SCOTT COUNTY SOIL & WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
MONTHLY
BOARD MEEETING MINUTES
Thursday, October 9, 2008, 12 p.m.
Present: John Hardin, Joe Robbins, Bill Comer, Lynda Phillips,
Guests: Laura Fribley, Pat Larr
Meeting Called to Order by John Hardin.
Minutes from
September 18 meeting were approved and signed.
Bill made a motion to approve and Joe seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Business Plan Priority Actions
Forestry, Pasture, CRP and Wildlife articles will be included in October newsletter.
Monthly Business
CWI 2008 SNRG update – We received our soil testing bill from CPS and the
check will be approved later in the meeting.
Brian is working through the consultations and doing a great job of
communicating his status. Lynda has
petitioned the SSCB to allow us to take the extra dollars from soil testing and
use that money in the cost share portion of the grant. They will meet in mid-November. We have received our first cost share request
from Bob Comer.
Rental Equipment – new drill and repair
of wsg drill – Bill has talked with
Davis Equipment to cost a new drill and is waiting to hear back from them. Joe talked to Jacobi’s. Their retail price for a
The parts were received for the wsg drill and it will
be worked on over the winter. (John did
go ahead and fix a broken press wheel and the chains that hold it.)
Election Committee - John, Bill and Jeff.
Joe is interested in running again.
Lynda placed an article in Giveaway announcing the upcoming elections
and asking for nominations. The deadline
to receive nominations will be Nov. 20.
Annual Calendars should be ordered this month. Bill made a motion and Joe seconded that we
should use the credit card if necessary to purchase 200 calendars. Motion carried. This is less quantity than before because
there were so many left over last year.
John suggested that Lynda check for a price break to be sure this would
save us money.
Associate Supervisor List – Lynda presented board with a list from 2005. They would like all those on the list to be
contacted to see if they are still interested in serving a more active role.
Fair Tree-Planting Project – Lynda talked with Carl Day this week. The fair board had a meeting and he said they
would discuss the details of the project and get back with SWCD.
Annual Dinner & Meeting had to be moved until January 29, 2009 because of a
previous booking at the high school. The
snow date will be February 5, 2009. We
discussed the caterer and compared the benefits of each. Rolling Pin was selected because they offer
more food for less money. The
entertainer was contacted and booked.
Lynda has made contact with Purdue Extension about a speaker but nothing
confirmed yet. Ideas for table favors
were discussed. Lynda will get prices on
rain gauges, pens, thermometer and hats.
Annual Conference Delegates will be John Hardin and alternate, Bill Comer.
Reports
Laura
Fribley – ISDA
Laura presented the board with a
handout that could be utilized for accessing Supervisor strengths. She also handed out information regarding the
upcoming ‘Communications’ seminar. A
motion was made by John that the board would financially support anyone who
wanted to attend the seminar and that the bill could be paid with the credit
card. Bill seconded the motion. Motion carried. It was noted that the deadline for registration
is Nov. 5, 2008.
Pat Larr – NRCS
Pat had a Conservation Plan for signing. She reported that there have been EQIP
payments going out. Pat noted that some
of the rules for programs may be changing due to the new Farm Bill. John recommended Lynda work with Pat on
articles about the programs for the October newsletter.
Lynda Phillips – SWCD
Lynda provided a copy of a flyer that was sent to the
local Elementary schools in laminated form.
It is hoped that it will be posted in the teacher’s mail room. We have received one booking for our program
so far. Bill made a motion that the
credit card can be used to purchase up to $100 of Educational supplies as
needed. Joe seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Final tree sale results were
presented to the board as was an invitation to board members to attend the
Central Muscatatuck Watershed Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon.
Lynda
also mentioned that any interested board members could also attend the next
Agribusiness committee meeting.
Financial Reports
Approval Checks – Accounts Payable
Voucher Register - All checks 1083 and
1089 to 1100 were signed and approved. (The
checks are out of numerical order because they were incorrectly placed into the
printer. Checks 1084 to 1088 will be
used next month.) The Accounts Payable
register was also approved and signed. Joe
made a motion to approve these expenditures and Bill seconded, motion carried.
Lynda reported that our CD will soon come due. It was discussed that she should check for a
better rate, but that the money should be re-invested into another CD.
Announcements/Public comments - There were no public comments.
Adjourn - Bill
made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Joe
seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynda Phillips, SWCD District
Coordinator
Matt D. Oberlies,
Treasurer Bill Comer, Supervisor