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I've taken the roll call. 00:00:00
I do not see any supervisors in attendance. 00:00:03
OK, under public comment there, the Chairman would like to say a few words. 00:00:07
Thank you, I have a request from Penn State University they're working with. 00:00:11
South Dakota State and many Minnesota. 00:00:19
To do it. 00:00:23
Research. 00:00:25
They're looking for 10 farmers from each of six study counties. Dodge County and Clark County are the two in Wisconsin. 00:00:27
The original question is how they how farmers handle stress and in their daily lives and. 00:00:36
Dealing with the. 00:00:45
Fluctuations at market prices and also. 00:00:47
I'm looking for names for 10 farmers that would be willing to participate. It will take about an hour of your time and. 00:00:51
And they are giving $150.00 gift card at some kind of yes. 00:01:00
But Penn State is coordinating. 00:01:05
And they're asking Minnesota. 00:01:08
South Dakota and Wisconsin to participate in. They're asking for two counties, so Dodge and Clark that are. 00:01:12
Involved so if you have names are willing. 00:01:19
Could you maybe, could you maybe get that maybe e-mail to all of us and then, yeah. And then could we get it to the farmers group, 00:01:23
you know, make sure John gets that out to the farmers group. Does that sound right, guys? 00:01:30
Good. I think that'd be good when you got nobody. 00:01:38
February. 00:01:45
February 20. 00:01:51
20 OK. 00:01:52
Maybe we could ask at our conference for volunteers? 00:01:54
Well, that's good idea. 00:01:57
Are they going to be at the conference, Dave? Are they going to be there or someone going to be there representing that group? Do 00:01:58
you know, at the water conference? 00:02:02
Not that I know of, a lot of times they have tables out. 00:02:06
You know, this will be passed. He's talking about the farmers group coming up next week. Oh, OK. OK. OK, OK. OK. OK. Didn't 00:02:09
understand that. OK. 00:02:15
OK, any other public comment? 00:02:23
OK. 00:02:29
What's your pleasure of the Minutes Committee? 00:02:30
I'll move to approve as presented. OK, Jonathan, we have a motion to approve. Do we have a second? 00:02:33
I'll 2nd and 2nd. 00:02:38
Any any other discussion on the minutes? 00:02:40
Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. 00:02:45
Aye, those opposed. 00:02:48
OK, passes. 00:02:51
Unanimously. 00:02:53
OK, we have an introduction to our. 00:02:54
New AE, temporary AED and we have two people here. I guess I introduced Jeremy first. Jeremy is the assistant Dean, so he's the he 00:03:00
drove all the way from Stevens Point here this morning. 00:03:05
He there's 2 Deans in Wisconsin. He is one of the two and he is over our area. 00:03:11
He replaced someone else. Was it last month? 00:03:17
Two months. OK, November. So a few months ago. 00:03:21
And so I've had a couple of meetings with him prior to today's meeting. 00:03:24
And then he is the one that is involved in the process of getting us our replacement ad taking Jeff Hoffman position and we have a 00:03:29
temporary 1 today. And so go ahead. Why don't you tell a little bit about yourself and the program and. 00:03:35
In and then we'll introduce Cindy in a minute. 00:03:42
Good morning. 00:03:47
Thank you for the opportunity to be here. I'm Jeremy Solon. 00:03:53
Assistant Dean for Southern Wisconsin. 00:03:56
So I work to support all of the area extension directors, all the programs in in southern Wisconsin as as. 00:03:59
Supervisor Johnson mentioned we have divided into two areas in the state, North and South from the southern Assistant Dean. 00:04:06
Umm primary role really is advocating for and supporting the the programming that happens at the county level, so. 00:04:16
The work that we do do here in Dodge County is, you know, incredibly important. We, we appreciate the partnership with, with Dodge 00:04:24
County. 00:04:28
We'll get to talk a fair amount about that today. 00:04:33
But I get the the wonderful thing that I get to do is work at all those with all the counties in southern Wisconsin to support 00:04:36
this work so. 00:04:39
My background I've been in extension for about 15 years now, primarily on the on the. 00:04:44
Natural resources side, I've worked in water related work. I've also done some local government work, organization leadership 00:04:49
development. 00:04:54
I ran the Maple syrup program for a little while. I think some of you know Tony Johnson, he took, he took over that position after 00:04:59
I was done with that. 00:05:04
But he was based here for a little while and then most recently I was the area extension director. 00:05:08
In Area 7, which is central Wisconsin, so have that that background as well, but. 00:05:13
