Board Meeting Minutes
JUNE 30th 2025 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. June 30th. Members present were Darryl Wondra, Paul Skluzacek, Dan Tuma, Brad Eilts, Lane Rutherford and Suzanne Boda. Absent : Nicki Weber The secretary’s report was submitted by Darryl, a motion was made to approve the March 31, 2025 BOD meeting minutes by Brad and seconded by Dan. Motion carried. The treasurer’s report was presented by Dan with $ 13,143.19 in the account. A motion was made by Suzanne and seconded by Lane to approve as read. Motion carried. The website was brought up and it is up and running. (lakevolney.mnlakesandrivers.org) Suzanne is looking for some help with future updates, as it will be too much for one person to keep up with. We will send an e-mail to see if anyone could help her.(adding minutes and setting up links from LeSueur County Environmental Services and Minnesota Lakes and Rivers. The memberships dues were brought up and discussion was had about having the dues going to the property taxes. I.S.G. helps with this and it could potentially include all owners of property in the entire Lake Volney watershed along with every lake shore property owner. This was tabled to a later date. We will draft an email to the property owners that have not yet paid their annual dues and include what the association has been doing to improve the lake. The Clean Water Funds Sub-Watershed Grants were discussed. Lake Volney will be the first lake to do this as it is the first lake in the Cannon River Watershed. Holly Bushman and Mike Schultz held an informational ‘kick-off’ meeting at the LeSueur County Courthouse. All the LVA board members attended. LeSueur County will also assess our existing retention ponds to determine if they are adequately sized. Brad will be checking in with the county to see if they are still on schedule. The next annual meeting will be held at 9:00 am on May 2, 2026 at The Little Dandy Bar and Grill in LeCenter. We will request Holly and Mike from LeSueur County to give a presentation as well as reserve the establishment. The annual picnic / campfire will be skipped this year, and it will be done every other year, so it will be back next year. The annual meeting went well. We discussed the prizes that were given, and we will continue with the gift certificates and the plants at the next annual membership meeting. There was no more business to discuss. A motion to adjourn was made by Darryl and seconded by Dan. Motion carried. Next meeting will be Monday , Sept 29th at 6:00 P.M. Submitted by Darryl Wondra, Sec.
MARCH 31, 2025 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. March 31st. Members present: Darryl, Paul, Dan, Brad, Lane, via zoom Suzanne. Absent ; Nikki, Sandy. The Secretary’s report was submitted by Darryl. A motion was made to approve the report by Lane and seconded by Dan. Motion carried. The Treasurer's report was presented by Dan. We talked about a decline in the membership dues, and we will look into this quarterly and send out some emails. A motion was made to approve the report by Darryl and seconded by Brad. Motion carried. The website progress was discussed. Jeff Forester is working with us on it. Suzanne has all the paperwork, and they are getting it all put together. We discussed the annual election meeting and Suzanne suggested sending out a proposal agenda to see if anyone wishes to be on the ballot. Door prizes for the annual meeting will be four $25.00 gift certificates to the Little Dandy and Lane will get 4 or 5 plants for on the table to be given away. You will need to be a paid up member and be in attendance to be eligible. The scope of work for the retention pond cleaning has been completed. LeSueur County has notified us that the permit for this project has closed. There is a clean water fund grant available from LeSueur county. We would like to get the outlet ditch cleaned out, and also the pond at the Volney Estates should be enlarged. Dan , Suzanne, and Darlene will get the size of the current pond to see if they are large enough. Holly or Trevor will be at the annual meeting, and we can ask them about the Goettl concrete culvert, the Andy Andreasen landing and the Cyril miller tile inlets. The July 4th picnic was talked about, and we will try this every other year skipping this year. Also, the summer picnic will be every other year with just a smaller campfire this year.. A motion was made to adjourn by Darryl and seconded by Dan and motion carried. Next meeting will be Monday, June 30th at 6:00 P.M. Submitted by Darryl Wondra
DEC 30, 2024 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. Dec 30th Members present were Darryl, Paul, Dan, Brad. Via zoom: Lane & Suzanne Absent were Nikki & Sandy The secretary’s report was submitted by Darryl, a motion was made to approve by Suzanne and seconded by Dan with an amended change about the website to have Minn Lakes and Rivers host our website. Motion carried. The treasurer’s report was presented by Dan with $ 16,631.09 in the account. We are paying $225 to Kevin Skelly for the phosphorus testing for 3 months for 2024. A motion was made by Darryl and was seconded by Brad to accept. Motion carried. The website was discussed and is moving slowly, but they are working on it. The state LVA non-profit annual renewal was brought up and Paul is working on this. The annual meeting date was set for Sat, May 3rd at 9:00 A.M. at Little Dandy, with road clean up following the meeting. Phosphorus testing was discussed, and a motion was made by Darryl and seconded by Dan to continue testing for phosphorus and chlorophyll. The cost is $75.00 per month for testing and delivery during the summer of 2025. Motion carried. The lake water level was discussed and with the reconstruction of the Cordova dam it could raise the water level of Lake Volney. It's 9 inches higher than it was in 2014. Paul will ask Holly about attending our annual meeting and ask her about the Cordova dam reconstruction. Lane is going to talk to Holly about cutting trees along the shoreline and see what our options are. Maybe we can discuss this at the annual meeting. There was no more business to discuss, so Darryl made a motion to adjourn with a second by Dan. Motion carried. Next meeting will be Monday, March 31st at 6:00 P.M. Submitted by Darryl Wondra
