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August 2010 Minutes
The meeting was called to order by President, Carl Hanson, on Saturday, August 21, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. at the Fishbowl Bar, Danbury, WI. There were 25 people in attendance.
The minutes of the last meeting, July 31, 2010, were read by Secretary, Mary Anne Thompson. Motion was made by Wayne Johnson, seconded by John Kielkucki to approve the minutes as read.
Financial Report by Treasurer, Cheryl Gray:
INCOME:
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| Memberships |
$100.00 |
| Map Ads |
$200.00 |
| Contract Money |
$11,800.00 |
| Meat Raffle |
$835.00 |
| Total Income |
$12,935.00 |
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EXPENSES:
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| Postage |
$38.75 |
| Gas (Truck) |
$202.49 |
| Diesel Fuel (Tractor) |
$1,155.00 |
| Rent-A-Flash (Signs) |
$875.95 |
| Food (Workers) |
$111.60 |
| Posts |
$127.80 |
| Meat for the Raffle |
$246.20 |
| Daniella Frank Benefit |
$100.00 |
| Leader & Sentinel |
$282.89 |
| Saw Repair |
$82.50 |
| Harvey Thompson |
$100.00 |
| Mileage |
$37.50 |
| Prize Money |
$10.00 |
| Total Expenses |
$3,323.23 |
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| Checking Account Balance |
$17,853.99 |
| Savings Account Balance |
$ 3,770.33 |
| CD (exp. 8/13/10) |
$10,496.36 |
| CD (exp. 6/9/11) |
$11,024.88 |
| Balance |
$43,145.56 |
Motion was made by Richard McIntyre, seconded by Wayne Johnson to approve the financial report as read.
The miles of funded trails which has been in effect for the last nine years has been reduced from 54 miles to 49.3 miles and the contract reduced from $24,300 to $22,155. This was the result of a compilation of miles done with a GPS System which had previously been done by an odometer on a vehicle. So, even with the addition of the miles to Hap’s Landing and behind the Hillside, we still ended up with less funded miles. Harvey stated that we do a lot of grooming that we don’t get paid for on the unfunded trails such as fire lanes. We have also gotten a mower from Bruce Gibbons of Webster which rents for $20 an hour and we get reimbursed at $24 an hour according to the contract. Carl has turned in the worksheets to the County for work done in July which amounted to $7,552.27. He said the new contract increased the rates for some work and decreased the rates for other work.
There was no report on a fund raiser because Larry Koch was not in attendance. Carl asked if someone would like to organize a club ride by setting up a date, time, and itinerary but no one came forward.
The meat raffle held at Gliders was a huge success and netted over $800.00. Gliders would like the club to sponsor regular meat raffles in the future and they will come up with a schedule for us.
A new trail into Hap’s Landing has recently been dozed by the Forestry Department. They decided the existing trail was too close to the roadway.
The Burnett County Infrastructure Committee has approved the request to open a part of County Road H as an ATV route but it will not be opened until it is completely signed and the money needed for the signs has not been included in the current county budget. Bob Morehouse will be getting the information on the cost of signs needed and labor and give that to Carl. Members felt that the businesses along that route should have fund raisers or perhaps place donation jars in their businesses to help pay for the signs that will be needed. The money and/or signs would have to be given to the township and they in turn would give it to the county. John Kielkucki stated that Northwoods has already made a commitment to have some sort of fund raiser and he will work them. A motion was made by Richard McIntyre seconded by John Kielkucki to have the club loan the money needed and be paid back from the money raised by the fund raisers. Motion passed unanimously.
Richard Costerisan said he attended the Infrastructure Committee meeting and he felt Carl and Cheryl Gray did an outstanding job of presenting the request and answering questions. He also gave a synopsis of the meeting and how the various members voted.
Rick Thompson asked about organizing people to do trail work. Carl stated that he would like to have two groups of four people each. Each group would be assigned certain weeks according to a schedule and must be available and on call their assigned week in case work is needed.
Nominations for officers and board members were taken at the last meeting. At the time we were ready to vote, Richard Costerisan removed his name from the list of candidates thereby eliminating our need to vote. Officers are - President, Carl Hanson, Vice President, Rick Thompson, Secretary, Mary Anne Thompson, Treasurer, Cheryl Gray. Board Members are Ron Gray, John Kielkucki and Wayne Johnson.
Richard McIntyre moved that the meeting be adjourned at 10:05, seconded by Ron Gray. Motion passed unanimously.
The next meeting will be held on Saturday, September 25, 2010, at Northwoods, Webb Lake.
Respectfullly submitted,
Mary Anne Thompson, Secretary
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