But yeah, I've been get to know Dodge County a fair amount in the last few months. You know, once, Jeff. 00:05:19
Announced his retirement. We've worked hard to. 00:05:27
Kind of continue good work that's going on here and. 00:05:30
Make sure that we're responding to the needs in Dodge counties of. 00:05:35
I met several times with Cameron and with Supervisor Johnson. As we kind of transition there, we're fortunate to have Cindy. 00:05:40
Step into this role in an interim role. We've set that up as a six month. 00:05:47
Position. 00:05:52
Jeff is actually still on. 00:05:55
Employed but using up his vacation time so is out of the office. But during that time we have Cindy. 00:05:58
Filling in which has worked worked really well. 00:06:05
You're going to enjoy working with her. She's has a lot of great background and has a great relationship with the staff and with 00:06:08
everybody she works with. So so I think we're in good shape here and, and. 00:06:14
Happy to be able to continue the partnership with Dodge County. 00:06:21
Happy to answer any questions if there's anything you want to kind of dig into. 00:06:24
Before we get into the rest of the agenda items, but no. 00:06:29
I think the committee had more questions. When we dig in a little bit, we'll introduce Cindy, but I do when we do get to that next 00:06:32
to the next part, I would like you and Cindy up here. Then Cameron, I'd like you up here. 00:06:37
Well, kind of like how we did. 00:06:41
You know, like we had our other meetings. I think the committee, if they see that, then they're going to know what to ask. They 00:06:43
don't know what to ask right now. That's good. I got one question. What does interim mean? Is that just temporary or is it 00:06:47
possible? Yeah, yeah. 00:06:52
That's the plan, yeah, Yeah. 00:06:58
So right now we're looking at what was a six month position so into to. 00:07:02
June basically at this point, so. 00:07:07
We're trying to figure out some details, yet we have. 00:07:09
Some. 00:07:13
Hiring We're going through a new software program. 00:07:15
On campus that will affect hiring. So we're trying to get everything in place soon so we can move forward with that. But that's 00:07:19
that's the plan at this point. 00:07:23
Yeah. Thank you. 00:07:27
OK, Cindy, you come up and introduce yourself and swap out. Yep, swap out and. 00:07:29
There you go. Thank you. So I'm sincere, Katie. I am the extension. 00:07:37
Area director AED in Washington, Ozaki and Fonda like I used to have Sheboygan. This is my second interim. I did a brown Kiwani 00:07:48
indoor this last year so I really am looking forward to the opportunity. I have about 15 years in extension also. 00:07:56
And three states. 00:08:05
As well as administration for a college so. 00:08:07
When I came to Dodge, great staff, they've been so wonderful to talk to. The communication is great. Ambers have been amazing to 00:08:10
help navigate. 00:08:16
Everything as well as I enjoyed the conversations with Cameron and immensely and so I being an interim is an opportunity for me to 00:08:22
learn. 00:08:26
And bring some masks. 00:08:31
Skill sets I have to the team. 00:08:33
So you have any questions with that? 00:08:38
I live in Sheboygan. Usually that's what people ask me. 00:08:40
Right. 00:08:46
OK. 00:08:49
All right. Now we'll go on to item number six. That there's no question that stay there, Cindy and why don't you come up? 00:08:51
Jeremy and then and then Cameron. 00:08:57
I think. 00:09:00
So the. 00:09:04
To remind everybody the MO U has specific responsibilities for the county. 00:09:05
In his specific responsibilities for UW in our working agreement together. 00:09:12
Cameron and I met. 00:09:18
We've had three meetings. 00:09:19
Prior to this meeting today to set up for what we're going to talk about right now. So this is like a really, really big deal and 00:09:21
they have really done their homework and done exactly what Cameron had asked for, the details that he had asked for. 00:09:27
Cameron runs our county. The role of the committee, it's very important, I tell you this, we are the. 00:09:33
Strategic planners, we are the ones that say this is the direction. We are not detailed, we are not experts at different these 00:09:39
different institutes. 00:09:44
Cameron is the one. 00:09:50
That manages the day-to-day operations on the county's point of view. Frame that in it'll help you because I know that there was 00:09:52
some questions before. 00:09:56
Like what do we do with this committee? Like, what do we have to know? 00:10:00
We are not experts. We are, we are representing the taxpayers and saying this is how. 00:10:04
How we want this committee to go towards the county's strategic goals, what we how we want to, how we want to make our county 00:10:10