SEPT 30, 2024 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. Sept 30th Members present were Darryl, Paul, Brad, Lane, Suzanne, Sandy & Nikki The secretary’s report was submitted by Darryl, a motion was made by Lane and seconded by Dan to approve. Motion carried. The treasurer’s report was presented by Dan with $ 16,840.69 plus some dues of $ 100.00 not yet in the account. One half of the pond cleaning was paid out and the annual picnic funds were paid out. A motion was made by Suzanne and seconded by Brad to accept. Motion carried. The website was discussed and we will be including the last 2 years of board minutes and the annual meeting minutes. Suzanne has someone lined up to get this all started and is sending them some pictures. A motion was made by Nikki and seconded by Darryl to have the Minn. Lakes and Rivers host our new site. Motion passed. The t-shirt sales was tabled as we didnt think there would be enough sales to make it profitable. The phosphorous levels were taken during the summer by Kevin Skelly. The levels are high this year. The minnesota pollution control website has all the results. The easement to clean out the retention ponds is all written up, but we are waiting to hear back from Brook to get it signed. We may have to table this until the new owners are involved as the property is for sale at this time. The summer picnic was down in attendance, so we may do this every other year. We will maybe do a small bonfire get together on the other years. There was no other business, so a motion was made to adjourn by Darryl and seconded by Lane. motion carried. Next meeting will be Monday, December 30th at 6:00 p.m. Submitted by Darryl Wondra
JUNE 24 ,2024 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 pm June 24th The members present were Sandy, Nicki, Lane, Suzanne, Paul & Darryl. Absent were Brad &Dan The secretary’s report was submitted by Darryl. A motion was made to approve by Sandy and seconded by Lane. Motion carried. The treasurer’s report was not given as Dan was absent, we will check with Dan about payment to M.S. excavating for half of payment for cleaning the retention ponds. The LVA website was tabled until the next meeting as there was no changes made. The Cyril Miller inlets were also put on hold until we hear from Holly. The funding from the New Prague Sportsman’s Club was brought up and Lane has not checked with them yet, so that was tabled until the next meeting. Brad found out that we were not chosen from Cabela’s so we will not be receiving funding from them. Lane suggested getting a food truck for the annual picnic for us to raise a little money, Suzanne said we probably won’t make the minimum for a truck to show. Getting some Lake Volney t-shirts made and sold was also discussed and that was all tabled until next meeting. I.S.G. was brought up and we thought it was all pretty repetitious with the previous year. We discussed phosphorous sampling. Kevin Skelly would do this for us. But they won’t pick up the samples from us as we are the only ones around doing this, we would have to get the samples to New Ulm. The recap of the annual meeting was that it went very well, Holly gave a very nice presentation. The road ditches were cleaned out the first part of May. We discussed getting an easement signed for the retention pond cleaning in the future. Paul checked with Brook and she would allow us to get a signed easement for future pond cleaning. Sandy made a motion for Paul to check with the attorney to get one written up and sent to the county to record it and was seconded by Nicki. The 4th of July parade was brought up. IT is not going to be pontoons this year as of the high waters, it will be the same as last year with a high water theme. Last year the little dandy donated the 3 gift cards. Suzanne said the LVA could allocate $150.00 for the prizes. A motion was made by Darryl to allocate up to $500.00 for food and supplies for the picnic and was seconded by Sandy. Motion carried. There was no more business, so Darryl made a motion to adjourn and was seconded by Nicki Next meeting will be Monday September 30th at 6:00 pm. Submitted by Darryl Wondra
