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SPRING 2018
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LET IT SNOW
Maintenance Battles Major Storms (Ed. Note: At press time, seven more inches had fallen on LLV with the possibility of another nor’easter for the week of March 19.)
LLV Maintenance Supervisor John Sivick said snow removal during the two big storms of Feb. and March that dumped as much as 21 inches and
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ROAD WORK AHEAD - PART 2
RFPs & Materials The Locust Lake Village (LLV) Road Repair Plan for 2018 is underway, but it will be a few months before any work will be noticeable. Vital initial steps have been taken with the issuance of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to five area contractors. “So far we’re ahead of the game,” said Steve Marga, chair of Locust Lake Village’s (LLV) Roads Committee, referring to the committee’s efforts to secure before spring cost estimates from contractors. “According to the stipulations
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Skiers and snowboarders take the T-Bar to the top of LLV’s Ski Hill that opened for the first time in three years for weekends in February and March.
CALL TO THE SLOPES
LLV’s Ski Hill Opened For Business Questions about when LLV’s Ski Hill would open again were answered, and probably a few prayers too, when Old Man Winter dropped a seven-inch snowfall midweek of Feb. 4 then followed up with 21 more inches on March. 3, courtesy of a storm named Riley, then about 11 more inches on March 7 from a storm dubbed Quinn. This translated into three weekends of skiing (Feb. 9-11, March 3-4, and March 10-11) in the Village.
LLV/POA FEB. BOARD MEETING
“The wait was finally over,” said a delighted Nicole Hill, LLV recreation director, as she made the rounds between The Chalet and the T-Bar lift at the base of the hill. “We had hoped a few times in the last year to open the hill, but weather and terrain conditions weren’t favorable. “Most recent winters, snow didn’t hang around for the weekends. We’re lucky we got enough this time so that it didn’t melt.”
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2018 Opens With Progress Underway The Locust Lake Village (LLV) Property Owners Association (POA) Board of Directors held its first meeting of 2018 at The Chalet on Saturday morning, Feb. 16. Board Chair Wade Burchell opened the
meeting with a brief summary of the major activities he referred to as “positives” that the board has undertaken in the last six months. He began with a stark but firm reminder to LLV: “We are a multimillion dollar business. We are truly running a business with $1.9 million in our operating budget and $1.585 million in reserve.”
“We said we would make changes back in August,” Burchell said. “We are making changes for the benefit of the community and holding personnel accountable.” Burchell pointed to significant accomplishments that the current board has accomplished: Christmas bonuses to LLV employees; job performance bonuses; Thanksgiving turkeys for employees; cost of living raises; Security Ranger staff compensation increases of one dollar per hour; appointment of a Security
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