SCOTT COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

MONTHLY BOARD MEEETING MINUTES

Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 12 p.m.

Present: Bill Comer, John Hardin, Lynda Phillips, Joe Robbins

Guests: Laura Fribley

Meeting Called to Order by John Hardin.

Minutes from July 17 meeting were approved and signed. Joe made a motion to approve and John seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Business Plan Priority Actions

Fall Tree Sale July 14 – Sept. 15. Lynda reported that it finally made the newspaper. Brochures have been sent out to previous customers.

Drainage education news article. Lynda will get with Steve Broady on this and try to get something into the paper for September.

Monthly Business

CWI 2008 SNRG update – We currently have 24 applicants. It was agreed that after the extended application deadline of Sept. 1, Lynda will petition the SSCB to allow us to take any extra dollars from soil testing and use that money in the cost share portion of the grant. Otherwise any extra money needed for cost share will be paid from our funds.

‘Entering Scott County …’ signs – It’s finished! Lynda will take a picture of the sign for our accomplishments. A ‘thank you note’ was signed and will be sent to Todd Carr of the County Highway dept. Another will be sent to Pat Bridgewater of the State Highway dept. for all of his help in getting the sign up.

New Drill – John wanted to start discussions on the purchase of a new drill since our current drill is estimated to be at least 15 years old. It was decided that we would begin to investigate the cost of another 15’ no-till drill. Joe suggested ‘Great Plains’ for its high resale value. He thought that a new one would be around $30,000 with a trade-in value on our old one of $2,500 to $3,500. It was decided that if a purchase was made the board would rather purchase a new one over a used one. Joe will call around and get some prices. Bill suggested checking out the Farm Machinery show.

CWI 2009 Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Grant – Lynda presented a draft version based on Joe’s ideas at our recent grant committee meeting. We will apply to continue the Pasture and Hay Land best management practices theme. The board recommended submitting our application as it was presented to them today.

Reports

Laura Fribley – ISDA

Laura commended the board on all of their work gathering information for the ECAP assessment. She said that although we did not receive any allocation of dollars, they had done a great job and completed everything the State had requested.

She also mentioned the upcoming Leadership Institute classes. The closest for us is ‘Communications’ in New Harmony, Nov. 21-22. She asked the board about obstacles that may have kept them from attending in the past. Bill mentioned family and farm responsibilities. Joe agreed and also said that time constraints were an issue. Joe made a suggestion to make video-taped recordings available to those who are unable to attend the classes.

Lynda Phillips – SWCD

Marty Randall contacted Lynda about purchasing trees for the Austin Parks board. A motion was made by Joe to offer the Austin Parks board $200 of free trees and the rest at cost. Bill seconded the motion. Motion carried. However, we want to be sure that publicity for this event is recorded in the media.

We need to order more flags. Joe made a motion that Lynda could use the credit card to purchase survey flags and Bill seconded the motion. Motion carried.

We will advertise our Seed Slinger with our Equipment Rental. It will be available for $5 a day.

The board acknowledged a Thank You note for our recent participation and financial support of Brian and Melinda Lowry’s summer ‘Nature Camp’.

NACD is offering free ‘Hidden Treasure’ comic books for the district to use with children. The shipping cost on 500 should be about $11. Bill made a motion that the district purchase 500 with the credit card and Joe seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Lynda notified the board about the upcoming HHH RC&D project committee tour.

Financial District Reports

Approval Checks – Accounts Payable Voucher Register - All checks 1065 to 1072 were signed and approved. The Accounts Payable register was also approved and signed. Bill made a motion to approve these expenditures and Joe seconded, motion carried.

Announcements/Public comments

There were no public comments.

Adjourn

Joe made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Bill seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynda Phillips, SWCD District Coordinator

John W. Hardin, Chairperson Joe Robbins, Vice-Chairperson

Matt D. Oberlies, Treasurer Bill Comer, Supervisor

Jeff Coomes, Supervisor Date