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Blue Earth County Soil and Water Conservation District
1160 South Victory Drive, Suite #3
Mankato, MN 56001
Board Meeting Minutes
April 9, 2009
Supervisors Present:
Allen Marble, Vice Chairman; Harold Loeffler, Sec/Treas; John Shanahan, Supervisor; John Rollings, PR & I; Bill Gardner, Chairman
Staff Present:
John Billings, Maple River Tech; Michael Schultz, Big Cobb Tech; Jerad Bach, District Manager; Lynette Ziegler, Office Technician
Guests Present:
Ryan Braulick, Dist. Conservationist
Guests Absent:
Will Purvis, Co. Commissioner; Kip Bruender, Co. Commissioner
Proceedings:
Meeting called to order by Chairman, Gardner, at 4:00 pm.
Housekeeping:
Agenda: Ziegler presented a revised agenda. Marble moved to approve the agenda as revised, seconded by Loeffler. Unless otherwise noted, all voted yes.
Minutes: Rollings moved to approve the March 5, 2009 minutes, seconded by Marble. Unless otherwise noted all voted yes.
Treasurer’s Report: (see attached)
Balance on hand $ 13,075.23
Receipts $ 161,568.44
Disbursements $ 167,827.13 Total $ 6,816.54
Ziegler presented revisions and issues with the program record that have occurred due to closing of 2008 fiscal year. Disbursements and receipts were reviewed and Supervisor monthly Per Diem/Expenses read. A motion was made by Marble to pay Supervisors Per Diem/Expenses and to accept the Treasurer’s Report subject to audit, seconded by Loeffler. Unless otherwise noted, all voted yes.
Open Communications:
Maple River CWP: (see attached) Billings reported SM-1 training beneficial, monitoring on schedule, Blue Earth County Fair Environmental Day, and cost-share projects are ready for construction.
Big Cobb – 319 Grant: (see attached) Schultz reported possible project in Beauford Twp for a Sediment Control Basin. Update on status of Big Cobb – 319 Grant budget.
District Conservationist: (see attached) Braulick reported presented information related to FOIA and Attachment C, relating to the restriction of sharing information. Discussion was held. Loeffler moved for each board member to sign Attachment C cooperator agreement for NRCS, Marble seconded. Unless otherwise noted all voted yes.
District Manager: (see attached) Bach noted all Crystal Loon Mills Cost-Share bills will need to be in place by end of May before Grant ends.
Committees:
Maple River CWP Cost-Share:
MR-01-24: Jay Stenzel, Billings is requesting to encumber $900.00 incentive for a buffer installation. Rollings moved to encumber $900.00 for a buffer incentive, seconded by Marble. Unless otherwise noted, all voted yes.
MR-01-11: Joe Massop, Billings is requesting to amend existing contract grade stabilization, original cost estimate was $16,953.76 increasing to $18,888.00, cost-share dollars to encumber is $14,166.00. Marble moved to amend Massop contract MR-01-11 to encumber $14,166.00, seconded by Rollings. Unless otherwise noted all voted yes.
Maple River Education Grant:
Maple River School: Jackie Landsteiner, Billings is requesting to encumber $990.00 for cost of Ecology Bus for 2nd Grade classes. Rollings moved to encumber $990.00 for cost of Ecology Bus, seconded by Gardner. Unless otherwise noted all voted yes.
Maple River School: Ted Simon, Billings requesting to encumber and payment of $1,000.00 for purchase of trees for Ag Science Class for continuation of plantings. Shanahan moved to encumber and make payment to BE SWCD for trees to be planted by the Maple River Ag Science Classes, seconded by Marble. Unless otherwise noted, all voted yes.
Crystal Loon Mills Cost-Share:
CLM-02-09: Dale Lachmiller, Bach is requesting to encumber $2,067.00 for nutrient management of 306.3 acres at $6.75 per acre. Rollings moved to encumber $2,067.00 for nutrient management, seconded by Marble. Unless otherwise noted, all voted yes.
