On Saturday, August 24th, the Lake St. Catherine Association held their fourth and final meeting of the 2024 season.

Attendance: Jim Canders, Mark Shea, Sue Williams, Mike Gay, Mary Jo Teetor, Jerremy Jones, Jeff Crandall, Lisa Micich. Absent: Kemi McShane, Frank Callahan, Ed Laird, Bob Williams, Nancy Liberatore.

Guests: Beck Sinclair

Call to Order: President Jim Canders called the meeting to order at 8:35.

Public Comment: None.

DASH Update: Beck Sinclair provided a report on his DASH work for the season. DASH ended on August 20th. DASH boat needs a new suction motor. Beck will source. Motion made to allocate up to $3,500 to purchase the new motor. All in favor, so moved. Beck also provided his thoughts for areas to address in 2025. He noted low milfoil conditions around the lake at the end of the season. Also noted that we need a new banner for the boat. Jerremy was given the old one to reproduce.

Approval of Meeting Minutes: Minutes of July 27, 2024 posted. Motion to accept the minutes as presented. All in favor, so moved.

Treasurer’s Report: Mary Jo Teetor presented her report, looking to be even for 2024 with expenses and income. MJ also mentioned progress on our grants, spoke about new VT labor laws, and our 990. There was a brief discussion on a dues increase. Motion to accept the report as presented. All in favor, so moved.

Annual Membership Meeting: A brief discussion about the annual meeting. The presentation ended on-time, the food and service was excellent, and the meeting was well attended, including all of our state senators and representatives, and the Wells Select Board. 

Milfoil Management: Jeff Crandall gave a recap of the Milfoil Control Program for the year. We could not extend the DASH time due to the boat issue. Our permit application is still under review.

Greeter Program: Jerremy Jones presented information provided by John Belnavis. 906 inspections at this time, lower than last year. John mentioned that there are some fishing tournaments after Labor Day. A motion was made to extend the Greeter Program to cover the tournaments after Labor Day. All in favor, so moved. Jerremy will let John know.

Water Quality and Testing: Mary Jo Teetor talked about Lay Monitoring for the season. Discussion of the sediment testing that was conducted the day before. Also discussed runoff issue on West Lake Road, and a septic issue on Channel Drive.

Publicity: Jerremy Jones discussed East Poultney Day, and the fall newsletter.

Lake Safety: Mike Gay talked about new wiring hardware for the buoys, fixing the Rock buoy, and getting ready for next year. Quick discussion about possibility of putting solar lights on top of the buoys.

Nominating Committee: We now have 2 open spots on the board. Discussion of possible candidates.

Membership: Jerremy Jones, 370 members as of today.

Government Relations / Grants: Jerremy Jones, excellent participation at the annual meeting with state and local reps. Discussed Lake Wise, LLL, water testing grants, AIS grants.

Old Business: None.

New Business: Jerremy Jones, discussed attending the LSCCF's annual meeting.

Officer Elections: Jim Canders asked for nominations for President, Vice-President, and Treasurer. Jim Canders, Mike Gay, and Mary Jo Teetor were all nominated respectively, all in favor, so moved.

2025 Meetings:

• May 24, 2025
• June 28, 2025
• July 26, 2025, Annual Meeting that evening
• August 23, 2025

Motion to adjourn meeting at 10:15, all in favor, so moved.

Respectfully submitted, Jerremy Jones