Lake Gerry Association Meeting
July 21, 2024
Unofficial Meeting Notes
Treasurer’s Report – We made a little over $200 in donation/raffles during the Pancake Breakfast.
Lake Steward’s Report –
There will be a lily pad/aquatic herbicide treatment applied to the lake sometime in the coming week or two. There will be signs posted around the lake with the exact date of the application. This herbicide does require us to not swim in the lake for 24 hours and the water should not be consumed or used for irrigation for 72 hours following the application. It will take 7 to 10 days for the lily pads to start to die and up to 4 weeks for them to sink.
In addition to the new herbicide, we will be trying a new muck reducer pellet.
Our consultants recommended we apply the muck pellets a week or two after the herbicide for best results.
We will closely monitor how these new treatments work and will re-apply as necessary for the remainder of the year.
Two solar streetlights will be installed at the pavilion.
There was some damage to the grounds around the pavilion that was repaired.
Oxford will be hosting a Dumpster Day on August 25th at 35 Water Street. For details see:
https://allevents.in/mobile/amp-event.php?event_id=200026813288843
We have applied for a nuisance beaver permit from NYS to help deal with the problematic beavers in the lake.
We are looking at several plans to improve the spillway to help us manage the problems created by the beavers.
General Meeting:
Thank you to the arbitration board for helping us address several issues with people around the lake.
By-Laws:
This year the by-laws will be updated. Some of the areas that need to be address will be listed below:
Article 1, Section 10 – needs more concise language.
Article 3, Section 2 – There is no longer a fee for boat stickers, however all boats on Lake Gerry must have a current LGA sticker.
Article 3, Section 5 – All households are only granted one vote with membership. There will be no extra votes.
Article 5, Section 2 – We will follow New York State’s laws about firearms.
Article 5, Section 6 – We need to follow NYS, County, and Oxford building regulations and cannot dictate anything that is not to-code.
Article 5, Section 8 – Change to allow by-law changes if the need arises, for example: If a law changes and we need to be in compliance.
Article 5, Section 15 – Change verbiage about leash laws and dogs on leash.
Article 5, Section 17 – Anyone who owns more than one property is required to have a membership for each property, the residents of properties who are not members cannot be granted guest passes.
Article 5, Section 18 – We need to discuss residents/members with chickens.
Article 5, Section 19 – Need to enact rules for fencing – fencing cannot be on a property line.
Article 5, Section 21 – remove portion about additional vote for a household.
Fee Schedule – Needs to be updated to reflect current pricing.
In addition to the above changes, we need to do a little reorganization of the by-laws so they are easier to understand and find content.
This year is a board voting year. We are looking for volunteers to fill the board positions. Please reach out if you would like to volunteer.
There were some scheduling conflicts for the upcoming August meeting, so it will be changed to August 18th, at 1:00pm at the Charles Kelley Rd. Pavilion.
Annual Picnic will take place on August 25th at the Charles Kelley Rd. pavilion. We will also plan on having the auction/raffles on this date as well.
The annual Boat Parade will take place on the evening of August 25th.
We had some discussion about trailers and campers again, but no real resolve yet on the issue.