La Porte Lake Association
Meeting Minutes
General Meeting: 5/21/25
Open to the Public: 15 Members in
Attendance
Location:
Huber’s Marina
1207 Pine Lake Avenue
La Porte, Indiana
6:00 PM
1.
Call to Order
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Reading of Previous Minutes
• Introduction
2. New Business
Board Members in Attendance:
President: Jeff Matusik
Vice President: Scott Borrowdale
Treasurer: Cory Huber
Secretary: Leland Travis
• Jeff Matusik restated to the members present of our 2025 Membership dues increase to $50 a household and $150 per
business. The board also discussed the due dates for 2025 will be on the same set date for all members. Many members are still
on the PayPal auto draft method which is the wrong membership fee amount as well as the wrong withdrawal date.
o Cory Huber also provided membership numbers. La Porte Lake Association has 70 household members and 9 business
members currently.
o Membership numbers are down due to transition of payment dates. Members were previously enrolled in or on
recurring payments based on when they initially signed up. We are working to correct this and contact members
about our March date for renewals.
3.
4.
New Topics for Discussion
o Jeff Matusik again discussed information on the updated La Porte Lake Association website. It has been determined that we need to
update it more often and are working on delegating that responsibility to someone.
o Jeff Matusik updated his plans to apply for the Unity Grant.
o Application for the Sunflower Fest 9/20/25 has been submitted.
o Stripe Payment is now the platform used on our website. PayPal is also currently used as a payment platform. The La Porte Lake
Association board would like to eventually phase PayPal out due to costs to use the service. This has been discussed and we are
moving toward getting the correct membership fee amounts based on our increase.
o Board members agreed to volunteer time on Sundays throughout the summer at the Farmed and Forged Market from 10:00am to
1:00 pm to inform the public about the LaPorte Lake Association. We will sell merchandise to help with funding and share
information about our goals and projects that we are involves the lake association. In particular we will share information about our
efforts and the cost of treating invasive aquatic plants.
o Aquatic Weed Control has been selected for Lake treatment and will begin surveying the week of 5/26/2025.
o Vince Dinolfo reports that we were awarded the LARE grant of $24,800.
Reports
o Treasury Report
▪ Invasive aquatic plant account: $28,961
▪ General Account: $ 19,663
Next Meeting Location: TBD
