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Minutes of the Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation
District, Regular Meeting, USDA Building, Ivanhoe, MN, August 13, 2008.
Meeting called to order by the Chairman, Daniel
Christianson, at 7:09 a.m.
Members Present: District
Staff Present: County
Commissioner Present:
Daniel Christianson, Chair Pauline VanOverbeke, District Manager Curt Blumeyer, left @ 9:30 am
Glen Sorensen, Vice Chair Terry Dybsetter, Education Coord. NRCS Staff Present:
Joe Weber, Treasurer Ron Madsen, Engineering Tech. Randy Sheik, Cons. Tech.
from
Conrad Schardin, Secretary Dale Sterzinger, Cons. Tech., @ 7:23 am
8:00 to 8:30 am
John Boulton, PR&I
AGENDA: An updated agenda was distributed.
MINUTES: The minutes from the July16, 2008 meeting, were
approved as mailed.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Motion by Schardin,
seconded by Sorensen to approve the Treasurer’s Report for July, 2008. Affirmative:
Christianson, Sorensen, Weber, Schardin, Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
BILLS: Motion by Sorensen, seconded by Weber to approve
the payment of the bills for $21,773.65 (see attachment). Affirmative: Christianson,
Sorensen, Weber, Schardin, Boulton.
Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
TRANSFER OF FUNDS: Motion by Sorensen, seconded by Weber to
approve the transfer of $17,000 from the Checking Account to the Money Market
Savings Account. Affirmative:
Christianson, Sorensen, Weber, Schardin, Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
ACTUAL AND BUDGETED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
STATEMENT:
VanOverbeke handed out the monthly and yearly actual and budgeted income and
expenditure statement for July, 2008.
Sterzinger present at this time.
FY2009 BWSR GRANT AGREEMENT: Motion by Sorensen,
seconded by Weber to approve and sign the FY09 BWSR Grant Agreement as follows:
$6,744 for Easement Services, $24,275 for General Services and $27,062 for
Cost-Share for a total of $58,081 and that for the C-S dollars for the T&A
dollars goes towards T&A unless decided at a later date to put towards
conservation practices. This grant
agreement runs from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2010. Affirmative: Christianson, Sorensen, Weber,
Schardin, Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
STATE COST-SHARE APPROVALS: Motion by Boulton, seconded
by Weber to approve the State Cost-Share Contract as follows: Affirmative:
Christianson, Sorensen, Weber, Schardin, Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
Name Contract # Practice C-S Amount Technician/Project
·
Dale Johnson FY08-05 Diversion $3,500 Madsen
& Mike Skogland
Motion by Schardin, seconded by Sorensen to approve
the State Cost-Share Contracts as follows: Affirmative: Christianson, Sorensen, Weber,
and Schardin Opposed: None. Abstained:
Boulton. Motion Carried.
Name Contract
# Practice C-S Amount Technician/Project
·
David Boulton FY08-06 WSCB $9,298 Madsen
·
David Boulton FY09-01 WSCB $6,500 Madsen
RCRCA COST-SHARE RECOMMENDATION: Motion by Boulton, seconded
by Weber to recommend approval of the following C-S contract recommendations to
RCRCA: Randy Nielsen for WSCB for C-S of $4,500, and Wayne Possail for a Clean
Water Diversion for C-S of $3,690. Affirmative:
Christianson, Sorensen, Weber, Schardin, Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
WORKING LANDS INITIATIVE-PRACTICE CP38 PAYOUT: Motion by Schardin,
seconded by Sorensen to pay the following WLI Easements for Practice CP38
Incentive to Gil Sook for $41,868.00. Affirmative:
Christianson, Sorensen, Weber, Schardin, Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
REPORTS:
· $3.9 levy limits for
3-years.
· New windows are being put in
the courthouse along with air conditioning.
· SRDC is conducting a Pay
Equity study for the county.
· Health Insurance went up 2%
for the County.
· County ordinance-Public
Hearing will include the Planning and Zoning Ordinance.
· New Line-Regional Radio
Board for the Sheriffs Office, changing to digital; includes 31 towers total
will be put in 16 entities in various counties.
