SCOTT COUNTY SOIL & WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
MONTHLY
BOARD MEEETING MINUTES
Thursday, September 18, 2008, 7 p.m.
Present: Bill Comer, Jeff Coomes, John Hardin, Matt Oberlies,
Lynda Phillips
Guests: Laura Fribley
Meeting Called to Order by John Hardin.
Minutes from
August 27 meeting were approved and signed.
Bill made a motion to approve and Matt seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Rule 5 Update
Denise Dailey was present and allowed to top our agenda so that she
could leave. She said that everything
was going well. Development in the
county has been slow.
Business Plan Priority Actions
Fall Tree
Drainage education news article.
Lynda sent an article about Rule 5 to the newspaper.
Forestry, Pasture, CRP and Wildlife articles have appeared in recent newsletters.
Monthly Business
CWI 2008 SNRG update – We ended up with 25 applicants and all soil testing
has been completed. Lynda will petition
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.
New Drill – Lynda presented board with a summary of the expenses
and profit on all the drills for 2007 and year to date.
Repair of Drills – The straw crimper will be taken to John Collins for
repair. It was also discussed that we
needed to order parts for the warm season grass drill. Bill made a motion and Matt seconded that we
use the credit card to purchase parts from Truax. Repairs will be made after the fall planting
season is completed.
Conservation Farmer of the Year Award was awarded to Denny Wilson. He was one of only five in the state to
receive the award. We talked about
paying for his registration to annual conference. There was discussion about whether or not he
would appear in Prairie Farmer. Lynda will
research this and also take publicity pictures for the State.
Election Committee was formed by John, Bill and Jeff. Jeff will be the chairman of the
committee. John suggested we check our
historical records for the list of Associate Supervisors then contact them to
see if they are still interested. It was
agreed that a group of Associate Supervisors should be established. Lynda will run an advertisement in the
newspaper for our election. John
suggested and it was agreed that an advertisement could be purchased if it
would ensure that our ad would run. Matt
agreed to be appointed again. Joe will
be asked first if he wants to run again.
Names suggested for election were Lynn Surber, David Coates, Kitty
Perkinson, Susan or Steve Knowles and Cody Chambless.
Annual Dinner & Meeting was set for January 22, 2009 with a snow date of
January 29, 2009. Possible speakers were
suggested: someone to talk about the new
Farm Bill from Purdue Extension seemed to be favored. Lynda will call extension office for a
contact. Matt suggested a magician for
entertainment. He will check into the
cost.
Annual Conference Delegates were not selected.
It was stated that the deadline for submission is November 14, 2008, but
we will make a final decision on attendees next month.
Reports
Laura
Fribley – ISDA
Laura presented the board with a
handout reviewing District Powers. She
also handed out a copy of a recent newsletter highlighting different SWCD
activities.
She announced that
Laura finished up by announcing that
the IRS wants the district supervisors to be treated as an employee which means
they will want W-2s filed. More
information will be forthcoming.
Lynda Phillips – SWCD
Lynda presented the board with the 2008-09 Elementary
school education plans. It was emailed
to the local principals and also posted on our website.
She announced that we did not
receive any of the three SCCF grants for which we had applied. No specifics were given by the SCCF other
than to say that we had not scored high enough.
Lynda requested to be allowed to
attend a Purdue Extension two day grant writing seminar. The cost is $150.00. Matt made a motion that she could attend. Jeff seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Financial Reports
Approval Checks – Accounts Payable
Voucher Register - All checks 1073 to
1082 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
Joe made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Bill seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynda Phillips, SWCD District
Coordinator
Matt D. Oberlies,
Treasurer Bill Comer, Supervisor