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Home My WebLink About Ag & Extension Committee 06-02-1998 RE'~YSEI~ ~ - , ST. ~It~I~ ~~rtTNT'Y ~voTxc~ a~ ~an~TTF~ ~~Tr~a T~: Tom ~or~ey, Chairman St. Croix County Board FR4M+ Chris Bethke f Ck~~irman CQI~TTEE TITLE: E~tens~:on Ag Committ~e~Re~ourc~ & Education Camm~.ttee ]SATE: June 1~9~ TIl~: 1Z~30 p.m. LoCATI~I~~ ~g Center, Baldwin CALL TC ORDER ROLE CALL ADDPTI~~ OE AGE~?DA DATE NEST MEET~~TG ACTI~~ DN PREVIOUS MIN[i~TE~ A~~'ION 0~ vQUCHERS ~iTFINISH~D SUHINESS NSW SUS I~ S ~ ADMIN~ 3T'RATIV~ R.EF~RT ~ St. Crop County Budget Sta~:e ~AC~C Conference, Jude ~~~~3, tau Claire ~ U~E~ District Resource Man~:gerne~i~. Phan ■ State Statute 59.56 ~ ~~eQn Beren~,~hot ~i~trict 8 W,~CE~ Secret~.ry r, ~ - H ~QUTS DEVEI~QPI~NT REPORT ! A~n~ Uin~ ~ Summer Assistant . ■ 4-H Project E~;r~llment Revi~e~r A, ■ Volunteer Iz~~ro~.~rement in Suer Programs p~4A,NNIKG DEPARTMENT ~ ~ . ~~REPORT ~ Activity deport ~ Tire App]~iance Roundup ~ iia~ardou~ Waite Program ~ Spring News titter NEW BUSINESS: ANNOrtJN~EMENT S ~ C~RRE S PONDENCE cos s zBL~ AGENDA ~T~r~s ~oR NExT M~~TZNG ADJQUF,NMENT tAgend~ riot neces~~.ri1,y presented in this order SVS1~i~TTED : I~im Reamari DATE : ~ 9 , 19 ~ ~ COPIES T~; County Board Office County Clerl~ News Media~Notice $aard Committee ~ember~ E~TENSI~N AG CDMMITTEEIRESGURCE & EDUCATIGN CG EE MEETING June 2, 1998 Ag Service & Education Center Convened: 12:45 pm Adjourned: 4:00 pm Present: LO1S Burrl, Leon Berenshcot, Ranald Raymond, Art Jensen, Chris Bethke, Dave Fodroczi, and Kim Beaman The meeting ,was called to order by Chair Chris Bethke at 12:45 m. P Date of next meeting was set for July 7, 1998 at 12:30 p.m. Jensen moved that the agenda be adopted as presented. Raymond seconded the motion. Motion carried. Berenschot moved that the previous meeting's minutes be approved. Raymond seconded the moron. Motion carried . A Jensen moved that the vouchers be approved. Berenschot seconded the motion. Mation carried, Administrative Report St. Croix County Budget: Beaman reviewed the budget and highlighted the ercenta es s eat to P g P date. Most line items are on track ranging from 35 % to 43 % spent. The line item for supplies is higher X68 due to unplanned purchases from the move into the new facility. Travel for Lestrud is also higher X77 because she is 314 time and doesn't work in June, August or December.. The 4-H Expense Account is low X8.6 because the bulk of programming which incurs eater ex eases P happens in the late spring through early fall. ~~x A Center U date: Discussed in LCwD meeting. State wACEC Conference: Extension Committee members Bethke, Berenschot and Burri, along with Beaman, will attend the conference on tb~ behal_f of St. Croix Co~antV. _ UwE~ District Resource Mana ement Plan: Beaman distributed a handout enclosed} which identified potential strategies for reducing UWEX's dependence on base funds. Base funds are the Smith Lever Funds from the Federal budget which primarily fund salaries. This discussion has occurred at UwF,~ District Faculty meetings and is now being discussed with Extension Committees for reaction. wl State Statute 59.56: UWE~ Administration is seeking input from Extension Committees about whether this state statute should be updated to reflect current language and working relationships with counties and other agencies. District S V~ACEC Secreta :Moved by Jensen, seconded by Bethke to nominate Berenschot as the District 8 wACEC Secretary. Motion passed. i 4-H Youth Develo meat Re ort 4-H Pro'ect Enrollment Review: Reiman reviewed the t op 10 4-H projects which have the highest member enrollment. Foods and Nutrition has the largest enrollment with 201 ro'ect mem f p ~ bers, ollawed by ArtslCrafts X161}, Photography X143}, Dairy X137 , Woodwork~n 133 } g ~ Cloverbuds X101}, Clothing X99}, DrawinglPainting X98}, Beef X87} and Horse 83 . Coun wide ' ~ } ty project committees will be recruited for photography and woodworkin this fall to rovide addati ' g p oral skill trainYng m these areas. Volunteer Involvement in Summer Pro rams: Count 4-H Pro'ect Committees a ' Y ~ n Dog, Rabbit, Poultry, Clothing, Horse, and Dairy will offer 15 educational ro rams for 4-H member ' . P g s ~n June. These committees plan age appropriate activates which are hands on learnan ex eraence - g p sfor4H members . ~I~ De artment~s Re ort Fodroczi reviewed a list of May vouchers totaling $6,524.39.. Berenschot moved that the vouch ers be approved as presented. Raymond seconded the motion. Motion carried. TirelA Hance Roundu :Fodroczi reviewed a lisp of sites to be used far the Tire and A ' . ppliance Roundups. TLes will be collected at ten sites throughout the caun on June 13th and 20th. . tY Appliances will be collected at the Baldwin, Hudson and New Richmond sites on June 13. A11 arrangements are complete. Hazardous Waste Progr_am~ Fodroczi reported an the hazardous collection for Saturda Ma . y, y 30th in New Richmond and Hudson. There were a total of 251 partici ants at the two sites. Prelimina . P rY collection numbers included 8,000 to 9,OOq pounds of h~~ardous waste, 700 fluorescent tubes and 14 compute monitors. The participants included 16 farms and 12 small businesses. Arran ements g for the Hudson site need to be re-evaluated to accommodate inclement weather. S ran Newsletter; Fodroczi re orted that the S ran issue of P p g the Your Wasteline newsletter was distributed to all county residents the week of May 1Sth. Ber~r.~cliot rriuveu ~a adjourn. Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carne d. Meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Art Jensen Secretary P~