FOREST LAKES OWNERS ASSOCIATION
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING

Chevelon Butte School Building
June 18, 2005

The June meeting of the Forest Lakes Owner’s Association was called to order at 2:05 PM by President Frank Astemborski. He then led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

Wendell Lolling then read the minutes for the meeting of May 2005. They were corrected and approved by the board.

Jane Cummins then gave the treasurer’s report. The Stockmen’s bank had a balance of
$29,080.62. The National Bank of Arizona had a balance of $54,935.56. The treasurer’s report was approved by the board.

Virgilee Scholl reported that we currently have a membership total of 569. She also indicated that the deadline for articles for the newsletter is July 15, 2005. She welcomes any articles that the membership would like to submit.

Frank indicated that we need three new members to be added to the board. Mack Hume will be in charge of the election. All interested Forest Lakes Ownership Members are encouraged to run. Anyone interested should submit their name to Mack Hume and a biography should be given to Virgilee Scholl to be printed in the Newsletter.

Andrea Saffles will be handling the Community Citizen’s Award.

A report on the Memorial Day Breakfast indicated that we served 636 people. It was a huge success.  As a result FLOA and the Fire Department Auxilliary each netted a figure of $1361.00.

Gene Jeardoe gave a report on the highway cleanup. It was completed on Tuesday, June 7, 2005. A number of volunteers assisted with the cleanup.

Frank reported that Dustrol will be used on the main roads for the picnic. This should keep down a little of the dust. He further indicated that he would talk to the county regarding the placement of speed bumps to control the speed of some of the traffic.

There will be a community dump day on July 10th. All household items to be disposed of should be taken to County Yard.

A discussion was held concerning the 4th of July picnic, which will be on Saturday July 2, 2005. We will be doing the setup for the picnic on Friday July 1st. All volunteers to help with this will be welcomed.

Jan Walls gave a report on the Auxiliary. She further reported on the pancake breakfast and thanked everyone who volunteered to help. She stated that there will be sweatshirts available for sale at the 4th of July picnic. She said that storage sheds have been purchased for the storage of school records and also for auxiliary items for sale.

Jan gave a report on the school board and indicated that the new school bus should arrive in July, hopefully. The school district budget has been published in the Pine Graphics. The tax rate for next year will be reduced slightly.

Frank stated that he has been in touch with Kate Klein, of the Forest Service and she stated that they had received approval to start clearing on the south side of 260.

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 2:59 PM

Pete Davis, our County Sheriff then spoke on the happenings around Forest Lakes. He stated that the county had applied for an additional officer for our area. They will send an additional officer on busy weekends. He introduced Bill Walters, a volunteer with the sheriff’s office.

Charlie McGee, our Fire Chief gave a report on the thinning process to take place . He also reported on the new site, known as the Green Waste Site that is open for disposal of various trees, limbs, pine needles etc. He thought it would be open on Mondays through Saturdays from 8AM to 4 PM. Further information will follow.

Respectfully submitted

Wendell Lolling
Secretary

Motion to Approve__Mary Szablewski__
Seconded by Andrea Saffles

Frank Astemborski