Lake Committee — Minutes

5621 Town Hall Road, Delavan, Wisconsin 53115 (262) 728-3471 - FAX (262) 728-3473 email:mknipper@townofdelavan.com Office Hours: M – F, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Minutes from Lake Committee Meeting The Town of Delavan Lake Committee held its monthly Meeting on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall, Town of Delavan. 1) Call to order – 6:00 pm 2) Roll Call – Shallcross excused, Handel excused, Wolfgram excused 3) Declaration of quorum for doing business - ok 4) Approval of Agenda motion made to approve agenda by O’Connor, seconded by Nixdorf, motion carried. 5) Approval of minutes of the Lake Committee meeting of October 1, 2025 – motion to approve by Knipper, seconded by O’Connor, motion carried 6) Comments and suggestions of citizens present regarding Items on the Agenda - None 7) Communications – Communication from Delmar Resident regarding foam beads on beach 8) Delavan Lake Sanitary District Updates – Adam reported no quagga mussels found, Grant paperwork submitted for new harvester. Discussed USGS monitoring contract. 20 acres of farmland was purchased by DLSD to be used for weed spreading. 9) Delavan Lake Improvement Association Updates - None 10) City of Delavan – updates report – Nick reported Lake Comus is filling slowly, partially stocked fish 11) Old Business: (a) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: Delavan Lake Management, Planning and Projects (b) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: SEWRPC Lake Management Plan updates – Knipper asked that a DLIA rep contact Danielle at SEWRPC to let her know the DLIA projects, watershed plans and US AG site project. (c) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: Lake Committee Sub-Committees Reports – Knipper handed out a list of subcommittees and the members on each committee. After meeting each committee submits a recap. This is information we can use in the upcoming Newsletter. Knipper invited the authors of the Citizen Survey to present their findings to the Lake Committee. (d) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: Buoys/Rafts Ordinance/Process revisions – Ongoing topic to be discussed throughout the winter working with Chief Adams to come up with an ordinance that can be enforced. 12) New Business: (a) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: (b) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: USGS Monitoring Contract – No contract yet, discussion on targets to get off Lake impaired list. (c) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: Final Review 2026 Lake Budget – Budget meeting November 11, 2025 13) Review/Approval of Bills/Lake Funds update – Balance of Funds - $293,685.88 Motion to pay all invoices by Knipper seconded by Nixdorf, motion carried 14) Future Agenda Items 15) Comments and Suggestions of Citizens Present - None 16) Date of Next Meeting: No meeting in December Next meeting TBD 17) Adjournment motion to adjourn at 7:17 pm by Knipper, seconded by O’Connor, motion carried Minutes prepared by: Mary Pat O’Connor November 14, 2025 Committee Members Mary Knipper – Chair (voting) Jason Shallcross Citizen Member (voting) Mary O’Connor – Co-Chair (voting) Vacant – Citizen Member (voting) Ben Nixdorf, DLSD member (voting) Nick Griffin - City of Delavan Rep (voting) Jim Wolfgram – Citizen Member (voting) DLIA –Charlie Handel (voting) Jim DeLuca – DLSD Admin. (non-voting) October 31, 2025 A quorum of the Town Board and the Delavan Lake Sanitary District May be Present The agenda may be posted at any two of the following places: Town Hall, www.townofdelavan.com, FNBT, Lakefront Mobil, Maxi One and Piggly Wiggly Copies: Committee Members, Town Board, Delavan Enterprise, and Janesville Gazette. Any person who has a qualifying disability as defined by the American with Disabilities act that requires the meeting or the materials at the meeting to be in an accessible location or format must contact the Town of Delavan, 5621 Town Hall Road, Delavan Wisconsin at least twenty –four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting so that necessary arrangements can be made to accommodate the request. The Town of Delavan is an Equal Opportunity Employer