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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAg & Extention Committee 04-03-1996REVISED ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Robert M. Boche, Chairman St. ^Croix County Board FROM: Vern Dull, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Extension Ag Committee/Resource & Education Committee DATE: April 3, 1996 TIME: 12:30 p.m. LOCATION: Ag Center, Baldwin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - Ag Center Space Issue AG AGENT'S REPORT - Educational Activity Update 4-H & YOUTH AGENT'S REPORT - 4-H Summer Assistant. Interviews - Family Peacemaking Camp - Ambassador Fundraising Effort for Float - Plat Book Board Presentations RESOURCE AGENT'S REPORT Development Plan Survey Planning Workshops Small Business Counseling Groundwater Protect Grant NEW BUSINESS: ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: FAMILY LIVING AGENT'S REPORT - Osteoporosis Training - Two -Day Health Inservice - Home Decorating Workshop - Master Food Preservers - Grant Applications - Schools Study of Youth by Search Institute - Positive Parenting Curriculum PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT - Tire & Appliance Roundup - Landfill Well Abandonment ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Lee Milligan DATE: March 27, 1996 COPIES TO: County Board Office County Clerk News Media/Notice Board Committee Members ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Robert M. Boche, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Vern Dull, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Extension Ag Committee/Resource & Education Committee DATE: April 3, 1996 TIME: 12:30 p.m. LOCATION: Ag Center, Baldwin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - Ag Center Space Issue AG AGENT'S REPORT - Educational Activity Update 4-H & YOUTH AGENT'S REPORT - 4-H Summer Assistant Interviews - Family Peacemaking Camp - Ambassador Fundraising Effort for Float - Plat Book Board Presentations RESOURCE AGENT'S REPORT - Development Plan Survey - Planning Workshops - Small Business Counseling - Groundwater Project Grant NEW BUSINESS: ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: FAMILY LIVING AGENT'S REPORT - Osteoporosis Training - Two -Day Health Inservice - Home Decorating Workshop - Master Food Preservers - Grant Applications - Schools Study of Youth by Search Institute - Positive Parenting Curriculum ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Lee Milligan DATE: March 20, 1996 COPIES TO: County Board Office County Clerk News Media/Notice Board Committee Members Ag & Extension/Resource & Education Committee April 3, 1996 (revised copy) Ag Center Present: Vern Dull, Tom Dorsey, Ronald Raymond, Art Jensen, Chris Bethke, Lee Milligan, Jim Janke, Mary Lestrud, Kim Reaman, John Mortensen, Dave Sanders, Bob Heise, Chuck Christenson. Chairman Dull called the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m. Date of next meeting was set for Tuesday, May 7 at 12:30 p.m. Jensen moved that the agenda be adopted as presented, seconded by Bethke. Motion carried. Dorsey moved that the previous meeting's minutes be approved, seconded by Jensen. Motion carried. Bethke moved that the vouchers be approved, seconded by Raymond. Motion carried. Administrative Report The Ag Center space issue was discussed. Capital outlay and annual operating costs were reviewed. Extension and LCD staff were directed to refine the numbers. The Committee discussed the Village of Baldwin's proposal for a 10- year lease at $7.00 square foot with improvements not to exceed $75,000. Questions were raised regarding the $75,000 limit on improvements. The staff was directed to seek information from the Village of Baldwin regarding the issue if the $75,000 will cover needed building improvements and have it meet American Disability Act provisions. Information is needed by April 11. Resource Agent's Report The tabulation of the Development Plan Survey has begun for all the groups. The development industry and local government groups are completed. Janke distributed an example of how the date for each group will be graphed for the survey questions. Workshops related to land use planning issues are scheduled for April 10, April 13, and April 20. Five small business owners received management assistance during the past month. Another session is scheduled for April 8. Janke and Charles Rader of the UW-River Falls Geography Department submitted a grant proposal to the US EPA for $228,000 over a two- year period to analyze the usefulness of various models being used to assess groundwater vulnerability to contamination. Aq Agent's Report Milligan taught a pesticide applicators training class with 43 farmers in attendance. There is a significant increase in the -- -2- number of farmers scheduling a time to take the test at the Extension Office rather than attending the training session. Milligan participated in the Ag Source (formerly Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Association) annual meeting and banquet. A 4-H parent and Milligan have begun working on developing a leadership team for a farm safety activity for youth. This may take a year to develop. A number of graziers met with Milligan to develop their summer educational activities. There are six.pasture walks or meetings scheduled. A group of eight large dairy herd operators asked Milligan to help them organize into a group that meets ten to 12 times per year. The purpose of the group is to provide Milligan educational opportunities to address issues unique to large dairy operations. Milligan