SCOTT COUNTY SOIL & WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
MONTHLY
BOARD MEEETING MINUTES
Thursday, April 17, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Location:
Present: Bill Comer, John Hardin, Matt Oberlies, Lynda
Phillips, Joe Robbins
Guests: Laura Fribley, Pat Larr
Meeting Called to Order by John Hardin.
Minutes from
March 20 meeting were approved and signed.
Joe made a motion to approve and Matt seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Business Plan Priority Actions
Wildlife - Lynda reported that the Food Plot seed had arrived and
an article had been sent to the Giveaway to announce ‘Free Seed’.
Newsletter – Lynda reported in March that she had spoken with Bob
Backus, FSA about the next newsletter and it will hopefully be published in May. However, he ended up sending out a newsletter
in mid-April. The board agreed that we
need to plan on sending one ourselves in May.
This will publicize our Workshop Pasture event and other articles in our
business plan. Lynda will contact the
Giveaway printing office about doing this.
Joe made a motion, Matt seconded and the motion carried. We also plan to use this newsletter to
advertise equipment rental.
Soil & Water Stewardship Week – Materials were received and were distributed the
first week of April. Lynda has applied
for a Scott County Community Foundation Youth grant of $831 for next year.
Forestry – We talked about advertising our Timber Stand
Improvement plan in the May newsletter to see what kind of interest there was
for the program. Based on that, we will
determine whether to continue with this plan.
Monthly Business
50 State Trees at the Fairgrounds – Paul Rogers had contacted the board about
partnering on this project. It was
decided that SWCD was interested in helping out. John will contact Paul to talk more about
this with him.
‘Entering
Reports
Pat Larr – NRCS Pat reported that
there are currently 25 EQIP and WHIP contracts in
Laura Fribley – ISDA Laura updated
the board on the Indiana Corn Marketing Council $300 grant proposal. They have dropped their sponsorship of
Lynda Phillips – SWCD Joe, Pat and Lynda met to come up with an application
for the CWI SNR grant. It was presented
to the board. Lynda reported that
Leroy’s could do the catering and Matt said that he had booked the Lexington
Fire Department for our location. Jerene
Gilliam had offered to speak on Soil Science.
It was agreed to have Jerene, Brian Kendall and Pat speak at the
event. Lynda will design a brochure for
the program.
A recap of the Spring tree sale was presented. We made over $700 on the event. It was agreed to have another sale in the
Fall.
The board said they would consider a Master Naturalist
Program for next winter. Lynda will find
out more about the costs of sponsorship.
Lynda asked if there had ever been a history of the
district paying income taxes. The answer
was ‘no’ because we are a division of government.
Previously, Lynda had been asked to look into a new
Presentation board. These costs were
presented. Before purchase it was decided
we should check into what had been used in the past.
She presented her monthly Summary of Activities.
Financial District Reports
Approval Checks – Accounts Payable
Voucher Register - All checks 1020 to
1037 were signed and approved. The
Accounts Payable register was also approved.
Bill made a motion to approve these expenditures and Matt seconded,
motion carried.
Announcements/Public comments
There were no public comments.
Adjourn
Joe made a motion at 8:30 pm to adjourn the
meeting. Matt seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynda Phillips, SWCD District
Coordinator
Matt D. Oberlies,
Treasurer Bill Comer, Supervisor