Grant amount is $497,000 with a 20% match.
· FY09-County Assessor must be
in place by January 1, 2009.
· Transportation increase to
ride the county buses.
DISTRICT
MANAGER’S REPORT: Pauline
VanOverbeke, District Manager’s report follows:
· Conor Donnelly with BWSR has
asked her to do a “test” run the new eLink program and evaluate the
program. This will be done at the end of
August. VanOverbeke will take part in the
test run.
· Gave a state convention
update.
· Will be contacting SWWC for
computer bids for Dybsetter’s computer.
· Meet with the
· Richard Holmberg, Auditor
will be at our office to perform the 2007 audit the first week in
September.
· Upcoming meetings: SWWC
Group Insurance Pool Meeting-August 21; September 2-County Commissioners and
the Lac qui Parle CWP Tech meeting; September 3-Area V Meeting; September 17-Women’s
Day Program.
· Credit Card Update-for the
BP Credit Card you must have an employee per credit card. VanOverbeke will continue to check on the
district’s options.
EDUCATION COORDINATOR’S REPORT: Terry Dybsetter, Education
Coordinator, report follows:
· Education: Women’s Day
Program have five signed up to date;
ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN’S REPORT: Ron Madsen, Engineering
Technician, report follows:
· Request forms for SWPTSA
assistance; Lane Petersen for Nutrient Management Plan.
· C-S audits will be done by
David Sill for FY06 and FY07.
Sheik present at this time.
CONSERVATION TECHNICIAN’S REPORT: Dale Sterzinger,
Conservation Technician, report follows:
· Accounts Receivable-$28,599.24.
· Working on trees;
checkouts-for matting and work on groves and a large forestry plan for next
year.
· WCA: working with landowners
on the following:
o
Drainage exemption.
o
Pond cleanout application.
o
Wetland restoration-no loss determination.
o
County Road 127 for road work.
o
Wind Power project-sent letter.
o
Transmission line meeting-August 19th.
· WCA Training on wetland
vegetation and soils in
· WCA Resolution: Motion by Boulton,
seconded by Schardin to approve the attached WCA Resolution that decision
authority for exemption, no loss, wetland boundary and type, replacement plan,
sequencing determinations, and wetland banking determinations are placed with
the Conservation Technician, Dale Sterzinger.
Affirmative: Christianson, Sorensen, Weber, Schardin, Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
· Ecological spot check;
O&M plan in the folders.
TITLE INSURANCE/ABSTRACTING: Motion by Weber, seconded by Boulton to add Title & Abstract Services, LLC to the list for Title Insurance and Abstracting through the office. Affirmative: Christianson, Sorensen, Weber, Schardin, Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING: The regular board meeting for September has been changed to September 18 at 7 am due to the Women’s Day Program on the 17th.
NRCS MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING: Motion by Boulton, seconded by Weber to agree to the NRCS Memo of Understanding and to follow NRCS EEO Policy which basically states we agree that the NRCS programs are delivered fairly and without discrimination. Affirmative: Christianson, Sorensen, Weber, Schardin, Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
NRCS SPACE AGREEMENT: Motion by Weber, seconded by Schardin to approve the NRCS Space Agreement as follows: Reimburse NRCS $7,008 for 870 square feet of office space; and $689 for LAN/WAN/VOICE costs for a total reimbursement to NRCS of $7,697.00 for FY08. Affirmative: Christianson, Sorensen, Weber, Schardin, Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
Sheik and Blumeyer left the meeting at this time.
DISTRICT CAPACITY AWARD/FARMER AWARD WINNER: Motion by Weber, seconded by Schardin to nominate Duane and Doug Possail and their wives for this years Farmer Award. Affirmative: Christianson, Sorensen, Weber, Schardin, Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried. The District Capacity Award was filled out by the Board.
Other items: distributed the MASWCD Candidate Prospectus/Tidbits.
The next meeting of the Lincoln SWCD will be on Thursday, September 18, 2008, at 7:00 a.m.
The meeting declared adjourned by
the Chairman, Christianson, at 10 a.m.
APPROVED:
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