Local Government working for the Environment

The Fish Lake Conservancy District was decreed on November 16, 1998 by Judge Robert Gilmore for the exclusive purpose of maintaining constructed sediment traps and aquatic vegetation control. These are the only functions of the district as spelled out by the court decree and cannot be altered.

The District is comprised of seven at-large Directors,Chaired by Thomas Chuchman, The Members of the Board are as follows: Larry Wyscoki, Glenn Florence, Jon Dittmar, Larry Wood. David Hollenbeck is the Attorney and J.F. New & Associates is the engineering consultant for the Conservancy District.

The accounting firm of Parkinson & Hinton P.C. is the Chief Financial Officer and Maureen Lee is the Recording Secretary. Nominating petitions for election to the Board of Directors are to be post-marked by the 30th of November for the following election that is held on the fourth Saturday of February.

The Conservancy District is comprised of four committees. Mr. Chuchman chairs the Executive Committee and is ex-officio on all committees. The Executive Committee is comprised of the four-committee chairpersons and is responsible for setting policy for the Conservancy District.

Mr. Wysocki chairs the Administrative Committee, which oversees all administrative functions of the Conservancy District. Mr. Dittmar chairs the Planning Committee, which formulates the operations of the Conservancy District. Mr. Florence chairs the Finance Committee, which prepares the budget and administers the fiscal affairs of the Conservancy District. All committees meet on an as- needed basis with prior notice given to the public, via newspaper or Fish Lake Library bulletin board. All recommendations from the committees are presented to the full Board of Directors at the regularly scheduled meetings.

The general meetings are tentatively scheduled on the fourth Saturday of the following months: February, April, July, August, September and in December. Official notices of meetings can be found on this WEB Site, or in the LaPorte County Herald Argus.

Please note: The September meeting date may have to be modified so as to comply with the Indiana budget adoption deadline of September 13.

The public hearing on proposed budgets is tentatively scheduled for the month of August. All general meetings begin at 9:00 am CST, and are held at the Fish Lake Community Conservation Club, located at 7873 East SR 4, Fish Lake, Indiana. All meetings are subject to Governmental rules and are always open to the public. Minutes of the meetings and all official documents are available for public viewing.

 Click here for Meeting Minutes

 Click here for the District Map