RBWCA Minutes 6-2-21

MINUTES for regular meeting 6-2-21 at Limestone Library Presiding: Tim Hauert, President. Attending: Andrea Cinnamon, Vice President, Colleen Wepprecht via phone, Jim Muhlstadt, Treasurer, Benay McCue, Christy Strole, Secretary Homeowners: Randy Mann did not log onto the Zoom Minutes of 5-5-21 approval: Benay moved, Jim seconded: motion carried. Treasurer’s report approval: Christy moved, Andrea seconded; motion carried Public Comments: None Old Business: Two outstanding dues: Christy will send reminders. They owe $163 at this point. River lot: Clearing the brush: Christy moved we pay Ron O’Connor $1500 as bid to clear out the brush. Benay seconded, motion carried. Estes will trim the trees so we have a view of the river, after O’Connor clears the ground. We think it has been maybe six years since we last did this. Maybe we should budget to do it every year. River lot: Stopping the dumper: Tim spoke with the dumper and warned that Dept. of Natural Resources is interested in enforcing their no dumping on the river regulation. Dumper said he’d take it elsewhere, and loaded his trailer and left with a load that did not end up on our river lot. Someone is dumping more than grass clippings now. Chris Beard’s spec house will not be modular or pre-fab, he told Tim. Christy got back to Carol Keller. The house will have a basement and a third bay on the garage. New Business: People are speeding down Ridge View Lane from Love’s at the top of the hill down to 113. Tim will send an email reminder to all homeowners to slow down now that school is out. Andrea is running the ad for the garage sale. Christy will send an email Monday reminding people of the hours and days. Tim will put up the big sign on the entrance. Christy Moved we adjourn. Jim seconded, motion carried. Time: 7:11 pm

RBWCA Minutes 5-5-21

MINUTES for regular meeting 5-5-21 Call to Order via Zoom: 6:32 Presiding: Tim Hauert, President. Attending: Jeff Souligne; Andrea Cinnamon, Vice President; Colleen Wepprecht; Benay McCue; Christy Strole, Secretary. Homeowners: Randy Mann Minutes of 4-7-21 approval: Benay moved, Jeff seconded. Motion carries. Treasurer’s report approval: Christy moved, Benay seconded, motion carries. Public Comments: Carol Keller wonders if a modular home is being planned on lot 40. Chris Beard, the builder will call Tim back. If it’s a modular home, that’s not allowed by our covenants. Tim will talk to Chris, then Christy will talk to Carol. Old Business: Overdue dues: Jeff Vaughn, Chad Gessner. Christy will send them another bill. Shall Estes or O’Connor do the work at the river lot? We’ll go look at it right after this meeting to determine what the work should entail. Garage Sale dates were set as June 10-11-12. Hours will be 8-4 on Thursday and Friday, 8:00 to 12:-on Saturday, and Wednesday evening you can open for neighbors. Christy will send an email to homeowners. New Business: Michael Powers wants to put in a shed, but some of us didn’t get the specifications. He assured us it’ll be on a concrete slab. We looked at the plans (at the river lot) and they comply with our covenants. Andrea moved, and Christy seconded we approve his plan on a concrete slab. Motion carried. We reconvened at the river lot, except Jeff Souligne, Randy Mann and Colleen Wepprecht, to decide on specifications for the bids from Estes and O’Connor. The sumac is tall and obscures the view, as well as a couple of big invasive shrubs. We want the sumac and 3 tall bushes taken out. Tim will get Estes and O’Connor to come see what we want to have done. Consider barrier fence on river lot to foil dumpers: A large pile of grass clippings is on the river’s edge. We discussed fencing in the parking lot, so no vehicle could get to the bare spot on the west end of the lot to dump grass clippings. Tim will talk to the new county road commissioner to see how far the fence would have to be from the road. There are actually two entrances into the river lot off 113, so this might not work anyway. Benay said the Department of Natural Resources prosecutes dumpers. Tim will talk to the new road commissioner, Estes, and O’Connor about the river lot. Next month we’ll talk about a DNR report. Adjourned at the River Lot around 7:30 pm

