Fish and Royer Lake Association Board Minutes
The Fish and Royer Lake Association Board met at 1350 S 525 E, LaGrange on November 5th
. Present were Erik Pearson,
Nancy Block, Robin McCue, Ron Lucas, Jan Nomina, Dave Schnieders and Pam Deetz. The meeting was called to order at
9:05 am.
Minutes:
The minutes of the previous meeting had been emailed out to the board. Nancy moved to accept them, Jan
seconded, and the minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s report:
Expenses: $7857.00 walleye; $167.00 website renewal; $154.00 newsletters; $1380.00 Legion=$9548.00
Current balances: General fund=$2585.72; Fish Stocking=$3733.00
Fundraiser took in about $4500 before expenses. About 129 people were in attendance.
We are up to 110 members.
Suggestions for future fund raisers:
Name tags
Follow up with music/entertainment after the meal and raffles.
March 2nd fundraiser:
March 2, 2019 at 6:00 pm at Carmen and Erik’s event center.
Open to the public
Heavy hors d’oeuvres
Raffles, Silent auction, possible live auction, entertainment/karaoke
$20 per ticket; printed on ticket “food/entertainment/booze” ?? Tickets will be available at the door. $Cash Bar$
To benefit general fund:
Board to consider a golf outing fundraiser for summer of 2019.
Newsletter:
Ads previously sold will continue for 2019.
Next newsletter to go out after Christmas.
Discussed sending thank yous and Christmas greetings to advertisers.
Fish stocking:
3030 walleye were stocked in October.
Discussed putting up signs to promote “catch and release.” Dave S has looked into getting metal signs, and
believes we can get 10 for around $300-400. Ron moved that we put $350 into these signs, Nancy seconded and
the motion carried.
David M sent out a letter promoting “catch and release.” This will be included in the next newsletter.
Discussed finding a new supplier for fish, and looking into Pike (to be stocked in the fall, due to spawning habits).
We have 189 acres of lake, and 2 per acre is recommended.
5013C and related topics:
Nancy continues to work on getting our association this status, and this should be accomplished by the end of the year.
The bid for cleaning out the channel is at $17,000. The grant will pay @ 50% of this.
Nancy has the letter from surveyor, Rex Pranger. We discussed things we could do to lower this cost such as doing
the seeding ourselves.
Nancy brought up the issue of land erosion on the channel by Kozas. The culvert may need to be replaced. This is
a possible project for another grant application in the future. Residents on this channel are responsible for putting
up their own rock walls.
Nancy also brought up the possible need for liability insurance for the board. Erik will check into whether other lake
boards have this. Ron Hostetler insurance could be a source if needed.
Association dues raise:
Board members have received some feedback from residents regarding raising the dues to $40 per year. People do
seem open to the possibility of “levels” of dues.
We will have information in the next newsletter about the reasons for this raise in dues, with some sort of statement
such as “if you are uncomfortable with this raise, please contact a board member.” We do not want to lose members
due to the raise.
Fly Creek Clean-up:
There is a dispute between the DNR and the Surveyor’s office as to whether a permit is required for this clean up.
Dave S will look into this further.
No permit is apparently needed, per Ron, to take limbs out, so a group will be gathered to do this.
Miscellaneous:
Erik said that association t shirts ($7-8) and hoodies ($14-15) could be made for us. We would do this on a pre-sale basis.
We may consider creating a lake association calendar for 2020. The cost per calendar is at it’s highest now.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Deetz, secretary