MARCH 26, 2024 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6 pm March 26th, 2024. Members present: Paul, Darryl, Dan, Brad, via zoom were Suzanne, Lane. Absent were Sandy, Nicki. The secretaries’ report was submitted by Darryl. A motion was made to approve by Dan and seconded by Suzanne. Motion carried. The treasures report was given by Dan with $19,325.00 in the account (the same as last month). A motion was made to approve by Darryl and was seconded by Brad. Motion carried. We discussed the Steve Pany memorial. A decision was made to place the funds towards cleaning of the retention ponds at the Brandner/Hubert property. Suzanne will mail a card to Steve Pany’s family informing them where the donation dollars were spent. It will also be announced at the summer picnic and his wife will be given the opportunity to view the ponds. Dan made a motion to approve the full allotment of $1,600.00 and was seconded by Darryl. Motion carried. The LVA website was discussed, and Suzanne will meet with Paul and Dan the second week of May to work on this. The Minn. Lakes and Rivers annual fee is $150.00 to host the website or $100.00 just for the membership, being our website is not ready yet, we will just pay the membership fee this year. The Cyril Miller inlets will be tabled again till we get the final costs from the retention pond cleaning. Then we will decide as to how much we can cost share with the townships. Brad submitted a request with Cabela’s for $7,000.00 (half the cost of the pond cleaning), and Lane is waiting for the actual cost before she checks with the New Prague Sportsmen’s club for a donation. The retention ponds were cleaned out, we may need to plant seed and rake the property involved. Mike spread out the piles on the Goettl property & picked up the bigger sticks. Paul suggested giving a gift certificate to the Hubbert property owners and obtain an easement from them so we can clean them in the future. Darryl made a motion to give them a $100.00 gift card to Little Dandy and was seconded by Dan. Motion carried. Suzanne made a motion seconded by Dan pay to Paul for the pond cleaning permit. Motion carried. I.S.G. will be hosting the 2nd annual conference in Mankato on Apr 13th. Suzanne made a motion that the association pay the admission fee for attending board members. This was seconded by Dan and motion carried. Anyone else attending will pay their own admission fee. After some discussion, it has been decided that we update our bylaws. Paul will check with the Minn lakes and rivers assoc. to see a template and get ideas and attempt to have it ready for the annual meeting so it can be voted on by all the membership. Darryl made a motion and seconded by Dan to get two $25 gift certificates from Little Dandy for prizes at the annual meeting for members that are present. Motion carried. The annual meeting will be held May 4th at 9:00 a.m. at The Little Dandy Bar & Grill. Holly from Le Sueur County will be giving some updates at the annual meeting. Suzanne brought up the pontoon poker run and parade. We will need a gambling permit for the poker run. Lane will check with the New Prague Sportsmen’s club if we possibly use their permit. There was no other business, so Darryl made a motion to adjourn and was seconded by Dan. Motion carried. The next meeting to be held on Monday June 24th at 6:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Darryl Wondra, Sec. Submitted by Darryl Wondra
DEC 28, 2023 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6 p.m. December 28, 2023. Members present; Paul Skluzacek, Darryl Wondra, Dan Tuma, Brad Eilts, Sandy Weber, and Nicki Weber. Present via zoom; Suzanne Boda and Lane Rutherford. The secretary’s report was submitted by Darryl. A motion was made by Suzanne and seconded by Sandy to approve the minutes as read. Motion carried. The treasure’s report was given by Dan, reporting $19,325.00 in the account. A motion was made by Darryl and seconded by Nicki to approve the report as read. Motion carried. Suzanne discussed the Pany memorial. A card of appreciation will be sent when we know where the donated funds will be applied. Tabled to next meeting. Holly requested the in-kind service hours for 2023. Paul sent in a total of 215 hours for 2023. The volunteer hours requested and reported were from weed harvesting. This is needed in case matching funds become available. Meeting, shoreline cleanup, and weed harvesting volunteer hours will be recorded and submitted annually. Suzanne is working on the new website and progress will be discussed at the next meeting. The Cyril Miller inlets are being addressed by LeSueur County and the affected townships. The LVA cost share has been put on hold until we get the retention ponds clean-out project completed and know the actual financial outcome. The retention ponds project was brought to the floor. Dan made a motion to move forward with the Brandner/Brooke Retention Pond Cleaning Project and seconded by Nicki. Sandy said there is no funding available from the Credit River Watershed Joint Powers Organization (CRWJPO), and Suzanne said there is no funding available from the Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Association. Lane will check with the New Prague Sportsmen Club to see if funding may be available from them. Brad said Cabela’s may have some grant money available and is checking into it. The ponds are to be dug no more than 4 feet in depth at the center with the excavated soil to be spread out not more than 4 inches thick on the Goettl field property just north of the excavation site. When Mike Skluzacek from MS Excavating met with Paul a few days prior to this board meeting, Mike estimated the cost to be $12,000 to $14,000, not to exceed $14,000. Mike stated that they would do this project on an hourly basis and this quote is based on somewhat adverse winter weather and site conditions. It’s also based on a seemingly considerable amount of silt that will need to be removed. Mike with MS Excavating agreed, if we choose, that half of the actual cost can be paid in 2024 and the remainder in 2025. The cost would be reduced if we volunteer to rake and re-seed the tracks in the lawn created by the construction equipment and remove any tree limbs/branches from the field dump site. Because we’ve had a dry summer, it was agreed that it could be financially beneficial to start this project as soon as possible. Paul asked if anyone was interested in, and willing to get, a quote