RBWCA Minutes 4-7-21

MINUTES for regular annual meeting 4-7-21 Call to Order via Zoom: 6:37 Presiding: Tim Hauert, President. Attending: Jeff Souligne, Andrea Cinnamon, Vice President, Benay McCue, Christy Strole, Secretary Jim Muhlstadt, Treasurer joined us at 6:45. Homeowners: Angela Buckley Minutes of 3-3-21 approval: Benay moved, Jeff seconded we approve the minutes. Motion carried. Treasurer’s report approval: Christy moved, Andrea seconded that we approve the treasurer’s report. Tim and Benay asked about the $5 fee. Jim explained that is a transition from Feb. to March and they credited it back to us already, so that is not a recurring monthly fee. Motion carried. Public Comments: None Old Business: Overdue dues: Six people had not paid by April 1. Since then Kirk Anderson paid, so did Chris Holm. We don’t know who bought Bob Burrus’s house. Christy will find out who lives there before next month. So we still don’t have money from Chad & Nicole Gessner, Josh and Kristi Peters and Jeff and Kirby Vaughn. Christy will email each of them again in ten days. Shall Dufrain continue mowing? Christy moves we continue his service, Benay seconds: motion carried Research on golf carts: Benay did extensive research. Illinois State Statute (ILCS 5/12-709) says it’s illegal to operate a golf cart, ATV, UTV on the streets. However, municipalities have leeway to police this. Benay talked to Glen Kramer, who thinks they’re really dangerous. He almost hit somebody once and it scared a year off his life. There is no county ordinance controlling golf carts, but municipalities have the right to allow them. When Tim Bukowski lived here, he had almost hit someone and he had his guys hand a doorknob hanger reminding homeowners that it’s illegal to drive those vehicles in this subdivision. Village of Limestone does have an ordinance, like Manteno and Momence, allowing golf carts with limitations. Owners must be 18 years or older, have proof of insurance, hold a valid drivers’ license, they have to have a “slow moving vehicle” emblem, headlights, brake lights and tail lights, they can’t have more riders than seatbelts, and can’t exceed 25 mph. Limestone Village issues permit decals for $25. We are not in the Village of Limestone, we’re in Limestone Township, so golf carts are illegal in our subdivision and we would have to change our bylaws to make them legal. This would cost money. Christy moved, Benay seconded that we respond to the original inquiry with this information and leave it at that. Motion carried. Can Estes do the work at the river lot? Yes, they want to meet down there and they need to agree what should be done, O’Connors want to look too. There are still some questions about what work will be done. Jim will handle this next week. New Business: Garage sale will be held the weekend of June 10-11-12th, 2021. Wednesday night will be the preview just for neighbors, then we’ll open to the public with whatever COVID restrictions are in place at that time, for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Adjourn: Benay moved, Jeff seconded that we adjourn. Motion carried at 7:12 pm.

