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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAg & Extention Committee 12-03-1996ST. 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: December 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 - 1997 Office Chair Appointment - District 8 WACEC Meeting Date Change PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT - 1996 Tire Grant - Position Statement and Resolution On The Source and Level of Funding For Recycling AG AGENT'S REPORT - Winter Education Programs NEW BUSINESS RESOURCE AGENT'S REPORT - Business Management Counseling - Visual Assessment Project - Economic Analysis Project - Ag Clean Sweep Bill 4-11 & YOUTH AGENT'S REPORT - State Policy Committee - Club Meetings - Harmony Hills - Quarterly Project Leader Newsletter - National 4-H Agent's Conference ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Lee Milligan DATE: November 19, 1996 COPIES TO: County Board Office News Media/Notice Board County Clerk Committee Members EXTENSION AG COMMITTEE/RESOURCE & EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING December 3, 1996 Ag Center, Baldwin Convened: 12:30 p.m. Adjourned: 2:1 5 p.m_ Present: Vern Dull, Leon Berenschot, Ronald Raymond, Art Jensen, Chris Bethke, George Hayducsko, Lee Milligan, Jim Janke, Kim Reaman, and Mike Perkl, Western District Director. The meeting was called to order at 12:30 p.m. Date of next meeting was set for Tuesday, January 7 at 12:30 p.m. Bethke moved that the agenda be adopted as presented. Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried. Berenschot moved that the previous meeting's minutes be approved. bethke seconded the motion. Motion carried. Bethke moved that the vouchers be approved. Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried. Administrative Report Milligan indicated a desire to step down from the office chair role. The agents support Kim Reaman as a replacement for Milligan in this role. Mike Perkl discussed the office chair responsibilities. Berenschot moved to appoint Kim Reaman as office chair for 1997. Bethke seconded the motion. Motion carried. Perkl discussed the performance review process. The committee chose to have the agents prepare a written summary of their previous year's activities and distribute to committee in January. Perkl, agents, and committee members will meet February 4 for the review. Berenschot moved to transfer $1000 from instructional aid line item and S900 from 4-H expense line item to the new equipment line item to purchase a computer to replace the 4-H agent's outdated computer. It meets the county's PC computer standards. Bethke seconded the motion. Motion carried. The District 8 WACEC annual meeting date has been moved to Thursday_ . March 14 at Jake's Supper Club, Menomonie. Planning Department Report Hayducsko reviewed a list of November vouchers totalling $297.10. Behtke moved that the November vouchers be approved as presented. Berenschot seconded the motion. Motion carried. Tire Program Hayducsko reported that the County received a DNR grant which helped cover all the Tire Program cost. Hayducsko will reconfirm the grant amount with the DNR. Resolution Requesting That the State Of Wisconsin Continue Financial Support to Responsible Units for Recycling Hayducsko reviewed the highlights of the resolution. Hayducsko indicated that if the funding to responsible units ended after 1999 the State would be imposing another unfunded mandate on municipalities. The resolution states that "the State of Wisconsin maintain funding for Responsible Units for recycling after 1999 and for so long as the State imposed ban on the disposal of common recyclables in state landfills and incinerators remains." Hayducsko indicated that there is a temporary recycling surcharge on businesses to help fund the State's recycling program. The resolution states that "the State of Wisconsin generate state funding for recycling from revenue sources which are more directly related to the production and disposal of waste such as a tipping fee surcharge." Berenschot moved to approve the resolution as drafted. Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried. Ag Agent's Report Milligan participated in the 1996 Pesticide Management Update meeting, Four -state Dairy Conference and All Faculty Conference. Milligan has worked with individuals on farm business decisions (short and long-range plans), animal housing and dairy nutrition. Educational programs for January through April include farm financial management programs for beginners and advanced, dairy feeding and health, crop management update, dairy and grain marketing, pesticide training, ag lenders conference, and the Master Gardener program. Tentative plans for the remainder of the year include programs on precision ag farming, farm financial management, and crop and dairy updates. Resource Agent's Report Small Business Management Counseling sessions are scheduled for Monday, December 9 at the Government Center. All appointment times have been filled and an additional date has been scheduled for December 17. The Visual Assessment Survey session was held at UW-River Falls with the 29 participants from the Vision Development Workshop. Seventeen people returned cameras. About half the Photos were used as examples of positive or negative land uses in the county. Participants were asked to vote on including or excluding particular photos. This project will be used to help develop the goals and the objectives for the County Development Plan. It is one part of the public participation program, which includes the issues identification workshop, opinion surveys, and the vision workshop. Janke presented an analysis of the role of agricultural processing businesses in the overall county economy as requested by the Committee. The agricultural production sector generates $40 million of net income. Ag processing manufacturing contributes an additional $8 million income. Ag processing has the highest income multiplier of any type of manufacturing in the county. The total income multiplier is slightly over 2.00, which means that the $8 million doubles to $16 million as money earned through agricultural processing plants is spent within the county economy. 4-H Agent's Report State 4-H Policy Committee -- Several policies are being written to be implemented state- wide. The policies are being developed to pro%ide consistency within the Wisconsin 4-H Program across all counties and will be phased in over the next couple years. Policies placed in effect this fall include minimum requirements for a 4-H Club, several safety issues regarding use of protective gear in high risk activities like ATV, horse riding, and adventure ropes programs. Policies in draft form being discussed currently include age for membership, and the age of members eligible to participate in large animal projects. These two policies will affect St. Croix County as the age of membership will need to be lowered to 6 as of September 1 from the current 7 as of January 1 and the age of members eligible for large animal projects will need to be raised from 7 as of January I to 9 as of September 1. 4-H Club Meeting -- Reaman attended the Harmony Hills 4-H Club Meeting to discuss adult leadership options as Sue Gessler has resigned as the organizational leader. Sue has been the organizational club leader for 14 years and is needing a change in her role. She will continue to be active in the club in other ways and available to help the new organizational leader(s) out. Margaret Ohman and Wendy Brandt have agreed to split the organizational leader responsibilities. Quarterly Project Leader Newsletter -- Last winter, the 4-H Leaders' Council identified well trained adult volunteers working with 4-H members as a priority. Educational programs in subject matter training and positive youth development practices will continue to be offered. In addition, a quarterly newsletter will be written and mailed to all project leaders. The newsletter will contain tips on how to plan a successful project meeting, where to look for additional resources and ideas, teaching techniques and working with members. National 4-H Agents Conference -- Reaman attended the National Meeting in Michigan last month. The attended sessions on facilitating group discussions, a financial management program for teens, making 4-H teen friendly and the changing roles of 4-H volunteers. She will be using many of the leadership activities she learned with the Ambassadors and Junior Leaders. Reaman will also explore the possibility of collaborating with the schools and other youth serving agencies to conduct a Welcome to the Real World weekend where participants would experience the financial ins and outs of what it's like to be out in the world working on your own. Plat Book Update -- The mock up plat book was received in the UWEX Office November 21 for proofing. The township map pages were mailed to township clerks to be proofed. All except one township map has been returned to the UWEX Office. Upon receipt of that map, the mock up book will be returned to Cloud Cartographics for corrections and final printing. The book should be available before Christmas. Jensen moved to adjourn. Bethke seconded the motion. Motion carried. Respectfiilly submitted, Art J nseh Secre mh