Membership Meeting Minutes April 14, 2003

Madam President Kathy Paavola called the meeting to order. Roll call was taken. Jeff Hinz, Dick Lang, and Gail Murphy were absent.

ANNOUNCEMENTS- Flowers were sent to Kathleen Saenger and Bud Pederson. SECRETARY'S REPORT- Tara Nelson

The minutes were read. Correction to the senior report as it could be interpreted wrong. Changed to: Not sure how many seniors have got their driveways snow plowed.   Marlene Collen made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Verna Findorff seconded the motion. Motion Passed.

TREASURER'S REPORT - Marlene Collen

Copies of the report were available. As of 3/31/03: checking = $322.62, mission savings = $31,573.95, mission checking = $1654.43. The bank loan balance = 23,445.00. We took in $256.00 on the chili feed. Marlene is not sure of the total expenses and therefore what our profit was. Last month, there was only $45.11 in the checkbook so Marlene took out a short-term loan to pay for our loan. Bert Hokkanen made a motion to accept the Treasurer's report subject to audit Mike Murphey seconded the motion. Motion passed.

GAMBLING REPORT - Marge Barrett

For the month of March, gross receipts = $53,086.00, net receipts = $11,902.00, cash long/short = $ 13.00 short, net profit = 5,290.10.

Allowable expenses for April & May

Rent: $1,000

Ben's Wholesale (pulltabs): $2,000-$3,000

Payroll/compensation: $2,500-$3,500

Cleaning at bar:

Marge's phone fax: $23.34

MN Dept. of Revenue: $85.00

New Market (meat raffles): $1,500

Misc. Reports: $100.00

WorkComp: $797.00

Lawful Purpose Expenditures

CLCSC - transfer to general mission account: $10,000.00

Diana Saenger made a motion to accept the allowable expenses subject to audit for February and March. Dawn Frandrup seconded. Motion Passed.

 

The check register balance for March is $21,545.40, after the $10,000.00 transfer. If we have another good month like last month another transfer of $10,000 could be made. Marge redid the 45/55 because it is showing a minus continuously. April is our compliant month; Marge went on to explain the reserve account and the 45/55. We are hoping to be compliant since this is our 12th month of our license.

The physical inventory, paycheck payroll, and checkbook were on the table for viewing. Gaming News this month said to be on the look out for armed robberies as they are on the rise.

SENIOR REPORT -

Kathy has not received a snowplowing bill. So, we are not sure how many senior's got then" driveways snowplowed.

YOUTH COMMITTEE-

Easter party went well. We had about the same amount of kids as last year. We hid about 500 eggs and had a coloring contest for different age groups. Hid a special egg and the finder of the egg received a special prize. Had leftover prizes, so we gave away a lot of it as they left. We noticed a lot more parent participation.

The St. Patrick's day went all right. It was the first nice day of the year so the kids didn't want to be inside. The bathrooms were not working which compounded the problem.

The girl scouts are not going to the Science Museum now due to security issues with the war going on. They are now going to look at going to the Wolf Nature Center in Carlos Avery for an overnight stay. Diana thought the girl scouts could clean out the rock bed for their volunteering project.

The youth group at Hope Free was interested in having a sidewalk bible school this summer up at the clubhouse to generate more interest in their Sunday school program. They do have a bus that could pick kids up on Sunday's and then drop them off after Sunday school. They do not have a day in mind. The membership made no objections to having this program take place.

DOCK COMMITTEE-

Memberships are coming in nicely. As Kathy gets them, she fills cards out, enters them on the list and writes a hand written thank you.

Mike Murphy is requesting permanent signage for the dock spaces. The road grater has been taking a toll on the signs we currently have. Requesting that a note be put in the newsletter asking for eye appealing suggestions on permanent signs. They are going to start marking every space next week. Kathy will let the city know what is going on with the road grating. Kathy said she would find out what their plans are with the lakeshore so we know what we can do. Discussion ensued about a current dock space problem.

