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Minutes of the Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation
District, Regular Meeting, USDA Building, Ivanhoe, MN, November 19, 2008.
Meeting called to order by the Chairman, Daniel
Christianson, at 10:07 a.m.
Members Present: District
Staff Present: Others
Present:
Daniel Christianson, Chair Pauline VanOverbeke, Dist. Manager Curt Blumeyer, Co. Commissioner
Joe Weber, Treasurer Terry Dybsetter, Education Coord. Dick Holmberg, Auditor;left @10:41am
John Boulton, PR&I Ron Madsen, Engineering Tech.
Members Absent: Dale Sterzinger, Cons. Tech.
Glen Sorensen, Vice Chair
Conrad Schardin, Secretary
AGENDA: An updated agenda was distributed.
MINUTES: The minutes from the October 15, 2008 meeting, were
approved as mailed.
2007 AUDIT REPORT: Dick Holmberg, CPA, reviewed the 2007 Audit
Report for the Lincoln SWCD.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Motion by Weber, seconded
by Boulton to approve the Treasurer’s Report for October, 2008. Affirmative:
Christianson, Weber and Boulton.
Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
BILLS: Motion by Boulton, seconded by Weber to approve the
payment of the bills for $32,430.84 (see attachment). Affirmative: Christianson,
Weber and Boulton. Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
STATE COST-SHARE PAYMENT: Motion by Weber, seconded
by Boulton to approve payment of the State Cost-Share Contract for Dale
Johnson, FY08-05 for a Diversion Project, C-S amount of $1,741.00. Madsen and Skogland, were the Technician’s
for the project. Affirmative:
Christianson, Weber and Boulton.
Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
TRANSFER OF FUNDS: Motion by Weber, seconded by Boulton to
approve the transfer of $24,000 from the Checking Account to the Money Market
Savings Account. Affirmative:
Christianson, Weber and Boulton.
Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
BWSR FY2009SWCD RIM/WRP PARTNERSHIP GRANT AGREEMENT: Motion by Boulton, seconded
by Weber to approve and sign the FY2009 SWCD RIM/WRP Partnership Grant Agreement
for $4,000.00. Affirmative:
Christianson, Weber and 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 October, 2008.
MN MANAGEMENT & BUDGET; PAY EQUITY COMPLIANCE: VanOverbeke read the letter
from the MN Management & Budget Division; Pay Equity Section regarding the
pay equity report submitted December, 2007.
The letter recognizes the Lincoln SWCD to be in compliance with the
Local Government Pay Equity Act.
AREA V MEETING-NOVEMBER 20: The Area V meeting will be
held on Thursday, November 20 at St. Stephen’s
STATE CONVENTION: Discussed the ride share; hospitality room;
baskets VanOverbeke developed for the Live Auction at the Convention, etc.
RC&D APPLICATION: Motion by Weber, seconded
by Boulton to approve the RC&D application for Piggy Park Playground
Equipment submitted by Investing In Ivanhoe group, contact person being Nancy
Krog. Dollars requesting from the
RC&D Council will be $5,000.00. Affirmative:
Christianson, Weber and Boulton.
Opposed: None. Motion Carried.
MASWCD ANNUAL MEETING BUSINESS ITEMS: VanOverbeke handed out the
MASWCD Annual Meeting/Business Information for the State Convention.
MCIT ANNUAL REPORT: VanOverbeke passed around
the 2007 MCIT Annual Report.
REPORTS:
· Windows/air conditioner bid;
$850,000; $100,000 over the bonding.
· State wants joint
cooperation with county to build a wind turbine; one in
· Working on Union Contracts.
· Study on Public Health and
Human Services; join together.
· The state is going to raise
the land (market values) by 30% in
· Working on the budget and
recount.
DISTRICT
MANAGER’S REPORT: Pauline
VanOverbeke, District Manager’s report follows:
· Asked the board about the
possibility of raining the maximum in the FlexOne Account.
· Local Work Group meeting is
November 25th @ 1p.m.
· Met with the
· Attended the Expression Web
training in Windom. Excellent training
on developing a new website.
· The Annual Report will now
need to be put on the district’s web page.
BWSR is still undecided as to what will need to be included in the
Annual Report.
· Upcoming meetings: Area
V-Nov. 20th; State Convention-Dec. 7-10; Clean Water, Land, &
Legacy meeting-Dec. 2nd.
· Performance reviews will be
December 17th at 11:00 a.m. with the Personnel Committee
members-Boulton and Weber, before the regular board meeting.
EDUCATION COORDINATOR’S REPORT: Terry Dybsetter, Education
Coordinator, report follows:
· Received her new computer;
use other computers to access NRCS and Outlook.
· Will be on Vacation from
December 3 – 10, 2008.
· Education: Was put on the Environmental
Fair Committee, will serve for two-years; Envirothon-in the process of mailing
out info to teachers.
ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN’S REPORT: Ron Madsen, Engineering
Technician, report follows:
· Fall Construction; alone did
34 WSCB’s with a possibility of 12 more this fall.
· Statewide NRCS Audit w/all
leave cancelled until possibly year-end.
· County tile intakes;
CONSERVATION TECHNICIAN’S REPORT: Dale Sterzinger,
Conservation Technician, report follows:
· Accounts Receivable (2008) of
$53.25.
· Trees: Measuring tree plots;
designed three-living snow fences with MNDOT.
· WCA: Tile requests; requests
to mark out wetlands; Working on a Restoration Design; Highway Dept. set up a
few markers for a wetland violation for WCA.
· Met with the Shaokatan
Sportsmen’s Club on projects waiting to be installed in the
· It was okayed by the Board
to donate the old tree planter to the Tyler Rod and Gun Club Tree Project that
the 4-H Club will be planting next spring.
1977 DODGE PICKUP: The District Staff has had some interest in the 1977 Red Dodge pickup at a cost of $300.00. It was decided that if the District can get $300.00 from someone that is interested sell it.
The next meeting of the Lincoln SWCD will be on Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. Performance reviews with the personnel committee (Boulton & Weber) at 11:00 a.m.
The meeting declared adjourned by
the Chairman, Christianson, at 12:48 p.m.
APPROVED:
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