Lipsett Lake Association Fall Meeting 2022
September 3, 2022
The general meeting of the Lipsett Lake Association was called to order by the President, Mark Hansen, at 9:00 a.m. at the Lipsie Pines Tavern. Approximately 35 members were in attendance.
Committee Reports
President Report – Mark Hansen: Welcome, new lake members! Approved Spring 2022 Meeting minutes (available at the meeting and online). Motion by Chris Snyder and seconded by Mark Schlitter.
New members: Jim and Stefanie Wilkinson and their five kids.
Meeting Minutes and Updates for 2022: Please review the Lipsett Lake Association blog for updates in 2022.
Nominating Committee – Doug Mulville (Covered by Mark Hansen):
John Canny has volunteered to replace Chuck Pillsbury as member director starting January 1. Approved nomination by Aaron Temple and seconded by the Association attendees.
Membership Committee – Carolyn Schlitter:
80% of lake members have paid their association dues.
If you prefer, Aaron has a Venmo account and you could send it to him and he could write a check to Carolyn Schlitter.
Treasurer – Mark Schlitter:
Fundraisers in 2022: dock in, dock out, koozies, pancake breakfast, syrup, triathlon. Great work!
Payroll: A little more in payroll because we’re having more coverage on the lake. This increase was funded by the previous donation including dollars that were needed for the sprayer and other lake maintenance.
Last page of Treasurer report, bank reconciliation: end of July $53,207.
2022:
Where we are on the checkbook as of today: $52,000.
Will have one more payroll coming through Labor Day, then get the rest of the $3,000 grant money before the end of the year and funds from dock out.
Estimated end of year around $55,000–$56,000.
We’re going to open that account and move some money over. Let’s say we end up at $55,000, we’ll take half of that to add to our “rainy day” fund. Then our checkbook is where we run the association from.
Motion to approve financials by Sally Nelson and seconded by Aaron Temple.
Fundraising – Aaron Temple:
Ice Out Fundraiser: Will do again this coming winter. Extra $2-300 for the association.
Triathlon: Hosted by John Canny. We had about 12 participants—casual and fun. $10 for bike, run, swim/paddleboard/kayak. Long and short versions. Can participate solo or on a team. Doesn’t need to be super formal, but will try to make it a bit more competitive for those who prefer. Also, future plans for a kid’s race. John Canny's family will be gone July 4, 2023, so looking at Memorial Day weekend 2023.
Ran by Indian Mound Road. Bike dock lake road, past lipsie pines, around. Paddle board/kayak out to the tube.
Pancake Breakfast: Served pancakes, sausages, and drinks for 70–80 people at the Schlitter garage. Additional volunteers from Dumkes, Millers, Brandvolds, Majors, Canny, and Temples and family. Will plan to do it again next year.
501c Organization Donations: If you’re employed by a company, see if they do a matching. If you’re going to donate, we could double that money through an employer. Visit this site to see if your company will match your donation.
Can Koozies: Ordered a bunch more of those. $5/each. Great for Christmas and stocking stuffers.
Maple Syrup: More available from Aaron Temple.
Dock In: Saturday, October 29, 2022. Later this year since Aaron is gone mid-October.
Future Idea: Winter Fest: Lake Ellsworth does a kickball tournament (would be something fun to get younger people involved). Team pays a registration fee and goes to the Association. Ideas to get people out together on the lake and meet their neighbors. Continue the sense of community and build on that.
Other Ideas:
Fishing Contest for adults and kids
Golf tournament
REMEMBER: Fundraising should accommodate a variety of interests on the lake. We need to get young people and kids involved to show how special the lake is to them and everyone on the lake.
Lake Management – Bob Baker:
Bob has been a lake member for 25 years. Bob would like to phase out some of his responsibilities; he would hate for something to happen and have no one to cover. Please reach out to Bob if you would like to learn more about helping out with lake management.
Winding down clean boat workers. Kathy Hudson will be working Labor Day weekend, and Curtis will be working the Tuesday after. If you’re taking your boat out, say hi and thank them for their service! We hope to have them both again next year.
Mark McLaughlin added a swivel to make the hose windup easier. It helped, but didn’t solve the problem. Dough Mulville took the hose from the inside and moved to the outside so that people can wind the hose back up (prevent getting run over or damaged).
Keep pressure washer going until frost becomes an issue. Probably sometime mid/late October, then shut the washer down for the season. Once the water goes below 50 degrees, you don’t need to worry about zebra mussels. The veligers can’t survive in water colder than 50 degrees (once it frosts overnight, we shut it down at night). If anyone knows how to winterize without taking the bolts off and hauling it inside, please give tips to Bob Baker.
