motion was made by Burger, second by Scherrman to approve Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. for a public hearing to approve the FY2026 budget. The location is the lake office. All ayes. Motion carried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next agenda item was for consideration and possible action on a bid package for hydro-gate area bulk heads. Andrew Judd presented the Trustees with costs and timelines for the project. Thompson made a motion, seconded by Burger to approve putting the project out for bid with conditions that the bids need to be received by January 31, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. and the District\u2019s attorney review the insurance provisions in the contract. The motion also included a special meeting date of February 3, 2025 to review the bids. All ayes. Motion carried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Randy Rattenborg was present to review the bids for the concrete removal on the dam walk-way. He received two bids. One was from Lunda Construction in the amount of $96,500. The other was from Iowa Wall Sawing Service in the amount of $10,300. After some discussion, Staebell made a motion to accept the bid from Iowa Wall Sawing Service with the stipulation that the project needs to be completed by February 28, 2025. Burger seconded the motion. All ayes. Motion carried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Committee Updates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Water Quality, Legislative & Community Events \u2013 No new updates<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dredge \u2013 No new updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dam Operations & Property Management \u2013 No new updates<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finance & Budget \u2013 Burger noted the Finance Committee meet January 12th<\/sup> to develop the budget for FY26 which will be presented at the February meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Public Comment: None<\/p>\n\n\n\n A motion to adjourn was made by Staebell, second by Thompson. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 5:46 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Combined Lake Delhi Recreational Facility and Water Quality District Wednesday, January 15, 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 … Continue reading