{"id":3919,"date":"2022-05-10T14:50:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:40:08","slug":"may-3-2022-bldg-grounds-minutes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/10\/may-3-2022-bldg-grounds-minutes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"May 3 2022 Bldg & Grounds Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

BUILDING & GROUNDS MINUTES<\/p>\n

5-3-22<\/p>\n

PRESENT:\u00a0 Ben Manning, Brad Gasper, Daryl Ramlow, Dave Smolinski, Jan Olson, Lou Zwicky, Mary Beth McKee, Rick Pierre, Sharon Doyle, Tom Zillges<\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0 Betts (Nikolai) Zillges has resigned \u2013 thank you Betts for your many years of service to this Team!<\/p>\n

Ben opened meeting at 3:10<\/p>\n

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE<\/u><\/strong>: Brad stated he is having no issues, he just adjusted a toilet in Women\u2019s BR, he has researched cost of salt for water softener and so far, Menards is most reasonable if he picks it up which he says is no problem since he is there frequently.\u00a0 He is checking \u2018pallet prices\u2019 yet.<\/p>\n

SCRAP for TRAP<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0 going on this week and Rick asked for help after meeting to load metal parts from old Easels into his truck and he will see that it gets there.\u00a0 We have no other items.<\/p>\n

STEEPLE ISSUES<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0 it has been reported that dirt and possible flecks of tar paper or whatever are coming down, believed to be from steeple, on windy days.\u00a0 Not sure if that is sided or needs painting or power washed.\u00a0 From ground level it looks very dirty on north side.\u00a0 Issue will be how to get up there \u2013 Brad feels it will take a 100-foot Boom Truck to get up there to check it, wash it, etc.\u00a0 Sharon knows of a person who works on their 3-story home and will ask re: capability and cost.\u00a0 Also, Brad (with Rick\u2019s help) still needs to get up on other roofs to lubricate and examine exhaust motors.\u00a0 He will try to get a closer look and zoomed in pictures to get a better idea of what is actually happening.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

HIGHWAY SIGN<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0 As of this date, Creative has notified Ben they are laying foundation this Thurs. (5th<\/sup>).\u00a0 However, Daryl reports he was unable to get thru the conduit that is supposed to be out there per original blueprints by the Electrical subcontractor involved when church was built in 2004.\u00a0 Ultimately, he ended up pulling it out of the ground and it was just a short pipe\/conduit that went nowhere!\u00a0 So, we are at home plate and need to find an electrical contractor to do it.\u00a0 Ben will call his contact at Creative tomorrow to see if they do any of this arranging or if we do that and if the start-up needs to be delayed.\u00a0 Daryl\u2019s best guess this will be about a $4000 additional cost.\u00a0 Ben will ask about moving the sign more to the east to cut down the distance to route the electrical.\u00a0 Various names of Electrical contractors were \u00a0mentioned if we need to arrange this ourselves. \u00a0It was asked if Digger\u2019s Hotline had been contacted and we believe yes as there are a few yellow flags out there and it is Creative\u2019s responsibility to arrange that. Ben to call Jan with answers on Wed. as she will let Wayne\/Council and office be aware of status.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Addendum as of 5\/5:\u00a0 Creative Design representative, Kelsey re-visited site along with Ben and Daryl and determined sign will stay with original plan for placement for greatest visibility of sign.\u00a0 Daryl will be meeting with Shay Electric on Monday to give us a quote on the electrical part, beginning work on the foundation is scheduled for 5\/11, depending on Electrical timing.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

LANDSCAPING<\/u><\/strong>: Sharon and Ben are working with Van Zealand\u2019s to do the plan for the island.\u00a0 The actual work will not take place till late Summer or early Fall.\u00a0 Jan made them aware of a LOL member\u2019s request to consider \u2018prairie vegetation.\u2019\u00a0 Jan has already told her to contact Ben or Sharon but will reinforce that.\u00a0 For now Ben, Rick, Brad will attempt to remove the group of Spruce bushes that are partially uprooted, hopefully before the 5\/19 date for Beverly and Sharon to plant flowers.\u00a0 The rest of the island will be on the agenda for trimming and cleaning up at Spring Clean Up on 5\/15. Jan will see that advertising will be done at appropriate time for folks wishing memorial items to add to the Island in any way.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Also, Beverly Raatjes is once again doing the arrangements for Weed Patrol through the growing season.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

