HOLA Board Meeting March 14, 2026

HOLA Board Meeting 3/14/2026 9AM at the RFA Lakeside Theater

Present: Rob Smith, Val Zapolsky, Jeff Zapolsky, Millie Hoekstra, Larry Malone, Al Salvini, Mary-Ellen Moroney,  Dave Arthurs, Ann Arthurs

On Zoom: Dave Douglas, Ed Zambraski, Darren Winslow, Brittany Russell,

Absent: Sam White, Ana Wetherill

Millie called the meeting to order at 9:05 AM.

Secretary’s Minutes of Jan. meeting (attached): Motion to approve(Dave Arthurs), Seconded (Jeff Zapolsky), Approved (unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report (attached) Jeff Zapolsky: Report accepted with 1 change “ installed vs. removed docks” in the budget line.

Jeff looked into a better insurance quote. All responding insurers either didn’t cover what we needed or were more expensive. We elected to stick with Liberty, and they gave us a $600 rebate.

Dave Douglas is offered to look at a new & less expensive insurer for us. Jeff will send a copy of our current insurance.

The insurance renewal this past fall was about $5000 more and we assume it will go up again next year. So the proposal to cover this shortfall at the Annual meeting would be that:

For 2026 Fall: Waterfront = $52   & Admin will be one time $25 fee (to cover past shortfall), plus a yearly fee of $60.

For 2027 Fall: : Waterfront = $52   & Admin $60.

Road Comm. Report – Dave Douglas: Roads are posted. Overall roads have done well this winter. We are underbudget for snowplowing. Dave will look into whether Burgess can do some road work to absorb some of the difference in the minimum yearly payment/contract.

Waterfront Report – Ed Zambraski: (attached) Dredging will be assessed in the spring. Snowmobiles have no sanctioned access via Nile Brook Way.

Violations & Penalties Policy & Procedures: (Short Version): Change “will be” to “is”. Motion to approve those changes and the P&P. MSP all, except 2 abstentions.

Nominating Committee: The committee nominates Gay Sampson to replace John Patraquin and fill out his term which ends 2028. MSP unanimously.

Tree Cutting Policy communication was worked on by Darren Winslow. The board reviewed the letter and had a couple of edits. Millie will make those edits and email the final version to the board today for a final vote.  Board members are to reply to all. All votes are due no later than March 17, 2026.  An email will be sent to all members.

LUPC has created a Short-Term Rental Policy: Links in the agenda. LUPC said STR have until July 12, 2026  to register their property as a Short-Term Rental with forms on LUPC website.  We will post this information on our website. There was some discussion of HOLA collecting this info as well. There was much discussion and then the matter was tabled until the next meeting.

Respectfully Submitted,

Val Zapolsky

Nest meeting: May 16, 2026 at 9 AM at RFA Lakeside Theater