MINUTES OF THE
FREMONT SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
COMMISSIONERS’ MEETING
JANUARY 4, 2011, 7:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER:
A meeting of the Fremont Soil
& Water Conservation District
PRESENT:
Commissioners: Carl Jardon, Mark Kilpatrick, Harold Mitchell,
Sheryl Sanders, and Phil Wing
Staff: Kevin
Brannen, Tammy Grebert, Brian Gross, Seth Moore, Shane McNaughton
ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON:
ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIRPERSON:
01-11 Wing
asked for nominations for Chairperson. Mitchell made a motion to nominate Phil
Wing as Chairperson and Sheryl Sanders as Vice-Chairperson. The motion was
seconded by Kilpatrick and passed with all in favor.
APPOINTMENT OF TREASURER:
APPOINTMENT OF CO-TREASURER:
02-11 A
motion was made by Sanders, seconded by Jardon to appoint Tammy Grebert as
Secretary and Treasurer and appoint Harold Mitchell as Co-Treasurer. The motion
passed unanimously.
APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS:
03-11 Sanders
made a motion, seconded by Mitchell, to retain the same Assistant Commissioners
and appoint Darwin Bugg, James Doyle, Robert Smith
and David Welchans to serve as Assistant
Commissioners. Motion passed unanimously.
ADOPT AGENDA:
The
agenda for the January 4, 2011 meeting was adopted with the following additions:
EQIP Update
CSP Deadline Extension
APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 7, 2010 MINUTES:
04-11 A motion was
made by Sanders, seconded by Kilpatrick to approve the minutes of the December
7, 2010 meeting of the Fremont Soil & Water Conservation District
Commissioners. The motion passed with all in favor.
APPROVAL OF TREASURER’S REPORT:
05-11 It was moved
by Sanders and seconded by Mitchell to approve the Treasurer’s report of the
Fremont Soil and Water Conservation District. Motion carried unanimously.
06-11 Mitchell
made a motion to take $10,000.00 from the district checking account and add it
to the Certificate of Deposit at First Community Bank due to expire January 29,
2011. The motion showed all in favor.
Cost
share application requests, application approvals and application
amendments/cancellations were accepted as follows:
Cost-share
requests:
Wolford
Family Trust John
Meyer
Loren Achenbach FD
Agland Inc
Mike Moody Paul
Guilford
Carl Jardon Shannon
Smith
Joe Hughes Shad
Smith
Bernice Meyer Sean
Smith
Cost
share approvals:
John Morey
Stephen Berning
Cost-share
amendment:
2011
Bonding approvals:
Arnold Shirley Carol
Scott
James Beyer Doreen
Bateman – Plug a Long Farm, Inc.
Joe Doyle C
& C Mincer Farms, Inc.
2011
Bonding amendments:
REAP
P approvals:
Jack
Harbor Francis
Jardon
REAP
P cancellation:
REAP
FNG approval:
REAP
FNG cancellation:
Ø
Review
Memorandum of Understanding
The
Memorandum of Understanding between USDA, the State of Iowa and Fremont County
SWCD was reviewed.
Ø
Civil Rights
and EEO Responsibilities
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI and Title VII
were reviewed. EEO responsibilities were also reviewed.
Ø District Services
07-11 Mitchell made a motion to continue the following District services for 2011 as follows:
Drill rental - $12.00 per acre with a minimum charge of $50.00
CSR
Flag sales - $5.00 per bundle of 50 flags.
The motion was seconded by Kilpatrick and showed all in favor.
Ø
National
Watershed Coalition Membership
08-11 A motion was made by Sanders, seconded by Mitchell to pay the $75.00 Organization/Association membership dues to National Watershed Coalition for 2011. The motion passed unanimously.
Ø Seth Moore Travel and Training Expenses
09-11 Moore
requested to attend the workshop/training, Private Lands Program New Staff
Training in Boone, Iowa on January 11 and 12. A request was made to pay the
expenses per State guidelines. Kilpatrick made a motion to pay expenses for the
Private Lands workshop. The motion was seconded by Sanders and showed all in
favor.
Ø Drill Repair and Storage
10-11 A
motion was made by Mitchell, seconded by Sanders to order parts to repair the
drill. The motion carried unanimously.
FSA County Executive Director, Cindy Bebout has asked
that the drill be stored somewhere other than the parking lot during the winter
months. Seth will continue to look for a place and if one is not found, Carl
Jardon may have room on his property to store the drill.
Ø EQIP Update
Gross gave an update on EQIP allocation percentages.
Summer allocation was changed from 60% to 40% with the 20% difference in
allocations going into the cropland soil erosion subpot.
Ø
CSP
Gross informed the board the CSP deadline was extended to January 21, 2011.
SIGNED APPROVALS
Conservation Plans
Contracts/Contracts Modifications
Cost-share
Certification
Maintenance
Agreements
Group
Planning Request
Buffer
Initiative
Buffer
Initiative Maintenance Agreements
LWPP
Application/Amendment
John
Long
WRP
Long Term Agreement
Stewardship
Initiative
Cooperator
Agreement
Statement
as to Soil Conservation Refund
Application
for Impoundment Structure Property Tax Exemption
Sylvia and Dennis Shull
Information
Items
MEETING ADJOURNED: 8:20 p.m.
/s/ /s/
Secretary Chairperson
Date Approved February 8, 2011