MGEC Board Minutes 4.27.26

Attendees:

	Present		Present
President Benton Campbell	x
Vice President Corey Mathisen	x	Director Blake Nelson	x
Past President Forrest Hasty		Director Brandon JB Nelson	x
Treasurer Wes Leksell	x	Director Luke Schuette	x
Secretary Mike Rude	x	Director Mark Trogstad-Isaacson	x
Director John Dalton	x	Director Hunter Vraa	x
Director Jared DeMaster	x	Executive Director Tony Kelly	x
Director Brian Giauque	x	Membership Director Donna Blackwell	x
Director Mitch Kiecker	x

Others in attendance:

• Joshua Comstock, MnDOT
• Liz Houle, MPCA

Call to Order (Benton C.)

1. Meeting called to order at 3:35pm.
2. Motion to approve agenda (Mark T-I. / Brandon N.)
   • Motion carried.

Secretary’s Report (Mike R.)

1. April 21^st Executive Committee meeting minutes provided for Board information.
2. Motion to approve March 23^rd Board meeting minutes (Brandon N. / Jared D.)
   • Motion carried.

President’s Report (Benton C.)

1. Tony, Corey, and Benton will be attending the NASHTU conference in June.
2. 2025 tax return has been rejected by IRS due to contested status as a non-profit; failure to file returns in either 2 or 3 consecutive years. Returns have been filed and attorney Jim is working on refiling to restore non-profit status.
3. Our accounting will be amended to correctly show damage deposits from renters as a separate escrow / liability account.
4. Bill Meinholz left MnDOT and MGEC for outside employment. Based on Bill’s recommendation, the Executive Committee recommended Erik Brenna from MnDOT (Water’s Edge office) as a replacement to serve the remainder of Bill’s term.  Motion to approve (Corey M. / Brandon N.).
   • Motion carried.
5. Presented and discussed significant proposed changes to the policies and procedures document. Asked Board to review the document, contact Benton with any proposed changes, and be prepared to adopt an updated document at the May meeting.
6. Reviewed Tony’s proposed employment contract. After review, a motion was made to approve the contract and present it to Tony for signature (Corey M. / Luke S.).
   • Motion carried (Brandon N. abstained)

Insurance (Blake N.)

1. Plan spending is once again higher than expected. Premiums are expected to rise again for 2027.

Executive Director’s Report (Tony K.)

1. Provided an update on 3 current grievances.
2. Rolling out new leases to renters in our building.
3. Tony will be attending Minnesota Infrastructure Alliance meeting Thursday at the Capital.
4. Reported on leave balances for Tony and Donna.

Finance Committee (Tony K. & Wes L.)

1. Provided present account balances and building value.
2. Presented and discussed profit and loss statement for March.
3. Purchased $40,000 in CDs per direction at March meeting.
4. Working through issues for transition to QuickBooks online.

Membership Committee (Mike R.)

1. Discussed greens fees for golf tournament and dinner fees for annual meeting. Membership Committee recommended golf fees at $50 (same as last year) and dinner fees for non-members and guests at $56 (same as last year, full members and life members are paid by MGEC).  Motion set the fees as recommended (Bandon N. / Hunter V.)
   • Motion carried.

Membership Director’s Report (Donna B.)

1. Presented and discussed latest membership data.
2. Presented recent additions to membership.
3. Presented breakdown of membership by class.

Vice President’s Report (Corey M.)

1. Nothing to add.

Past President’s Report (Forrest H.)

1. Not in attendance.

Adjournment

1. Motion to adjourn at 5:37pm (Blake N. / Brandon N.)
   • Motion carried.