People really like the pressure washer: cleans their boats and people use it. Early birds will get in before Kathy and Curtis get there, and they don’t wash down their boats. Bob and Ruth put a sign up reminding them about the law to wash down their boats (208-1 chapter 12 article 5 that says you have to decontaminate). Since they put up those signs, they’ve seen an increase in pressure washer use by early birds. The Lake Association thanks you!
Zebra mussels: have 4 plate samplers to check the levels. Nancy and Chuck Edwards, Mark Spieth, and Bakers. As of yesterday afternoon, Bob’s only had lots of snails (swirled and cone-shaped). Check your dock posts for zebra mussels this fall. They attach to themselves standing up like tiny hands praying. If you see little ones like that—let Bob know and he’ll check them out (or send a photo to him). We’ll know in a month or so if we survived the year without zebra mussels. Pressure washer is helping out a lot with that.
Purple loosestrife: been fighting it for about 30 years. Interestingly, we didn’t get any!
Southwestern cove in the last decade. Some flowers, but it was just a native plant. Been cutting and spraying the stuff for years. Under control, hopefully eradicated.
County conservationist asked Bob to make a video on how to use the pressure washer. Ruth made a 2.5-minute video of a thorough washing. Chris Snyder is going to post the video on the blog. Video may be used in various county meetings.
Questions:
What lakes in the county have zebra mussels? Lower and Big Mackenzie have zebra mussels. They’re close enough to our lake to make us worried. That’s why spraying is so important!
What impacts the lake algae? High lake temperature and fertilizers. We’ve got the cranberry bog which has plant nutrients and fertilizers (which we can’t find out about because of the cranberry laws). Bob will try to get Mark Spieth in for a presentation: He has a lot of data and sees trends in the lake.
What cleans out the lake algae and nutrients? Flow will take out the algae. The algae itself also runs out of nutrients and dies out.
Would out of date or non compliant septic systems affect algae? Absolutely. The county will send out notice when your septic system is out of date. If you ignore it, the county will send additional notices. The county will also inspect holding tanks.
Survey Notice: County is going to come out and see what kinds of plants we have on the lake. Survey sending out to see what it takes to become a good steward of the lake. Please fill out the survey (we will be graded on it). We will receive a full report on how we’re doing to make sure we’re taking care of the lake.
The Lake Association is trying to protect your property value!
Loon Observer – Donna: Chicks maybe lasted 10 days mid-June. No other baby loon sightings. When the lake turns green, they have a hard time fishing. They may already have migrated to Michigan.
Closing – Mark Hansen
We are losing volunteers for cleaning up the road. It’s a great volunteer option, especially if you can’t or don’t want to participate in dock in/out—simply walk around the road and clean up trash. Usually the end of April.
Pressure Washer Cameras: May put up cameras by the pressure washer. People realize they’re being watched; their behavior may change a bit. Most of us are doing our part—so this could help the percentage who still aren’t. Mark has looked at cameras at Menards for $500. Basic ones record on a chip. We could go really high tech that can go to someone’s phone (not right now).
Would install a camera at the wash station and backing into the lake. Enough space to get a license plate.
Mark Hansen motion to install cameras at the start of next fishing opener. Seconded by Bob Major.
Chris Snyder motion up to $1,000. Seconded by Mark Schlitter. Motion to pass by entire association. Mark Hansen will take care of getting the cameras and sign.
Pressure Washer Camera Questions:
What’s our ultimate goal with the cameras? 1. Signage that they’re being recorded tochange their behavior 2. Make sure nothing is vandalized (like the washer, which is expensive). If recorded, would give the video to the Sheriff. Per Bob: if we get the license plate, the sheriff will fine $250 for not washing their lake.
Do our workers (Kathy or Curtis) feel safe down there? Would a camera help with that? They did have an incident last year where someone almost got violent. Kathy got pictures and sent them to the county (they followed up with the person but don’t know what happened). Cameras would hopefully alleviate those fears.
Last fall, Chuck Edwards said we need yellow pipes around the outside. Bob wasn’t sure why, but they filled some pipes with concrete. Someone backed into one and they would’ve taken out the pressure washer if it hadn’t been for those pipes! Suggestion to put reflective tape on the pipes to make them more visible.
Summer storm question: how much damage was done during the lake?
Nancy was here during the storm with constant lightning. Flag was blowing and not a sound around. Could hear sounds in the distance. Bob suggested that it was EF-0 or EF-1 tornado. Trees that were down were in different directions.
South side of the lake lost their gazebo and tree on the stairs. When the wind comes straight down in bursts instead of side-to-side wind.
Mark Hansen will talk to Doug about the association presidency being up and Mark is open to staying on as president.
Check your email to get a link to the blog and meeting minutes.
REMINDER – Volunteers are extremely important for the Association and the lake, please volunteer in any way that you can! Thank you and happy rest of your summer!
The meeting was adjourned at 9:49.
Report is submitted by Mari Yell, Secretary.
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