Meeting Minutes

August 19, 2025 Meeting Minutes

INDIANOLA PORT DISTRICT

PORT COMMISSION MEETING

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


MEETING MINUTES OF THE INDIANOLA PORT DISTRICT BOARD OF PORT COMMISSIONERS, Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 AT 7:00 PM, INDIANOLA CLUBHOUSE 19876 INDIANOLA ROAD NE, INDIANOLA, WA 98342


Commissioners in attendance: Gary Walker, Ted Schmid

Auditor:

Recording Secretary: Ted Schmid

Guests: Barbie Brookings, Pam Dassil, Susan Henry, Mike and Sabrina Buerger


CALL TO ORDER: Commissioner Walker called the meeting to order at 7:07 pm.


COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: Commissioner Comments is the time for Board members to present verbal reports and suggest future agenda items. NONE


CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:

All matters listed within the Consent Agenda have been distributed to each member of the Commission for reading and study. They are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion of the Commission with no separate discussion. If separate discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda by a Commission member or by a Citizen Request.ยท


  1. Meeting Minutes: No meeting minutes for July were available to approve, they will be available at the next meeting and approved then.

  2. Accounting Summary Report: No accounting summary report as Jeff Henderson was not in attendance.




OLD BUSINESS ITEMS: None


NEW BUSINESS ITEMS



  1. Barbie and Pam representing the Friends of the Earth, proposed rebuilding and replacing the existing Purple Marten nesting boxes on the Pier. The Port agreed to allow them to place 5 new boxed on existing pilings for the Martens. Progress reports will be forthcoming.

  2. Port Auditor Position- Commissioner Schmid invited Mike and Sabrina Buerger to the meeting to explore the possibility of taking on the Auditor position for the Port. They said that they were willing to try working in that capacity. Susan Henry advised that she would be willing to help them learn the procedures involved.

  3. Susan Henry brought up the overdue Port Audit procedure and Financial Statement. Commissioner Walker is working on completing the Audit.

  4. Email Update- Commissioner Walker Spoke with Cory Gregorson and was able to get the Port email functioning again. The host of the email system had changed the URL needed to access the mail. Url has been sent to commissioners.

  5. The commissioners spoke about alternative funding sources for the continuing piling replacement projects. Further information will be gathered.

  6. Next Meeting Tuesday September 16th 2025.





OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT


COMMISSIONER COMMENTS -None


EXECUTIVE SESSION


ADJOURNMENT: Commissioner Walker moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:50 PM. Seconded by Commissioner Schmid. Passed unanimously.





Commissioner, Jeff Henderson




Commissioner, Ted Schmid




Commissioner, Gary Walker




Recording Secretary, Melody Jorgensen


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