SANCTUARY BLINDS<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0 Jan distributed a summary of the legwork done by she and Mary Beth, vendors who bid, criteria we are looking for, and most importantly for this Team, mechanisms of opening and closing them.\u00a0 We are recommending Single Cell, light filtering, lighter colored (cr\u00e8me or off-white) blinds, bringing the height of the two arched windows on the west side up to match all the other windows with use of a Palladian shelf.\u00a0 The summary has the cost comparisons.\u00a0 Jan has notified the donator of this item and she is in agreement with our assessment.\u00a0 Jan and MaryBeth are recommending Sew Biz out of Neenah as our Vendor.\u00a0 It is owned by and the work is done by Lori Burr who seemed easy to work with, straight forward, and her price for a Norman brand blind is the best of the bids:\u00a0 $4,292.00 plus tax.\u00a0 This includes the Palladian Shelves on the 2 arched windows.\u00a0 We are not recommending motorized due to high cost, not sensible with multiple users, and the need to replace many batteries. Owner of Sew Biz quote states they could be Cordless and come with two Shephard\u2019s hooks, used to reach the shades to start pulling them down.\u00a0 Or could be with a Cord Loop which is like the mechanism on our present blinds.\u00a0 After discussion the majority of the Team agreed it's best to \u2018keep it simple\u2019 and to contract for the Cordless style.<\/p>\n

Her process is to sign a contract and pay 70% of cost ($3000) up front at time of order.\u00a0 This is donated monies that are sitting in the Designated Funds and Jan will work with our Treasurer and Financial Clerk to get the process started.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SPRING CLEAN-UP<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0 Set for May 15 immediately following second service.\u00a0 Beverly Raatjes will lead the outside crew and has in mind what needs to be done.\u00a0 Jan or Darlene Larsen will lead the inside work and Darlene has a list of what she needs to have done.\u00a0 It was advertised in the May Newsletter and it will be in Sunday bulletins plus Jan will ask Pr Kevin to announce it this Sunday.<\/p>\n

OTHER:\u00a0 USI UPGRADE<\/u><\/strong>: The cable is laid.\u00a0 Once contract is signed, USI will do final hook-up.\u00a0 They like to run it along side our present internet for two days to be sure it is working.\u00a0 They have determined that their fiber optic underground cable can handle our 4 needs:\u00a0 1 for Internet and 3 phone lines \u2013 2 for our land lines and 1 for our alarm system. One time cost of installation is $100. Cost per contract will be $130 per month \u2013 about a $20\/month savings plus we can ultimately stop the ATT contract for $70+ monthly cost.\u00a0 That is contracted thru ATT and is up on 6\/14 and we will likely need to honor that date.\u00a0 The USI contract is for 2 years.\u00a0 Jan asked John Macho, VP of Lord of the Lakes to sign in Wayne, President\u2019s absence in order to get this process started.\u00a0 Especially since our staff are having problems with present internet going in and out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Addendum on 5\/6:\u00a0 Contracting w USI done.\u00a0 All staff emails are not working and USI will not install until that is resolved.\u00a0 It is thought they are down d\/t being scammed.\u00a0 Randy Korus (in Minneapolis and was hired to do our website) has been notified but unable to resolve thu that avenue at this time.\u00a0 We need a local source who can come and do it.\u00a0 Will continue to work on.<\/p>\n

NEXT MEETING<\/u><\/strong>: B&G usually does not meet the 3 summer months but Ben suggested we meet in June in order to see unfinished business to completion.\u00a0 The group agreed and next meeting set for\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June 14 at 2:30 pm.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Meeting adjourned at 4:30, Jan Olson, Secretary<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building-and-grounds-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6715,"href":"https:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions\/6715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademagazines.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}