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Home My WebLink About Ag & Extension Committee 05-05-1998 i ST. CRUD COUNTY NUTiCE OF COMMITTEE MEETING T0: 'Tom Dorsey, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Chris Bethke, Vice chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Extension Ag Committee/Resource & Education Committee DATE: May 5, 1998 TIME: 12:3 p.m. LOCATION: Ag Center, Baldwin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES ACTION ON VOUCHERS UNFINhSHED BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT REPORT - St, Croix County Budget - 4-H Pro'ect Enrollment Review - open House for New Ag Services & 4-H Leader Training This Fall Education Center, June 19, afternoon Youth/Adult Collaborations - State WACEC Conference, June 21-23, Eau Claire - District 8 WACEC Assignment - St. Croix County UWEX Marketing Plan - WI State~Statue 59.56 June Dairy Month Resolution - Election Committee Officers FAMILY LIVING AGENT'S REPORT PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT - Communities That Care Activities - Activity Report - Grants Update - Tire/Appliance Roundup HCE Activities Hazardous Waste Program - Day Care Training - Spring Newsletter - Living With Grief Conference AG AGENT'S REPORT RESOURCE AGENT'S REPORT - Woodville Retail Development Project - Pasture Walks Hudson Retail Development Project - Dairy Facilities Tour - Glenwood City Community Meeting - Farm City Day - Import Substitution Economic - Corn Silage Plot Development Strategy - Farm Visits - Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping - Heifer Colt Project - Business Management .Counseling - National Conference for Management Educators of Agricultural Audiences June 25-26 11t70Y V VGl NEW BUSINESS: ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT Agenda not necessarily presented iri this orders SUBMITTED BY: Kim Reaman . DATE: April 23, 1998 COPIES T0: County Board office County Clergy ~ News Media/Notice Board Committee Members ~ ~t Extension Ag CommitteelResource & Education committee Minutes May 5, 1995 Agricultural Service and Convened: 1:30 p.m. Education Center Adjourned: 2:3 0 p.m. Present: Leon Berenschot, Ronald Raymond, Art Jensen, Chris Bethke, Dave Fodroczi, Lee Milligan, Jim Janke, Mary Lestrud, and Kim Beaman. The Meeting was called to order at 1~;30 .m. p Date of next meeting was set for June ~ at IZ:30 p,m. Jensen moved t hat the a e nda be ado ted aU nrese~t~~ g P L~~,.~. Berenschot seconded the motion. Motion carried. . Jensen moved that the previous meeting's minutes be approved. Leon seconded the motion. Motion carried. Raymond moved that the vouchers be approved. Berenschot seconded the rnation. Motion carried. Administrative Re ort Election of Officers: Chair -moved by Raymond, seconded by Berenschot to nominate Bethke _ _ for the position of Chair. Cast unanimous ballot. Passed. Vice Chair -moved by Jensen, seconded by Raymond to nominate Berenschot for .the position of Vice-Chair. Cast unanimous ballot. Passed. n~~ Secretary -moved by .Raymond, seconded by Bethke to nominate Jensen for the position of Secretary. Cast unaniamous ballot. Passed. St. Croix Coup Bud et: no report Ag Center Update,: Discussed in LCWD meeting. O en House for New A ,Services & Education Center: The open house will be held June 19, 1-4 pm. Each agency in the building will create an employee display. The employee display will consist of a photo and a brief biography of each employee. We will be taking a group photo of the LWCD & Extension Committees so that they may also be highlighted in the displays. UW- .Extension will also have a display to highlight local priorities and educational programs. The classroom will be used to serve refreshments and exhibit the displays. Staff will be located in . the classroom to greet visitors and answer questions and strategically placed throughout the building to answer questions as visitors tour the facility. Discussed who should receive special _I_ . ~ notices about the open house: County Board of Supervisors, County Department Heads, Baldwin Village Board, Town Boards, UwE~ Administration and State Legislators. District 8 wACEC Assi nment; Beaman shared the program priorities listed by the agents for the committee's review. The three priorities were; horticulture, full-time famil Iivin and Y g possibly youth at risk. Those priorities will be forwarded to the UwE~ District off ce. The District ~►~ACEC secretary elected at the spring meeting was not re-elected to the local Extension Committee which has created a vacancy in that position, Beaman addressed the situation to determine if any St. Croix County Extension Committee members were interested in completing the secretarial term. State ~UACEC Conference: Registration materials for the State wACEC Conference, June 21-23 were distributed, The 1995 conference is in Eau Claire at the Ramada inn. Beaman will co- teachone of the sessions on youth and community issues with the Eau Claire County 4-H Agent. Bethke arld Berenschot will attend the conference on the behalf of St. Croix County. Berenschot will make arrangements for the auction item x$25-$30}. Beaman will reserve a room_for Bethke and Berenschot. Completed registration materials are due to the District Office by June 4. St. Croix Count UWE~ Marketin Plan: ~ Reviewed the marketing plan drafted by the staff. Committee suggested the following revisions: Extend personal invitation by 4-H Junior Leaders to all County Board Members not just the newly elected ones; identif~~ the large, well-known groups we work with ~i.e., Master Gardeners} and consider how to attach name recognition from those groups with ties to Uw-Extension. Other suggestions or thoughts are welcome at an time Y because this is a fluid plan that will consistently be re-evaluated. wI State Statue 59.SG: Tabled until June meeting. June Da' Month Resolution: Moved by Raymond, seconded by Berenschot to ado t the t P resolution designating June as Dairy Month. Pa sed'~ k~~ Professional Develo meat: Moved by Berenschot, seconded by Bethke to give Milligan permission to attend the National Conference for Management Educators of Ag Audiences, June 25-26 in Columbus Ohio. There will be no expenses to the County. Moved b Jensen, seconded y _ ~y B~~rei~sCilot tv ~giT~~ P~ea.iiiail p~~~i'u~S~if~ri t~~ a ~~il[~ t'~e i TatlQ~na1 =~-l~ A~~ritS l~oilIerenCe, November 1-5 in Kentucky. Expenses to the County will be $250 of the $670 budgeted for staff development. 