HomeMy WebLinkAboutLand Conservation - Resource & Education Committee 08-19-1996ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Robert Boche, Chairman
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Tom Dorsey, Chairman
Vern Dull, Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: Land Conservation/Ag Extension
Resource & Education Committee
DATE: August 19, 1996
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
LOCATION: Ag Center, Baldwin
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS:
1997 Budget Development and Approval
Land Conservation
Ag Extension
Planning
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY; Charles Christenson
Lee Milligan
Dave Fodroczi
DATE; August 6, 1996
COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA/NOTICE BOARD
COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS
* ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS/CHANGES
Convened: 9:05 a.m.
Adjourned: 10:45 a.m.
ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND CONSERVATION/AG EXTENSION
RESOURCE & EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Agricultural Center, Baldwin, WI
August 19, 1996
Members Present: Chris Bethke, Tom Dorsey, Vernon Dull, Art
Jensen, Ron Raymond, Jim Cody
Members Absent: None
Staff Present: County Conservationist -Charles Christenson,
County Agriculture Agent -Lee Milligan, County 4-H & Youth Agent -Kim
Reaman, LCD Secretary -Arlene Lier
Meeting called to order by Ag Extension Chair Vern Dull.
Raymond made motion to adopt agenda. Jensen seconded. Carried.
LAND CONSERVATION
Christenson presented 1997 budget for review:
Computer proposal - Discussed installation cost of ISDN phone line
to Hudson Government Center ($12,664) versus server capacity
upgrade ($21,659). Raymond commented that server upgrade for
entire land information automation would cost 2.7 million dollars.
LCC recommended the ISDN phone line ($12,664).
Glen Hills Watershed - Engineering services - cost $1,750 to
establish bench marks for survey and engineering for breach route
studies.
Breach route studies for flood plain zoning - 6 at $12,500 per plan
_ $75,000.
Warning system on Structure #2 = $13,500.
Breach route studies on Structures 1, 2 and 3 should be done at one
time = $37,500. Already done on 4 structures.
Have until January 1999 to do Structure #3. Structure #2 has to be
done now due to new house located downstream of dam.
Emergency action plan will be developed from breach route studies.
Dorsey made motion to adjust budget to do the three breach route
studies for Structures 1, 2 and 3 ($37,500) plus structure #2
signal ($13,500). Bethke seconded. Carried.
Raymond made motion recommending flood plain zoning moratorium for
referral to the Zoning Committee. Cody seconded. Carried.
Christenson presented LCD net budget - $156,498. This figure does
not include the Glen Hills addition. Commented that Department is
doing technical service for townships, villages, etc. Proposed
service charge will be $22.00/hour for the time and notification be
given of the charge. This proposal to be adopted for 1997.
Motion by Jensen to approve the budgets as submitted, including
additional Glen Hills funds of $51,750 plus $156,498. Bethke
seconded. Carried.
AG -EXTENSION
Milligan presented the UW-Extension budget. The salary line item
reflects a 5.1% increase in agent salaries, an $80/year increase in
office chair salary and $245 for a faculty promotion in 1997.
Agent salary increases for 1994 and 1995 were 1.9% and 0.9%
respectively.
A new computer is requested to replace one that is unreliable. It
has been fixed many times and Computer Services staff indicate it
is only a matter of time before it goes down at which time it will
be unrepairable.
The total operating budget is the same as 1996.
Raymond moved to adopt the 1997 UW-Extension budget as presented.
Dorsey seconded. Motion carried.
AG BUILDING
Christenson reported that building space will be a separate budget
item. Projected costs are $115,998 if we move to new building and
$161,255 if we stay at current building. We do not have figures
yet on the actual lease costs for a new building. Dorsey stated
decision should be based on which building provides better service
to the public. Suggested meeting with Rich Loney (Finance
Department) on the budget format.
Dull made motion to adjourn meeting at 10:45 a.m. Jensen seconded.
Carried.
Vernon Dull
Secretary
By Arlene Lier