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Driftwood Point Board Meeting

Monthly Meeting November 14, 2005 

Call to Order: 

The November DPMC Community Meeting was held at Lake Tapps Fire Station Training Room located at the corner of Sumner Tapps Hwy and West Tapps Dr E and was called to order by President Joe Muscarnera.

Attendance:
Attendees included President Joe Muscarnera, Treasurer Ron Wilderman, and Trustee’s Toni Jilek, Jean Julem, Devin Graham.

Community members in attendance: Liz Johnson, Don and Ann Fisher, Stan Baber, Dennis Schmidt, Bob Jilek, Will Julem, and Liz Parmly.

Trustees excused:  Ann Beurskens, Bob Lee and Tim Wilson.

Approval of October 10^th, 2005 minutes
First order of business by your Board was the reading of the October 10^th, 2005 minutes.  At the conclusion the board unanimously approved the minutes.

Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer Ron Wilderman presented a detailed financial statement of our DPMC community’s financial status. 

1)  He showed us how our net income was $74,000.00 but that we had only budgeted $72,070.00 and we were delighted to know that we had more money than we had planned originally.  We budgeted $44,648.00 to spend but had only spent $41,712.00 which included our overpayment towards loan of &7,500.00.  Currently we are approximately $3,000.00 under budget.

2) We discussed petty cash and it was decided that the president will get $100.00 in petty cash.

3)  What to do about delinquent payments were discussed.  No names of any community members were brought up.  Out of the 6 member’s accounts that have gone to collections, 2 have paid and what to do about the remanding 4 were discussed. An E- mail poll of the board on this subject prior to the meeting yielded the following results; To proceed to foreclosure on the member most delinquent in dues- Agreeing- Toni Jilek, Joe Muscarnera, Ron Wilderman, Bob Lee, Devin Graham, Ann Beurskens, Tim Wilson. Not responding- Jean Julum, Kim Small.

4)  Ron showed us copies of the audit reports and we discussed posting a copy of it on the website.  Everyone thought that was a good idea.

5)  Vandal’s annual audit engagement letter was discussed and the board decided to commit for services from him again for 2006.

6)  We discussed the possibility of investing the $45k that we have in our checking account so that we could earn interest on it.  A few suggestions were brought up but research needs to be done and the finance committee will address this topic.

7)  It was proposed that Jessica be allowed to count as one of the signers on our two-party checks so that the process of payment to others could be streamlined.  All approved of allowing Jessica to be a signer as long as a board member still is required to sign as well.

Communications
Don Fisher said that they are receiving positive feedback on the new reader board and that another newsletter will be coming out in December.  Emailing the newsletter was discussed.

5 Year Plan
No report

Security
Toni needs volunteers and help.  Liz Johnson and Liz Parmly will help.

Park Committee
Jean told us that the park had been winterized.  She said any bills for garbage for October should be disregarded since Murray’s was called and told we would not need service until next year when the park re-opens.  City of Bonney Lake has a new charge for water availability, $29.20, that will be charged regardless if water is used or not.  The irrigation at the ball-park was brought up but either way, we are not being charged for it.  We had a $97.00 refund for shutting the water off at the ball-park and that credit was applied to the other park.

Finance Committee
Finances already covered by Ron; however he did mention that he wants to clean up the membership roster.

By Laws
No report from the By Law committee since they have not met.

New Business
Dennis brought up that the agenda for the upcoming monthly meetings be posted on the website so community members can make plans to attend if there will be a topic that concerns them being discussed.

Ron brought up that we should add a report from the Lake Tapps Community Council to the monthly agenda.

Ron also mentioned giving each community member a pocket day planner with our branding on it to promote a sense of unity and teamwork.  Each one would cost $1.97.  Liz Johnson mentioned a magnetic calendar that could be custom ordered for less money and would look into it.

Don Fisher wanted to complain about the real estate signage remaining after the house has “sold.”  It was explained that the signs stay up until the deal has officially closed because sometimes sales fail at the last minute.

Lake Tapps Community Council
Don Fisher reported that Shawn Bunny has spent another $50k for buoys and signs that say “Welcome to Lake Tapps.”   The Lake Tapps Community Council was awarded Council of the Year by the state of Washington.  Only one council is given the award for the year.