RBWCA Minutes 3-3-21

MINUTES for regular annual meeting 3-3-21 Call to Order via Zoom: 6:32 Presiding: Tim Hauert, President. Attending: Andrea Cinnamon, Vice President, Colleen Wepprecht, Jim Muhlstadt, Treasurer, Benay McCue, Christy Strole, Secretary. No homeowners present. Minutes of 2-3-21 approval: Benay moved, Andrea seconded, motion carried. Christy will rewrite the sentence “Currently our covenants and bylaws do not include golf carts,” so it doesn’t end mysteriously. Treasurer’s report approval: Christy moved, Benay seconded that we approve the checking account part of the treasurer’s report. Christy moved, Colleen seconded that we approve the savings account. The accounts are on separate pages for today’s meeting but in the future can go together to make one report. Old Business: We have more dues now than we did last year at this time. Paying electronically is working well. If people hook their PayPal to their credit card, there’s a fee to pay. If they hook their PayPal to their checking account, there is no fee to pay. Venmo has worked well, and some people are still paying with a check. Savings account: Lawyer David Jaffe says we’re not the kind of homeowner’s association that is limited in their saving. Jim opened a savings account, adding $2000 for 2020 and $2000 for 2021. This money will make interest. In January of 2022 we’ll add another $2000. This money will be used for projects that cost more than we can save in a year, or for unforeseen expenses. Research on bidding process: We are not a big enough homeowner’s association to be required to take bids on contracts. Christy sent an RFP to Dufrain asking for a bid by Feb. 27 and has not heard back. Tim will call Dufrain to see if he wants to continue. The board agrees we don’t need a bid from Clean Cut. Jim will talk with Estes, who thinks he can do the whole job of cleaning up the overgrowth along the river, and will report back next month. Research on golf carts: Tim talked to the secretary at the sheriff’s office. She lives in a subdivision that regulates golf carts, ATVs, UTVs, etc. in their covenants. Our covenants don’t mention it so we have no authority to regulate them, but we can call the county if we see violations. Benay will do some more research with the county sheriff. Election of board members, Election of Officers: We have enough votes to be a board now. Christy moved that Tim serve as president, Colleen seconded, motion carried. Christy moved that Andrea be vice president, Benay seconded, motion carried. Christy moved that Jim continue as treasurer, Colleen seconded, motion carried. Benay moved Christy be secretary, Colleen seconded, motion carried. New Business: Approve Buckley’s shed: Documents submitted right before the board meeting conform with the requirements of our covenants. Christy moved we approve their plans, Jim seconded, motion carried. Adjourn: Benay moved we adjourn, Christy seconded, motion carried at 7:35. Respectfully submitted, Christy Strole, Secretary Thanks to Andrea for setting up two Zoom meetings back to back tonight! Approved via Zoom: ______________________

RBWCA Minutes 2-3-21

MINUTES for Annual Meeting 2-3-21 Call to Order via Zoom: 6:30 Presiding: Tim Hauert, President. Attending: Jeff Souligne, Andrea Cinnamon, Vice President, Colleen Wepprecht, Jim Muhlstadt, Treasurer, Benay McCue, Christy Strole, Secretary Homeowners: Larry and Mardene Hinton Minutes of 1-6-1approval: Jeff moved, Colleen seconded, minutes were approved. Treasurer’s report approval: Benay moved, Christy seconded, treasurer’s report was approved. Public Comments: None Election of board members: Tim, Jeff and Christy. We have received 21 votes for this slate of board members as of this meeting and we need 28. Christy will send another email asking for votes. Old Business: New bank account: Jim Muhlstadt talked to the bank and set up two electronic forms of payment for dues (Venmo and PayPal). Christy will send a bill out telling people how to pay their dues. She will first send a draft to all board members for approval. Income taxes can be done on Turbo Tax? Yes, Jim will do them. He also has to have David Jaffe renew our nonprofit status with the IRS. Can we save up for emergencies as a nonprofit? Jim will ask David about a reserve fund, like a savings account, that we could use for emergencies. If we can, we’ll put $2000 a year into a separate account. Tim called the library to see if we can resume meeting there, but only the library board is allowed to meet there. So he called the park building, which we used years ago, but they aren’t allowing anyone to meet there, even their own board. New Business: Request for Proposal for mowing bids: Larry Hinton says we don’t have to get bids. Christy will research the IDFPR rules. Maybe we can just keep Dufrain? We’ll discuss this next month. 2021 Budget approval: We went through this line by line. Should we thank someone for the street light on the river lot? Benay hounded the county, maybe it was Glen Kramer. Thank you, Benay! Request re clarification on golf carts: The requestor wants golf carts to be allowed in our subdivision. Currently our covenants and bylaws do not include golf carts, but the county road Does everyone have a lamppost that works now? A few still don’t work but since the earth is frozen we’ll wait until spring to send letters to the homeowners. Election of officers: Since we don’t have enough votes for Christy, Jeff and Tim to be board members, we’ll wait to elect officers until next month. Christy will send out another ballot. Jim will leave the board this time next year. No one else volunteered to be treasurer tonight. Let’s ask around to see who else might want to join the board or be treasurer so we can have this position covered by next February. Thanks for the heads up, Jim. Adjourn: Moved Seconded Time:

Treasurer's Report June 2021

Treasurer’s Report June 1,2021 to June 30,2021 Checking s 6/01/2021 Beginning cash balance 10,948.52 6/09/2021 #1336 County Treasurer (Taxes) -57.28 10,891.24 6/15/2021 ComEd (electricity) - 21.98 10,869.26 6/16/2021 #1337 DuFrain Lawn Care -568.00 10,301.26 6/22/2021 Deposit Vaughn Dues 75.00 10,376.26 Savings 6/01/2021 Beginning Balance 4,000.15 6/30/2021 Quarterly Interest .50 4,000.65

Treasurer's Report March 2021

Treasurer’s Report March 1,2021 to March 31,2021 Checking 3/01/2021 Beginning cash balance 7,864.18 3/02/2021 #1332 Geoffrey Johns (taxes) -325.00 7,539.10 3/03/2021 #1333 David Jaffe (advice) -105.00 7,434.18 3/03/2020 Deposit (dues) 1,500.00 8,934.18 3/17/2020 ComEd (electricity) - 22.17 8,912.01 3/19/2020 Deposit (dues) 1,050.00 9,962.01 3/23/2021 Deposit (dues) 525.00 10,487.01 3/25/2021 Deposit (dues) 600.00 11,087.01 3/30/2021 Deposit (dues) 525.00 11,612.01 3/30/2021 Ending cash balance 11,612.01 Savings 3/01/2021 Beginning Balance 4,000.00 3/30/2021 Interest .15 4,000.15 3/30/2021 Service charge 5.00 3,995.15 3/31/2021 Ending Balance 3,995.15

Treasurer's Report April 2021

Treasurer’s Report April 1,2021 to April 30,2021 Checking 4/01/2021 Beginning cash balance 11,612.01 4/08/2020 Deposit (dues) 375.00 11,987.01 4/15/2020 ComEd (electricity) - 22.47 11,964.54 4/30/2020 Deposit (dues) 192.00 12,156.54 4/30/2021 Ending cash balance 12,156.54 Savings 4/01/2021 Beginning Balance 3,995.15 4/03/2021 Service charge credit -5.00 4,000.15 3/31/2021 Ending Balance 4,000.15

Treasurer's Report February 2021

Treasurers Report/ Checking February 1, 2021 thru February 28,2021 02/01/2021 Beginning cash balance 8,586.88 02/16/2021 ComEd -22.70 8,564.18 02/16/2021 Deposit ( dues ) 75.00 8,639.18 02/16/2021 Deposit ( dues ) 150.00 8,789.18 02/16/2021 Deposit ( dues ) 375.00 9,164.18 02/16/2021 Deposit ( dues ) 375.00 9,539.18 02/24/2021 Deposit ( dues ) 825.00 10,364.18 02/24/2021 Deposit ( dues ) 750.00 11,114.18 02/24/2021 Deposit ( dues ) 750.00 11,864.18 02/27/2021 Transfer to savings 4,000.00 7,864.18 02/29/2020 Ending cash balance 7,864.18 Treasurers Report/ Savings 02/01/2021 Beginning cash balance 0 02/27/2021 Transfer from checking 4,000.00 4,000.00 02/29/2020 Ending cash balance 4,000.00 Approved _______________________ Signed _______________________

