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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAg & Extension Committee 11-02-1999 X REVISED 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: November 2, 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 REPO R 1' • Federal Budget Update • State Budget Update • Civil Rights Review • Strategic Planning Effort • Horticultural Agent Position Update 4-H& YOUTH AGENT'S REPORT • State 4-H Program Priorities/Mission/Vision • County-wide Committee Work • 4-H Leaders' Recognition Banquet • Volunteer Youth Protection Program for Peace Lutheran Church AG AGENT'S REPORT • Educational Activities - Latino Labor Meeting - Manure Management Meeting - Pesticide Dealer Update - Fertilizer Dealer Update - Agronomy Meetings - Farm Record Meeting - Pathological Nutrition Seminar FAMILY LIVING AGENT'S REPORT • Sharing Plans For Year 2000 1 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: November 2, 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 • Civil Rights Review • Strategic Planning Effort • Horticultural Agent Position Update 4TH& YOUTH AGENT'S REPORT • State 4-H Program Priorities/Mission/Vision • County-wide Committee Work • 4-H Leaders' Recognition Banquet • Volunteer Youth Protection Program.for Peace Lutheran Church AG AGENT'S REPORT FAMILY LIVING A.GENT'S REPORT • Sharing Plans For Year 2000 PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT • Clean Swecp Report • Appliance Collec0on Report • 1998 Recycling Grant Final Payment • Local Recycling Grants • America Recycles Day • Television Recycling • State Recycling Funding 1 _ NEW BUSINESS: S ANNOUNCEMENTS &CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA,ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Kinn Reaman DATE: October 21, 1999 COPIES TO: County Board Office County Clerk News Mcdia/Notice Board Committee Members Extension Ag Committee/Resource&Education Committee/Planning Meeting November 2, 1999 Agricultural Service Convened:12:30 p.m. and Education Center Adjourned: 3:00 p.m. Present: Leon Berenschot, Ronald Raymond,Art Jensen, Chris Bethke, Lois Burri. Lee Milligan, Mary Lestrud, and Mary Barney. Absent: Raymond excused at 2 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Chris Bethke. Date of next meeting was set for December 7 at 12:30P.m. Jensen moved that the agenda be adopted as presented. Burri seconded the motion. Motion carried. Burri moved that the previous meeting's minutes be approved. Bethke seconded the motion. Motion carried. Berenschot moved that the vouchers be approved. Raymond seconded the motion. Motion carried. Administrative Report Federal Budget Update—No report. State Budget Update—Governor has signed the budget. It includes the competitive pay package for UW-faculty. The Department of Employment Relations must recommend, and the Joint Committee on Employment Relations must approve the UW pay plan by mid-November if retroactive compensations are to be awarded prior to the first of the year. The 1999-01 budget represents a 3.3% increase in UW System GPR and fees each year of the biennium. UW-Extension Family Living programs will receive $160,000 for a second year to provide training and technical assistance in the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Family Living programs will also receive a $1.5 million contract over 2 years ars for technical assistance and evaluation for the Wisconsin Early Childhood Excellence Initiative. The basin educator partnership with DNR has been expanded so that 4 additional basin educators may be hired. They will be targeted mainly to northern river basins. Civil Rights Review—Reaman distributed the written recommendations from the Civil Rights Review held last April. Strategic Planning—The results from the strategic planning survey in St. Croix County have been compiled and were distributed to committee members. Reaman also distributed a compilation of results from the Western District. Implications for programming will be a primary discussion at the next WACEC meeting, December 17. Horticultural Agent Position Update—Diana Alfuth has been appointed to the three county Horticultural position during Tom Kalb's leave of absence. A contract has been forwarded to Diana. She will work 50% time through December 31 and will begin to work full time on Jan 1, 2000. WACEC—The next WACEC meeting will be December 17 at Black River Falls. Reaman reviewed the agenda. Leon Berenschot will be running for secretary of District 5 WACEC. 