4-H Youth Deveto meat Re ort 4-H Pro'ect Enrollment Review: Beaman is working to identify 4-H projects with the highest enrollment in St. Croix County. That information will be used by the 4-H Leaders' Council to determine subject matter areas that would benefit from acounty-wide committee which would provide educational programs for members enrolled in those projects. Current countywide committees are organized for Clothing & Foods, Cultural Arts, Rabbit, Dog, Horse, Dairy, Meat Animal, Cat and Softball. Anew Horticulture Committee has also just been developed. 4-H Leader Trainin : The focus of adult 4-H leader training for this fall will be on youth and adult collaborations. The 4-H Leaders' Council is coordinating a 112 day workshop which will run concurrently with 4-H Club Officer Training. Beaman will make a specific effort to work with current countywide committees on why youth should be involved on those committees and how to ensure a successful experience. That effort will require teaching adult committee members how to work with youth as partners in making decisions. 4-H Summer Assistant Update: Amy Vine was hired as the St. Croix County 4-H Summer Assistant. She will begin on June 1. Amy has completed the WI 4-H Youth Protection Program which includes a background check and will be attending the County Fair Display workshop on May 14. A A ent's Re ort Milligan taught a session at the PolklSt. Croix Crrazing Conference on the profitability of dairy grazing. The Croix Valley Graziers met with Milligan to plan their 1995 meeting schedule. Milligan taught a session at the Farmer's Union meeting on marketing ag products. Milligan coordinated and facilitated a meeting with seven dairy producers considering expansion and U~V-Extension specialist Dr. Dave Kammel and Dr. Roper Palmer. The producers learned about designing freestall barns and manure storage systems and managing cows during expansion. A dairy housing and milking parlor tour was attended by over 5fl people at the Betzold and Luckwaldt farms. Producers. Learned about milking parlor and dairy housing design and management. The FarmlCity Day Planning Committee is meeting to work on this year's event at Bob and Nancy Johnson's. Nina Cripe is the chairperson. The corn silage plot has been planted at Jon-De farms. A herbicide demonstration plot is at the Jerry and Kurt Afdahl farm. Milligan is coordinating a dairy heifers cost of raising study for the western District. The cost of raising study for the western District. The ~ cost "~f raising heifers will be collected from 27 producers in western Wisconsin. The cost will be added to a database of about i oo and shared with producers statewide. Reso~.~rce A cnt~ ~'~e ~ ~ - Janke reported that he is working with retail development task forces in VL~~odville and Hudson to identify potential retail development opportunities. The first of three community meetings to develop plans for community improvement in Glenwood City was held in April. Thirty~five residents participated. The second meeting is May 5. Janke and Larry Swain are leading the sessions. Janke described the pilot project for economic development using the plastics manufacturing industry. The purpose is to look for opportunities for local businesses to provide products or services that are presently purchased outside the county. Janke is working on the creation of maps that show groundwater vulnerability to contamination in St. Croix Caunty. -3- Small business management advising sessions were held on April 29. Four clients received assistance. The next sessions wail be held on June 19. Famil Livia A ent's Re ort Lestrud is currently writing several grants. The largest is a $2~.fl00 grant ~~hich will fund 10-12 various juvenile delinquency prevention pro3ects in Bald«~n and Woodville. Lestrud helped plan a recent Safety Expo with youth county-wide X44 youth attended. She and Martha Mabis offered two-hour training for groups of day care providers in Roberts. Lestrud also sponsored a teleconference on Living With Grief attended by 25 people experiencing grief and professional funeral directors, and hospice social workers, etc. Lestrud taught four leader training programs with HCE members and served as advisor for their annual Spring Council program and membership event. She attended atwo-day inservice on intergenerational programming and atwo-day association meeting, Plannin De artment's Re ort Fodroczi reviewed a list of April vouchers totaling $3.492.b4. Berenschot moved that the vouchers be approved as presented. Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried. Activity Report Fodroczi reported on Barney's Earth Day activities and display at Willow River Elementary School and Erickson's City Market in Hudson. She will exhibit and participate in AG Days at UW-River Falls on May 8th. The 1997 Final Report for the State Recycling Grant was submitted before the April 30th deadline with. preliminary approval of form and content. The Western Wisconsin Recycling Association ~WWRA~ received an award from the Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (ARGW} for their service contract with St. Croix County. ~ TirelA fiance Roundu Fodroczi reviewed a list of sites to be used for the Tire and A fiance Roundu s. Tires will be PP P collected at ten sites throughout the county on June "~3th and 20th. Appliances will be collected at the Baldwin, Hudson, and New Richmond sites on June 13th. All arrangements are complete. Hazardous Waste Pro ram Fodroczi reported on the hazardous collection to take place on Saturday, May 30th ~in New Richmond and Hudson, He indicated that farmers would not be charged for quantities less than 500 pounds, because the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection had awarded a grant of up to $5,044 to cover. farm costs. Springy Newsletter Fodroczi reported that the Spring issue of the Your Wasteline newsletter was delivered to the printer and should be delivered to all county residents around the middle of May. Respectively submitted, ~ - Art Je Secretary AJlmh -4-