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Home My WebLink About Ag & Extension Committee 07-07-1998 AMENDED sT. ~Ra~ CouNT~ NQT~CE Q~ COMMITTED ~EETINO To: Tom Dorsey, Cha.~rman St. Croix County Board FROM: Chris Bethke, Chairman ' COMMITTEE TITLE: Extension Ag Committee/Resource & Education Committee DATE: July 7, 199$ TINE: 12:30 p.m. LOCATION: Agriculture 5erviees ~ Educat~,on Center, Baldwin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADQPTION nF AGENDA DATE 4F NEXT MEETING; ACTION ON PREVIOTJS MINUTES ~Y ACTION ON VOUCHERS ,t, UNFINIST~ED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT ■ Horticulture Position-Greg Andrews, Pierce County UWE~ Ag Agent and Ray Andersan~ Pierce County Extension Committee .Chair ■ Items for .1999 Budget ■ State WA,CEC Conference Report ~-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT REPORT ■ Flag Pole Donation ■ Bloopers Judging at County Fair ■ 4-H Member Participation in June Activities: Poultry Workshop Dog Training Clothing Camp R~l~.y for Life WI 4~H & Youth Conference Rabbit Workshop 4-H Summer Camp Area Animal Science Day Interstate Exchange Clothing Revue ■ summer Assistant Report PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT ■ ActitrYty Report ■ Tire Roundup Deport ■ Recycling Program Update, * Hazardous Waste Col~.ection Site FAMILY LIVING AGENT'S REPORT ■ Sumer 4-H Clothing Workshop ■ Conu~unties That Care ■ Family Resource Center RESOURCE AGENT'S REPORT ■ Business Management Pzograms ■ Glenwood City Community Meetings ■ Rush.River Land Use Survey ■ Retail Analysis Program NEW BUSINESS: ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NE~€T MEETING; ADJOtTRt~MEN'T Agenda not necessarily presented in this order .SUBMITTED BY: Kim Reaman DATE: June 2~, 1998 COPIES TO: County Board Office County C,~er}~ News Media~Notice Board Committee Members c l ~ Ag ~ Extension/Resource & Educafio I~' nlPlanning Committee July 7,199$ Ag Cen#er, Baxdwin Coavened:12:4o p.m. - Ad~ouraed: 3:00 p.m. Present: Lois Burn, Ronald Raymond, Art Jenne Chris B • . n, ethke, Dave Fodrocz~, Jim Janke, Mary Lestrud, Kim Beaman, Amy Vine. Guests: Gre ' g Andrews, Pierce County UwEX Ag Agent. The meeting was called to order at 12:40 .m. P Date of next meeting was set for Au ust 4 1998 at 12• g ~ .30 p.m. Art Jensen moved that the a enda be ado ted • g p as presented. Ron Raymond seconded the motion. Motion carried. Ron Ravmnnd .m~~lPd f~A . ,.a~.: m . y ~ ~j"` ~1V pi ~ ~ re ~ il~ee~~ng~s minutes be approved. Art Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried. Art Jensen moved that the vouchers be a roved. Ron Ra • PP ymond seconded the motion. Motion carved. Ron Raymond moved to partnership vnth Pierce Coon and ~ - . , . • ty Pollc County to provide 113 of a nortzcaltural agent position at 22.5% ~~9,910}, Art Jensen seconded ~ ~ • the moron. Matron carved. ADMIlVISTRATIVE REPORT S#. Croix County Budget: Beaman reviewed the bud e g t and highlighted the percentages spent to date. Most line items are on track ran in from 35 % to 43 ' g g % spent. The line. item for supplies is higher X68 %}due to unplanned urchases fro them • • T P ~ ove into the new facility. ravel for Lestrud is also higher X77 because she is 3~ time .and • doesn t work in June, August, or December. The 4-H expense account is low 8. . ~ 6%} because the bulk of Programming, winch incurs greater expenses, happens in the Late s rin throu p g gh early fa11. Ag Center Update: Discussed in LCV~D meetin . g State ~ACFC Conference: Exter~sicn CoP~ wee inember~ ~A~ - . . . ~ ~~u~e, Be~enscnot, ana ~~arrT, along with Reainan, r:►da at<e~ld il'ie Conference on the behalf of St. Croix County. iTWEX District Resource Management Plan: Beaman din ' tributed a handout enclosed} which identified potential strategies for reducin UwEX's de e fd g p ndence on base funds. Base nds are the Smith Lever Funds .from the Federal bud et which discu g ~ Prunarily fund salaries. This scion has occurred at UwEX District Faculty meetin s and is now bein ' Extension C g g discussed with ommittees for reaction. wI State Statute 59.56: UwEK Administration is seekin in g put from Extens ion Committees about whether, this state statute should be u dated to reflect curie • . P nt language and working relationships with counties and other agencies. - 1 1 ~ District 8 V~ACEC Secretary: Moved by Jensen, seconded by Bethke to nominate Berenschot as the District 8 wACEC Secretary. Motion passed. 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT REPORT 4-H Project Enrollment Review: Reaman reviewed the to IO 4-H ro'ects which have the h' P P J ~ghest member enrollment. Foods and Nutrition'has the jar est enrollment with 201 ro'ect g PJ _ members, followed by ArtslCrafts t16I}, Photography X143}, Da' X137 ,woodwork' uY } mg X133}, Cloverbuds ~IOI}, Clothing (99}, DrawinglPainting (98}, Beef 87 and Horse 83 . . ~ ~ } County-wzde project committees will be recruited for photo rah and woodworkin this fall g PY g to provide additional skill training in these areas. Volunteer Involvement in Summer Pro ams; Coun 4-H Pro'ect Committee ' l~" ty ~ s m dog, rabbit, poultry, clashing, horse, and dairy will offer 15 educational ro rams for 4-H members P g in June. These committees plan age appropriate activities, which are hands-on