4-H Youth Development State 4-H Program Priorities/Mission/Vision-Reaman was involved in a work team to develop a mission and vision for the State 4-H Program. The revised mission is , - Extension 4-H Youth Development integrates research, education and community-based UW partnerships, enabling youth to learn and practice skills to be productive citizens." The revised vision is "4-H Youth Development: A catalyst for positive community youth development". Reaman was also involved in establishing the program priorities for 4-H Youth Development. The program priorities for 2000-2004 will be: 1) Strengthening Local 4-H Project leadership, 2) Building Communities that Care for Youth, 3) Youth in Public Leadership and 3) Preparing Youth to Communicate and Get Along Effectively With All People. Countywide 4-H Committee Work—Two new 4-H project committees have been established: Photography and Cultural Arts. Reaman will meet with them on Nov 11 to identify goals for the year and establish an educational program. 4-H Leader's Recognition Banquet-130 people attended the 1999 banquet. Berenschot and Burri helped Reaman present the Years of Service Awards for 4-H leaders and volunteers. Volunteer Youth Protection Program for Peace Lutheran Church—Reaman was invited to teach youth protection for adult volunteers at Peach Lutheran Church. The focus of the program was on how to create learning environments that are child centered and considerations to keep in mind when working with children to avoid misinterpretation of any situation. Agriculture Agent's Report The 1999 Farm/City Day evaluation meeting was held. Approximately 3000 people participated. The 2000 event will be held at Ken-Rich Farms near Baldwin. Plans are underway for this event. Milligan was a teacher at the Dunn County Corn Silage Field Day. Milligan has been collecting corn and soybean yields for the UW-Extension"Profits through Efficient Production Systems" (PEPS)program. Three producers are participating in 1999. Corn yields have been 180-200 bushel/acre. Countywide corn will be in the 140-150 bushels/acre and soybeans 45-55 bushels/acre. Farm visits and calls have included farm financial management, expansion,building design, manure management,labor management, corn and alfalfa production, dairy nutrition,pasture management, and weed control issues. Milligan is developing a number of winter meetings. These include county and district meetings regarding Hispanic labor,manure management, pesticide, fertilizer and seed dealer updates, farm record management, mastitis and dairy nutrition issues, dairy facilities,farm management issues and heifer management. Milligan is co-chair of the UWEX Dairy Team and involved in the UWEX Farm Management Team. Planning Department's Report Barney reviewed a list of October vouchers totaling $180,284.81. Motion by Jensen, seconded by Berenschot, to approve vouchers as presented. Motion carried. Clean Sweep: Bai--ney said the final report required for grant disbursement of the remaining portion of the $15,000 grant awarded the county was filed prior to the Oct. 25th deadline. Total expenses for the two-tiered event were $23,392.19. The final grant payment to the county is anticipated to be $3,750. Barney said she will be attending a DATCP planning meeting in Wisconsin Dells on Nov. 10th to prepare for Clean Sweep events in 2000. Appliance Roundup: Barney noted that it had been a very fruitful season for appliance roundups with an all-time record set of 768 units collected. The fall events were at the Town of Richmond and Glenwood City, both new sites for this type of collection. 1998 & 1999 Grant Payments to Municipalities: Barney reported that$45,672.70 in final 1998 grant payments, and 1999 projected costs first payments of$1 118,873.10 will be mailed to municipalities following.committee approval. With the 1998 final payment,municipalities will receive 80% of their actual 1998 cost. The 1999 first payment represents 50%of projected costs. Charts outlining the grant program to municipalities were passed out to the committee. State Recycling Funding: Barney said that Governor Thompson had signed the biennium budget with portions of the Legislature's recycling grant proposal scrapped, or left at reduced funding rates. Yet, the overall program is "respectable" taking into consideration that the Governor originally wanted to totally eliminate local-program funding, noted Barney. In general terms, the funding for 2000 is about 2%higher than the funding for 1999. However, the amount that responsible units receive is based on the prorated amount awarded in 1999. The calculation method used for the 2000 grants will be used for grants for 2001 and beyond, UNLESS AND UNTIL it is replaced by new legislation. Landfill tipping fees and business surcharges remain to be prominent issues in determining future grant funding. American Recycling Day: A county-wide TV recycling program to recycling recognition day did not materialize because of the relatively high costs to users froml proposals received from TV recycling companies. Barney said articles relating to ARD in the media would remind residents to continue, and possibly upgrade, their own recycling efforts. Bethke moved to adjourn. Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned. Respectively Submitted, Art Jensen C� Secretary mh