Bay Colony Marina Monthly Board Meeting

August Board of Directors Meeting; August 26, 2025

Approval and web posting of Minutes from the July 2025 Monthly Board Meeting held on July 29, 2025.

 

Attendees:  D. Degidio, D. Bodnar, D. Shapiro, K. Moore, P. Hekl, Bill Hoyle.

 

2026 Board of Director Positions

  • Incoming as voted on by the BCMSOA members
    • David Shapiro
    • Peter Hekl
  • Appointed and on-boarded new Vice President position; Darryl Bodnar, Slips G-05, G-28, Bay Colony
  • Action – elected new Board of Director positions for 2026 boating year per below
    • President – Don Degidio
    • Vice President – Darryl Bodnar
    • Secretary – David Shapiro
    • Treasurer – Keith Moore
    • At-Large – Peter Hekl
    • President Emeritus – Bill Hoyle
  • Review Officer duties and responsibilities per the BCMSOA By-laws
  • Update Board of Directors Sheet with new Officers; Post in Marina and on website

Upfront Items for Information, Discussion, and Decision

  • Board of Director Updates
    • Review and approval signature of the Marina Replacement Committee Board of Directors Resolution
    • Marina website content and access
    • Marina financial proforma brief
    • New Marina Sub-committee members
      • Darryl Bodnar, G-05, G-28, Bay Colony, Board Member, Chairman of the committee
      • Michael Cassera, H-08, Millville
      • Jan-Hinrik Bauwe, Bay Colony
      • John D’Agostino, B-16, Bay Colony
      • John Grannis, B-23, Cripple Creek
      • Clarke Droney, B-33, B-34, E-29, E-30, F-50, G-02, Millville

Marina Financial Update

  • Review the Marina Monthly Budget spreadsheet
  • Provide Slip transactions update
  • Slips sold
    • New Slip Owner addresses
    • Welcome email sent to new Slip Owners (David)
    • Add email to Constant Contact List (Don)
    • Slip sales – totals
      • 2025 – 7ea
      • 2024 – 10ea
      • 2023 – 10ea

Marina Maintenance Update

  • Completed Maintenance
    • Replaced and moved “Danger Ramp Ends” signs at the Boat Ramp
    • PJ (Carpenter) ongoing dock repairs – floats; triangles, aluminum covering
    • Repaired/repairing security cameras and Wifi
    • Clean and renumber Dock Pedestals
    • Painted electrical box near Gate 2
    • Replaced and repaired Gate 1 door lock
  • New and Ongoing Maintenance
    • Re-trim around Marina basin – Board and MRC Volunteers
    • Power wash Marina porch prior to OSTD – Dockmaster
    • Clean out Marina garage prior to OSTD – Dockmaster
    • Slip Owners/Renters clean individual dock boxes – ongoing
    • PJ (Carpenter) ongoing dock repairs – floats; triangles, aluminum covering

Marina Business Update

  • Previous Business
    • Marina incidents
      • Boating accident settled between both owners
    • Dockmaster purging and updating master files and display board
  • New and Ongoing Business
    • Dockmaster Tom work Labor Day holiday and OSTD
    • Slips for Rent and Sale on Marina website
      • 2 x Slips for Rent; E-6 $4K; , F-11 Listed as Negotiable
      • 4 x Slips for Sale (3xnew listings); A-6 $67.5K; F-10 $60K; F-22 $64.9K; F-42 $60.3K
    • 2025 Operation Seas the Day – Boating Event
      • Wednesday, September 3th, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
      • Thursday, September 4th, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
      • Friday, September 5th, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
      • 20 x Boat Captains
      • 10 x Boating Event Volunteers
    • Constant Contact emails to send out
      • New Marina Board 2026
      • Paradise Grill Labor Day Holiday fireworks, Sunday, August 31, Dusk
      • Others?
    • Marina Dredge Update
      • State and Federal Permits
        • Dredge Permit Consultant;, Verdantas – David Small, PE, and Savannah Budka, EiT
      • New requirements getting done;
        • Completed – DNREC Water Quality Survey (Verdantas Sub-contractor). $1,130
        • Almost Completed – USACE Addendum to Nationwide Permit CENAP-OP-R-2016-532-85 – Revision to Confined Disposal Area Location (Plitko Engineering)
      • Signed dredge material spoil site contract on April 3, 2025 with deposit of $10K
        • Land owner – Chris Magee, Frankford, DE
        • Price is $10 per yrd (4,000 yrds x $10 = $40K)
      • Conducted on-site visit with Dredging Company – develop and sign contract
        • Conduct second meeting and write up scope of work contract
        • Owner – Clarke Droney, Millville, DE
        • Price is $45 per yrd (4,000 yrds x $45 = $40K)
        • Previous Marina dredging conducted December 1-31, 2017, $100+K, Clarke Droney (estimate was $27 yrd)
      • Tentative dredge date – determined by DNREC and USACE – Jan – Feb 2026
      • Conduct bathymetric study in 2026 at the conclusion of dredging
    • Marina Replacement Committee – MRC
      • Develop and send out to all Slip Owners a Marina Replacement Survey on potential ways forward as per the Annual meeting
      • Marina Replacement proposals; previous estimate August 2020 at $3.8M, and May 2023 at $4.35M
      • Review Capital Improvement loan information with banks
    • Review Marina Monthly activity task list for September, October, November

Future Business

  • HOLD in 2026 – Delaware Boater Safety Course conducted by the USCG Auxiliary Indian River Station.  Slip Renter is Instructor.  Cost is $20 per student.  Include an Indian River Inlet familiarization portion for new Owners/Renters.

 

Next Monthly Board meetings and Special Board Meeting;

  1. September – Tuesday, September 30, 10:00AM
  2. October – Tuesday, October 28, 10:00AM (President is away)
  3. November – Tuesday, November 25, 10:00AM
  4. December – no meeting

Next Marina Replacement Committee Meeting;

  1. September – Tuesday, September 9, 5:30PM