President Alan Thatcher called the meeting to order. The minutes were read and approved as read. The treasurers report was read and approved as read.

Income Membership - $3,300

Balance in Checking account $19,404.25

Profit from Lake Carey Day was $773.59

The treasurer thanked Chris Ziemba and all those who helped make Lake Carey Day a success.

Reports

Lake Carey Day Chris thanked all those who have helped in the past and all those who helped this year to make Lake Carey Day successful.

Water Quality

Ed Hetzel reported he has done two water tests. The first from the flow pond was a bacteria level of 160 anything under 200 is considered good. The sample from the big lake was very high due (over 600) to Ed disturbing the sediment on the bottom of the lake.

The second set of tests were: lake shore 20 and middle less than 10 and the flow pond 160 at the shore and 20 in the middle.

The clarity of the lake was also tested at 2.2 meters in July. This is higher than in the early 90s.

For the repairs to the dam, Ed has contacted the person who needs to do the survey, A question was asked as to who owns the dam. The Association does. There was discussion about the amount of bacteria in the mud at the bottom of the lake, it is a generic E coli type. A question was asked if we had statistics to compare our water quality to other lakes and we do not. Testing is only done in the summer due to the cost. There is no salmonella bacteria in the lake. It was suggested that a test be done on a Friday and again on a Monday to see the difference from the weekend traffic.

New Business

Election of Officers the slate that presented by the election committee was:

Walter Broughton President

Ed Hetzel Vice President

Ginny Tinner Secretary

Lou Bierly Treasurer

Minturn Smith nominated Chris Ziemba for President. A motion was made to unanimously elect the three other positions except President. The motion carried. There was a written vote for President with only those being paid members participating. The vote was 37 for Walter and 8 for Chris.

A motion was made to send a letter to DEP regarding the impact of the gas drilling on the lake and peoples wells. Motion carried.

A motion was made to bring Brian Oram from Wilkes University to a meeting to discuss well testing in respects to the gas drilling. The motion passed.

Another motion was made to form a committee to address the gas drilling and its impact on the lake. I do not know the results of that motion.

Dave Rineheimer made a motion that states: The Lake Carey Cottagers Association requests the Wyoming County Planning Commission to amend the county plan to remove Lake Carey as a site where development is encouraged. The motion was carried with two oppositions.

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Patty Skrynski, Secretary