I. Welcome and Opening Remarks V. Rakowski called the meeting to order at 9:49 AM
II. Pledge of Allegiance
III. Establish Quorum / Roll Call by Secretary Present: Victoria Rakowski, President; William Bennett, Vice President; Daniel Blanton, Treasurer; David Weber, Secretary; Robert Delecki, Cameron Geralds, Lindsay Miller, Nicholas Schulz( Zoom), Ross Trim Sr.( Zoom), Brian Rogers, General Manager, Nina Brinker, Assistant General Manager and Julie Olds, Board Coordinator.
IV. Executive Session Review
• Long Range Financial Plan
• Board Policy Manual
• Committee Charters
V. Approval of Meeting Agenda
Motion by D. Weber, supported by L. Miller. to approve meeting agenda as presented. Motion Approved 9-0.
VI. Consent Agenda 1. Approval of February 13, 2025, Board Meeting
Minutes 2. CCR Incident Occurrence Event Log February
2025 3. 2025 Event Calendar 4. 2025 Board Calendar
Motion by L. Miller, supported by D. Blanton to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Motion Approved 9-0.
VII. Operations / General Manager’ s Report B. Rogers submitted his Operations Executive Summary:
Most, if not all, of this report has already been published through the Membership Minute blog.
A. MUSEUM PROJECT UPDATE – This update is from March 14, 2025:
• The shingles are complete.
• The exterior wall has been built and is dried-in.
• Additional supplies and building materials have been continually delivered. This included the insulation and drywall.
• The contractors have side access into the museum from the exterior. They will try to get most of the drywall up before opening the doorway to keep the dust and debris out of the Ranch House as much as possible.
• The electrical is almost complete. Inspection will come the week after it is completed.
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• The heating / cooling contractor plans to start March 14 th.
• The contractor and the CCR Team are working to get the fire suppression volunteer / contractor in place.
If you have any questions, please don’ t hesitate to contact Rick Krucker, the Property and Maintenance Manager, or me.
B. 2025 HERD HEALTH CHECK UPDATE- Alleigh Pagels, CCR’ s Wildlife and Fisheries Biologist, reports the complexities of operating snowmobiles and properly transporting and handling a firearm made harvesting deer for the herd health check challenging this year. Although we could only safely and successfully harvest one doe, teams reported a significant difference between this year’ s observations and those from 2024. On a very positive note, we successfully harvested a 3.5-yearold doe from the outback. She was bred on November 10th and had a buck and a doe fawn. While her bone marrow was firm, appeared healthy, and had a normal thyroid gland, she did not carry much mesentery or kidney fat. Although we had one sample this year, last year in the 2024 study, we noticed pink firm marrow( indicative of a struggling deer) and enlarged thyroid glands( signs of high stress).
It should be noted that with an increase in sightings outback this year, there were several opportunities to harvest deer. The sharpshooters do not shoot at a deer that is in cover or if they cannot confidently age the animal before it runs off. These teams are very particular about how they operate and will not take a shot at an animal that might result in a wound.
We look forward to next year, during which we will make some recommendations for changes to enhance our success.
C. DUES TOWNHALL MEETING 2-16-2025 – The Long-Term Financial Planning Committee has recommended the creation of a Resource Fund allocation on the Annual Dues Statement with a first-year amount of $ 142.00( approximately $ 205.61 based on 2006 certificates) to generate approximately $ 285,000 annually. This proposed amount will increase each year by the CPI with a maximum of 5 %, as currently stated in the bylaws of the Operating Fund.
The Board has NOT approved this recommendation and is currently looking for member feedback, starting with the first of many townhall meetings.
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