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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Clarence Malick, Chairman
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Ronald Raymond, Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: Agriculture & Extension Committee
DATE: January 3, 2006
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
LOCATION: Agricultural Services & Education Center, 1960 8 th Ave., Baldwin, WI
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
ACTION ON VOUCHERS
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
• Federal Budget Report
• State Budget Report
• County Budget Report
• WACEC
• Agents Performance Reviews
Agent Reports presented as time allows.
WNEP COORDINATOR
RESOURCE AGENT'S REPORT
• Hudson Downtown Parking Study
• Survey Projects: Star Prairie, Emerald, Hudson
• Comprehensive Planning Workshop
• Town of Troy Request for Assistance
• Legislative Call Trip Dates
• Small Business Management Counseling
AG AGENT'S REPORT
• Milk Money
• Compost Dairy Barn Tour
• Low Cost Parlor Design Meeting
• Dairy Outlook Meeting
• Ag Lender's Conference
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• Growing Wisconsin Farmer's Conference
• Dairy Road Show
• Pesticide Applicator Training
• Nutrient Management Planning Meeting
• Building A Vision
• Swine Workshop
4 -H YOUTH AGENT'S REPORT
No Report
NEW BUSINESS:
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order.)
SUBMITTED BY: Kim Reaman
DATE: December 21, 2005
COPIES TO: County Board Office
County Clerk
News Media/Notice Board
Committee Members
MINUTES
AGRICULTURE AND EXTENSION COMMITTEE
Agricultural Service & Education Center
Convened: 9 a.m.
Adjourned: 10:5o a.m.
Present: Ronald Raymond, Jan Zoerb (excused), Lois Burri, Bill Peavey, Gene Ruetz
(excused for late arrival, arrived at 10:15 a.m.), Lee Milligan, James Janke, Kimberly
Reaman.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Raymond.
Date of next meeting was set for February 7, 2006.
Burri 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 — Discussion occurred regarding the reference to UW- Extension in
the Administration Committee Minutes. Urged staff to consider how the relevancy of
UW- Extension programs is communicated and the contribution of the local programs
to the county.
Agent Performance Reviews — Mike Perld, Western District Director will be
invited to the March 7th meeting to participate in the reviews.
WACEC - Janke shared information about the Public Leadership Development
Conference (PILD), which will be held in Arlington, Virginia from April 24 -27, 20o6.
The Western District Office is seeking a participant from Extension Committees in the
Third Congressional District. WACEC will pay expenses.
4 -H Youth Development Agent's Report - No Report
Agricultural Agent's Report
Milligan coordinated an educational tour to western Minnesota to see compost dairy
barns. Over 15o dairy producers, builders, educators and lenders from western
Wisconsin participated in the tour. One St. Croix County producer has already
received a bid from a local builder for building a compost barn. Seventy-one producers
indicated in an evaluation they would use the information from this tour to help them
decide if they should use this type of housing in the future.
Milligan also taught a session on compost barns at the Low Cost Parlor Conference II
in Menomonie to 44 producers.
Upcoming educational events include the Dairy Outlook Meeting, Ag Lenders
Conference, Dairy Road Show, Pesticide Applicators Training Sessions, and Nutrient
Management Plan workshop.
Resource Agent's Report
The work is wrapping up on the Hudson Downtown Parking Study with some follow -
up telephone calls to downtown businesses who responded to the written
questionnaire.
Janke is working on public opinion survey development projects in the Town of Star
Prairie, Emerald, and the City of Hudson as part of their comprehensive planning
projects.
Janke distributed brochures for the upcoming comprehensive planning workshop on
January 25. The main topic is the continuing role and responsibilities of plan
commissions in addition to developing a comprehensive plan. This is the first of a
series of workshops aimed at plan commission members and local elected officials.
Future programs will be held every other month except in the summer through the
rest of 2006.
The Troy Town Chairman requested Extension assistance to better understand the
advantages and disadvantages of planning and encouraging commercial development
in the town. Janke and Alicia Cosgrove will have a workshop with the Town Plan
Commission and Town Board in a joint meeting.
The St. Croix Valley legislative call trip is scheduled for March 8 -9.
During December Janke had 7 contacts with small business owners. For the year
2005 the total number of contacts was 87. The next business counseling sessions are
scheduled for Jan 18 at the Government Center in Hudson.
Peavey moved to adjourn. Burri seconded.
Respectively submitted,
Eugene Ruetz
Secretary