PPOA Board Meeting 7/16/2025 Minutes

Call To Order

A meeting of the Potawatomi Property Owner Association Board of Directors was called to order by Shaun Waggoner at 11:00am. Also in attendance were Board members Bob DeMeyer and Chrissy Johnson, with 0 Potawatomi community members in attendance. Minutes were taken.

 

Approval of Minutes

The minutes from the 6/19/2025 PPOA board meeting were posted on the PPOA Website and copies were made available to any community members in attendance. Shaun made a motion to approve, Bob Second the motion. Those minutes were approved unanimously by voice vote.

 

Approval of Agenda

The agenda for this meeting was posted on the PPOA Website and copies have been made available for any community members in attendance. Shaun made a motion to approve, Bob Second the motion. The agenda was unanimously approved by voice vote.

 

Announcements

Shaun opened the meeting by thanking community volunteers Wade Juntunen, Rick Tello and Dennis Johnson for the voluntary time and effort they put into maintaining our grounds. Everything looks great. Shaun informed the board that Ken Campbell purchased an old dock section. The money received was input as a donation and deposited into our checking account. We talked about other items we might sell in the future and to better communicate volunteer opportunities. Shaun addressed community noise and safety complaints about Fireworks and youth driving ATV’s and Dirt bikes. It was brought to our attention that members of the community expect the board to monitor and police these activities. We are aware of both activities and are occasionally annoyed by the noise and safety concerns. However, we do not have the desire or legal authority to act. If Atv’s and/or dirt bikes cause damage to PPOA property we will take action. As a community member you can call the Bayfield County sheriff if you feel someone is doing something illegal.

 

Status of PPOA Board

Please, if you are interested, or know of other community members interested in joining the board we would love to talk with them. We will ask again at our 8/23 Annual meeting.

 

Common Facilities

We are making every effort to keep our common buildings clean and to thoroughly clean cabins after each rental. Kate is doing a great job with that. At our June meeting there was community concern about excessive traffic on the island and parking passes. We distribute parking passes with each cabin rental and ask renters to post those passes in their vehicle. After discussion, we have no answer as to how our three-member board can develop a plan to distribute passes upon request and monitor the island. We have agreed to visit this subject and implement a plan for summer 2026.

We opened discussion on possible improvements to the campground in hopes that we could attract a handful of seasonal campers. No decisions were made at this time. The Wanigan and island shower building remain open 24/7 and the campground shower building is open when campers are present.

 

Administrative Report

Chrissy said we are still running a bit behind last year with cabin and campground rentals. We have 3 long-term campers who will be with us until the end of September.

 

Treasurers Report and Financials

Checks for annual dues are pacing behind last year. We encourage the community to let us know if an invoice was not received. Feel free to send the check without an invoice as the dues are the same as last year. We are hoping that a future paperless system that eliminates the USPS can be adopted.

Bills are all paid, and accounts are current.

The Treasurer’s Report was reviewed by the board and members of the community in attendance. Bob made a motion to approve the report, Chrissy second the motion, motion unanimously passed with voice vote.

Current funds. Checking – $24,465 Saving – $104,117

Almost exactly the same as last year at this time.

 

Firewise

We had a successful chipping event on 6/9. The board decided to not hold a Firewise event this summer because of manpower concerns. The fall chipping event has been set for the week of 9/15. More details will be presented at the Annual meeting.

 

Public Comment

There was no public comment.

 

Adjournment (Action Required)

Shaun made a motion to adjourn at 12:22pm, Chrissy seconded the motion. Voice vote taken; motion carried.