LFGA Board Meeting – April 19, 2022
Board Members Present: Alan Cristello, Bill Fleckenstein, Freda Bennett, Mike Craven, Al Keefer, Lynne Festa
ELS Members Present: Scottie Helmig, Bill Chapman
Alan called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m.
Secretary’s Report: The reading of the minutes was waived. Everyone had received them via email.
Treasurer’s Report: As of April 15, 2022 the ending balance was $7,926.84
Scottie addressed the following:
1) New irrigation system should be completed by early July.
2) Once the system is completed Davey will start fertilizing.
3) An outside company will be doing the work on the irrigation system.
4) Once the new system is completed they will start to fertilize.
5) The course will be ready by November 1st.
6) They will taking care of the ruts behind hole # 9 and many ruts on the back 9
7) Pine trees on the left side of hole # 13 will be removed.
8) Scotties biggest problem is getting help. They will be increasing the starting salary to entice new workers.
9) 2 Members will be working part time this summer.
10) All sprinkler heads will be replaced.
11) All fairways and tees will be over seeded this summer.
Membership: Freda complimented Dave Malmberg for the great job he is doing keeping all Memberships updated. Freda will be preparing envelopes for next season’s membership sign up.
Vice President’s Report: Greg reported that the sign-up sheet for the May Tournament is in the Pro Shop. All tournaments for next season are posted on the Lake Fairways website.
Rules: Al Keefer stated that all is going well. No issues to report.
Men’s 18 Hole League: Mike Craven reported that it was voted by the Men’s League to change the lineup for the Shootouts. The low net players will be starting first.
PRO’s Report: Bill reported the following:
1) The Good Neighbor Tournament was a huge success.
2) Betty Dunmead will be cutting her hours to 2 days. Dave Leonard has been hired to work the other 2 days. Dave is a PGA Member and will be very helpful to Dave Malmberg.
3) Bill has made Jayson, manager of ELS, aware of the tree on the left side of Hole # 3 that needs to be removed.
4) Bill is working with ELS to replace the water coolers on the course. It was suggested that it is only necessary to have 2 coolers on each side.
A discussion was had about Rangers on our course. John Westfere is the daytime Ranger and Angelo is the night time Ranger. It appears that later in the day and early evening there are many golfers on the course. It should be verified that they are actually members or are they just jumping on the course without paying.
The next Board meeting will be in September.
The General Meeting will be in November.
The meeting adjourned at 1:45.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynne Festa