LAKE EDGEWOOD CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
Board of Directors Board Meeting
September 9, 2025, 7:00pm
Minutes
Those in attendance: Chairman Anderson, Vice Chairman Nealy, Director Stege, Director Brown and 12 Freeholders.
The meeting was called to order at 7:01 and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Lake Lowering Lake – There have been several requests to the board to lower the lake for dock maintenance. It was discussed that the lake was just lowered 2 years ago and typically we do it every 3-4 years. One freeholder expressed concern about the effect of lowering the lake and holding the banks, hillsides and current dock poles. After discussions, Director Nealy made a motion to lower the lake 6’ starting November 1 until the end of February. Director Stege seconded the motion. All were in favor.
Financial Reports – Financial reports were not available and tabled until the October Meeting. Resolution 25-4 was presented to move funds from Building & Structures and the Dock Maintenance to allow the district to pay off the Siltation loan in 2025 rather than 2026. Director Stege motioned to accept the resolution with the correction and Director Brown Seconded. All were in favor. Resolution 25-5 was then put forth to create an employee position of the Director at $1/month as a part of our insurance policy to have coverage for “Rostered Volunteers”. More detail will come as to how to register as a volunteer under this policy. Director Brown motioned to accept, and Director Nealy seconded.
Dredging Committee – Jeremy Payne presented his research on a company SRS, Inc. The presentation included a map of the areas of concern and a cove-by-cove breakdown of costs for each cove and the initial equipment mobilization costs. A lengthy conversation ensued regarding the past dredging costs and the current state of the silt ponds and weirs. Mr. Payne also has a second company interested in make a presentation at our next meeting about their services after reviewing our property. ABG Property services currently manages Cordrey and Sweetwater Lake’ siltation. The amount currently dedicated in the budget for a large program is not there and smaller projects are less cost effective. The committee will continue to make suggestions for maintaining our beautiful lake and now that the loan will be paid off, we will have more options going forward. One of the largest stumbling blocks is finding a local site to dump the silt. IT was mentioned that we should investigate grants that would help offset the costs. Anyone interested in helping please reach out.
Annual Water Testing – The water testing results are in and as expected we continue to have a very clean lake to enjoy. We discussed the dates of the testing from year to year and those dates have been added to the spreadsheet. If anyone is interested in taking on the water testing, please let us know. It is only done once a year and involves taking the 7 samples in the morning and taking them to the department of health in Indianapolis for processing the same day.
Budget Discussions – Chairman Anderson reviewed the proposed budget. No changes were made from previous discussions. The 2026 budget would be the same total of $124,700. The only changes considered would be to increase the total to cover additional future dredging and maintenance. The October 14th will be the budget adoption meeting.
Additional Discussions – The clubhouse needs new gutters, and we reviewed one bid received. We are expecting 2 more bids before a decision will be made.
Public comment – There are no social committee activities planned at the moment.
There was a discussion that ensued about the current boat registration fees. It was mentioned our fees are low for dock rental and boat fees and perhaps this is an area to generate more income to cover then maintenance items identified. In comparison to the other local lakes our fees are very low. More discussion will come before any changes will be adopted.
Director Stege motion to adjourn the meeting at 8.52, Vice Chairman Nealy seconded and all were in favor.
Respectfully submitted,
Kelly Stege
Chairman