April Board Minutes

ESMANN ISLAND OWNER’S ASSOCIATION

BOARD MEETING

4-28-2012 

Board Members Present:  Dave Wagner called the regular meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. with Mike Shaffer, Terry Lubbers, and Don Niosi in attendance, Dottie Reimer, secretary. Donna Gilkes, treasurer. 

Members Present:  Bob Gilkes, Ed Schneider, Wayne Jensen, Larry Brown and Tom Nagel 

Minutes:  Reviewed minutes from October 8, 2011 meeting, Motion to approve minutes 1st Niosi; 2nd by Lubbers, motion approved. 

Treasures Report:   Reviewed treasurer’s report.  Motion to approve treasurer’s report, 1st Schaffer; 2nd by Niosi, motion approved. 

Bills:  Current bills presented and reviewed.  Motion to approve for payment, 1st by Schaffer, 2nd Niosi, motion approved. 

Building Permits:   One (1) Kent Rolfe, Lots 265/264 

Property Ownership Changes:  Allman to Meyer; Bissell to Schulte; Clifford to Forman 

Road Report:

  • Don Niosi will inspect roads where construction has been started or completed.  Will report his findings at the next meeting. 

Old Business:  

  • Railroad crossing: Wayne Jensen has contacted county and was told they will get back to him.   He will confer with Ken Brandel to compare notes and report back findings at next meeting. 

New Business: 

  • Suggestion made for all property owners to rake or mow your yards.  This will avoid nuisance letters from being sent from the association.  A notice will be placed on the website as well. 
  • There will not be a Spring cleanup this year as most items were removed when the dumpster was in place.
  • Donna Gilkes will contact someone to pick up TV’s, computers and other electronics which were left at the dumpster site and not picked up by Hawkeye sanitation.
  • There will be cleanup day in the Fall, please watch for postings.
  • Wayne Jensen would like to spray weeds along back road. Motion to approve spraying weeds   1st Lubbers; 2nd by Schaffer, motion approved. 
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  • A BIG THANK YOU TO:  Bob and Donna Gilkes; Larry and Pat Brown; Terry Lubbers; Wayne Jensen; Mike Reifschneider and Mary Eulberg for all their hard work in clearing out the brush, rocks and stumps on the back road.  We appreciate your hard work in completing this project.
  • Annual Meeting is scheduled for June 9, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
  • There are three (3) board seats available this year.  If anyone is interested in running, please contact Dave Wagner or Mike Schafer for information and filing requirements. 

Next meeting is set for Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. 

Meeting adjourned 9:45 a.m. Motion to adjourn 1st by Shaffer; 2nd by Lubbers. Motion approved. 

Respectfully submitted by:

Dottie Reimer, Secretary

Esmann Island Owners’ Association

Road Embargo

Remember There there are no large vehicles allowed until further notice ( see post from Last week)

 and Trash must be taken to dumpster at south end of Island.

I just saw a pick up pulling a skid loader trailer( empty fortunately) and thought another reminder might help.

Please let any contractors know.

Thanks

Road Embargo resend

It appears that the post did not correctly go out to everyone last week so here it is again in case you missed it

Spring is near and As frost has started to go out the roads have become soft. To protect the roads as in past years we are asking that heavy trucks, construction equipment, etc.  stay off roads until further notice. Please notify any Contractors that you are using.

Trash dumpster will be placed Thursday or Friday this week at south end of Island in same location as prior years. You will need to take your trash to that location as we have asked trash company to stay off roads as well.

We appreciate your help.

FYI for anyone who has not been up recently the ice is already out of the river.

October Board Minutes

ESMANN ISLAND OWNER’S ASSOCIATION

BOARD MEETING

10-08-11 

Board Members Present:  Dave Wagner called the regular meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. with Mike Shaffer, Terry Lubbers, Ken Brandel and Don Niosi in attendance, Dottie Reimer, secretary. Donna Gilkes, treasurer. 

Members Present:  Bob Gilkes, Wayne Jensen, Larry Brown, Ed Schneider 

Minutes:  Reviewed minutes from September 17, 2011 meeting, Motion to approve minutes   1st Shaffer; 2nd by Lubbers, motion approved. 

