Canyon Lake Merchants Association approves budget and retains officers

The Canyon Lake Merchants Association approved its proposed annual budget and retained the existing officer slate during its biannual meeting, while also identifying follow-up work on town-center maintenance and communications.

Jordan Collum, who introduced himself as the association secretary, moved to approve the budget after a brief line-by-line review and member questions. "So I'll make a motion to approve the budget," Collum said; the motion was seconded and passed with no recorded opposition. Treasurer Lynette Gibson had earlier distributed the proposed budget worksheets and described the figures as estimates.

The budget discussion included questions about a maintenance-supplies line that members said had decreased in 2024 and then risen to the current figure; board members noted that one-off costs from the 2024 repaving (replacement of parking bump stops and signage) contributed to the change. The board confirmed routine landscaping and extra slope/tree work are budgeted separately.

On governance, the association reviewed a legible copy of its bylaws that the clerk had obtained. With no nominations from the floor, a motion to retain the current five officers as the status quo was made and seconded; no members objected and the officers retained their posts. Jordan Collum and others encouraged members to submit formal concerns by email to the association account so items can be added to future agendas.

The board closed the session by identifying next steps — finalizing a map of common dumpsters and streetlight pole numbers, inventorying outages, and convening a walk-through to set short-term parking for school pickup — and scheduled a follow-up meeting for July. The meeting adjourned at 6:08 PM.

The association did not record formal roll-call tallies in the minutes beyond noting no opposition to the motions on the floor.