Evergreen P.A.C. ATV Club
Meeting Minutes
Gamper's Supper Club - Moose Lake
September 1, 2005
7:10 p.m.

Present:
Lenny Kroska, Dick Huhta, Mel Johnson, Earl Romnes, Leo Dahlberg, Don Dudley, Jerry Stone, Phil Lippo, Orv Evensen, Jerry Allen, Jim Gassert, Frank Turnock and Rita Butterfield.

Minutes of August 4 distributed. Motion by Dick, second by Jerry to approve. Carried.

*$1983 tickets; $35 memberships
**ATVAM $750; Liab. Ins $161; D. Helin $60; Tarey $20; Rita $50; Postmaster $8.80

Motion by Earl second by Lenny to approve. Carried.

By-Law Changes - Discussion on the following changes:
-Changing fiscal year back to January - December
-Annual Meeting with elections will be in December
-Membership dues will run January - December

a) Officers elected in July will hold office until December 2006.
b) Dues paid in 2005 will be effective through December 2006

Motion by Jerry seconded by Dick, to approve changes as stated. Carried.

County Fair Report - Orv reported good ticket sales, some membership information given out, and a few new memberships received. A total of 1020 raffle tickets were sold, all accounted for and returned to ATVAM. Dick recommended the club purchase a different cash box with individual compartments for bills.

An individual from Duluth won the GPS (name will be provided later). Following the ATVAM Fall Convention, Lenny will provide the local papers with names of prize winners.

Grading Trail - Trail will be graded to trestles, and to KR bridge. Bill to be sent to club. Aitkin Co trails in good shape. Mel reported riding to Remer/Boy River area - trail good. Cass County has also graded their trails. Hole in trail near KR bridge and before trestles. Motion by Dick, seconded by Leo, for Orv to grade between trestles. Carried. Will have a Cat go into the Pit again this fall and push back another couple trails.

Club members performing maintenance work will be paid accordingly.

Master Plan Meeting - Nothing scheduled. Coordinate White Pine Riders , UpNorth Riders and Evergreen PAC.

Bridges - Tony Sundholm will build 2 portable bridges for use along the Munger Trail at a cost of approximately $600 total. Motion by Mel second by Phil to proceed with project. Carried.

Correspondence - a) Fall Convention flier Sept 16-18 Outing/Emily; b) Ramsey County Wheelers Swap Meet Oct 1; Red Ore Mud Run Sept 25. Passed around.

Youth ATV Training - Contact Carlton County Sheriff’s Office or McGregor School for scheduled dates and to sign up for fall classes.

Fall Ride - After discussion Sunday October 9th, meet at Duquette Store at 11:00, ride Nemadji at 12N.

Parking available north of the store. Leo reports he and others are riding to Danbury WI on 9/24 - 53 mile ride from Duquette, stay over and return following day. Nice ride. No motel vacancies left.

Aitkin Co Land Commissioner - Frank has invited Mark Jacobs to attend, scheduled for November meeting. Rita to send confirmation letter.

70 mile Trail - Early spring we received a letter from DNR regarding 70-mile trail development RFP. Frank reports this 70 miles of trail went to Becker County.

Christmas Party - Set for January 14, Dick to contract Russ Dahl again. Members feel they should pay for own dinner, not use club funds. Set-ups provided as last year, no dance.

Mel recently visited Alaska, had opportunity to go on ATV ride in remote area. Leo recently vacationed in the Black Hills, also ATVing. (Web site for ND is www.deepcreekadventures.com.) Both had good time.

Discussion opened on how to best use our grant money. It is only there because of all the hard work, volunteer hours of club members. Funds should be spent throughout the membership area if possible.
Some possible projects include:

a) Dead Moose Trail
b) Dead Moose Loop - Laajala Trail
c) Connecting trails from Willow River/Sturgeon Lake to trail
d) Moose Lake - trail direction painted on pavement

More projects may be suggested in the future. Frank recommended the club determine a treasury “cushion” before trying to accomplish too many projects. Rita to bring info to next meeting regarding expenses. Dick suggested the club could also contact the CCEDAC for additional funding.

Caps - Dick to further pursue the cost of caps with sewn logo. He did purchase 20 caps for folks working at the Fair. The remainder were handed out at this meeting. This was nominal cost.

Meeting Reminder - October meeting will be at Kabinn’s in Kettle River.

Motion by Phil, seconded by Jerry to adjourn.
Adjourned at 8:45pm.

Submitted by: Rita Butterfield - Secretary/Treasurer

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