CLM-03-09: Byron Rode, Bach is requesting to encumber $3,466.00 for nutrient management of 513.6 acres at $6.75 per acre. Rollings moved to encumber $3,466.00 for nutrient management, seconded by Shanahan. Unless otherwise noted, all voted yes.
CLM-04-09: Walton Miller, Bach is requesting to encumber $1,638.00 for five (5) alternative tile intakes without any buffer surrounding intake. Marble moved to encumber $1,638.00 for alternative tile intakes, seconded by Loeffler. All voted yes, with the exception of Rollings, motion passed.
CLM-05-09: Carl Johnson, Bach is requesting to encumber $3,643.00 for thirteen (13) alternative tile intakes with ten (10) foot radius buffer surrounding intakes. In addition, Bach is requesting to encumber $1,729.00 for incentive payment relating to buffer practice applied to tile intakes. Marble moved to encumber $3,643.00 for alternative tile intake practice and $1,729.00 for the incentive payment relating to buffer practice applied, seconded by Loeffler. All voted yes, with the exception of Rollings, motion passed.
State Cost-Share:
Contract #3FY08: BENCHS Riverside Regional Pet Shelter; (Blue Earth, Nicollet County Humane Society) Bach is requesting to encumber $9,876.00 for the installation of a Bio-retention basins to eliminate runoff of the building, parking lots, and animal walk areas. Rollings moved to encumber $9,876.00 for the bio-retention basins dependent on an investigation with BWSR to approve the practice, seconded by Shanahan. Unless otherwise noted, all voted yes.
Feedlot Water Quality Cost-Share:
Contract #FG1FY09: Jay Keitzer, Bach is requesting to encumber $2,175.00 for roof run-off management to divert water from feedlot and keep clean water clean. Marble moved to encumber $2,175.00 for feedlot improvement, seconded by Rollings. Unless otherwise noted, all voted yes.
Native Buffer Cost-Share:
Contract #NB2FY08: Jerome Cornish, Bach is submitting letter of request for cancellation of project. Rollings moved to recognize letter of cancellation by land owner, seconded by Gardner. Unless otherwise noted, all voted yes.
Other Business:
Correspondence: Ziegler read letters received regarding the DNR Foresters’; From David Epperly, Director of MN Division of Forestry and From Senator Kathy Sheran. Additional correspondence came for the office of Senator Julie Rosen responding to conversation from Marble during the Legislative Day.
Area VI Meeting: Marble gave update on presentations given at the Area VI meeting; “Catching Snow with Living Snow Fences” and “Conservation Funding Guide”. Kasey Taylor for NRCS was also there to present information on the FOIA Attachment C agreement. Zone 10 name change was also discussed to create a common name to benefit the grant opportunities in the future.
Rain Gardens: Ziegler noted a request has come to the office to provide a workshop on how to make a rain garden. Marble suggested visiting with RC&D to present something at the Blue Earth Co. Fair. Possibly include Rain Barrels and additional items to use to improve our resources.
Stewardship Week: April 26-May 3, 2009 letters have been mailed and four churches have responded. We will be sending materials out soon.
Supervisors/Chairman: Marble informed everyone that he was now the Chairperson for RC&D for a year and Secretary/Treasurer for Zone 10. Shanahan attended the meeting for new supervisors thought it was beneficial. Rollings appreciated the map with projects highlighted. It makes it much easier to visualize how it related to the watershed areas. Gardner gave an update on the MN Pheasants, Inc. Banquet. Tickets were sold out two days in advance and live auction items seemed to be a great success.
Adjourn:
A motion was made by Marble and seconded by Loeffler to adjourn the meeting. Unless otherwise noted, all voted yes.
• Meeting adjourned 6:23 pm
• Next meeting will be held May 7, 2009
• Minutes submitted by Lynette Ziegler, Office Technician
Signature: ____________________________________________
Harold Loeffler, Secretary/Treasurer
Signature: ____________________________________________
William Gardner, Chairman
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