GREATER WALL LAKE ASSOCIATION
Est. 1961
GWLA Board Meetings
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The Board Meeting this year will be held at the Delton Library and all GWLA members are welcome to attend. Meeting are held every second Monday of the month at 6:30 pm.
Please park behind the library and use the back door.
Next meeting will be June 10, 2024 and then as stated above for April thru October.
GWLA Minutes from last meeting​
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GWLA MINUTES FOR MAY 13,2024
1. Directors present- Alan Freid, Kevin Boucher, Steve Larson, Mark Perkins, John Wesolowski, Tim Harsevoort, Eric Daniels, Mike Vonk, Dale Grimes
2. Directors absent- Melody Lutz, Mark Hancock, Andy Bohr
3. Agenda validation- It was approved without additions.
4. Minutes-They were approved.
5. Electronic action-none
6. Public comments-none
7. Treasurer’s report- Melody was absent. We discussed quickbook renewal and liability insurance. Payments were approved for both items.
8. There were no additions to the preservation fund.
9. Committees
a. Garage sale- Saturday June 1,2024
b. Boat parade-July 4,2024
c. Kayak the Wall- July 27,2024, the trophy will acknowledge the founder of this event the late Mr. Deike
d. Golf outing- This will take place at Mullenhurst the week of September 16,2024. It will be nine holes and two person teams. The cost is 20.00 per team. Green fees and carts are additional. Prizes will be awarded.
e. Audit- Tim reports are finances are in good shape.
f. Dam Maintenance- There will be a public hearing on Channel Lake
g. Communication- A special thank you to Eric Daniels for completing the spring newsletter.
h. Fish- There was a discussion about cost and the number of fish to be put in the lake, but nothing is finalized yet.
i. Nominating- Mike Vonk was nominated and approved to fill the director’s position vacated by Jennifer Pickens. Welcome Mike!
j. Property- Several directors under the leadership of Dale Grimes completed a clean-up of the property. Thank you, Dale!
k. Water Quality-PCCI and WQMP are underway for 2024. PLM was on the water on May 6,2024. The CLMP 2024 data collection is underway. The 2023 report is available.
l. Website- Steve reports 221 visitors as of late.
10. Old Business
a. Annual Meeting- Our annual meeting will once again be at the Moose Lodge. The date for the meeting is June 22,2024. Breakfast will take place from 8:30-9:30am. It will be followed from 9:30am to 11am by two guest speakers, Andy from PLM and Jim Dull, the Barry County Drain Commission. The cost is ten dollars per person.
b. Gravel Pit updates- Barry County Orangeville Twp site has no new activity. The Hope Twp application has been withdrawn. Ongoing collaboration between the GWLA and other lake associations along with the township is occurring with the goal of securing future protections.
11. New business
a. Delton District Library request- The goal of the library is to improve the reading level of our youth. They are sponsoring a summer reading program, and they are requesting donations of any size.
NEXT GWLA REGULAR BOARD MEETING MONDAY JUNE 10, 2024, 6:30pm, Delton District Library.
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For the Channel before the Dam
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The work to clean up the channel still has not been done, and the drain commissioner is actively working on this. With all that is going on at this time, we truly hope he can get this completed this year.​
Shallow Lake culvert improvements. Easements are in place.
Permitting and public comments are completed, after review
the actual work can get started - that likely all translates to this Fall, again.
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