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Trustee Susan Keel stated the Ad-hoc committee has raised to date, $8,177.60 to go towards “Reimagine the Club House”. $2,117.53 has been spent to purchase the new 19th Hole chairs.

Trustee Susan Keel stated the committee was concerned about how the tips in the 19th hole were being paid out and the process was explained by community manager Brad Burkeen. Reported there was some concern over the quality of the wine being served and Trista was looking into other distributors. The committee is ordering a stamp to be used to advertise the 19th Hole on the back of the access gate guest hangers.

Recommended to stop single issued check for employee card tips and issue each employee their earned tips No vote was taken as the process was explained.

o Recommended hosting a wine tasting fundraiser to allow input by consumers for the 19th Hole. No vote was taken as this needed further research.

o Recommended the 19th Hole to have a trial period of extended 19th Hole hours until the end of October. This was approved.

Trustee Susan Keel stated the committee Introduced new members and had the election of Char McWilliams as Chairperson and Peggy Caldwell, Secretary. Discussion of new “Fun Raisers” were discussed for upcoming months.

Monthly

There was no County Club Committee meeting for the month of April.

Annual

The 2024-2025 Country Club Committee consisted of 8 members, Sherrie Nielson, Char McWilliams, Terry Heinrich, Carol Beck, Mike Baker, representing the Civic Association, Karen Matuszewski and Terry Weaver. The 19th Hole Manager, Trista McDonald and Pro Shop Manager, Josh Dixon also attended the meeting. The POA Liaison is Susan Keel. One of our members had to step down due to health issues.

The Board of Trustees changed how all committees were run this year. Instead of the POA Board trustee running the meeting, committee members chose and voted on the chairperson and a secretary. The reason for the change in running the committees is to make the residents’ decisions more inclusive and run less by the POA Board.

• Our first meeting was in June 2024. All members signed a confidentiality form. The country club committee members elected Sherrie Nielson as the chairperson. Susan Keel volunteered to be secretary. We preset bimonthly meeting dates through Jan 2025.

• August meeting: The purpose of the Country Club committee is to review clubhouse operations and make recommendations for the Board of Trustees to review. Heavy rains during the May theater performance caused water to leak under the clubhouse wall into the dining room due to the slope of the patio. A recommendation was made to the POA board to put a drain on the patio to solve the leaking.

• October meeting: The committee discussed water filtration systems for clubhouse due to having to shut fountain machine down which affects the bottom line of the 19th Hole. The 19th Hole started using a new program with Gordon Food, which resulted in cost savings. Discussion about the need for new carpet/flooring in the clubhouse but was tabled until later. Suggestions for various activities at the clubhouse to increase revenue are always a fun topic.

• January meeting: Josh presented the updates of the golf course and driving range to the committee. Any extra activity through the pro shop boosts the 19th Hole sales by 30-40%. There have been several activities since the first of the year, the second fish fry ran by 19th Hole with volunteer help, a Galentine party, two Karaoke nights, a civic dinner, along with the normal scheduled events. The Civic Association gifted two patio tables with four chairs each to the clubhouse. Discussion by the committee of cleaning the 19th Hole dining chairs has been discussed several times.

• After talking to Marty, they are not cleanable and are about 10 years old. Recommendation was made to POA Board to investigate upholstering the chairs with a wipe clean vinyl. A committee member volunteered to upholster one chair with a vinyl she had for a sample.

• February meeting: The committee had one person step down for health reasons. Due to the upcoming annual meeting, and a volunteer list presented at this meeting for every committee, this seat will be filled after April. The patio was power washed by volunteers. The committee continued discussion of ways to promote the19th Hole.

• The committee gave recommendations to the POA board:

Although no County Club Committee meeting was held, Trustee Susan Keel reported that an ad-hoc Committee had been formed to formulate a color

palette that would be used to make future decisions concerning updates to the Clubhouse such as carpeting and reupholstering chairs.

Trustee Susan Keel reported that the Country Club Committee met in February. One of the Committee members resigned due to health considerations. Josh Dixon updated the Committee on work on the golf course and pool renovation. The Country Club Committee had wished to power wash the patio prior to the high school golf tournament on March 3rd but will have to reschedule. The 19th Hole reported that the January Fish Fry had made a profit of $878.79. Discussion on 19th Hole and patio maintenance as well as closing and opening procedures were held. Continued discussion was held on advertising the 19th Hole on Access Control hang tags and they reviewed a sample of the possible reupholstering for 19th Hole chairs.

• Have the Maintenance Department paint the steam table/serving tables and make any necessary repairs was approved.
• Purchase of Bell and Howell solar-powered, motion-activated lights to be put on each side of Clubhouse to improve lighting was approved.

Trustee Susan Keel reported that the Country Club Committee met in December. They discussed the January 31st Fish Fry, February 14th Valentine Karaoke and Galentine party for singles, and the February 20th Civic Dinner. The Committee discussed how to promote the 19th Hole, and several different ideas were presented. The 19th Hole will be advertised on the new golf cart screens. They also thanked the Civic Association for the two patio tables with four chairs each. Maintenance work on the 19th Hole and patio were discussed as well as re-upholstering several of the chairs.

Donation of TV for Clubhouse lobby approved.

No Country Club Committee meeting for October

Trustee Susan Keel reported that the Committee discussed a “water tree filter” for the 19th Hole. A new food program with Gorden Food has been initiated which should result in cost savings. Decided the 19th Hole will continue the current summer hours. Suggestions for different activities at the Clubhouse were reviewed. Discussion was also held on how to finance new flooring with preliminary cost estimates being $40,000 -$50,000.