Crystal Lake Improvement Association (CLIA)

Board Meeting Minutes

Meeting Date/Time: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 7:00 pm

Meeting Location: Dave Smith’s Backyard

Meeting Attendees: Brian Carlson

Jim Ford

Paul Hillmer

Jay Jenkins

Keith Kaestner

Cheryl Leitschuh

Colleen Nagle

Mike Robole

David (Dave) Smith

Kathryn (Kate) Wells

Meeting Minutes

• The meeting was called to order by Jay at 7:07 pm.
• New and existing board member introductions.
  • The 2 new (2021/2022) CLIA board members introduced themselves.
    • Paul Hillmer
    • Mike Robole
  • The existing (2020/2021) board members introduced themselves.
    • Brian Carlson
    • Jim Ford
    • Jay Jenkins
    • Keith Kaestner
    • Cheryl Leitschuh
    • Colleen Nagle
    • Dave Smith
    • Kate Wells
    • Note that Jeannine Currie was out of town and unable to attend.
• Discussed board resignation and candidate withdrawal and how to fill 2 empty board positions.
  • The following board members term expired.
    • Cheryl Leitschuh
    • Dave Smith
    • Kate Wells
  • The following board member resigned, leaving an open position.
    • Jim Ford
      • Cheryl was unanimously approved to serve the final 2 years of Jim’s term.
    • The following board candidate withdrew his name after the voting process had started, leaving an open position.
      • Craig Ingalls
        • Dave Smith was unanimously approved to serve the open 3 year term.
• Selected officers and committee members for the 2021/2022 CLIA board year.
  • Officers
    • President
      • Dave Smith was unanimously elected as the President.
    • Vice President
      • Brian Carlson was unanimously elected as the Vice President.
    • Treasurer
      • Keith Kaestner was unanimously elected as the Treasurer.
    • Secretary
      • Paul Hillmer was unanimously elected as the Secretary.
  • Committee Appointments
    • Communications
      • Cheryl will continue as a Communications Committee member.
      • Jeannine will continue as a Communications Committee member.
      • Mike will be added as a new Communications Committee member.
    • Algae, Weeds and Aquatic Invasive Plants
      • Keith will continue as an Algae, Weeds and Aquatic Invasive Plants Committee member.
      • Brian will continue as an Algae, Weeds and Aquatic Invasive Plants Committee member.
      • Paul will be added as an Algae, Weeds and Aquatic Invasive Plants Committee member.
    • Fish and Aquatic Invasive Animals
      • Jay will continue as a Fish and Aquatic Invasive Animals Committee member.
      • Colleen will be added as a new Fish and Aquatic Invasive Animals Committee member.
    • Social
      • Jeannine will continue as a Social Committee member.
      • Colleen will continue as a Social Committee member.
    • Governance
      • The Governance Committee will continue to be made up of the President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary.
        • Dave (President)
        • Brian (Vice President)
        • Keith (Treasurer)
        • Paul (Secretary)
    • External Relations
      • Brian will be added as a new External Relations Committee Member.
• Governance and External Relations

• Secretary’s Report

• Jim reviewed the Meeting Minutes from the March 3, 2021 meeting with the board members. 
• Motion was made to approve the Secretary’s Meeting Minutes, which was unanimously approved.

• Treasurer’s Report
  • Dave handed out copies of the Treasurer’s Report for review.
  • Motion was made to approve the Treasurer’s Report, which was unanimously approved.
• Ward Updates
  • Dave will assign wards to the 2 new board members.

• External Relations
  • Nothing new to report.

• Communications Committee
  • Cheryl will update the website and newsletter with the new board members and committee members.

• Algae, Weeds & Aquatic Invasive Plants
  • Discussed and voted on the proposed Dakota County AIS Grant Agreement
    • The board unanimously approved to accept the Dakota AIS Grant to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. If used, the CLIA needs to acknowledge that the grant came from the Dakota County AIS Grant Agreement.

• Fish and Aquatic Invasive Animals Committee
  • No new updates.

• Social Committee
  • The Social Committee noted that there was a great turnout at the Spring 2021 cleanup event.

• New Business and Topics for Future Meetings
  • The city of Burnsville informed the CLIA board that they will not be fixing the damaged picnic table and won’t be picking up garbage on Piknik Island due to staffing shortages.

• Next Meeting

• The next meeting is on Wednesday, June 2 at 7:00 pm.
• Prior to the June board meeting, board members were encouraged to have a conversation with their successor to train and transition the new committee member.

• Motion to adjourn was made and unanimously approved at  8:27 pm.