SCOTT COUNTY SOIL & WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
MONTHLY
BOARD MEEETING MINUTES
Thursday, May 15, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Location:
Present: Bill Comer, Jeff Coomes, John Hardin, Matt Oberlies, Lynda
Phillips, Joe Robbins
Guests: Denise Dailey, Laura Fribley
Meeting Called to Order by John Hardin.
Minutes from
April 17 meeting were approved and signed.
Bill made a motion to approve and Joe seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Rule 5
Denise
Dailey was present to update the board.
She stated there has not been much building activity anywhere. Austin Tri-Hawk has submitted a NOI and will
be invoiced. There was discussion about
the Indian Hills subdivision. Denise had
talked with Jamie Knowles and no new construction has taken place since the
initial NOI was filed. In fact, John and
Joe stated that all construction has stopped.
Keith Parrish felt that it was no longer profitable.
Business Plan Priority Actions
River Friendly Farmer Award (and other
Conservation Awards) – Five names
were submitted to be contacted: Marvin
McNeely, Larry McNeely, Mike Brown, Steve Broady, Dennis Wilson. The board felt Dennis Wilson would be the
best candidate for a Conservation Award.
Lynda will contact nominees to determine their interest and begin the
application process.
Soil Quality – CWI SNRG – A brochure was created and presented to
the board for approval. They thought it
was fine. It will be distributed around
the county at various places to include, CPS, Farm Credit, J&J Feed and
Lexington Food Mart. The grant money has
been received. Jeff made a motion to use
the credit card to purchase laser printer color cartridges (from the grant). Joe seconded the motion; motion carried.
Monthly Business
50 State Trees at the Fairgrounds – John reported that he had spoken with Paul Rogers to
let him know we were interested in helping with their 50 State Tree
Project. John suggested that we would
sell them trees from our tree sale at cost for the project. Lynda got a map of
‘Entering
Reports
Laura Fribley – ISDA
Laura updated the board on upcoming events and
deadlines. She presented them with a
list of important dates. Tuesday, June
17th is the Area Partnership Meeting. Lynda will attend to represent the board, but
the Supervisors hope to be farming by that date.
She stated that the Tillage Transect is optional this
year.
Laura said that 95% of CWI funds have been
deposited. Finally, she asked about the
status of our County funding and the Budget hearings. John stated that our County will not have
budget hearings until the first of August.
The board wants to use the Leveraging worksheet again. Laura will also put together a packet of
other tools we can use to show our value to the community.
Lynda Phillips – SWCD
Lynda presented a recap of Hardy Lake Sweep. We had 192 volunteers and the total cost to
the district ended up being $415. Bill
mentioned that it would be great to do this through the entire county. Lynda suggested an ‘Adopt a Road’
program. The board thought that this
state program had been eliminated.
Lynda found the Presentation board in the supply room. She will try to get it painted before the
fair. We do not need to purchase a new
display board.
The Fair is coming up in July and Lynda asked the
board for ideas for giveaways. Matt
suggested gloves from Cobb with our name on them. Lynda will look into this. She mentioned that she had ordered quiz boxes
from the DNR. There is no cost to use
those.
We were rejected by the Youth Grantmaking Council for
our Soil and Water Stewardship Funding Request.
The kids felt that the educational materials were not very impactful and
would just be thrown away. The board lmay
consider something different for next year’s Soil and Water Stewardship.
Lynda presented
information about the Lowry’s Nature Camp which takes place each summer. She had approached them about involving SWCD
in some way. They had some needed
supplies which would be helpful. Melinda
Lowry suggested that we purchase them, but make them available for loan from
our office. Bill made a motion to fund
$250 to purchase compasses and sea-scopes.
The credit card can be used to purchase these supplies. Matt seconded the motion, motion carried.
She presented her monthly Summary of Activities.
Financial District Reports
Approval Checks – Accounts Payable
Voucher Register - All checks 1038 to
1044 were signed and approved. The
Accounts Payable register was also approved and signed. Bill made a motion to approve these
expenditures and Jeff seconded, motion carried.
Announcements/Public comments
There were no public comments.
Adjourn
Matt made a motion at 8:20 pm to adjourn the
meeting. Joe seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynda Phillips, SWCD District
Coordinator
Matt D. Oberlies,
Treasurer Bill Comer, Supervisor