President Bitter called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm.

Item #1 Roll Call: As noted above.

Item #2 Approve Meeting Minutes of January 25, 2011

There was a brief discussion regarding the minutes from meeting on January 25, 2011.

Commissioner David Skotarzak made the motion to approve the January 25, 2011 meeting minutes as presented.  Commissioner Val Johnson seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.

Item #3 Reports:

a)      Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Dow reported on the reports submitted on the Profit & Loss Budget vs. Actual and Balance Sheet through the end of March 2011.

Treasurer Dow reported additional money in tax revenue is due to additional lotto credits.

Treasurer Dow reported membership dues are due for the WI Lakes membership in the amount of        $300.  10 copies of the WI Lake Publications are included with the membership and will be mailed directly to the LBMD Commissioners homes.

On the budget statement under Weed and Water Control, there is a $233.56 credit.  This credit is a result of the settlement of a grant from the DNR.

Commissioner Val Johnson made the motion to approve the Profit & Loss Budget vs. Actual January 2011- March 2011.  Commissioner Bitter seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.

b.) Weed Harvesting, Commissioner Alger

Commissioner Alger was not present at this meeting therefore, no report was given.

c.) Town of East Troy, Commissioner Dorn

Commissioner Dorn was not present at this meeting therefore, no report was given.

d.) Walworth County, Commissioner Stacey

Commissioner Stacey was not present at this meeting therefore, no report was given.

e) Well #7, Attorney Laing, Bob Nauta

Attorney Laing was not present at the meeting.  Bob Nauta was not present at this meeting.  Commissioner Dick Dow stated he had conversations with Mr. Nauta regarding well monitoring.  The village of East Troy completed their deep well monitoring in March and Mr. Nauta will review the data.

Commissioner Dow also stated water quality testing will be done in May be USGS.  The testing is done four times per year.  At this point, a new lab has not been contracted.  The group agreed the current lab should continue analysis until the court has ruled on the pending case.

There was concern expressed about how much data is being reported.  The group will have discussions with Mr. Nauta regarding the data and how much is necessary for analysis.

Mr. Nauta will return the "yellow bag" with the water depth recorder and data log book so that our volunteer group can begin shallow well groundwater monitoring in early May.

4. Communications:

There were no communications to discuss.

5. Old Business:

a). Well #7 Discussion and possible action required as recommended by our legal counsel or other consultants.   Attorney Laing was not present at this meeting.  However, Commissioner Bitter commented on the WI Supreme Court presentation.  Commissioners Bitter, Skotarzak and Dow were present for the hearing.  The judges have until the end of June 2011 to write the proposals for their decisions.

b.) Final Settlement of DNR Grants.  Commissioner Dow stated there is a new person working for the DNR and there is confusion regarding a check from LBMD in the amount of $233.56.  At this   point, the DNR will return the money to LBMD.

c.) Otto Jacobs- Discount Price for Pumping Septic Systems.  Action to approve an endorsement forspecial pricing from Otto Jacobs.  Mr. Jacobs sent a preliminary letter to LBMD.  This letter is to be mailed to all LBMD residents explaining the county and lake pumping requirements.  Commissioner Bitter read the letter.  All commissioners agreed the letter is sufficient.  Commissioner Bitter will  continue communicating with Mr. Jacobs.

d.) Highway J Dam Rehabilitation Plan Status/Approval- Commissioner Skotarzak.  Possible action on approval for plan.  Commissioner Skotarzak reported the road work on Highway J (6 mile project) must be completed prior to work on the dam.  Commissioner Skotarzak stated Walworth     County hired an engineer to draw out the plans for the dam repair.  A handout of these plans was distributed.  The dam contractor would like to begin work on the dam in July, when the water is low.  It is understood that Walworth County will pay for a majority of the repair costs.  There was discussion of possibly adding this information to the website.

e.)District Boundaries Status Update and possible final action to present issue to the Walworth County Board.  Commissioner Bitter stated there is nothing to report and this item should be kept on the agenda for the next meeting.

f.) Short Term Rental Regulations Update.  There was nothing to report and this item will be removed from future agendas.

6. New Business:

Commissioner Dow brought up the issue of making monthly payments during the winter.  There are      a few small monthly bills which require check payment.  Commissioner Dow requested authorization to allow Paul Nyffler’s to make online payments for a few specific bills.  The group  discussed a few possible options.   Commissioner Dow will talk with the bank on how to best handle this situation.  Commissioner Bitter requested this item to be added to next month’s agenda.

7. Commissioner/Public Comments:

No comments were made.

Item #8: Determine Next Regular Meeting

The next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 7:00 pm.  Please note the time change.

Open Session ended at 7:11 pm.

Item #9: Closed Session

Entertain a motion to go into closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. Section 19.85(1)(g) for the     purposed of conferring with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved regarding the high capacity well litigation.  Possible action may be   taken as a result of such conferring.

Legal council was absent since there was nothing to discuss and therefore did not go into Closed Session.

Item #10:  Adjourn

With no further business, Commissioner Val Johnson made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Commissioner David Skotarzak seconded and the meeting adjourned at 7:15 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Lisa Sweet, Administrative Services