Lake Gerry Association Meeting
August 18, 2024
Unofficial Notes
This was a quick meeting due to some rain storms.
The new herbicide treatments were performed two weeks ago. This herbicide treats lily pads and some of the other weeds in the lake but does NOT appear to treat the ‘small pond weed’ that has become a problem by taking place of the lily pad growth. This will require an additional herbicide treatment that will be performed in the coming weeks. These new herbicides have some limitations on application frequency. They can be applied twice if used 2 weeks apart, or more frequently if used monthly. The idea here is to NOT kill all the lily pads/lake weed in one spot all at once, as this can harm the habitat for fish and can cause oxygen problems within the water. ** The next lily pad treatment will occur sometime this week -- we will send out an email when we know the details **
Over the past couple weeks there has been some additional damage to the storage cabinets at the pavilion and theft of a fire extinguisher. Video surveillance cameras are in place at the pavilion.
Sunday – August 25th will be the Lake Gerry community picnic and auction. The association will be grilling burgers and hotdogs, and all members are invited and asked to bring a dish to pass. The picnic will start at 12:00 and will be followed by the annual Fund-Raising Auction/Raffles. We encourage you all to attend.
For anyone who has items they would like to donate to the auction, please contact the LGA Board (or email me). Items to be donated for the auction can be left along Charles Kelley Rd. and will be picked up starting at 9:00am on Sunday. Please do not donate: Baby items, Electronics, Books, Cat trees, or any junk.
Speaking of Junk, Sunday August 25th is also the Oxford Dumpster Days – where you can dispose of unwanted stuff for free. Dumpster Days is from 9:00am – 3:00pm at 3 Water Street in Oxford.
https://allevents.in/oxford/dumpster-day-and-railway-clean-up/200026813288843
There will be some updates to the beach thanks to some generous donations and we will be looking into adding a picnic table to the beach area to make it more comfortable for families to enjoy.
Next month we will be voting on changes to the By-Laws. These proposed changes are supposed to be posted on the website.