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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAg & Extension Committee 12-07-1999 i ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Tom Dorsey, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Chris Bethke, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Extension Ag Committee/Resource&Education Committee DATE: December 7, 1999 TIME: 12:30 p.m. LOCATION: Agricultural Services &Education Center, Baldwin 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 Update • State Budget Update • 1999 County Budget Update • Strategic Planning Effort • WACEC Meeting, December 17, Black River Falls • Building Services Work Order 4-H&YOUTH AGENT'S REPORT • Leader's Council Goals • 4-H Club Officer Training • Plan of Work PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT • NWRPC Clean Sweep Contract for 2000 • State Recycling Grant Funding Revisions for the Biennium • AROW/NRC Convention at Wisconsin Dells in January • 1999 Line Item Transfers RESOURCE AGENT'S REPORT • New Richmond Visitor Impact Study • Farmstead Dairy Days Presentation • State"Smart Growth"Planning Requirements • "High Growth Community"Workshops • Alternative Sewage Treatment Satellite Workshop • St. Joseph Drinking Water Testing NEW BUSINESS: 1 II ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Kim Reaman DATE: November 17, 1999 COPIES TO: County Board Office County Cleric News Media/Notice Board Committee Members 2 Ag&Extension/Resource & Education/Planning Committee December 7, 1999 Ag Sen-ices &Education Center,Baldwin Convened: 12:50 p.m. Adjourned: 4:00 p.m. Present: Art Jensen, Chris Bethke,Lois Burri, Leon Berenschot,Ronald Raymond, Dave Fodroczi, Kim Reaman. Absent: Lee Milligan, Mary Lestrud,Diana Alfuth, and Jim Janke. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Chris Bethke at 12:30 p.m. Date of next meeting was set for January 4, 2000 at 12:30 p.m. Chris Bethke moved that the agenda be adopted as presented. Leon Berenschot seconded the motion. Motion carried. Leon moved that the previous meetinQ's minutes be approved. Ron Raymond seconded the motion. Motion carried. Ron moved that the vouchers be approved. Lois seconded the motion. Motion carried. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT Federal Budget Update—There was a surprising urp turn of events regarding the Federal Budget. The President agreed to cut all agencies .3 of 1%. The Secretary of Ag has the authority to reduce any line item up to 15%to manage this.3 of 1% cut. UV-EX administration will be monitoring the situation closely. In addition, water quality,pesticide impact and food safety funding has been moved out of the budget to competitive grants. Wisconsin Extension will be competitive in acquiring the grant funds. State Budget Update—The competitive pay plan is still in limbo. The money is in the budget but they will not put forth a figure for individual compensation until a contract agreement is reached with the unions. The compensation will be retroactive to July, 1999 but employees may not see the salary increase until March, 2000. County Budget Update—The 1999 UW-Extension budget may be over budget by $1500-2000 due to the increase in health insurance. Reaman-will keep the committee up do date The 2000 budget includes $9,000 for a digital duplicator. UW-Extension staff recommended the Risograph from American Office Systems at a purchase price of$7495. Motion by Berenschot, seconded by Burri to approve the purchase of the Risograph. Strategic Planning—Reaman reviewed how the information for the St. Croix County Strategic Planning effort was collected and how the information will be used in developing state wide priorities for Extension. WACEC—Berenschot, Bethke,Janke and Reaman will attend the District 5 WACEC meeting in Black River Falls on December 17. Berenschot announced that he is running for President of District 5 and has 1 also submitted his name for the National Leadership Seminar. Building Services Work Order—Reaman reported she has not received a response from several work orders submitted to the Building Services Department in September. The work orders included: security light in the hallway leading to the kitchen; one additional light near the UWEX bulletin display; relocation of the thermostat in the kitchen to a wall that is not utilized with appliances and lowering the work surface in Reaman's office. Jensen volunteered to deliver a second copy of the work orders on behalf of UW_ Extension. Other Business—Reaman has been selected to participate in a Rotary Group Study Exchange to Africa for 5 weeks in April/May. Part of the exchange includes a vocational match to job shadow a professional in a similar field of work. Three of the four countries Reaman will visit have a 4-H type program in the Ministry of Agriculture. Reaman proposed to use vacation for part of the experience and professional development time during the vocational,exchange. 1 lotion by Berenschot, seconded by Jensen to give Reaman permission to participate in the Rotary Group Study Exchange. Agent performance appraisals will be conducted during the February Extension Committee meeting. The committee would like to conduct the appraisals using the same procedure as they did last year. Mike Perkl, Western District UWEX Director will meet with the committee to discuss agent performance in the 4 program areas, then Perkl will meet with the Agents on an individual basis. 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Leader's Council Goals—Reaman distributed a brief outline of 1, 3 and 5-year goals established by the 4-H Leader's Council. Their goals include: promotion of 4-H,retention and involvement of older youth; communication; support and empowerment of committees; adult leader networking and support and financial support. 4-H Club Officer Training-35 members participated in the 4-H Club Officer Training, either as participants or teachers. Each of the older members leading an officer session was taught to write objectives and action plans for their session. Reaman showed photographs of the teens while they were leading the officer sessions. Plan of Work—Reaman has used information from the St. Croix County Strategic Plan, the State 4-H Office Program Priorities and the Leader's Council Goals to develop her plan of work for 2000. Reaman will continue to focus resources on the community 4-H club program with a specific emphasis on three areas: marketing campaign to create public awareness; retention of older members; and support for new families. PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT Fodroczi reviewed a list of November vouchers totaling$3,647.08. Jensen moved that the vouchers be approved as presented. Berenschot seconded the motion. Motion carried. 2000 Clean Sweep Program: Fodroczi reported that staff was working with Northwest Regional Planning to finalize the service contract for 2000. Some costs are expected to increase, including labor, travel, and anti-freeze disposal. The contract should be ready for the January Committee meeting. Fodroczi also presented a resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application to the State for 2000 funding. Jensen moved to approve the resolution and recommend approval by the County Board. Burn seconded the motion. Motion carried. 2 i Update on Funding for Recycling: Fodroczi distributed a handout from the State that summarizes the recycling funding passed in the new State budget. Grants for 2000 and beyond will be based on a prorated amount of the 1999 grant award. The entire grant will be paid to responsible units on or before June V of each year. Fodroczi indicated that preliminary indications are that the County's funding should be fairly stable at current levels. AROW/NRC Conference,January 26-28: Fodroczi reported that Mary Barney would be attending the annual recycling conference in Wisconsin Dells next month. In addition to valuable technical information, the conference will be the first opportunity to hear about the new funding and program changes from the State. 1999 Line Item Transfer: Fodroczi explained his efforts to replace office furniture in three offices in the Planning Department. Funding was authorized in the 2000 County budget for two offices, and funding for the third was delayed. Fodroczi reported that the 1999 Hazardous Waste budget would generate a year-end surplus in excess of$25,000, due to $15,000 of unanticipated grant funds and reduced costs of the new service contract with Northwest Regional Planning. He requested Committee approval of a line item transfer of up to $4,000 from Line 219-Professional Services to Line 813-Ne,A-Equipment in the 1999 Hazardous Waste budget to fund furnishings for the remaining office. Berenschot moved to approve the requested line item transfer. Bethke seconded the motion. Motion carried. Ron Raymond moved to adjourn. Lois Burn seconded the motion. Motion carried. Submitted by, Art Jense Secretary cz 3