Treasures Report:   Reviewed last treasures report.  Motion to approve treasurer’s report, 1st Brandel; 2nd by Shaffer, motion approved. 

Bills:  Current bills presented and reviewed.  Motion to approve for payment, 1st by Brandel, 2nd Lubbers, motion approved. 

Building Permits:   None 

Property Ownership Changes:  Mount to Perrinjquet; Pierce to Keune; Engle to Moreland Jr. 

Road Report:

  • Ken Brandel reported the contractor from last year will plow snow again this year.
  • Terry Lubbers is going to help Bob Gilkes with roads this winter while Brandel and Niosi are gone.
  • Repairs on bad spots due to construction vehicles will be fixed in the Spring and paid for by the property owners. 

Old Business:  

  • Railroad crossing: Brandel has not heard from them regarding the repairs needed at entrance to Island.  Will follow up this week. 

New Business: 

  • Wagner passed out budget worksheet and board agreed on budget for the coming year.  Discussion held.  Motion to approve 2012 budget, 1st by Niosi; 2nd by Shaffer
  • Corp of Engineers approached Wayne Jensen and stated they will be dredging and wants permission to tie work boats up at the North Ramp.  Board gave approval. 

Next meeting set for Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. 

Meeting adjourned 9:15 a.m. Motion to adjourn 1st by Shaffer; 2nd by Brandel. Motion approved. 

Respectfully submitted by:

Dottie Reimer, Secretary

Esmann Island Owners’ Association

September Board Minutes

ESMANN ISLAND OWNER’S ASSOCIATION

BOARD MEETING

09-17-11 

Board Members Present:  Dave Wagner called the regular meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. with Mike Shaffer, Jim McGuire, Ken Brandel and Don Niosi in attendance, Dottie Reimer, secretary. Donna Gilkes, treasurer. 

Members Present:  Bob Gilkes, Larry Brown, Cletus Davis, Mary Davis, LaDonna Nagel, Mert Duffy, Ken Schmerbach, Richard Staab, Jeff Heising, Tom Nagel, Robin Heising. 

Minutes:  Reviewed minutes from August 20th, 2011 meeting, Motion to approve 1st Shaffer; 2nd by Brandel, motion approved. 

Treasures Report:   Motion to approve treasurer’s report, 1st McGuire; 2nd by Shaffer, motion approved. 

Bills:  Current bills presented and reviewed.  Board approved sending yearly donation to Guttenberg Fire Department.  Motion to approve for payment, 1st by Brandel, 2nd Niosi, motion approved. 

Building Permits:   One (1) Dan and Ann Schulte, Lot 102-2 

Property Ownership Changes:    None 

Road Report:

  • Ken Brandel reported they are working on bad spots in roads, may need to put off until Spring because of colder weather.
  • Spoke to owners of Railroad at entrance to Island, they will come and look at crossing and get back to Ken with their decision to repair.
  • Tom Nagel stated he has some rock he is not using and asked if he can get permission to dump at North boat ramp.  Board gave approval.  Continue reading

Island Clean up 9/26/11

We have scheduled with Hawkeye sanitation for Island clean up. This is your opportunity to get rid of extra/old items you no longer want. They will pick up on Monday 9/26/11 with their regular pickup. Their will be charges for some items like appliances, tires etc and a few items they will not accept. We will have that list in next day or two and will post.

August Board Minutes

ESMANN ISLAND OWNER’S ASSOCIATION

BOARD MEETING

08-20-11 

Board Members Present:  Dave Wagner called the regular meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. with Jim McGuire, Ken Brandel, Don Niosi, and Terry Lubbers in attendance, Dottie Reimer, secretary. Donna Gilkes, treasurer 

Members Present:  Bob Gilkes 

Minutes:  Reviewed minutes from July 23rd, 2011 meeting, Motion to approve 1st McGuire; 2nd by Lubbers, motion approved. 

Treasures Report: 

  • All accounts are paid except one (1).  If not paid by next meeting, lien will be placed on property. 
  • Dave reported road loan was completely paid off as of August 1, 2011. 

Motion to approve treasurer’s report, 1st by Niosi, 2nd by Brandel, motion approved.  Continue reading