The Nalawaia boys put the dock out this year.

RENTAL REPORT-

We have two or three rentals a month.

OLD BUSINESS

Kathy is not comfortable with sharing a sign with the CLT&G and the store. Kathy is the one that has to find the labor and the post to put the sign in and pay the most for the sign, Kathy would like to do our own sign, or fix our current sign. She would like some new board also. Laura suggested an acrylic overlay. Diana suggested talking to the city and seeing if they have an idea. Marge is concerned about CLT&G and would like their name to be on the sign. Mike Murphy has some sign guys in mind. Mike suggested putting the CLT&G signs on it when we don't have anything going on. Sign could say Pulltabs at CLT&G for example. Discussion ensued. Marge said he could say at any time that we have 30 days and we have to be out. Discussion ensued.

Recycle day is May 10th from 8a.m. to 1p.m. and the garage sale is from 8a.m to 3p.m. The city will have dumpsters at the bar parking lot. Metal, tires, and appliances will be accepted. The city will supply the manpower. Diana suggested having guidelines printed up and placed at the store. Kathy wants a couple trucks to pick up items from the senior's. Kathy said the dumpster was expensive and the time it would stay is too long. Mike Murphy suggested the community center rent a dumpster for junk, he would rather the community center pay for it than looking at junk in the yards. Marge said we would be taxed on whatever money is left in the gambling account. Mike said to find out if we can get a dumpster from the same company that the city is using. Laura Sloniker made a motion to approve $500 for a dumpster for the community center. Mike Harris seconded. Motion Passed.

The garage sale is the same day for Sam to 3pm. Will have coffee and rolls in the morning and hot dish for lunch. There are 5 or 6 tables that are rented already. People can bring stuff up to donate the proceeds going to the community center.

NEW BUSINESS

We need a yard clean up day. Someone suggested bringing a dumpster up for leaves and having a BBQ the same day. Diana suggested getting blowers. Dawn says she could possibly get it from her Dad.

We need to insulate the pipes for the drainfield. Discussion ensued. This project needs to be addressed ASAP. We could possibly be done the same day as the clean up.

The landings need to be repaired at Dogwood and Forest. Diana said that the city gets CBDG money and they could repair them. Kathy will look into it. Diana said they need to apply for it. The city needs to come and make a plan. It is just too dangerous.

Community clean up is set for Saturday, May 3rd' at 9 a.m.

We need to have the air conditioners disconnected, moved, and leveled ASAP.

We need to paint the inside of the community center. Kathy needs to get 3 bids. She got a bid for the dining for $800-$ 1000 and we buy the paint. Also, $800-$ 1000 for the kitchen and we buy the enamel paint. The walls need to be washed. Could we just prime them instead of washing?

Booster day is July 19th.   The city wants to know if our community will participate in the events or possibly having a float in the parade. Kathy is asking the cub scouts to participate. It is too late for the float but maybe next year.

The newsletter needs contributors. We need people to get involved and participate. The other side of the lake wanted to know why they are not getting newsletters? Not all members are getting a newsletter. Kathy is getting the list together and we will go from there.

Community center dock is out. The Nalawaia boys and some of their friends got the dock in the water. They are willing to help dig up the pipe that day also.

The ballpark has some issues. Diana said that there are ruts where they were putting the fence in. Kathy suggested Diana call Brad.

Bert Hokkanen made the motion to adjourn. Tar a Nelson seconded. Motion passed.

Submitted by:

 

 

Members

1.   Kathy Paavola

2.   Bert Hokkanen

3.   Verna Findorff

4.   Mike Harris

5.   Tara Nelson

6.   Laura Sloniker

7.   Dianne Larson

8.   Marlene Collen

9.   Lynn Stein

10. Mike Murphy

11. George Paavola

12. Dick Bullock

13. Dawn Frandrup

14. Diana Saenger

15. Kathy Stokke

16. Dale Woltin

17. Marge Barrett

Membership Meeting Attendance

April 14, 2003

Non-Members