New AV Board Officers

The new Board president is Jackie Pirics, Vice President is Linda Woggon, and Treasurer is Phil Bentz.

Question from an AV Property Owner

“Are the gasoline pumps at the Marina just for boats or can we get gas there for our cars as employees do and are they paying for the gas and do they get a discount?  Do we give them discounts to keep them as we do for the lifeguards, etc.?”

A trip to the Marina yielded this information.  Yes, owners can purchase gas at the Marina pumps as long as there is enough gas.  On July 7, 2009, the supplies were ample. The Marina sells unleaded gas and on that day the price was $2.79(compared to $2.49 at the General Store). If you were low on gas, planning on boating and short on time then this is a nice service/convenience being provided by the Marina.

The only way to possibly detect discounts would be to examine the Marina books.  Right now the only ones privy to line item accounting are the Marina manager, John Yaussey, and Harmer. One would think that the AV accountant, Dave Dunnavent,  might have access to line item info, but he probably does not because he had no knowledge of whether the Marina got any income from the person using our facilities and utilities for his boat cleaning business.  A Board of Directors would usually have access to this type information, but that is not the way that it works at AV.  So this is a long way around to say to you, “Darned if I know!!!!” 

Margaret Elliott, Editor

Committee Highlights

Property Committee (July6, 2009)   Judy Fagert and Julie Arnold are Co Chairmen and members are Ed Arnold, Margaret Elliott, Chris Gustafson, Sharon Harper, Sharon Holmes, Fran Kovach, Vince Marcellino, Lorraine Stanson, Don Ward, Carol Webb, and D.J. Young.

The June meeting minutes were read and approved.  The Committee’s 2008 requests list, which was presented to the Board last year, was reviewed. Two out of the ten listed items had been done.  The first was the jetty at Davis Beach and the second was the new sign at the Marina entrance.  Among those not completed were additional picnic tables at the common areas, a lower parking lot at Davis Beach with a road to the beach area, and shade canopies and more chairs at the outdoor pool.  The committee agreed that some of the ten need to be resubmitted for next year.

Editor’s Note:  Harmer has always seemed opposed to providing shade for the owners at the outdoor pool so imagine how surprised I was to see that he has purchased umbrellas for the life guards.  This is just another example showing that the owners do not rate very high with the manager.

Next there was a discussion of whether the repairs and maintenance concerns noted during the inspections should be given to Harmer or whether special request forms should be filled out.  The consensus opinion was to first submit them to Harmer and see what get fixed before doing special requests to the Board.

Discussion related to the need for the Marina trash cans to either be replaced or repainted led the group into a discussion of being more “green” conscious in our common areas and perhaps having separate barrels for pop cans, plastic,etc.  Vince Marcellino will submit an article regarding this subject to the Cider Press.

After discussions about the possibility of more docks in the Davis Beach Cove and a designated dog area at Bennett Park, the meeting was adjourned.

Lake Committee (July6, 2009)   Bob Neumann is Chairman and members are Bob Blue, Curt Campbell, Maurice Cea, Margaret Elliott, Judy Fagert, Bill Gordon, Carl Holmes, Roy Landskroner, BobMcLaughlin, Sally Slonaker, and Carol Webb.

Under Old business the committee was told that the clarity test this month showed 107 in the middle of the Lake,which was very good, and that all of the other test scores were also good.  Weed treatment has been done on one hundred and fifty docks and on all of the beaches this month by Fast Eddies.  The pond weed is still being seen on boaters’ fish finders.  The buoys are being checked by maintenance staff once a week to make sure that they are still in the spots approved by ODNR.  While discussing dredging it was stated that just the channel at the north end of the lake will be dredged and it will be dredged to 6’ or bedrock, whichever comes first.  It will go no deeper than the depth of the original channel.

Under new business, Carol Webb gave a report on what could be done with the soil that is removed during dredging.   A lab report showed that the dredged soil is usable after it dries out for a year or two. 

There was discussion about moving the Davis Beach docks into the cove and then the meeting was adjourned.

Editor’s Note:   Harmer had still not gotten his act together with the key cards at the Clubhouse. This committee was locked out and had to meet at a picnic table beside the Clubhouse.

Legal Update

Because the AVPOA board still refuses to provide Plaintiffs with a copy of AVPOA employee job descriptions, a copy of Jeff Harmer’s contract, loan information, and financial information requested by director Kathy Pullins, a trial on this matter has been schedule for September 29, 2009.  Unfortunately, an expensive trial was not necessary. 

In fact, Plaintiffs’ attorney informed us that the visiting judge specifically stated that the parties should settle this issue.  However, the AVPOA board refuses, so far, to settle these issues and release this information.

Editor's Note: Once again the AV Board and/or their attorneys have refused to settle this legal case through mediation and instead are spending money on this lawsuit that could be better used purchasing pool umbrellas and pool funiture,a parking lot and access road at Davis Beach, etc,etc, etc....  What are they hiding....a $250,000 loan?  I guess that its easy to continue lawsuits when it is not money coming out of your own pocket. However, it is money coming out of Pullins, Fagert, and Elliott's pocket and all they have to gain is the betterment of Apple Valley!!!!!

Margaret Elliott, Editor and Publisher