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NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
ST. CROIX COUNTY AGRICULTURE & EXTENSION COMMITTEE
January 2, 9:00 a.m.
Agricultural Service and Education Center
1960 a Ave., Baldwin, WI
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
DATE OF NEXT MEETING — February 6, 2007
APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT:
• Federal Budget
• State Budget Report
• County Budget Report
• WACEC
• Personnel
o Department Head — approval of shared leadership roles
• Strategic Planning
• Other Administrative Items
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS:
AGENT'S REPORTS:
Resource Agent
• Pete Kling
Ag Agent
• Lee Milligan
- Update and Approve Agricultural Agent Position Description
- Ag Educational Activities
Family Living
• Joan Sprain
- Plan of Work
4 -H Youth Development
• Kimberly Reaman
ADJOURN
SUBMITTED BY: Kimberly Reaman
DATE: December 20, 2006
Copies to: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA/NOTICE BOARD
COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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Ag Extension Committee Minutes
January 2, 2007
Agricultural Service and Education Enter Convened: 9:05 a.m.
Baldwin, WI Adjourned: 10:45 a.m.
Present: Ronald Raymond, Lois Burri, Bill Peavey, Gene Ruetz, Sharon Norton - Bauman, Lee
Milligan, Pete Kling, Kimberly Reaman, Joan Sprain, and Mary Lestrud
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Raymond.
Date of next meeting was set for February 6, 2007
Norton- Bauman moved that the agenda be adopted as presented.
Peavey seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Peavey moved that the previous meeting's minutes be approved.
Burri seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Burri moved that the vouchers be approved.
Peavey seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Administrative Report
Federal Budget —no report.
State Budget —no report
County Budget
• Reaman reported on the status of the 2006 budget.
WACEC — Joan Sprain reported that the District WACEC meeting will be Friday January 26 at
the Sleep Inn Conference Center near Chippewa Falls. Burri, Norton- Bauman, and Sprain will be
attending. (Sprain will drive, picking up Norton - Bauman in Hudson at 8:00 a.m. and Burri at the
office in Baldwin at 8:30 a.m.).
The State WACEC Convention will be in Madison March 26 -28 Registrations are due
February 26 Legislative visits will be a part of the program and will be scheduled by staff.
Decisions regarding who will attend will be made at the February Committee meeting.
Personnel:
• Reaman reviewed the shared leadership roles for the Department Head position. Motion
by Ruetz, second by Burri to approve the shared leadership roles as presented by the
agents. Motion passed.
4 -H Youth Development Report
Reaman announced that the State 4 -H Livestock Specialist will be teaching a Meat Animal
Quality Assurance Training for adults in February. The purpose of Meat Animal Quality
Assurance is to ensure a safe and wholesome meat product for consumers and the topic is this
session will be on care and management.
Reaman will be working with the Dunn County 4 -H Agent to develop a D2L course for 4 -H club
leaders. The on -line, web based course will feature monthly topics that are relevant to the 4 -H
club leadership team. This is a new delivery method for volunteer leadership development and
may be expanded to include volunteers from other youth organizations.
This month, current 4 -H project leaders will be surveyed to identify topics they would like to
receive training on. Based upon the results Reaman will develop face to face workshops around
those topics.
Agricultural Agent Report
Milligan reviewed an updated position description for the St. Croix County UW- Extension
agriculture agent. Peavey moved to accept the position description for the St. Croix County UW-
Extension Agriculture Agent. Burri second. Motion carried.
Milligan discussed the educational programming areas to address in 2007. The Committee
provided input into the areas for Milligan to address. He will focus on farm management, dairy
and livestock management, forages, and corn/soybeans. Energy will be a component of several
of these issues. Milligan will be attending a state UW Extension energy conference this spring
designed as an inservice for agriculture agents.
Family Living Agent Report
Joan passed out a calendar of family living educational programs based on her Plan of Work.
Chair moved to adjourn.
Respectively submitted,
Eugene Ruetz
Secretary
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