The meeting was
called to order by Vice President John Horn at 7:00 PM. Present were Craig Cowles, John McCoy, Alan
Wright, John Horn, Phyllis Upright, Greg Smith, Robert English, and Dennis
Widby. Also present were Larry Kruljac,
Harry & Suzanne Bladow, Jim Kirkendall, Betty Koch, Dick Wildman, Carole
Gabel, Katie Altman, Reta & Norm Farb, Jake Thiessen, Andy & Connie
Andersen, Gail & Dan Hill, Linda Stewart, Alan & Diana Tolle, Jim &
Betty Anglin, and Dave Martin.
SECRETARY: Robert had sent the minutes out by
email to the Board, which including some corrections that John McCoy had made
to the first version of the minutes.
John McCoy moved that the minutes be approved as corrected, and Craig
Cowles seconded. All approved by voice
vote.
TREASURER: John passed a balance sheet around, and
the net activity for the year showed an increase of $13,366.00 over what it was
in January. The figures, minus the
bottom-line, was also published in the most recent issue of the "Loud and
Clear" newsletter.
ARCHITECTURE: No activity since the last meeting.
MAINTENANCE: While the season is winding down, and
the grass is under control at the moment, an estimate for long-range cost to
maintain the taxiways was undertaken.
Paving consultant Bill _ came to the Airpark and looked over the taxiway
system. In his estimation, if the
taxiways are merely maintained (with a simple slurry coat), the cost is around
12 cents per square foot, but an overlay with fresh asphalt would be about
$5.00 per square foot. There had been a
previous estimate for this kind of work some years ago, undertaken by Dewey
Erlwein, and the whereabouts of that document are not known at this time –
there were some people visiting the Board meeting this evening who said they
would look for it. There was some
concern raised at this point that the contractor may not be the best person to
ask about the cost of such an operation, since that party would stand to
benefit from such a transaction - a state contractor might be a more impartial
party. John Horn responded that some
input from the contractor is helpful but cannot be the final word - the Board
needed more information in order to formulate an educated opinion about how
much reserves were necessary to have on hand, and this was a good first step
toward that.
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
(including Former Director):
no input at this time.
NEW
BUSINESS: Robert
English gave a report about the findings of the By-laws committee. There were three separate resolutions
introduced at this meeting, all of which were passed around for the Board
members to read. The first resolution,
having to do with correcting typos that were found in the original Bylaws, was
intended to be included on this year’s ballot - John McCoy made the motion to
include it in the ballot, and Dennis Widby seconded. All approved by voice vote.
The second resolution, which included some clarification changes to the
Bylaws, was discussed – the approval of this resolution was contingent on the
three changes within this resolution being separate ballot measures, allowing a
yes-or-no vote on each, and that a brief paragraph be included below each to
explain why the change is being suggested.
After these conditions were accepted, John McCoy made the motion to
include these in the ballot, and Dennis Widby seconded. All approved by voice vote. The third resolution contained the change
that Richard Juve suggested in his presentation before the Board back in April
of this year. After some discussion, with some Board members expressing
reservations concerning this measure's full impact, this resolution was tabled
for later discussion.
ELECTION
PROCESS: John Horn
had asked for statements at this meeting from those who wanted to run for
office this year, and collected a few.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
The ballots are
going to be sent out in a few days from this meeting, with tear-off sections
that can be mailed in separately (original ballots only, no xeroxes please,
with the IAHA stamp on it). They can
also be dropped off at the General Meeting on December 4th where the ballots
will be counted and the winners announced.
There was some discussion as to what was the best way to get the ballots
out to people: Alan said that the Block Heralds were used in the past for that. The Board agreed with that, electing to bypass
the Post Office unless the lot owner doesn’t live here.
FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER:
Dave Martin introduced the newest member of the community, Alan and Diana
Tolle, who have several planes.
Also, it was
brought to the Board’s attention that the neighborhood mailing list has been
circulating outside the airpark, and much concern was expressed about this
since that list was intended strictly for our own use. It was suggested that the list be more
carefully guarded in the future, and the list itself carry a privacy
notice.
Andy Andersen
stated that he was part of a task force dealing with the problem of
Methamphetamine addiction in Polk County.
In light of that, John Horn told the story about the turbo-prop that
landed here back in February after dark (which transferred bags of something
between a small truck and the plane). Finally, Betty Anglin asked about the
construction debris that had been apparently left at a lot on Luscombe and it
looked unsightly - apparently the contractor did not clean up after
themselves.
John McCoy made
the motion to adjourn the meeting, and Dennis Widby seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 7:57 PM.
Respectfully
submitted by Robert English, secretary
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