Scott County Soil & Water Conservation District

Board Meeting Minutes

October 18, 2007

 

 

 

Present:  Chairperson -  John Hardin, Vice-Chairperson - Joe Robbins, Treasurer - Matt Oberlies Bill Comer, Lynda Phillips – Office Manager

Guests:  Pat Larr – NRCS, Denise Dailey – Rule 5, Bob Backus – FSA, John Collins – County Council, Larry Peacock – County Council

 

CALL MEETING TO ORDER:  Chairperson called meeting to order at 7:20 pm.

 

MINUTES:  There were no minutes from previous month to approve since Office Manager Position had been unfilled in September. 

 

 

OLD BUSINESS:

 

Office Manager position:  John introduced Lynda Phillips to the board.  __________ made a motion to hire her into the Office Manager position.  __________ seconded the motion.  Bill Comer made a motion for SWCD to pay $120.00 for a background check for her.  Joe Robbins seconded that motion. 

 

Tree Sale:  Bill Comer reported that it had gone well.  Trees were a nice size and appeared healthy.  People seemed pleased with their trees.  Nursery did a good job!  One note is that there should be a bill coming from Clark County . . . Dr.  Christi had ordered 25 trees, but had only received 1.  More were ordered for them.

 

Rule 5:  Denise Dailey provided an update on her projects.  The Johnson Elem. and New Washington Bank sites are stable.  Lake Road Center was written up two weeks ago, but the contractor had contacted her just this day and asked her to come by to check on it.  There was discussion about the Indian Hills Subdivision and she was going to follow up on that contractor.  She noted that she is supposed to be meeting with the contractors prior to land disturbance.  John asked about getting information books to the contractors.  Denise said that they are still being completed by IDEM, once finished Denise will get the information to the contractors.

  

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Annual Meeting:  A date was set for January 24th at 6:30 pm.  Lynda will call the High School to reserve the commons.  Bill Comer suggested Jeff Broady’s catering since he is a local person and had done an excellent job at a recent event Bill had attended.  Lynda will contact both Jeff and the Rolling Pin (from last year’s annual meeting) to get bids for the meal.  John mentioned that with new changes by the state we would need to charge at least a portion of the meal cost to attendees.  It was decided to wait until receiving bids from the caterers before setting the ticket price.  Joe mentioned that this may affect the numbers who attend.   John stated that in a recent conversation with County Extension Agent Jerene Gilliam, she had expressed an interest to speak at our Annual Meeting.  Joe also suggested having the FFA kids make a presentation about their visit to a Dairy Farm.

 

Pesticide Training Class:  Jefferson County had contacted us to do a joint Pesticide Training Class.

 

EQUIP Eligible Resource Concerns:  Pat Larr presented the EQUIP local ranking worksheet for discussion.  Board members worked with Bob Backus, FSA and the County Council to rank the Scott County priorities for the next year.  The final results ranked by priority were as follows:

1.      Soil Erosion – Ephemeral Gully (Effect)

2.      Plant Condition – Productivity, Health and Vigor (Effect)

3.      Water Quality – Surface Water – Excessive Suspended Sediment and Turbidity (Effect)