from another excavating contractor. It was agreed that of any contractor, Mike is likely to have our association’s best interest at heart since he is a lakeshore property owner and a member of our lake association. He is also willing to work on an hourly basis, take half payment in 2024, and differ the of the remainder of the cost to the following year. It was agreed to have MS Excavating do the work on the project. Before and after photos are to be taken to show the changes. After considerable discussion, a vote was called. The vote was unanimous in favor of moving forward. Paul stated that he will secure the appropriate permits from LeSueur County and secure and schedule MS Excavating to accomplish the work as soon as possible. ISG is hosting a conference in Mankato on April 13, 2024. This will be discussed at our next meeting. Nicki brought up the new law about leaving debris on the ice and if we see any we should report it. Annual meeting was discussed, and decided it will be held at the Little Dandy Bar & Grill, Le Center on Saturday May 4th at 9:00 a.m. The next board meeting will be held Monday, March 25th at 6:00 p.m. at Paul’s. Motion was made to adjourn by Darryl and seconded by Nicki. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:10. Respectfully submitted by Darryl Wondra
SEPT 28, 2023 The LVA Board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:26 PM, September 28, 2023. Members present: Paul Skluzacek, Darryl Wondra, Dan Tuma, and Suzanne Boda. VIA zoom: Lane Rutherford and Brad Eilts. Absent: Sandy Weber and Nicki Weber. The secretary’s report was submitted by Darryl Wondra. A motion was made by Suzanne and seconded by Dan to approve the minutes as read. Motion carried. The treasurer’s report was given by Dan Tuma with $19,514.07 in the account. A payment needs to be made for the annual picnic in the amount of $206.00 to Jayne Skluzacek, as well as a $100.00 deposit which is not included. The Steve Pany memorial fund is $1,100.00. A motion was made by Darryl and was seconded by Suzanne to accept the treasurer’s report. Motion carried. Old Business Suzanne suggested a Steve Pany memorial and a letter to be sent out to the Pany family stating where the money was used. Paul reported the annual picnic had 58 people in attendance and the cost was $206.00. All went very well, and we will plan the same for next year. We discussed the In-kind service, and we can only go back one year. Sandy said the in-kind services can be used towards matching fund programs typically with Le Sueur County if/when it’s offered. Suzanne will be working on the new website. She will upload the minutes of board meetings and lake related events. She will also link the Le Sueur County website to the LVA website. Sandy suggested we also link the Cannon River Watershed Organization and the DNR websites. New business Paul to give report on area inlet projects as per Mike Schultz. Mike met with Cordova Township. They have a design in place for the Cyril Miller property field runoff, (surface drain on the hill). Mike mentioned the township would like to do a cost share with Lake Volney. The approximate project cost will be $6,000. This will likely go into 2024. At the Cyril Miller creek area, (near Harkin’s lake access driveway), Cordova Township is working with Kilkenny Township to develop a plan and design. Some preliminary engineering has been done. This project will likely go into 2024. There was also mention of cost share on this project. At the culvert adjacent to the Goettl property, (north side), the engineering and design is nearly complete. The county has taken charge of this project and work may begin as early as 2024. Cost share was brought up but decided to table it till the next meeting. It was decided to send emails to the members who haven’t paid their 2023 membership dues. It was decided to move forward with pond cleaning permitting and scope of work. Sandy to check on funding from Credit Rivers Joint Powers Organization. Suzanne to check on funding grants from Minn Lakes and Rivers. Paul to check with Holly about permitting and scope of work. Paul to check with Mike/MS Excavating on scope of work and payment schedule. Darryl to check with landowner and land renter for permission to place excavated soil on field. There was no more business, so a motion was made by Darryl and seconded by Dan to adjourn. Next meeting will be Thursday December 25th at 6 p.m. at Paul’s. Submitted by Darryl Wondra
JUNE 26, 2023 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. June 26,2023. Members present: Darryl Wondra, Paul Skluzacek, Dan Tuma, Sandy Weber, Nicki Weber, and via zoom Lane Rutherford and Suzanne Boda. Absent: Terry Stier The secretary’s report was given by Darryl Wondra. A motion was made by Nicki and seconded by Suzanne to approve the minutes as read. Motion carried. The treasurer’s report was given by Dan. $300.00 dollars was paid to Little Dandy Sports Bar for the annual meeting. The Pany estate donations currently are approximately $1000.00 dollars. The floating weed fund is $1,400.00 dollars and the account total is $13,506.00. A motion was made to accept the report as read by Darryl and seconded by Nicki. Motion carried. The findings of the critical inlets and phosphorus samplings were discussed. At the annual meeting, Holly, with LeSueur County, discussed phosphorus levels in the lake but did not identify critical inlets. We will need to check with Holly as to which inlets are the worst. This may be placed on the agenda for the next annual meeting. Dan Tuma continues the Secchi readings for water clarity once a month till the end of 2023. The website