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Home My WebLink About Ag & Extension Committee 08-04-1998 ST, CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING T0: Tom Dorsey, Chairman, St. Croix County Board FROM: Chris Bethke Dull, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Extension Ag Committee/Resource & Education Committee DATE: August 4, 1998 TIME: 12:30 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 UNFINISHED BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT • Federal Budget Update for UW-Extension • St. Croix County Budget Development and Approval 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT REPORT • County Fair Report • 4-~H Summer Assistant Report RESOURCE AGENT'S REPORT • Business Management Programs • Groundwater Programs • Survey Projects: ■ Rush River ■ Lake Mallalieu ■ Erin Prairie ■ Woodville AG AGENT'S REPORT • Farm City Day • Farm Progress Days • Farm Visits • Other Educata~onal Activities PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT • County Fair Recycling • Recycling Grant • Fall Clean Sweep • WWRA Contract ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE P05SIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Kim Beaman DATE; July 22, 1998 COPIES T0: County Board Office County Clerk News Media/Notice Board Committee Members r EXTENSION AG CGMMITTEEIRESDURCE & EDUCATIGN COMMITTEE MEETING August 4,1998 Agricultural Service andConvened 12:30 p.m. Education Center Ad'ourned: 3:Q4 .m. J P Present: Leon Berenschot, Ronald Raymond, Art Jensen, Chris .Bethke, Lois Burri, Dave Fodroczi, Lee Milligan, Jim Janke, Kim Beaman, Am vine and M Barne . y ~ m`y y The Meeting was called to order by Chair Chris Bethke at 12:30 p.m. Date of next meeting was set for September 1,199$ at 12:34 .m. - P Berenschot moved that the agenda be adopted as presented. Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried. Jensen moved that the previous meeting's minutes be approved. Burri seconded the motion. Motion carried. Berenschot moved that the vouchers be approved. Raymond seconded the motion. Motion carried. Administrative Re ort St. Croix Coun Bud et: Beaman reviewed the budget and highlighted the ercenta es A g spent to date, Most line items are on track ranging Pram 35% to 43% spent. The line item for supplies is higher (68%} due to unplanned -,purchases from the move into the new facility, Travel for Lestrud is also hi her (77% ~ ~ ause she is 314 time and doe n' g ~ s t work in June, August or December. The 4-H Expense Account is low (8.6%} because the bulk of programming which incurs greater ex eases ha ens in the late s rin throw h I P PP P g gear y fall. 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 the behalf of St. Croix County. UWEX District Resource Mara 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 UWEX District Faculty meetiua s and is now g being discussed with Extension Committees for reaction. WI State Statute 59.56: UWEX 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. r - District 8 WACEC Secretor :Moved by Jensen, seconded by Bethke to nominate Berenschot as the District 8 WACEC Secretary. Motion passed. 4-H Youth Develo ment Re ort 4-H 'Project Enrollment Review: Reaman reviewed the top 10 4-H projects, which have the highest member enrollment. Foods and Nutrition has the largest enrollment with 201 project members, followed by ArtslCrafts (161}, Photography (143}, Dairy (137}, Woodworking (133}, Cioverbuds (101}, Clothing X99), DrawinglPainting (98}, Beef (87} and Horse (83}. County wide project committees will be recruited for hoto a h and P ~'pY woodworking this fall to provide additional skill training in these areas. Volunteer Involvement in Summer Pro ams: County 4-H Project Committees in Do , g Rabbit, Poultry, Clothing, Horse, and Dairy will offer 15 educational programs for 4-H members in June. These committees plan age appropriate activities which are hands on learning experiences for 4-H members. Resource A ent's Re ort Janke reported that five businesses participated in one-on-one business management counseling in July. Workshops on how to write a business plan and how to finance a growing business will be held in Baldwin in September. The depth to bedrock map for St. Croix County has been finished by the Geologic and Natural History Survey. This was the last piece of data needed to produce maps that s ow the vulnerability of groundwater to contamination, Janke and Dr. Charles Rader of the UWRF Geography Department have received a grant to hire a student intern to prepare the various data sets used in creating the groundwater vulnerability maps for the county. The student started in July. ~~x The Rush River land use survey has been sent out to all property owners, Janke has been working with the Erin Prairie Town Board to design a Iand use survey. There has been no action by the 1Lake Mallalieu Association on a survey of lake residents and users. Janke is working with the Woodville Economic Development Corporation to do a shopping survey of Woodville area residents and employees at the manufacturing plants. A A ent's Re ort Milligan coordinated the PiercelSt. Croix .Agronomy Field Day. Twenty-eight producers learned weed control methods in corn. Milligan gave an hour-long presentation on the economics of raising replacement heifers at the Doboy Feed Dealers meeting, liver 65 participants learned the costs of raising replacement heifers. He has been asked back to next year's meeting. Milligan gave a presentation to 38 people on preparing a field for prairie restoration. ~ i The Master Gardeners association is growing in numbers. They are following through an their education programs and committee activities. Milligan coordinated the 4-H dairy fitting and showin activi .Nineteen outh learned g ty y how to prepare a dairy animal for the fair. Additional activities include farm visits and calls on d ' nutrition dair ex ansion airy y p dairy herd management, farm management issues, manure management plans, and horticultural issues. During August and September Milligan will be teaching andlor coordinating FarmlCity Day, CornlCorn Silage Harvesting Field Day, Graziers Tour, Loan Deficiency Payment meetings, and Farm Progress Days activities. Plannin De artment's Re ort Fodroczi reviews a list of July vouchers totaling $23,273.$2. Berenschot moved that the vouchers be approved as presented. Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried. Coun Fair Rec clin :Barney reported on review of recycling at the County Fair. Trashcans were overflowing and recyclables were mixed with trash. Borne will work Y with the Fair Board and ~-H program to approve for next year's fair. Rec clip Grant: Barney reported receipt of second payment of 25% of 199$ Recycling Grant of $55,555.87, Fina11997 payments and preliminary 1998 payments will be made to member municipalities later this fall. The Legislature and DNR are currently studying options for funding beyond 2004. _ FaII Clean Swee :Barney summarized the Fall Clean Sweep scheduled for September 26#n. Staff has met with the Highway Department~Safety Committee to review our re uest q to use the interior of the Hudson Highway Shop. The Safety Committee recommendations will be presented to the Transportation Committee at its September 2nd meeting. WWRA Contract: Fodroczi indicated that the contract for rec clip staff services with the Y g _ Western Wisconsin Recycling Association expires at the end of 1995. He will bring any proposed changes to the Committee with the 1999 bu et ra sal. ~ P Po Raymond moved to adjourn. Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried, Respectively submitted, 5 Art Jens n Secretary rnh