Board meeting minutes: May 23, 2026

ELCOA Meeting Minutes from Saturday, May 23, 2026

Location: Boat Launch

Present: Mark Scott, Tonya Patterson, Sally Rouse, Eric Rouse, Frank DeVuono, Tyler Hay, Marty Neighbors

Absent: Jonathan Kelly, Donnie Patterson, Fred VandDekerhove, John Krieger, Shirley Miller, Lisa Wick, Ed HenriHenri

Guests: Mary Ann Wood, Deb Smith

The meeting was called to order at 10:05 a.m. by President Mark Scott.

Minutes: Sally Rouse read the minutes from Saturday, April 25, 2026. Frank accepted a motion to approve with the spelling correction noted by Sally and Marty seconded. Motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report: Jonathan missed the meeting and no report was provided.

Membership Report: Tonya indicated that 17 membership forms have been submitted so far. Of those forms, $115.00 has been designated for the fish fund and $115.00 for the gravel fund. She indicated we had about 80 members last year. Tonya will set up a membership table at the Memorial Day Parade.

Reporting of committee members:

Neighborhood Watch: Frank indicated nothing really to report, other than Joel’s house is now on a foundation block and Donna and Tom are about ready to start construction of their new home. There was a bunch of wood illegally dumped at the boat launch property line. Mark indicated the Maryann Wood should have called the police or the blight officer regarding the incident. Mark also reminded everyone at the meeting the board does not control the boat launch and we need to keep the discussions at the meetings to what they can control.

Facebook: There were no updates on the website or Facebook. Tyler indicated that a newsletter may be released before July 4th .

Boat Parade: No update. Shirley Miller was not in attendance.

Memorial Day Parade: Mark indicated that registration would begin around noon.

Annual Picnic: No volunteers to chair. No further discussion.

Hay Ride: Sally and Tonya to chair the hayride. Sally to look into the state of Michigan raffle license application.

Old Business: Marty mentioned the bill for the boat launch light pole has not been paid for months now, as the bill is being emailed to a spam folder. The bill is in Franklin Townships name, so only personal from the township can speak to Consumers Energy. Marty calculated that the cost for the light pole is roughly $2.37 a day. Marty said he would contact John and Shelly to see who is paying for this light. He will report back to the board at the next meeting.

New Business: Mark indicated he no longer has free labor for the floating dock project. There are no additional funds for this project. If someone else wants to take this on, they can. There is $150.00 in the kitty for material. He said the estimated the material would cost about $800.00.

Mark informed the group that Mike and April’s Corrias’ friend Roger puts on the boat launch firework show each year. It typically ranges to about $2/$3k out of Roger’s own money. Donations are being accepted to offset his expense. You can give your donation to April or Mike.

Subdivision Yard Sale: Subdivision sale is scheduled for today and tomorrow.

Sub Crawl: Tonya is moving forward with the arrangements for the sub crawl. More information to follow. The event is not supported by the board.

Sally made a motion to give Tyler free membership for the use of his electricity for ELCOA events. Donnie seconded. Motion approved.

Deb asked if Charlie should still order the porta johns thru Lil Willies. The group was receptive to Charlie continuing to do this and providing the water samples for the lake.

Next meeting will be July 4th, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at the boat launch.

A motion was made to adjourn at 10:53 a.m. by Tyler and seconded by Eric. Motion passed.

Respectfully submitted by Sally Rouse, Secretary for ELCOA

Source: As printed in the July 2026 Elbow Lake Chatter.