| Bay Colony Marina Monthly Board Meeting |
February Board of Directors Meeting; Held on March 2, 2026
Approval and web posting of Minutes from the November 2025 Monthly Board Meeting held on November 25, 2025 (last Board meeting of 2025)
Attendees: D. Degidio, Darryl Bodnar, K. Moore, P. Hekl, Bill Hoyle.
Upfront Items for Information, Discussion, or Decision
- Dredging – new dredge period September – December 2026
- Marina closed. Closed Marina gates during 2026 winter freeze and snow storms
- Gate and Restroom Codes. Change for the 2026 season. 4 x digits. Put out in March Slip Owner letter, Constant Contacts, and Annual Meeting
- 2026 repairs. Dock repairs list to PJ
- Marina Replacement Committee (MRC) – Plan for 2026 to brief at the Annual meeting
- Bay Colony POA construction – Bay Colony POA conducting drainage work off Colony Drive and the Marina parking lot – weather delays, now March
- Parking lot striping – budgeted parking lot line striping for Spring 2026, ICW Bay Colony POA line striping; Matt’s Paving
- Neighborhood dumping in Marina back parking lot
- Marina liability insurance update
2026 Board of Director Positions and Election
- 2025 BCMSOA members elected
- David Shapiro
- Peter Hekl
- 2025 appointed new Vice President position for departure of former Vice President; newly appointed – Darryl Bodnar, Bay Colony, Slip Owner
- Current Board of Director positions for 2026 boating year
- President – Don Degidio
- Vice President – Darryl Bodnar
- Secretary – David Shapiro
- Treasurer – Keith Moore
- At-Large – Peter Hekl
- President Emeritus – Bill Hoyle
- Board of Directors Election Summary
- 2026 Election for 2027, 2028, 2029: 2ea positions open (Don and Michael)
- 2025 Election for 2026, 2027, 2028: David and Peter elected
- 2024 Election for 2025, 2026, 2027: Keith and Michael
- 2023 Election for 2024, 2025, 2026: Don
- 2022 Election for 2023, 2024, 2025: David and Peter
- Mail out 2027 Annual Letter, Ballots, Treasurer’s report, 2026 Rules and Regulations
- Determine date for 2026 Annual Meeting
Marina Financial Update
- Review late annual assessment list
- Review the Marina Monthly Budget spreadsheet
- Provide Slip transactions update
- Slips sold
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- New Slip Owner addresses
- Welcome email sent to new Slip Owners (David)
- Add email to Constant Contact List (Don)
- Slip sales – totals
- 2026 – 4ea (F-10, F-11, F-15, H-9)
- 2025 – 9ea
- 2024 – 11ea
- 2023 – 10ea
- 2022 – 21ea
Marina Replacement Committee – MRC
- Reviewing Capital Improvement loan information with banks
- Marina Replacement proposals
- previous proposal August 2020 at $3.8M by Dissen & Juhn/Meeco Sullivan
- previous proposal May 2023 at $4.35M by Dissen & Juhn/Meeco Sullivan
- 2026 proposal; January 2026 $4.7M by Dissen & Juhn/Meeco Sullivan
- Draft a shorter Marina Replacement Survey on potential way forward
- Prepare planning and program timeline of Marina Replacement; e.g. State and Federal permits, bank loans, Slip Owner assessments, etc.
Marina Maintenance Update
- Completed Maintenance
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- Cut down dead tree and trimmed trees around Marina building and parking lot
- Secured Slip A-12 float under finger pier
- PJ (Carpenter) completed all 2025 dock repairs – floats; triangles, aluminum covering (budgeted for 2026 repairs)
- Secured and refurbishing Summer buoys and chains
- New and Ongoing Maintenance
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- Conduct safety inspection and maintenance repairs of docks and Marina in March
- Re-trim around Marina basin
- Conduct dump run
- Replace Pedestal and Marina Office building light bulbs
- PJ (carpentry) conduct dock repairs starting in March
- Water to the docks turn-on scheduled for week of April 13-17
- Turn water on to Marina Office week of April 13-17
- Put out Summer buoys in April
Marina Business Update
- Previous Business
- 2025 Marina incidents
- Boat accidents in Marina – 3ea in 2025.
- F-42 boating accident – did not find boat that was involved in accident
- Renewing 2026 contracts
- Updating master files and display board
- 2025 Marina incidents
- New and Ongoing Business
- Selection of new Dock Boxes for Marina – former business does not make dock boxes any longer
- Dockmaster Tom returns for 2026 boating season late April
- Signed 2026 landscape contract with Rowe Property Maintenance – same scope of items and same price as previous two years; $4,150
- Slips for Rent and Sale on Marina website
- 11 x Slips for Rent; B-32 $5,750, C-11 $5,500, C-21 $6,000, E-1 $5,800, E-4 $5,800, F-2 $5,200, F-13 $5,100, F-31 $5,000, G-22 $5,700, G-33 $6,000.
- 5 x Slips for Sale; A-6 $67.5K, C-5 $65.9; C-13 $59.9K, F-22 $64.9K, H-9 $62K
- Constant Contact emails to send out
- Marina dredging update
- Marina Board election email
- Spring update
- MRC survey/update
- Marina Dredge Update
- New dredge period September – December 2026
- Dredge Permit Consultant;, Verdantas – David Small, PE, and Savannah Budka, EiT
- Dredge Company – Clarke Droney, Millville, DE
- Locked in for dredging work September – December 2026
- Develop and sign contract
- Dredge material spoil site – Land owner – Chris Magee, Frankford, DE
- Locked in for disposal site for September – December 2026
- Contracted on April 3, 2025, deposit of $10K
- Price is $10 per yd. (4,000 yds. x $10 = $40K)
- Provided a $10K down payment
- Price is $45 ($55) per yd. (4,000 yds. x $45 ($55) = $180,000 ($220,000).
- State and Federal Permits submitted. Federal permit approved, awaiting State permit approval.
- Conduct bathymetric study in 2026 at the conclusion of dredging
- Annual meeting – TBD
Future Business
- Spring 2026 – Host Delaware Boater Safety Course by the USCG Auxiliary Indian River Station. Cost is $20 per student. Include an Indian River Inlet familiarization portion for new Owners/Renters. POC Slip G-10 Renter – USCGA
- Bay Colony Lot L-22 landscape agreement
Next Monthly Board meetings and Special Board Meeting;
- March 17, Tuesday, 10:00AM, Special meeting with Dissen & Junn
- March 31, Tuesday, 9:00AM, Board meeting
- April 28, Tuesday, 9:00AM, Board meeting
- May 26, Tuesday, 9:00AM, Board meeting
- June 30, Tuesday, 9:00AM, Board meeting
- July 28, Tuesday, 9:00AM, Board meeting
- August 25, Tuesday, 9:00AM, Board meeting
Next Marina Replacement Committee (MRC) Meeting; TBD