Prairie Lake Improvement Association
Fall Meeting Summary – September 3, 2023
Opening Remarks: Joe Beaupre
The meeting was called to order at 10:30 by President Joe Beaupre. Joe welcomed everyone and thanked them for attending. Those in attendance introduced themselves.
Copies of the summary from the Spring meeting were distributed for participants to review. A motion was made, seconded and approved to accept the meeting summary.
Treasurer Report: Mike Botilla
The Treasurer Report was distributed and reviewed. Total Funds (savings/checking) as of 9/3/23 is $8,261. Since the last report out (5/29/23), there were $660 in disbursements and $885 in membership dues deposits. A motion was made, seconded and approved to accept the financial report.
Leadership Positions:
Board of Directors: Bob Stemwedel, Richard Collman, Barb Kelley
Association: (1 year term)
Old Business
DNR and FDL tagged Walleyes for counting purposes. Not sure of the outcome yet? Saw the nets in a week or so ago.
History of Prairie Lake Booklet
New Business
Loon/Eagle/Wildlife sightings:
Please remember to stay clear of young birds on the water after they hatch as they are slow and vulnerable. Two chicks by Ken's point, single chick by grass island, another single by weed bed on north sid of big basin.
Other Sightings
Water Quality (Ken Hallberg):
Water Level (Kellie Rae)
Boat landing (Gene Readel)
Buoys:
Thank you to all of you who help place and take out the lake buoys
Member Action: If a buoy is broken and/or lights are not working, report it on Facebook and let Joe Beaupre know right away so can work on replacements/updates to them prior to Spring.
Membership Comments and Concerns
Reminders
A motion was made and passed to adjourn the meeting.
Thanks again to all who attended.
Prepared by Teresa Bruno, September 2023
Fall Meeting Summary – September 3, 2023
Opening Remarks: Joe Beaupre
The meeting was called to order at 10:30 by President Joe Beaupre. Joe welcomed everyone and thanked them for attending. Those in attendance introduced themselves.
Copies of the summary from the Spring meeting were distributed for participants to review. A motion was made, seconded and approved to accept the meeting summary.
Treasurer Report: Mike Botilla
The Treasurer Report was distributed and reviewed. Total Funds (savings/checking) as of 9/3/23 is $8,261. Since the last report out (5/29/23), there were $660 in disbursements and $885 in membership dues deposits. A motion was made, seconded and approved to accept the financial report.
Leadership Positions:
Board of Directors: Bob Stemwedel, Richard Collman, Barb Kelley
Association: (1 year term)
- President: Joe Beaupre
- Vice President: Still OPEN (nominate and Vote in Spring)
- Treasurer: Mike Bottila
- Secretary: Teresa Bruno
Old Business
DNR and FDL tagged Walleyes for counting purposes. Not sure of the outcome yet? Saw the nets in a week or so ago.
- A member indicated did catch a tagged walleye
- Reminder: Please do not remove tags from released fish
History of Prairie Lake Booklet
- Have these printed and ready for purchase
- Cost is $10.00 (for printing)
New Business
Loon/Eagle/Wildlife sightings:
Please remember to stay clear of young birds on the water after they hatch as they are slow and vulnerable. Two chicks by Ken's point, single chick by grass island, another single by weed bed on north sid of big basin.
- Member indicated we have 4 chicks; 2 hatched in June on Father's day
- One of the chicks may not be strong enough to fly off the lake
Other Sightings
- Moose sighting
- Common golden eye ducks
Water Quality (Ken Hallberg):
- Member transitioned to, didn't have equipment to do the testing; so starting over
- Have gone 2 years without any testing of any kind
- Along with Joe B, Ken is working on getting equipment back to do the testing
Water Level (Kellie Rae)
- Monitoring equipment wrecked in the ice, waiting on equipment from DNR
- Water has not gone up this year
Boat landing (Gene Readel)
- Township has done what they can
- No cost for plowing or anything on the boat landing
- Asked to remove some of the trees to make more room on the boat landing
Buoys:
Thank you to all of you who help place and take out the lake buoys
Member Action: If a buoy is broken and/or lights are not working, report it on Facebook and let Joe Beaupre know right away so can work on replacements/updates to them prior to Spring.
Membership Comments and Concerns
- Kellie Rae will be undergoing Hip Surgery in a week or so. Prayers for healing and a successful surgery are welcomed!
- Doug Scolla – had well water tested by Arrowhead Water Services (Cloquet), has higher level of arsenic
- Received a letter from state that are doing random testing of wells
- Member Action/Recommendation: Have your well water tested to determine arsenic
- Mike Bottila had new well drilled on his place, 59 ft, great water source/pressure. Arsenic was a little higher than normal, was recommended to get tested in again in ~6 months
- Boat Landing – troubles reported/posted on Facebook earlier this year
- Parks and rec replaced concrete rungs and built it up with rock
- Still need to be careful because the water level is so low
- Should wet down the rung before trying to load; keep truck on the concrete
Reminders
- If you would like something posted to the Prairie Lake Association website, contact Jill Beaupre at [email protected].
- If you have updates/corrections/changes to the Directory, email them to [email protected].
- The next meeting will be held Memorial Weekend, on Sunday, May 26, 2024, 10:30 am in the Fine Lakes Town Hall.
A motion was made and passed to adjourn the meeting.
Thanks again to all who attended.
Prepared by Teresa Bruno, September 2023