learnin g experiences for 4-H members. F+Ai~I,~V ~`i..IV~N~ AOE~"~T'S REPORT Mary ~FiSCUSSed the 4-ix ClU*~h,~.ix~ ;Workshop held ]n June for 27 4-H members the each ,y sewed and tied a quill. Mary writes a grant each ear to hel defra the costs of the Y P y workshop. Parents appreciate the reasonable cost and the sewing skills, which are learned b their Y children. The $25,000 Communities That Care grant was written b Ma Burin Ma defended and Y rY g y~ received during June. rt allows the communities of Baldwin and Woodville to im lenient man P Y prevention projects in the areas of youth and young fanvlies. Dne 4f the ro'ects this summer rel ~ P ~ aces to reaching seven at-risk Huddle school boys about photography. They will eventually r evelop a show for the community. Mary is working with a grow of 30 rofessionals and volunteer ' P P s to develop a Fam11y Resource Center for the BaldwinlVL~oodville communities. They. meet in June and Jul to identi the . ~ Y fY need and possible location for a center. The Food Fair is in she planning stages for Juiy 18, and will include a114-H ouch coup fair Y tY foods fudging, 4-H Foods Revue, and 5 action centers for youth to learn skills in food preparation and nutxision. RESOURCE AOENT'S REPORT Individual small business rra~nagement counseling less,ions ►vere held in Hudson on June 19. Three businesses participated. Since the be innin of the ear 19 business m a g g y an gers have participated. The next sessions are scheduled on July 31. A series of three meetings were held in Crlenwood City to identity communi issues. The to tY P three topics that the participants wanted to address were housing, ~-related business development, and retail business development. Three task forces of volunteers are workin on g these topics. The Planning Committee in Rush River has requested assistance in develo in a ublic o~ inion P g P P survey regarding land use issues in the town. Janke has met with the committee to deli n the g questions for the sur~~ey and develop a mailing list. The tabulation will be done b students at Y the Uw-River Falls Survey Lab. z 1 Janke has been working with the Hudson Chamber of Commerce on a retail bu ' ' siness analysis project. Ten businesses are participating in the first hale, burin June b P g ,July, and August, these usinesses w~li keep track of the piace of residence of customers, alon with the amoun ~ g t of purchase, date, and time of day. PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REPQRT " " Fodroczi reviewed a list of June vouchers totaiin $ 7 692.82 g .Raymond moved that the vouchers be approved as presented. Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carri ed. Activity Report; Fodroczi reported that Mary Barre was workin with the ' . Y g DNR and Zoning flff~ce to review the operations of Gentleman Jim's Rec clin for ossible ' Y g p violations of state codes and local ordinances, including the County Rec clip Ordinance. Barne ' . Y g y wrll also be working with 4-H clubs to evaluate recycling and otential im rovements at th ' P p e County Fair. Staff expects the second 1998 Recycling Grant payment of $55 000 to arrive an y day. TirelAppliunce Roundup: Fodroczi re`~iewed a sum.m of results from the ~Y Tire Roundup. The ten local collection sties collected a toil of 4,2Q~ tires that wei hod 7~.2 ' ' . g 1 tons. Participants contnbuted $5,428 in user fees. Hazardous Waste Collection Site: Fodroczi summarized .staff and v endor concerns about the collection site at the Hudson Highway Shop. Bulkin and acka in of collet ' g P g g ted matenals has been conducted in an interior garage bay, but anloadin of vehicles and ' . g transfer to the bulking station has been done outdoors If stonrny weather had continued in the afternoon of the collection in Hudson, the Clean Sweep collection would have had to be canceled. ' Fodroczi requested the Committee to authorize a request to the T nation Commi ttee and Hi D Po ghway epartment to allow us to use the main shop building as adrive-throw h to avoid an future. roblems wi g Y p th the, weather. Motion by Burn to forward a request to the trans ortation Committee and Hi ~ p ghway Department to use the main building at the ~Iudson Hi hwa Sho as a drive-throw h for fu g Y p g tune Clean Sweep collections. Raymond seconded the motion, Motion carried. Art Jensen moved to adjourn. Ron Raymond seconded the motion. Motion carved. Submitted by, Art Jensen Secretary cz 3 i I y ~lP. n . ~ rn ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . C3 CD C~ ~ rn ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n ~ O ~ ~ P~ cn ~4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l~D ta~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ c~ ~ o' ~ ~ ~ ~ r ~ ~ cn ~ . ~ r+ Q r+ . ~ ~ t~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ fD ~ (D ~ ~ ~ C`a ~ ~a ~a ~o o'er Q c ~ rt o ca ~r~ ~ ~ ~ a ~ n ~ . o K;~ ~ o a~a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ c~ r~ ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n c~ ~ A~ ~ v n CT' ~ ~ ~ • ~ qq CD ~ (D ~ ~ p ~ O ~ a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ p' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ tin ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ N C~~D ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ cD