Treasurer's Report 12-3-20

Treasurers Report December 1, 2020 thru December 31,2020 12/01/2020 Beginning cash balance 9,076.63 12/15/2020 ComEd -21.85 9,054.78 12/15/2020 DuFrain Lawn Care # 1328 -250.00 8,804.78 12/31/2020 Ending cash balance 8,804.78 Approved ______1-6-21___________ Signed _______________________

Treasurer's Report 11-4-20

Treasurers Report November 1, 2020 thru November 30,2020 11/01/2020 Beginning cash balance 9,238.59 11/12/2020 ComEd -21.96 9,216.63 11/24/2020 DuFrain Lawn Care #1327 -140.00 9,076.63 11/30/2020 Ending cash balance 9,076.63 Approved ____1-6-21________ Signed _______________________

Treasurers Report October 1, 2020 thru October 29,2020 10/01/2020 Beginning cash balance 10,333.47 10/13/2020 ComEd -21.68 10,311.79 10/16/2020 Geoffrey Johns # 1326 -325.00 9,986.79 10/19/2020 US Liabilities ins. # 1325 -748.20 9,238.59 10/31/2020 Ending cash balance 9,238.59 Approved _______________11-4-20________ Signed _______________________

RBWCA Minutes 1-6-21

MINUTES for meeting 1-6-21 Call to Order via Zoom: 6:35 Present: Tim Hauert, President, Jeff Souligne, Andrea Cinnamon, Vice President, Jim Muhlstadt, Treasurer, Benay McCue Christy Strole, Secretary Minutes of 11-4-20 approval: Benay moved, Jeff seconded, minutes were approved as read. (There was no December 2020 meeting) Treasurer’s report approval: Christy moved we approve the October, November and December treasurer’s reports, Andrea seconded, motion carried. Public Comments: No other homeowners attended Closed session: We went into closed session at 6:35, then decided maybe this is not necessary since we’re not discussing anything potentially embarrassing, and came out of closed session at 6:40. Do we have to come out of closed session to vote? Maybe our minutes should not even mention the lot number of the homeowners? Christy will look that up. Old Business: Income taxes will need to be done again by April. Christy moved, Benay seconded a motion that Jim do our income taxes on Turbo Tax instead of paying the accountant. Motion carried. We never did get a new bank account: is it too late? Christy will call Herscher State Bank and see if we can get an appointment for Wednesday the 13th. Does everyone have a lamppost that works now? Tim has not checked at night recently, but he will. We believe everyone has a lamppost; they just might not work. Years ago, we made people put up lampposts on all the houses that were standing at that time. Benay called the county and got us a lamppost on the river lot at the intersection of 113 and Valley View Drive! Is Dufrain’s billing issue solved? Yes: Jim took care of it. There was an overpayment but we’re even now. New Business: Election of board members to be held next month at the Annual Meeting in February: Tim, Jeff and Christy have their terms ending in February. Colleen took over for Lisa Meyer, Benay took over for Heather Gill. So Andrea, Jim, Benay and Colleen will be up for reelection in February 2022. Dues notice to be sent out with invitation to February meeting with a reminder: “Annual dues of $75 are due by April 1. On April 2, a $25 late fee will be assessed if dues are not received. An additional $1/day will be added until the dues are paid in full, up to a maximum of $250 for 2021 dues.” Our covenants specify that the annual dues are due April 1st. We don’t have email addresses for Belva Stelk, Al Baker, Kirk Anderson, Jeff & Kathleen Downey, Chris & Allison Holm, Drew & Joclyn Lergner, Kathleen Call, Daniel Glaves & Skylar Dionne, and Bob Siawrys. Benay will check on Bob Siawrys but he has had some medical issues. So we’ll continue to send postcards to these people each month notifying them of the regular meetings. Jim spent $85 on certified postage and stamps, Benay proposed and Christy seconded a motion to pay him. Motion carried. Christy spent $100.18 on postcards and postcard stamps. Jim proposed and Andrea seconded a motion to pay her. Motion carried. Let’s get bids in March this year: April was too late last year. Our Zoom ended abruptly 40 minutes after it started. We reconvened to finish our discussion. Adjourn: Benay moved, Christy seconded, motion to adjourn carried Time: 7:25 Approved: 2-3-21

RBWCA Minutes 12-3-20

There was no meeting in December of 2020.