was brought up and Suzanne did some checking on the other associations websites (Mn lakes and rivers website). Arrangements will be made with Minn Lakes and Rivers Assn. to host our website. Brad Eilts volunteered to be a board member and is replacing Terry Stier who has resigned from the board. Dan made a motion to accept and was seconded by Nicki. Motion carried. The annual LVA picnic was discussed at the annual meeting, it will be the first Friday of August. August 4th, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. at Paul and Jayne’s The 1st annual golf cart parade was discussed. There are 13 registered and will be held on June 29th at 4:00 P.M. The parade will begin at Lake Volney Estates and will conclude at the pavilion. There will be prizes for the best three. A motion was made by Suzanne and seconded by Lane to donate $107.90 for prizes, watermelon, and Ice cream. Motion carried. The pontoon poker run will be postponed until next year, and we will have more details later. Holly made a request for the Cannon River Flood Study for financial or In-kind service support. A in-kind service report is any volunteered time spent on the lake doing weed cleanups, lake weed removal, shoreline repair, meetings, mileage. Nicki will check with holly as to how many years we can go back and what all can be listed. The LVA Facebook account was talked about whether we should leave it public or switch it to private and we decided to leave it public for now and see how it works out. Nicki gave a report on AIS and will send out the report from the meeting she attended. She also suggested pull-tabs from the Little Dandy, but we would need a gambling manager and is more than we want to get into. Wake boats were discussed and the DNR is doing a 6-year study on them. They are in year 3 so we don’t have any info yet. Next meeting will be Sept 25th at 6:00 P.M. at Paul’s. Motion to adjourn was made by Darryl and seconded by Dan. Motion carried. Submitted by Darryl Wondra
MARCH 20, 2023 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. March 20, 2023. Members present: Paul, Darryl, Dan, Terry via zoom Suzanne, Lane Absent Sandy, Nicki The secretary’s report was approved as submitted by Suzanne and seconded by Dan The treasurer’s report was read with 12,861.00 in the account with about 300.00 from the Steve Pany Estate, and was approved by Darryl and seconded by Lane. Paul will check with Mike Schulz about the critical inlets before the annual meeting and it will be discussed there. The county may work with us on the Goettl inlet. The retention ponds were discussed and there is no county money available. We need to get some kind of waterways installed at the Goettl property like what was done at the Gibbs property. Somehow we first need to get the ponds cleaned out then maybe Mike Schulz could talk with the Goettls to see about a waterway system. Paul has an e-mail to Holly about the Phos sample collection, she hasn’t got back to him yet, hopefully by the annual meeting so it can be discussed then. The last one was done about 8 years ago. Suzanne hasn’t heard back about the new website yet We discussed the 10 reasons to belong. They will be sent out with the annual meeting and dues notice. We may change the dues to 100.00 for lake property and 50.00 for others. Suzanne will recognize Steve Pany for his estate donations at the annual meeting. Sat April 29th at the little dandy. We talked about having a poker run with pontoons, it may be brought up at the annual meeting to see if there is enough interest. The summer picnic will be the first weekend in august, we will pick either the Friday or Saturday at the annual meeting. A motion was made by Suzanne to renew our membership with Minnesota Lakes and Rivers. It was voted unanimously to renew. Next meeting will be Monday June 26th at 6:00 p.m. at Paul and Jaynes. Motion to adjourn by Darryl seconded by Dan. Submitted by Darryl Wondra
DEC 19, 2022 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. December 19, 2022. Members present: Paul, Darryl, Dan, via zoom Suzanne, Lane Absent: Sandy, Nikki, Terry. The secretary’s report was approved as submitted by Suzanne and seconded by Lane. The treasurer’s report was read with 12,561.09 and 100.00 dollars added in that was not deposited. Motion was made to approve by Darryl and seconded by Suzanne. The review on findings of critical inlets will be put off till the next meeting as Paul has not learned anything about them yet. We haven’t heard anything from Holly about the phosphorus sample collection intake yet, so it will be discussed at the next meeting. The septic meeting updates were sent out to the landowners. They have 5 years to get their septic system in compliance and some may need to get variances The new website was discussed. Suzanne suggested we get switched over to the new site, so we don’t lose the information we already have on the old site. Suzanne will talk with Steve to transfer the info. Mail chimp is probably not going to work so we will stay with the e-mails. We discussed the promotional concept of 10 reasons to join the association and considered this to be implemented at the annual meeting. Lane and Suzanne checked with the county and found no monies available at this time for cleaning the retention ponds. A suggestion was made to seed something between the ponds to help filter them. Paul and Dan will look into the federal and state annual filings and the profit/loss statements. There was no more business, so Lane made a motion to adjourn and was seconded by Darryl. Next meeting will be March 20th at 6:00 P.M. at Paul’s. Submitted by Darryl Wondra, secretary.
