Greetings!

 

It's been 4 months since the LHA Membership meeting at the end of September 2024, we've all launched ourselves into a new year, and it's a good time to update you on various topics. The Board of Governors has been busy!

 

First, a huge thank you to Dave Hall for his many years of volunteer service to the LHA as a member of the Water Committee. Dave is retiring from both the committee and the volunteer work of collecting water samples and water quality data for our limnologist to analyze. Dave's volunteer efforts - Laurie's too! - will be greatly missed!  Thank you Dave!

Given Dave's retirement, the Water Committee is looking for an Association member that may be interested in performing the important tasks of regular water sampling and monitoring.  If you are interested please contact Bill Powell at bill.powell58@comcast.net.

While we're on the topic of water, the membership meeting we were planning to have in early March - focusing solely on the state of the lake (Past Present Future) - is being rescheduled for the middle of May. It is important for our limnologist to attend this meeting, however, the Water Committee is in the process of rebidding limnological services for 2025. The contract for these services will not be finalized until the 2025-2026 budget is approved at the April LHA General Meeting. Thus this meeting has been pushed out to May. More state of the lake meeting details to follow in the coming weeks.

 

The LHA Roads and Infrastructure Committee is seeking quotes from licensed and insured companies or individuals to provide the following services for 2025:

     - Lawn cutting and maintenance at the 3 beaches and the dam, and

     - bi-weekly raking and clean-up of the 3  beaches and the island.

If you are interested in submitting a bid to provide these services, or want to recommend a company to the committee, please contact Paul Rosin at paulrosin01@gmail.com.

You will remember that a motion was passed at the September 2024 Membership Meeting asking the BOG to review our current 2-tier LHA tax structure and consider other options, in particular a 3-tier structure. I can report at this juncture that a Tax Review Committee has been meeting and full BOG discussions on this topic have taken place. Look for a preliminary report to be presented at the April Membership Meeting.

Another motion passed at the September Membership Meeting directed the BOG to look into the possibility of dredging the shallow/northeast end of the lake. A committee was formed to develop a preliminary dredging feasibility study and we are making progress on this topic as well. Of note is a virtual meeting held on December 4, 2024 where several LHA committee members met with representatives from CT DEEP to discuss all the permitting issues a dredging project raises. Click here to read the Meeting Report. It's quite interesting! 

The next Membership Meeting, where the proposed budget for 2025-2026 will be presented, discussed, and voted on, will be held on April 26, 2025 at 3pm at the Harwinton Town Hall.

 

If you have any questions, suggestions, concerns, or are wondering how you might volunteer on a LHA committee of interest to you, please feel free to contact me at president@lakeharwinton.com  

Claude Adair
LHA Board President