RBWCA Minutes 11-4-20

Meeting Minutes for 11-4-20 Called to order at 6:33pm via Zoom Present:: Tim Hauert, President, Christy Strole, Secretary, Jeff Souligne, Colleen Wepprecht, Andrea Cinnamon, Vice President Review of Minutes from 10-7-20: Christy moved to accept minutes. Jeff seconded. Motion carried. Review of Treasurer’s report: Not submitted. No public comments, so we moved to Closed session. Old Business Light posts- need to check to see if lit Dumping on Riverbanks-Not sure if still happening. Have not noticed anything. Yard signs have been taken care of/removed. New Business Good turnout for Halloween. Table Dufrain until next month when we have the Treasurer's report. Motion to adjourn by Tim. Christy seconded. Meeting adjourned 6:47pm Helpfully submitted by Andrea Cinnamon, Christy’s thumb is in a cast. Approved 1-6-21

RBWCA Minutes 10-7-20

MINUTES for meeting 10-7-20 Call to Order via Zoom: 6:31 Present: Tim Hauert, President; Jeff Souligne; Andrea Cinnamon, Vice President; Colleen Wepprecht, Jim Muhlstadt, Treasurer; Benay McCue; Christy Strole, Secretary; Becky Sikes, homeowner Minutes of 9-2-20: Benay moved, Jim seconded, minutes were approved. Treasurer’s report September: Christy moved, Jeff seconded, report was approved. Public Comments: Becky Sikes joined us to hear about Hallowe’en. Participation is at homeowners’ discretion. CDC has guidelines for social distancing. Kids can’t be expected to use judgment so it’s up to each homeowner to keep us safe by making sure people stay six feet apart and wear masks. Don’t let kids reach into a bowl of candy, lay it out in individual bags so they can take it off a table, don’t let them congregate at the door, etc. We’ll probably go along with Herscher (4:30 – 7:00) or Kankakee (5:00 – 7:00) since Limestone hasn’t declared hours yet. October 31st is a Saturday. Christy will send out an email to all homeowners summarizing this information. Closed session: Old Business: Lot 66: Drainage tile has been removed from culvert! Mr. Fiets took care of this when he ran a sump pump drain into that tile, cutting it off from Scanlon’s house and taking it out of our culvert. This issue is closed. Income Taxes were paid! Christy moved, Colleen seconded that we pay Geoffrey Johns $325 for their work. New Business: Houses missing lamp posts: About six houses didn’t have lampposts lit when Tim drove around to check. Christy will add to the email that lampposts are required to be lit. Dumping yard waste on river bank: Tim will talk to the owners of Lots 87 and 92, who have been dumping their grass clippings on the river bank. Benay has pictures of the truck and the piles along the river. Department of Natural Resources outlaws this. We have dealt with this before, when we burned an accumulating brush pile and put up a No Dumping sign in 2013. There is also a bush pile in our detention pond. Years ago Deb Turner burned that pile and got yelled at by homeowners. Let’s deal with that next month. Lot 8: Signs are not allowed: Owner of Lot 8 has a sign that says “Trump 2020: No More Bullshit” and one that says “Pritzker Sucks”. Our covenants disallow signs except those that say “For Sale.” But one year we tried to disallow signs and were told we can’t disallow them during an election. In the general email, Christy will add a quote from the covenants that deals with signs. Adjourn: Andrea moved, Benay seconded, meeting was adjourned. Time: 7:03 Approved: 11-4-20