SEPT 19, 2022 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. September 19, 2022. Members present: Terry, Dan, Paul, Darryl, via zoom Lane, Suzanne Absent: Nicki, Sandy The secretaries report was approved as submitted by Suzanne and seconded by Dan The treasurers report was approved with $12,561.09 in the account by Paul and seconded by Darryl Holly is still working on the inlet/phos. Sample collection reports, Paul will check with her around the end of the year to see if we can get the results. Stantec will be sending out the septic inspections to each landowner soon. We discussed the culvert cleanout on the south side of the lake, and it doesn’t appear that the county will be doing anything with the rip-rap. Paul will check with Jeff Gibbs and Mike Skluzacek about doing a cost share to install fabric and rip-rap, and also check if the county has any specs on it. We talked about how the LVA website is going. Suzanne said she can’t get in touch with him as he’s very busy now. Terry mentioned if we really need a website as it will cost us some money. We will check if any other lakes have one and review this later. We discussed the potential in lake sediment treatment (alum treatment). Suzanne will contact Steve McComas to get him to look over the lake to see what can be done. The LVA picnic was discussed there were about 60 people there and the cost was around $175.00. Skelly’s donated the nachos and cheese, Jayne and Paul said it went very well with the pulled pork. Dues reminder. Lane suggested the Mailchimp app could be used to send emails 3 or 4 times a year. It was suggested we put together a letter stating 10 things membership funding does for the association and send it to all. Lane will check into the Mailchimp app. There was no more business, so Dan made a motion to adjourn and was seconded by Darryl. Next meeting will be Dec 19th at 6:00 p.m. at Paul’s. Submitted by Darryl Wondra, secretary.
JUNE 27, 2022 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. June 27, 2022. Members present: Paul, Darryl, Lane, via zoom Nicki Absent : Suzanne, Sandy, Terry, Jay The secretaries report was approved as submitted by Lane and seconded by Darryl There wasn’t a treasurer’s report as Jay was absent The phosphate sample collection was past to the next meeting. Paul will connect with Holly. The rip rap on the Gibbs property Is also on hold as Lane didn’t get a response from Mike. Paul will talk to Holly about this. The report on research of in lake sediment treatment will be next month. Lane will type the 2022 Annual Meeting minutes. The review of the annual meeting was that it went well with good attendance. The county is done with the septic tank pumping and Paul will ask holly for follow up information Paul talked with Bob Hiller on the association lot and there can only be one dock there and the request for a pontoon and boat lift by one of their association members was declined by their Asctn. board. The annual picnic is scheduled for Friday Aug 5th. There will be pulled chicken sandwiches and it will be held at Paul and Jayne Skluzacek’s. Motion was made by Darryl and seconded by Lane to spend up to $400.00 dollars for the event. Jay Witty has resigned the positions of Treasurer as well as LVA Board Member. Lane nominated Dan Tuma to replace Jay Witty as the new Treasure and it was approved. Paul has the mailbox key and will get it to Dan. Paul has some old expenses that will get cleared up when Dan gets started. The wash station was discussed, it will last about 10 years and have an annual fee of $250.00 dollars. We discussed if it would get used by all the night fisherman, and about it getting vandalized. Paul will talk with Holly, probably not a big demand for it. Nicki thought a picture of a boat trailer that was seen around that was full of weeds should maybe be sent to Holly. There was no more business, so Nicki made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Lane Next meeting will be Sept. 19th at 6:00 P.M. Submitted by Darryl Wondra
MARCH 21, 2022 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. March 21, 2022. Members present- Paul, Darryl ,Sandy, Nicki By zoom - Terry, Lane, Suzanne Absent- Jay The secretaries report was approved and seconded as submitted, there was no treasurers report as Jay was absent. Lane and Mike Schulz were going to look at the Gibbs runoff at the lake to see if they could do a cost share with some rip-rap to fill in the area so the runoff could filter out before running straight into the lake Suzanne is finishing up with the new website. It should be done by the end of march. The new site will have more pictures and be more user friendly. They will clean up the site for $85. Per hour up to 5 hours max, after that we will be able to update as needed, Suzanne is working on the potential in lake sediment treatment. As of now she is waiting on them. The annual meeting was discussed. We should acknowledge Jeff Gibbs as conservationist of the year, maybe bring up what he has done at the lake. Lane will ask Mike Schulz to give about a 10 minute update at the meeting with some pictures, also Holly will be asked to give a report on AIS and the septic tank inspections. We should ask bob hiller to invite the association owners. LVA will not be subsidizing the weed cutting this year as they did in the past, that way we will be able to put monies towards other lake projects around the lake (cleaning out retention ponds) Dues are $50.00 minimum now and are tax deductible Suzanne and Paul will meet with Bob Hiller to discuss the association bylaws about additional lifts and docks on the association lake lot. Lake cleanup will be done by may 1st. The annual picnic was discussed maybe we could have a food truck and have it at the beach this year. The picnic is set for Aug 5th .details will come later Next meeting will be June 20th at 6:00 p.m. at Paul’s, or maybe a zoom meeting Motion was made and approved to adjourn.
