Agenda

November 13, 2024

1. Call Meeting to Order

2. Adoption of Agenda

3. Adoption of Previous Minutes of September 17, 2024 (Terri)

4. Treasurer’s Report (Dave)

5. Rental Report (Doug)

6. Moms and Tots Report (Sonja)

7. Old Business

• Christmas Dinner

• Clean up Propane Tank

• Front Steps Repair (painting and finishing)

• Irrigation

• Sign Direction

8. New Business

• Shuswap River Monitoring

• Picnic Tables Storage

• Winterization of Hall

9. Discussion

10. Date Next Meeting

11. Adjournment

Meeting November 13, 2024

Minutes (unadopted)

In attendance: Andrew Miller, Sonja Peters, Doug Neill, Dave Lansing, Russ Collins, Terri Deuling

1. Meeting called to order 7pm;

2. Agenda adopted;

3. Minutes of September 17 meeting read and adopted;

4. Treasurer’s Report: Current balance $35,858.00. All WASP firefighter kits have been paid for. We are getting a special rate with Telus and we need to renew in May 2025 to keep the rate. Currently we pay $100/month for internet and $50/month for phone.

5. Rental Report: Girl Guides in this Friday for sleepover. Jay Hammer from RDNO and Interior Health inspector met at the Hall with Doug to inspect kitchen facilities. Deficiencies have been dealt with but we still need a new mat. Overall inspection went well. Next wedding in May 2025.

6. Moms and Tots Report: Tots program still going well, meeting Friday mornings. Need a snow shovel for the stairs.

7. OLD BUSINESS

   1. Christmas Dinner: set for December 7 4-7. We’ll need 2 turkeys, Doug and Kate will cook the turkey. Dave will bring pulled pork and buns. Terri will bring mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce and get the liquor licence. Kate will do the sign for the road, Sonja will post on facebook. Terri will prepare Stumprancher, if the postal strike is over.

   2. Propane Tank clean up: Doug cleared around the tank, will need it again in spring. We should get some gravel to suppress the growth around the tank. We need propane, Dave will order for delivery before winter.

   3. Front Steps Repair: Weather did not cooperate with painting project. Andrew has the material and will attend to repair in spring.

   4. Irrigation: RDNO will fund installation of underground irrigation. Andrew will get an estimate.

   5. Sign Direction Arrow: Doug will organize an arrow for the road sign so Connie isn’t bothered anymore.

8. NEW BUSINESS

   1. Shuswap River Monitoring:

      • Shuswap River Stewards

        On October 29 Russ Collins, Jane Girvan, Andrew Miller and Terri Deuling met at RDNO with Rick Fairbairn and Andrew Hunsberger to discuss continued funding of the water testing program. Money is available thru the “Gas Tax” and funding in the amount of $5,000.00 per year was approved for the next 3 years. Funding is dependent on the group belonging to a registered society, which MLCCRC is, so a committee has been officially established. Samples are taken at 7 sites 3 times a year and delivered to CARO in Kelowna. Caro bills RDNO directly and RDNO pays. The water stewards have not spent the entire $5,000.00 allotted annually so there is potential for a discretionary sampling to be taken if concerns arise. Russ gave a brief presentation and showed the location of sampling sites and the results of the past 11 years of testing. Very well organized and documented.

   2. Picnic Tables: Should be put away for winter.

   3. Winterization of Hall: As long as propane tank is full and furnace doesn’t break down we should be in good shape for winter. Snow plowing can be arranged as needed.

Next meeting: To be determined.