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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAg & Extension 12-02-03 ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Clarence Malick, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Chris Bethke, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Extension Ag Committee/Resource & Education Committee DATE: December 2, 2003 TIME: 12:30 p.m. LOCATION: Agricultural Services & Education Center 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 • Personnel • WACEC • Coop -Cog Plan PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT • Newsletter Printing Proposals • 2004 Collection Events • Parks - Recycling Committee Transfer Update AG AGENT'S REPORT • Farm Analysis and Management Pilot Project • Farm Technology Days Planning- Chippewa 2004 • Milk Money Program • District Meeting • Fair Building Task Force • Fertilizer Dealer Update • AAIMS Workshop • State Ag Agent Conference • Winter 2004 Meetings • Individual Contacts 1 RESOURCE AGENT'S REPORT • New Richmond Business Market Analysis • Small Business Management Education • Comprehensive Planning Education 4 -11 YOUTH AGENT'S REPORT • Authorization for Camp Checking Account FAMILY LIVING AGENT'S REPORT • Family Resource Center - Children's Holiday Shopping Spree - 500 Hands for Children Campaign • Statewide Family Living Meeting • HCE: Program Planning for 2004 • Nutrition Program Update NEW BUSINESS: ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order.) SUBMITTED BY: Kim Reaman DATE: November 19, 2003 COPIES TO: County Board Office County Clerk News Media/Notice Board Committee Members 2 AG & EXTENSION /RESOURCE & EDUCATION/PLANNING COMMITTEE Tuesday, December 2, 2003 Ag Services & Education Center, Baldwin Convened: 12:30 p.m. Adjourned: 2:00 p.m. Present: Ronald Raymond, Art Jensen, Chris Bethke, Lois Burn, Lee Milligan, Jim Janke, Jennifer Havens, and Mary Lestrud Absent: Leon Berenschot, Dave Fodroczi, Kimberly Reaman, and Jon Behling The meeting was called to order by Chairman Chris Bethke at 12:30 p.m. Date of next meeting was set for Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 12:30 p.m. Lois Burn moved that the agenda be adopted as presented. Art Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried. Art Jensen moved that the previous meeting's minutes be approved. Ronald Raymond seconded the motion. Motion carried. Ronald Raymond moved that the vouchers be approved. Lois Burri seconded the motion. Motion carried. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT Federal Budget Update —No report. State Budget Update— No report. County Budget —No report. WACEC Update —No report. PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT Havens presented a list of bills in the amount of $118.61. The motion was made by Raymond, seconded by Jensen to approve the list of bills as presented. Motion carried. Recycling Program Report: Havens updated the committee on the progress of the cell phone collection program. To date, over 200 phones have been collected. St Croix County has received $146.00 from Charitable Recycling so far and expects another shipment and payment after the first of the year. Committee members asked staff to provide posters to members as needed for advertising of the program in local town halls and libraries. Staff agreed and will make posters available. Havens also reported that planning for "Magic of Recycling" show is moving forward with Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin and Pierce Counties. Fifty -two shows have been booked so far in the region. Havens presented an addendum to the original Recycling Cooperative Agreement that extends the program opportunities, duties and responsibilities to Pierce County, WI. The motion was made by Raymond, seconded by Burn to approve the addendum. Motion carried. 1 Newsletter Printing Proposals: Havens presented ten proposals received for the production and printing of the St Croix County Your Wasteline recycling newsletter for 2004 and 2005. Havens discussed each proposal and recommended that the committee select either River Valley Printing or Resco Print Graphics based on meeting the proposal specifications, design capabilities, service, proximity and cost requirements. A motion was made by Raymond that the committee would accept either River Valley Printing or Resco Print Graphics and would leave the option to staff as long as the selection criteria met the requirements for county bidding requirements. The motion was seconded by Burri. Motion carried. Staff discussed the proposals and county bidding requirements and has chosen Resco Print Graphics. 