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January 12th, 2026 LOTW Board Meeting minutes

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LAKE OF THE WOODS COMMUNITY CLUB
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
January 12, 2026

PLACE: Key Peninsula Civic Center Whitmore Room

Meeting was called to order at 6:40pm

Board Executives present:

President: Karen Gore
1st VP Water: Dave Tyler
2nd VP Maintenance: Keith Burke
Secretary: Anna Hernandez-French
Treasurer: Barbara Dommert-Breckler

All Board Members present – Liz Hickman, Karen Gore, Anna Hernandez-French, Dave Tyler, Frank Benson, Barbara Dommert-Breckler, Jason Steinbrecher, Keith Burke, Bill Poulos

Board Members absent – Garett Lebby, Amie Schippa

Community Members Present –Missie Hodson, Carl Hodson, Tiphany Lopez-Steinbrecher, Nancy Poulos

December minutes accepted– MMSP

December financials not yet available

Reports:

President – No report

1stVice President– Water System
Water  system good and running well
Still working out transfer switch issues – factory sending someone out

2ndVice President – Maintenance 
Landscape contract worked out, KB amended to add mowing frequency
Once weather is better signs will go up
Playgroup equipment to go up once it arrives (weather permitting)
Should we have dog poop bag dispensers in the neighborhood? DT says they’ve been tried in the past and haven’t worked out, with kids taking bags
Pierce County Sherriff time invoices will be coming into the LOTW mailbox

Secretary – No report
Treasurer – No report

Committee Reports:
Compliance
Lot 204 – nearly resolved
Lot 251 – still receiving complaints but DT is working with them
Lot 103 – still on hold, DT to check if owner is still in hospital
Items to investigate – #1 – cars parking too close to street corners

Events – Christmas light contest winners posted

Old Business

  • RE: New playground equipment – Check being cut to pay for playground equipment
  • Installation detail – Tripple Play does installations, LOTW preps site in advance
  • Discussions – The Demolition of old equipment should be done sooner rather than later due to risks
  • Lots 216-217 foreclosure – Properties getting cleaned up
  • Leins haven’t yet been waived – our lawyer looking into why LOTW hasn’t been paid

New Business:

  • $20K CD rolled over for 1 year at 2.75% interest
  • Assessment overpayments – 1st business day of February each year notice to go out to all accounts 1.5 years overpaid or more, including remediation options – MMSP
  • Discuss the details of the landscaping contract at our February Board meeting
  • Community discussion question – What types of communications should go out to members and how? – for example, fireworks bans (those should be flagged to Compliance Committee)

Meeting adjourned at 7:29

Minutes submitted by Secretary Anna Hernandez-French