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 OFFICIAL NOTICE / Minutes Minutes from Meeting held on Wednesday September 3, 2025. The Town of Delavan Lake Committee helds its monthly Meeting on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall, Town of Delavan. Public comment may be allowed on any agenda item at the discretion of the chairperson: limited to 3 minutes 1) Call to order – 6:00 pm 2) Roll Call – All present 3) Declaration of quorum for doing business 4) Approval of Agenda Motion to approve by Nixdorf, seconded by O’Connor 5) Approval of minutes of the Lake Committee meeting of August 6, 2025 – Motion by Nixdorf to approve minutes of 8/6/25 meeting, seconded by Shallcross, Wolfgram abstained. 6) Comments and suggestions of citizens present regarding Items on the Agenda - None 7) Communications – Wolfgram stated the weir at Browns Channel is under construction. 8) Delavan Lake Sanitary District Updates – DLSD is looking at grant opportunities to acquire two new harvesters. Looking at the Truxor, a small machine which is more precise for getting into tight places. USGS budget is ok for 2 years. No change. 9) Delavan Lake Improvement Association) Updates - Drone seeding pilot program is ongoing seeding 500 acres in coordination with Brian Smetana. Pontoon classroom will be next spring 2026. Inlet/outlet meeting September 6, 2025 10) City of Delavan – updates report – Lake Comus is drained and treated. Lake Lawn expected to break ground on homes on golf course in spring 2026. 11) Old Business: (a) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: Delavan Lake Management, Planning and Projects (b) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: SEWRPC Lake Management Plan updates – Knipper to meet with Geneva Lake Environmental Agency on September 15, 2025 to see if there is an opportunity for collaboration between Delavan Lake and GLEA. (c) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: Lake Committee Sub-Committees Reports – Inlet/outlet meeting – Peter Berrini will be in attendance. Power Point being finalized by Knipper and Nixdorf for the meeting. Fish stocking will be on September 17, 2025. Nixdorf made a motion to recommend to the town board to contribute $1000 for fish stocking. Second, Wolfgram, motion carried. DLSD is requesting an itemize receipt from Lakeside Bait and Tackle. (d) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: Buoys/Rafts Ordinance/Process revisions – Research to see what other lakes are doing with permitting. O’Connor will report back. 12) New Business: (a) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: boating Regulations/Ordinance revision – Ordinance will be set up to make 200 ft from shore official. (b) Discusssion/Possible Recommendations: DLIA voting member Lake Committee – Chair Knipper suggested the Lake Committee have a DLIA voting member. Motion made by Nixdorf to recommend to the Town Board to approve of having a voting member from the DLIA on the Lake Committee. Second by Shallcross, Motion carried. (c) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: Lake Committee newsletter – Knipper discussed having a semi-annual Lake Committee newsletter. (d) Discussion/Possible Recommendations: Review 2026 draft Lake Budget - $599,108.28 – Ben will present CD plan next month (e) Discusssion/Possible Recommendations: Inlet/Outlet/Brown’s Channel meeting Sept 6 13) Review/Approval of Bills/Lake Funds update – Motion made by O’Connor to pay all monthly bills, seconded by Wolfgram, Motion carried. 14) Future Agenda Items 15) Comments and Suggestions of Citizens Present - Carol Radford, 1811 Lake Trail, Delavan, offered to help with the Lake Committee newsletter. 16) Date of Next Meeting: October 1, 6:00 PM-Town Hall 17) Adjournment - Motion made to adjourn 7:26 pm by Wolfgram, second by O’Connor, motion carried. Mary Pat O’Connor September 8, 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) Charlie Handel– Delavan Lake Improvement Association (non-voting), Jim DeLuca – DLSD Admin. (non-voting) 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. 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