is helping the group organize. Milligan has worked with a dairy producer in the development of a corn silage research plot. Two additional research plots are being developed. They focus on the need for corn starter fertilizer and no -till soybean production management practices. The collection of financial data for the Dairy Farm Business Analysis program continued in March. About 30 dairy producers will be participating this year. Farm visits include farm financial management, dairy and swine expansion, dairy housing, and crop production issues. Milligan coordinated and taught a forage production seminar. Twenty producers and agribusiness people participated. The focus was on corn silage and harvesting alfalfa. Milligan coordinated a dairy nutrition roundtable for dairy nutritionists serving St. Croix and Polk counties. The roundtable focused on current dairy nutrition issues including, forage quality, mycotoxin problems in feed and the use of feed additives. 4-H Agent's Report 4-H Summer Assistant Interviews -- Reaman met with Deb Kathan to review the applications and select candidates to be interviewed by the Extension Education Committee. Three candidates will be interviewed by the Extension Education Committee. Three candidates will be interviewed on April 12. Family Peacemaking Camp -- A Family Camp will be offered this fall for families who want to develop skills in handling disagreements. Reaman will be contacting civic organizations, businesses, and Department of Human Services to explore the possibility of -3- financial sponsorship for the camp. Plat Book Bid Presentations -- The St. Croix County 4-H Leaders' Council signed a bid for the 1996 plat book printing with Cloud Cartographics. New features will include color in maps and advertising, an additional map page for each township and a school district and 4-H club page. Ad sales will begin the middle of April. Family Living Agent's Report Mary has been teaching information to county women regarding osteoporosis. Four meetings were held. One in four women will get osteoporosis during their lifetime, often causing their death. This program focused on prevention of the disease from childhood through old age. Mary attended a two-day training in Stevens Point with three HCE members, to learn options for educational programs and community outreach. There is interest in purchasing a puppet -based curriculum to be used by HCE retired women trainees who would teach 2nd graders throughout the county in alcohol and drug prevention, child abuse prevention, and good decisionmaking. Master food Preservers will be recertified in May. Mary is working on several grants for community projects. The Legion has donated $800 toward Reading Festival expenses, and a grant will be pursued for balance of budget. The BW Communities that Care is applying for approximately $20,000 for a Title 5 Juvenile Delinquency Prevention grant which will focus on Extension and other community prevention work. FNP grant is also due this month. Martha's work as Extension's Family Nutrition Educator has been very successful in reaching out to families on limited income within St. Croix County. She has found many families who run out of money for food before the end of the month. Martha has made preliminary plans to teach at several senior citizen meal sites, and at the County Jail and JOBS sites in the area of financial management. Planning Department's Report Fodroczi introduced himself and Hayducsko to the Committee. He summarized his previous conversation with Chairman Dull about the transition of recycling/solid waste program activities to the Resource and Education Committee. They agreed that a complete review of programs, budget and staffing should be deferred until the Committee is reorganized, however, there were outstanding bills and two program activities that should be handled at this meeting. Fodroczi reviewed a list of March vouchers totalling $2,700.56 -4- Jensen moved that the vouchers be approved as presented. Bethke seconded the motion. Motion carried. Tire/Appliance Roundu s Hayducsko presented a photocopy of the "Your Wasteline" newsletter to highlight the details of the upcoming tire and appliance roundups. Tires will be collected from April 19th through May 4th at 24 sites throughout the County, sponsored and staffed by local communities. The program is paid for by a $31,000 grant from the DNR and fees paid by the residents for each tire. A county -wide meeting was held to brief local site managers of program procedures. The tires will be collected and shredded by BFI for use as supplemental fuel in one of two power plants. _ Hayducsko said that household appliances will be collected at four different sites on April 20th and 27th. The City of New Richmond and Village of Baldwin will host sites on the 20th, and the Towns of Hudson and Somerset will host sites on the 27th. All sites are open to any County residents. J.R.'s Appliance Disposal will process and recycle all appliances from the program. Landfill Well Abandonment Hayducsko reported on a well abandonment process for four wells established by the County for an ash monofill that was considered as part of the waste -to -energy project. The previous Waste Management Committee authorized the capping of the wells once the County was relieved of its responsibilities for the waste -to -energy facility. The wells were to be capped by the Environmental Drilling Division, Boart Longyear Company of Schofield, Wisconsin at a cost of $4,150. Bethke moved to adjourn. carried. Art Jensen Secretary ME Dorsey seconded the motion. Motion