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June 2021
VVA Board of Directors Monthly Meeting Call to Order Tony Gronniger, lot 2281, called the meeting to order, held in the upper level of the clubhouse at 6:30 p.m. Board Members present were: Mark Leggett, lot 72; Celeste Armanees, lot 62; Troy Lesan, lot 576; Allan Slavin, lot 181, Marvin McNabb, lot 28 and Mike Booth, lot 2380. Celeste Armanees led in prayer. Shad Mort led the Pledge of Allegiance. Troy Lesan wanted to mention that Lake Viking has lost two (2) longtime members within a couple days of each other. We lost Norma McCaulla age 94 and Jack Morris, whom both have been in our community for many, many years. Before opening the business of the regular meeting, Tony Gronniger informed the members, the Daviess County Sheriff would like to speak to the members. Sheriff Larry Adams Mark Leggett introduced the Daviess County Sheriff Larry Adams. The Sheriff wanted to share what his office does and their capabilities and what resources they provide. Daviess County has 1 Sgt., 4 road Deputies, 1 Courthouse Security Officer and 2 Office Administrators. Some of the Sheriff’s Office duties include maintaining the Sex Offender Registry, Court Security and Court operations. We have the only Regional Jail in the state, which we are partners with Dekalb County. We have the capacity to house 200 prisoners and at this time we have 126 in our jail. There are 24 sex offenders in Daviess County. The Sheriff’s Office also does civil paper service, take calls for service, and their own investigations. Daviess County does work closely with the Missouri Highway Patrol to give our citizens the best service they can get. Larry commented that Lake Viking Safety does a great job and he has
Next VVA Board Meeting:
Sunday, July 11, 2021 @ 6:30PM at lower level of the clubhouse.
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talked with Jason McTheeney to let him know the Sheriff’s Office is here to help with whatever they can to keep our residents safe. Daviess County has updated their traffic enforcement equipment and their investigative equipment and utilizing training to get our Deputies as top notch as we can. Larry’s goal as Sheriff is to be able to open up to every community in Daviess County, which covers approximately 600 square miles. If you see weird traffic, weird people or anything like that we would want you to call our office, even if it is anonymous. We want to be proactive when possible and get out in front of these things by investigating early and hope to solve the problem. Larry opened the floor for questions. Robert Walton asked if when 911 is called, is that the Sheriff’s office. Larry responded that calling 911 the call goes to Daviess County Central. Daviess County Central will then page out the necessary aid for what the situation calls for, whether it be police, fire or EMS. Resa Wiltse is concerned about the beach areas and kids drinking and trespassing on Lake Viking property. She asked Larry who she should call when she sees things happening like this. Larry responded if it looks like someone is hurt, call 911. Larry went on to say if you see a criminal act or someone breaking the law call the Sheriff’s Office. If you see things, you know are infractions of the lake rules you should call the Safety Dept, but if someone in a public area is breaking laws or acting suspicious then call the Sheriff’s Office. Someone asked about the shifts the Deputies work. Larry said they have two (2) full time shifts, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. – 12:00 (midnight) and from midnight to 8:00 a.m. is a call out situation. Troy Lesan brought up trespassing at the lake is a huge problem here. He asked Larry if we could get a license plate of someone who is engaged in a flagrant act of trespassing what can the Sheriff’s Office do? Larry said if you can get a li-
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cense plate without having to engage anyone, then call it in to the Sheriff and it is their job to track that person down and do a criminal interview and investigate. Troy went on to say our biggest trespassing issue is illegal dumping. Marvin McNabb commented we are putting up surveillance cameras and Larry said that would be a slam dunk for prosecution. Mark Leggett thanked Sheriff Adams for coming to this meeting. The Sheriff and our Safety Coordinator, Jason McTheeney are working closely to help educate our members. Two of the challenges we have asked Jason to work with the Sheriff on are speeding on our roads and late night boating. The Sheriff and his staff could be a great benefit to help in solving some of our issues. Tony Gronniger opened the meeting with the Vision/Mission Statement: “Lake Viking is a private lake aspiring to preserve our community and environment for future generations.” “Our informed members are the strength of our community.”
Volume 35, No. 2
June 13, 2021 Approval of Minutes Mark Leggett moved to approve the minutes of the May 9, 2021 Board meeting. Celeste Armanees seconded; motion passed. Finance Committee In reviewing Financial Statements, income line items are up from this time last year with notable increases in collections and building permit fees. Expense items are running the same if you take away the capital gains tax, we paid this year. The Capital Expense item of $20,000 for Safety Boat dock has fallen off due to an agreement that we have made with Lake Viking Marine for an annual rental of one of their docks which we feel will be a much more secure area for our new Safety Boat. The rental will be charged to the Safety Expense line item. Meanwhile the Capital Expense amount will be absorbed by expenditures approved at last month’s meeting for [Continued on Page 4]
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