JAN 24, 2022 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. January 24, 2022. MEMBERS PRESENT: PAUL,DARRYL,SUZANNE,LANE,SANDY,NIKKI,MIKE SCHULZ ABSENT: TERRY,JAY THIS MEETING WAS A ZOOM MEETING THE SECRETARIES REPORT WAS APPROVED AND SECONDED AS SUBMITTED, THERE WAS NO TREASURERS REPORT AS JAY WAS ABSENT, THERE IS $11,001.77 IN THE ACCOUNT. MIKE SCHULZ DISCUSSED THE CLEANING OUT OF THE RETENTION PONDS,IN THE PAST THERE WAS FUNDING FROM THE GRAVEL TAX, BUT NOW THERE IS NOT AS MUCH MONEY IN THE GRAVEL TAX BECAUSE OF THE UNIMIN SILICA SAND BEING LESS SO IT WILL BE HARD TO FIND THE MONIES TO CLEAN THEM OUT. THE RUTT AND TRAXLER PONDS HAVE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS WITH THE LANDOWNERS, BUT THE WOLF PROPERTY DOES NOT AND WE NEED THEM CLEANED. WE WILL SET UP A MEETING WITH HOLLY TO FINDS OUT OUR OPTIONS. WE HAVE ONE BID OF 7 TO 8 THOUSAND TO CLEAN THEM. ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LAKE WHERE THE GIBBS PROPERTY IS, THE TILE OUTLETS WERE CLEARED OUT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AND ON THE LAKE SIDE THE TREES BORDERING THE LAKE WERE REMOVED CAUSING SOIL RUN OFF AND TILED WATER TO ENTER STRAIGHT INTO THE LAKE. MIKE SAID FOR AG PROPERTIES THE RULES ARE EXEMPT. IT NEEDS SOME RIP RAP MAYBE PUT IN TO SLOW IT DOWN, MIKE WILL TALK TO JEFF TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE THERE, MAYBE A MEETING WITH HIM. SUZANNE IS STILL WORKING ON THE NEW L.V.A. WEBSITE THE ADOPT A ROAD SIGN IS UP AND LOOKS VERY NICE !!! THE C.O.L.A. MEETINGS ARE STILL THE SAME, WE NEED SOMEONE TO ATTEND IF WE WANT TO PARTICAPATE IN THEM. NIKKI DISCUSSED THE AIS MEETING, THEY SAID TO STAY AWAY FROM CHEMICAL TREATMENTS. THE BOAT INSPECTION REPORTS WERE TALKED ABOUT AND SHE WAS GOING TO SEE ABOUT A REPORT AS TO HOW MANY AND IF ANY GET TURNED AWAY. APPARENTLY THE BOATS ARE CLEANER NOW BECAUSE OF THE AWARENESS. THE PLANT PROGRAM WAS DISCUSSED (SHORELINE PLANTS OR RAIN GARDENS) DAVE STICKA FROM NEW PRAGUE CAN GET PLANTS. THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING WILL BE APRIL 23 AT 9:00 AM, MAYBE SEND OUT A SAVE THE DATE FOR THIS. THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE MARCH 21ST AT 6:00 PM MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN.
OCT 25, 2021 MINUTES NOT AVAILABLE
AUG 16, 2021 The LVA board meeting was called to order by Paul Skluzacek at 6:00 P.M. August 16, 2021. Attendees: Paul, Darryl, Jay, Terry, Lane, Suzanne Absent: Sandy, Nicki Meeting called to Order: 6:08pm CT Secretary’s Report: The minutes from the May 10, 2021 meeting were approved as submitted. Treasurer’s Report: There has been no change to the bank balance since May meeting. Approximately $3120 has been collected for both annual dues and Beast of Volney weed cutting, collectively. After payment to Beast of Volney, remaining funds (approximately $1600) will be put into LVA bank account. A motion was approved to pay Jayne Skluzacek $244.20 for supplies for the August 6, 2021 Lake Volney Annual Picnic. Old Business: Spring lake shore clean up went well. Many thanks to those residents/members who assisted in the clean up effort. Sampling of lake inlets (drainage tiles) has been postponed due lack of runoff/rain this summer. Sampling is planned for Spring 2022. The Annual Picnic was held on August 6, 2021, with 54 people in attendance (approximately 50% of families on the lake represented). Plans were discussed for Summer 2022 picnic. Tabled until the next LVA Board meeting was a discussion about an Adopt-A-Road sign for County Road 136 (around Volney). The Beast of Volney cut 35 homeowner’s weeds this June/July, greatly improving swimming/use areas. Paul will check with the DNR regarding potential for skimming algae/floating weeds from the lake and if a permit is required. Lane contacted the County and DNR regarding the possibility of a live bait depository at the public beach (for unused bait). Neither the DNR nor the County support this but does provide a garbage can at the top of the public landing. New Business: A motion was approved to change our LVA website from being hosted by ConservationMN (being deactivated) to being hosted by MN Lakes and Waters. Suzanne will coordinate with MN Lakes and Waters. Lane will speak with the County about the un-developed/un-buffered inlets running into the lake (from drainage tiling). Topsoil and sediment is eroding directly into the lake in at least 3 areas. Suzanne will check with Steve McComas (Blue Water Science) about potential in-lake sediment treatment options (capturing the phosphates in the sediment in the lake). Other Business: LeSueur County is conducting a septic inventory this fall for homes on Volney, Gorman and Cordova. Community meetings will be held by the County with information on this process. Lane will follow up with the County on possible funding/process for maintenance cleaning on retention ponds (particularly on the Graham property on the North side of the lake and the Rutt property on the NW side). These require occasional dredging and these ponds are in need for this process to occur. Lane will also discuss long term maintenance plans for the retention ponds on Volney with the County. LVA Board will set up a meeting this fall with LeSueur County Environmental and Agriculture people to discuss 2022 plans and review 2021. Tabled until next meeting: Discussion of potential concern of jet-ski operation on Volney. Motion was approved to adjourn at 7:43pm. Respectfully submitted, Suzanne Boda
