Association Meeting Highlights – March 2015

by Richard D. Gainar, CEBS – Secretary RRA

The RomeRock Association Board of Directors met on March 5, 2015 with all Directors present. Eight residents were also in attendance.

Dell Rogers discussed this year’s poor road conditions due to weather and asked residents to call the RRA Office if they spot unsafe conditions. There is a single candidate running for one of the two open Board of Director positions this year. Even so, ballots will be mailed as usual until the Board can amend the By-laws to find a better way to deal with such a unique event in the future. The Board will appoint and interim Director to fill the last position. The Board thanked Rick Gainar for his service to the Board and the community. Dell announced his intention to seek Board approval to set the pool hours of operation at 10AM to 9PM starting this summer and invites interested Members to comment at the next Board meeting.

Tom Sopko introduced Katherine Bushey, an attorney with Kaman & Cusimano, LLC specializing in bad debt collections. Ms. Bushey met with the Board earlier to discuss her firm’s ability and procedures and how it could help the Association collecting bad debts.

Maintenance Director Dan Mullins reported that work fabricating wings for the new bulldozer has been completed. These wings will allow the bulldozer to more efficiently handle the soupy dredge materials at our Crosby-Cook property where lake sediment removed in our dredging operations this summer will be dried and stored. The repair of Clubhouse kitchen was also completed. Two more plow pump failures were repaired in-house getting our plows quickly back on the road. Dan asked residents to be careful of the winter’s rippling effect on our roads due to extreme cold weather.

Lake Management Sub-Committee Chairman Tim Langer reported on his committee’s activities to encourage residents to consider minor household changes that have significant positive effects on our lake’s water quality. Residents will also be asked to support his committee’s efforts to convince our elected state representatives to take action that limits the excess nutrients and sediment from entering our streams and lake from our watershed. Village Liaison John Ball, RSV Mayor, reported that the lake drain will be opened again at the Association’s request due to expected ice melt at week’s end. Also the Village Council is working to hire a new police officer. Building & Facilities Committee Chairman Jim Swartz announced another work session meeting on 3/6. Jim’s committee also plans to meet soon with an architect for building design plans in order to proceed with his committee’s investigation of a permanent RRA Office.

In the Club Reports section of the meeting, Ron Morris reminded us of this month’s Friends & Neighbors winter dinner at Clay St. Grill on March 20 at 6:00pm.

A question was raised during the Member Comments section of the meeting regarding whether an appointed interim director is first required to attend three Board meetings (no such requirement). The meeting was adjourned at 8:20pm. The Association Board’s next meeting will be on April 2. Hope to see you there!