DRAFT MINUTES
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Frank W. Bratt Ag Center, Jamestown, NY 14701
District Board of Directors' Regular Meeting
June 26, 2003
I. Meeting Called to Order: 1:05 P.M.
A. Present:
David Sturges - Chairman Debra Kelley - Secretary
Robert Anderson - Member David Wilson - Field Manager
Robert Thompson - Vice-Chair Rob Halbohm - NRCS
II. Minutes of The Previous Meeting:
MOTION by Anderson seconded by Thompson to approve the minutes of the May meeting.Carried.
III.Treasurer's Report:
MOTION by Anderson seconded by Sturges to accept the Treasurer's report and pay current bills. Carried.
A. The following bills were approved for payment:
SEE ATTACHED
IV. Correspondence: - none
V. Reports:
A. Other Agencies - none
B. Committees - none
C. District Conservationist
1. Approval of Conservation Plans
a. FSA PLANS: MOTION by Anderson seconded by Thompson to approve three FSA Plans for Combs Brothers Dairy, Barbara Ann Goodwill and Gary Frederes. Carried!
b. CRP PLANS: MOTION by Anderson seconded by Thompson to approve one CRP Plan for Kimvale Farm (Steve Kimball). Carried!
2. EQIP sign Up Starts - 15 producers have signed up for the EQIP Program. I am doing the rankings on them now and I will have them turned in by July 3rd. We will see if any of them get funded.
D District Field Manager - David Wilson
1. Trees & Shrubs - Final count for 2003 is 365 orders with income of $7,829 this is down from last year.
2. Pond Seminar - We held a Pond Seminar on May 28 and June 5 here at the Ag Center. We had about 90 people attend the seminar and made about $1,300.
District Minutes Page 2.
District Field Manager (cont.)
3. Chautauqua County Fair - Is right around the corner. Our tent has been moved to the front of the Fair Grounds. We will be right by the Main Gate.
4. Summer Work Load - Requests for hydro-seeding are coming in, so we have quite a bit of this to do. We have a lot of pond requests and some tile to lay out. I think we will have a busy summer.
E. District Secretary - Debra Kelley
1. Grass Carp - We sold 415 Carp, income of $1,609.00 up from last year.
2. Koi - We sold 75 Koi, income of $478.00 down from last year.
3. Channel Catfish - we sold 1,000 catfish, income of $751.00 down from last year.
VI. Old Business
A. Personnel Appraisals - Tabled
B. NACD - Pay National Dues - MOTION by Anderson seconded by Thompson to pay the National Dues. Carried!
C. Ag Center Building Lease - USDA Lease expires at the end of June. Coop-Extension has some issues to deal with in regards to the handicapped accessability for the building, before we can finalize a new 5 year lease.
VII.New Business
A. Jay Gould Back To Work - MOTION by Anderson seconded by Thompson for Jay to start work on July 1, 2003. Carried!
B. 2004 County Budget - We do not have to present a budget to IDA for 2004. We will prepare a budget for the board to approve at the next board meeting
C. NYS Fair Booth Donation - MOTION by Anderson seconded by Sturges to pay $100 for the NYS Fair Booth Display. Carried!
D. Personnel - Motion by Anderson seconded by Sturges to hire Bryan Mentley on a permanent basis, with one year probationary period. Carried!
E. Division I Employees Association Meeting - MOTION by Sturges seconded by Anderson for employees to attend the meeting on July 10th in North Java. Carried!
F. Contract with NRCS - MOTION by Anderson seconded by Thompson for the district to contract with NRCS for $1,500 for contract services. Carried!
G. Building Open House - The Ag center is 25 years old and there will be an open house on July 15th to celebrate the event.
VIII. RC&D
A. Council Meeting - There was a meeting in June in Sherman, they discussed Matt Beckerink and timber bridges for Rails to Trails.
IX. Water Quality
X. Cooperators - None
XI. Next Meeting - Friday, July 25, 2003, 10:00 A.M. in the SWCD Ag Tent at the Chautauqua County Fair Grounds, Dunkirk, NY.
XII.Meeting Adjourned
MOTION by Anderson seconded by Sturges to adjourn at 2:10 P.M. Carried!
Debra A. Kelley David J. Sturges
Secretary Chairman