Lake Volney Association Board Meeting Minutes 10MAY21 1830-2000 hrs Meeting was called to order at 1835/10MAY21 The minutes from 24FEB21 Board meeting were approved after one correction. The Treasurer’s Report was approved as submitted. Old Business: Minutes from the Annual meeting were reviewed and minor changes made. These minutes will be approved at the next Annual LVA meeting (2022). Discussion ensued about engaging Holly Kalbus to assist/confer on the collection of water samples from former TMDL sites and other inlets/tile into the lake. Paul and Roger will again be cutting curly leaf pond weed before the 04JUL holiday weekend. Sign up and payment will be handled by Paul and Roger; annual Association dues will be collected at the same time. The Annual LVA picnic will be held on 06AUG21, at Paul and Jayne Skluzacek’s residence, from 1600-2100 . Clean-up continues to occur around the lake. It was suggested to contact the County to see if an Adopt-A-Road sign could be put up on County Rd 136 noting Lake Volney Association as the clean-up team. Suzanne will contact the County. New Business: A motion was made, seconded and approved to welcome Lane Rutherford to the Board. Per LVA bylaws, the current slate of board members determined this year’s officer roles, as follows: Paul Skluzacek, Chair – duties will include dues collection Suzanne Boda, Vice Chair – duties will include website updating Darryl Wondra, Secretary Jay Witty, Treasurer – duties to include: banking, tax return filing, water read outs, ice in/out reporting Additionally, Lane Rutherford will be County liaison and Dan Tuma (association member) will be asked to continue to take Sechi Disc readings. The fish report is now online so the committee work will be dissolved for this effort. Association dues structure was discussed and a motion made, seconded and passed to keep the annual membership dues at the current three (3) tier structure, with definitions for non homeowner/homeowner levels: $35 -Non homeowner (only) $50 – Minimum level for homeowners $100 – Recommended level for homeowners County projects typically require cost-sharing with LVA, and the $100 per homeowner funding will help to meet our required share for future projects . Suzanne will ask Holly for advice/assistance in securing a live bait repository at the public beach to help fisher people dispose of their bait properly so as to not introduce Aquatic Invasive Species in the lake. Suzanne is drafting a letter for the LVA membership, giving an overview of the Annual meeting and other follow up items. The next LVA Board meeting will be held in person (Skluzacek residence) at 1800CT on 16AUG21. Motion made, seconded and approved to adjourn at 2000CT. Respectfully submitted, Suzanne Boda
Lake Volney Association – Minutes 24FEB21 Via Zoom Meeting was called to order at 5:07PM CT. In attendance were Terry, Paul, Jay, Nicki, Suzanne; absent: Darryl, Sandy Secretary’s report was deferred and will be approved via email. Treasurer’s report was approved (Nicki/Paul) Old Business 1.We lost the buffer on the Gregor property (South side of Volney) due to the expiration of the county/association funding. We will watch the effect this year and discuss with Mike Scholtz. 2.There is quite a bit of run off coming in to the lake outside of the newly designed/implemented holding ponds. Discussion ensued about the ability to test this water at various stages of the spring/summer to determine water quality entering the lake. ACTION: coordinate with New Ulm to secure testing kits and assess water quality. 3.Beast of Volney: a VOTE was held and approved (Jay/Terry) to approved a $50 subsidy to current/up to date 2021 LVA members to offset Beast of Volney weed removal spring/summer 2021. Note: Paul abstained from voting. 4.The Board discussed and voted to approve the following fundings for 2021: a) MN Lakes & Rivers ($100); b) Conservation MN ($100 plus $120 for hosting the LVA website); c) Post Office box for LVA ($64/year). 5.Discussion was held regarding potential for carp eradication in 2021. It was determined that if Guyer’s could capture the volume next winter, we would ask them to seign next summer. New Business 1.Discussion was held regarding the potential to secure a County grant for AIS eradication. The same grant was available last year but due to restrictions and inability to remove significant quantities of AIS, we agreed to defer the grant last year. Holly/LeSueur County is being consulted to determine if this grant was available for curly leaf eradication around member’s docks. 2.The LVA Annual Meeting will be held via Zoom at 0900CT/24APR21. 3.A zoom call will be set up with Holly and Mike from the County to determine next steps for Volney. Various discussion items/questions were set forth for conversation. 4.Clean up Day will be held April 17/18, 2021, with the same captains for each sector of the lake establishing times/dates. 5.Discussion of holding an Annual Picnic this year was held. Depending upon COVID, we will reassess at the next LVA Board meeting. Meeting was adjourned at 1730CT.