Birch Island Lake Association
Spring Meeting Minutes
May 30, 2011
The Spring Meeting was called to
order by President Tim Adair at 9:00 a.m. at Lakeside
Lutheran Church.
There were 50 people in attendance
The minutes of the last meeting were
read by Secretary Linda Kobilarcsik and approved.
Mary Kirby gave the Treasurers
report.
There is a balance of 5599.50 in our account.
We welcomed a new family to the
membership of BILA.
An election of officers was
conducted.
Presented for election :
Secretary - Linda Kobilarcsik (two year term will
end May 2013)
Treasurer - Tom Schneiberg (two year term will
end May 2013)
Director-At-Large - Lynn Ogren (two year term
will end May 2013)
A motion was made to accept the slate
by Betty Paskausky and seconded by Barry Borman.
The Social Committee reported on the
summer plans for the Ice Cream Social & Boat Parade.
Boat Parade – Saturday July 2 at 1:00.
Meet near the dock by the lodge
Ice Cream Social-Sunday July 3 at 1:00 at Voyager
Lodge. A
donation of cookies is appreciated.
There was some discussion about the
size of the Ice Cream Social. It seems that about half
of the people coming are VV people and not Birch Island
people.
Many think that this is provided by Voyager Village when
in fact BILA is sponsoring it. There will be a banner
made welcoming people to the Ice Cream Social and that
it is sponsored by the Birch Island Lake Association
hoping that this will help to clarify things.
A plan has also been made to have
another Pontoon Tie-Up.
That will be on Saturday June 25 at 5:00 p.m.
Meet in the Big Bay and bring drinks and
appetizers to share.
Barry Borman gave a short report on
the quality of our lake. This is made possible through
grant money. It is holding its own right now, with
phosphorus readings staying fairly stable. Barry and
Arlene check the water almost daily for invasive
vegetation such as Purple Loosestrife.
The normal level of our lake is 995.
We are 4.4 inches
below the normal thanks to the 13” the lake has
risen since the fall of 2010.
Old business included a discussion on
the rules for using fireworks in WI.
Apparently, anyone wanting to use fireworks over
the 4th should go to your Town Hall for a
permit. On to keeping our shoreline clean…..bags were
given out at the last meeting and so far no one has
turned in a full bag at the recycling and garbage center
for free!! So everyone was encouraged to do our part in
picking up trash.
New business was a discussion on a
change of location, dates and times of future meetings.
After the discussion it was decided to keep having our
meetings at Lakeside Lutheran Church but changing the
day to the Monday of Memorial and Labor Day weekends.
Everyone in attendance seemed to agree to that.
The meeting was called to a close at
9:50 a.m. Motion was made by Gary Kobilarcsik and
seconded by Patt Adair to adjourn.
Motion carried.
Linda Kobilarcsik, Secretary
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