2004 Collection Events: Havens discussed the 2004 collection events and recommended extending contracts with the following vendors for their services: Northwest Regional Planning Commission (Clean Sweep events), Kleenair (Electronics), and Greenman Technologies (Tires). The cost for electronics will be the same or slightly less in 2004 based on current negotiations about a regional electronics recycling contract that would include St Croix County. Greenman Technologies will charge $155 /ton for tires, which is the same as 2003 rates, but will be increasing their grapple fee from $250 to $300. A motion was made by Burn to extend contracts with these vendors, seconded by Jensen. Motion carried. Staff is in the process of creating a Request for Proposals for appliance collections in 2004. The RFP will go out in mid - December and proposals will be discussed at the January committee meeting. Parks - Recycling Committee Transfer Update: Havens reported that the Administration committee was meeting today (December 2' ) and they will further discuss the transfer. Staff will update the committee when more information is available. RESOURCE AGENT'S REPORT Janke distributed a copy of the recently completed New Richmond Business Market Analysis. The next step is for the local committee to devise an action plan to start implementation of the recommendations in the analysis. The latest comprehensive planning workshop was held on November 19. The content focused on the housing element and intergovernmental cooperation element. The next workshop will be held in the late winter and will focus on implementation of comprehensive plans. The Town of Baldwin's comprehensive plan open house was held on November 13. The Small Business Development Center is initiated the search for a new director at UW -River Falls. One of the campus faculty has volunteered to provide management counseling with Janke on December 19. Janke also counseled two prospective businesses during November. 2 Over 70 households participated in the Drinking Water Program in Star Prairie and Stanton. The education program will be presented on December 10. Preliminary results show only two samples with high nitrate levels. Metals and triazine test results are not yet available. AGRICULTURE AGENT'S REPORT Milligan participated in the Ag Lenders Conference Planning Committee. The program is set for January 14, 2004. Milligan is developing a Farm Financial Analysis curriculum. The curriculum will be piloted December 4. Milligan met with the Fair Building Task Force regarding the 4 -H dairy barn design. The District Ag Agent meeting was attended by Milligan. Milligan met with Barb Nelson regarding cooperative educational efforts. Plans were developed. Farm visits included grazing, feeding corn stalks to dairy and beef cattle, corn silage, raising dairy youngstock, dairy rations, dairy facilities, developing a dairy business plan, and farmland rent. Milligan is on the Farm Technology Days Educational Planning Committee. It will be held in Chippewa County in 2004 and Clark County in 2005. Future educational efforts include Farm Business Analysis, AAIMS Workshop, and Commercial Horticulture Business Workshop. Milligan will attend the State Ag Agent Annual Conference in December. The Fertilizer Dealer meeting is in Eau Claire in December. FAMILY LIVING AGENT'S REPORT Mary reported on the successful Children's Holiday Shopping Spree held as a fundraiser for the Family Resource Center in November. The center raised $2700 and the community support from HCE clubs, 4H clubs, and others was tremendous. Mary served on the committee and helped to coordinate the donation of items as well as design some of the newspaper pre and post publicity. Mary is working with the 500 Hands for Children campaign too, once again, involve a large segment of the community with financial support of the Family Resource Center. Mary and Martha Mabis attended the statewide Family Living Conference. Mary shared information from some of the educational sessions that she attended and helped to teach. As Advisor to HCE, Mary helped that group plan a program for 2004, which includes leader training meetings, special interest meetings, special events such as Reading Festival and Expo. Their new program book was written and printed at the Extension Office. 3 X ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Clarence Malick, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Art Jensen, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Resource & Education /Land & Water Conservation Committee DATE: December 2, 2003 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: Ag Center, Baldwin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: January 6, 2004 ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES NEW BUSINESS: Mike Reiter - Sportsmen's Alliance - Resolution Prohibiting Deer Feeding John Vrieze - Discussion siting of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations' proposed legislation EQIP St. Croix River Crossing Plan * WLWCA Conference - Resolutions Subdivision Review - 10:00 a.m. Vouchers UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Staff Reports Natural Resource Management Plan Information & Education Report Priority Watershed Projects * Bear Trapping Agreement - Wildlife Damage Program Agency Reports FSA NRCS DNR RC &D West Central Area ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Robert Heise DATE: November 19, 2003; amended November 24, 2003 COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA /NOTICE BOARD COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS * ADDITIONS /CORRECTIONS /CHANGES