October 2026 Board Meeting Minutes

SLA - October 10, 2026 Board Meeting Minutes

Meeting Place:  ZOOM only

Date:  Saturday October 10th

Time:  8:39 am

Agenda

  1. Call to order.  Attendance: Brede DeSheeper, Tom Huettner, Linda Lonson, Paul Mullaney, Don Evans, Lynn Erickson, Roger Laska.   Guest: Karinn Schultz. 

2) Announcements, General Discussions & Correspondence:

    1. Road Clean Up took place

    2. North Landing Porta-potty was removed

    3. Landing Signage still remains

    4. Life Vest storage – taken down

    5. Roger Laska and Bill Hagenbuck have formed a committee of six other members from our ICOLA affiliation to strategize about ways to press upon the County Commissioners to address short-term rentals (STR).  Our SLA Board would like the County to establish rules to encourage short-term rental owners to manage their units so that their guests comply with neighborhood friendly rules.  District 2 Councilman mentioned the County is considering restarting discussions on STR although their recent minutes do not indicate any discussions on STR’s. 

    6. A number of the Board members wanted to request the DNR to review the current status of the Wier as the flow from the lake is currently low to none.   A survey of the weir was completed last year by the DNR and concluded that the weir has maintained its integrity since its original installation.  A motion was made to request a new inspection with the following results: Vote:  In favor: Lonson, Erickson, Laska, Mullaney; Not in favor:  DeSheeper, Evans, Huettner.  Tom will reach out to the owner of SLL to give them notice of our request for inspection so that they are aware of a possible pending inspection.  Motion passed.  Roger Laska to coordinate the request into the DNR. 

3) Secretary's Report/Prior Meeting Minutes Affirmation: 

Vote: September Minutes Approved (subject to corrections suggested by Lonson) -  minutes are sent to Paula for inclusion on the SLA website.

4) Treasurer's Report  - Linda’s Report 

    1. Financial update  Total SLA funds are $109,944.26  There is $97,000 held in certificates of deposits with the remaining funds are in quick access banking accounts.  A recent investment of $15,000 was made into a CD at a rate of 4.65% at the end of September having a maturity date of October 2, 2028.  We have another $16,000 CD maturing on October 23, 2026 that will need to be reinvested.  There are forms the Treasurer will file to report on our non-profit status.  

    2. Water testing – Invoice has been requested for the year

Vote: Approved Treasurer’s Report

Vote: Approved Investing Guidelines as circulated by Treasurer.

5) Officer Vote/Committee Chair Selections for FY ’26/’27

Officers:

President: Term expired 2026.   Tom has agreed to extend another year as president subject the membership approving his Board three-year term in the Spring meeting.

Vice President: Bill Hagenbuck will be willing to stay on as Vice President subject to the membership approving his Board three-year term in the Spring meeting. 

Treasurer: Linda Lonson has agreed to extend another year as treasurer subject to the membership approving her Board three-year term in the Spring meeting.  

Secretary: Paul Mullaney is willing to remain as Secretary for another year

Receiver of Notice (for the County): Bill Hagenbuck will remain as receiver subject to membership approval of three-year Board term in the Spring meeting.

Karinn Schultz stated she is willing to be on the SLA Board subject to membership approval in our Spring meeting.

As mentioned in September’s meeting, Mullaney and Laska’s terms expire in 2027 and Erickson, Evans, and Deseeper terms expire in 2028.

Committees:

Communications: Chair: Paula Huettner 

Membership: Chair: Paula_Huettner Co-Chair:____Joan_S._________

Water Quality, Management & Education: Chair: Roger Laska agreed to hold this position  Co-Chair: Tom Huettner

Social: Chair: Paula Huettner 

Vote: approved Committee Chairs and Officers as outlined above.   

6) Key Dates (Informational):

  1. Monthly Board Meetings (Location noted below or TBD: ZOOM option for travelers (please indicate if you need).  

    • TOM will work with Abby to set next years dates for board meetings and Spring Meeting.

7) Committee Reports: (Suggested topics; please make your own agendas)

a) Water Quality, Management & Education: Chair: Tom H.

(Temporary); Co-Chair: Roger L.

      1. Tom Huettner sent DNR regulations regarding fencing to the owner of SLL.

      2. Lake Level Measurements - Back-up Plan for Dick Stenerson/2027 process - Roger Laska

      3. Lake Wakeboard Map was produced by Brede and circulated.   Lynn Erickson also purchased a map produced by the Non-profit Minnesota Lakes and Rivers. Copies of these maps will be made available on our website.  

8) Winter Projects/To-do’s

    1. Website update/refresh

    2. Potential Weir plantings/signage 

    3. Ice-out contest 

    4. Spring Meeting Prep - Guest Speaker.  A suggestion was made to have a representative of the DNR or Itasca Soil and Water to summarize the objectives, design of the weir.

    5. Newsletter

    6. Lake Steward Program - Delayed Roll-out until likely 2027. Confirm program and find volunteers by spring.  

    7. Historical Record Retention Solution:

     Next steps:

      1. Paula to talk with Alan Jechort about helping out with the review of accessibility/structure of database; 

      2.  Load/Organize on SLA’s website if doable and searchable.

Meeting Adjourned.