better, how we empower our county with the use of UW Extension. So I wanted to put that framework for everybody to put you at ease 00:10:16
a little bit. It did bother me. And we started talking about details and I would tell them, hey, no details. We're only general 00:10:22
direction because that's that's our role. 00:10:28
So go ahead. I don't know, do you want to say some comments, Cameron about this process and what you and I have been discussing 00:10:35
and what you're what you see this being? 00:10:39
Sure. I think you've covered, covered a great deal and Jeremy and Cindy will will be able to provide additional information that 00:10:44
will be helpful. I just I guess I would just add. 00:10:49
After looking at the timeline that we're going to be talking about here. 00:10:56
And after beginning to work with Jeremy and Cindy. 00:11:00
I think we are very fortunate to have both of them and to have this. 00:11:04
Layout that we're going to talk about today I think is going to be a way to get much more out of. 00:11:08
Not only be able to to stir up discussion and feedback from all of you, but also members of the community. 00:11:15
The greater. 00:11:22
Community of Dodge County and. 00:11:24
Make sure that from now on there is better communication between extension and the county as a whole then maybe there has been. 00:11:27
In the past. 00:11:35
Not that it's been bad in the past, but wow, we have a lot of a lot of great people and in in recent weeks, a lot more 00:11:37
communication on what the future looks like. And I think it looks very good. So could you tell us a little bit about we, we, 00:11:45
Cameron and I asked these folks to give us a timeline. OK. Will you tell the committee why you set the goals when you did? 00:11:52
Yes. So I will say Cindy put this timeline together and and probably. 00:12:01
Said Jeremy and others. I don't want to. 00:12:07
City mostly, I think she did a great job, but so the timeline and the goals are laid out the way they are because it's important 00:12:09
for Dodge County to have A to have. 00:12:14
Movement in the direction of really setting up. 00:12:20
Our future, our goals and objectives, and making sure that Dodge County's interests are made clear and. 00:12:25
Are addressed with work plans that. 00:12:31
Faculty within extension. 00:12:34
Fulfill, so they're putting together work plans that are due from the from an extension perspective. 00:12:37
And the UW System perspective. 00:12:43
Later on this year in July, we want to see and make sure that. 00:12:46
All that is put together from the interest of Dodge County moving forward, things that are put into those plans. 00:12:50
Are things that will truly matter to and address concerns and needs in Dodge County. 00:12:56
And that is not, it's not that that's not the interest of. 00:13:01
Everybody but that specifically is Dodge County's interest, and so my role in the whole process is is working with. 00:13:04
You all and making sure that's represented in their plans. So this the timeline and the needs assessment and community forums that 00:13:12
we're that we're talking about. 00:13:17
Really are meant to get at that. 00:13:22
And make sure that moving forward. 00:13:25
Not only that we see those results, but but the other side is it's a relationship and it's 2 sided, right. So we need to make sure 00:13:28
the Dodge County is also clearly giving extension good direction in terms of the things that we see as needs and would like to see 00:13:33
accomplished and addressed. 00:13:38
So this is a way to do that. So our goal would be by the meat, correct me if I'm wrong. Oh, by the main meeting, then you we want 00:13:43
to have a. 00:13:47
But what we're going to have a motion or a resolution, What would it, what would it, what does it look like? What does it look 00:13:53
like to you guys? I mean, we're one of the first counties really ends in first year for you guys. What do you, what does it look 00:13:57
like? Where we headed? We're going to have a motion that says. 00:14:01
What these are all the things we agree upon. Is that kind of what we're thinking? Well, for us, yes, I so for for Dodge County, 00:14:05
one of the items and we've talked about it here before. It's not necessarily a concern of this body. 00:14:12
But it's something to address. We have some. 00:14:18
We put in to the contract this year. 00:14:21
An expanded workload beyond what? And expanded services beyond what we knew, knew, and had proof of. 00:14:25
At the time the budget was finalized, so we are going to make a an adjustment to the budget. We'll have to bring that to the 00:14:32
county board. 00:14:36
Either a budget adjustment or some other change to account for all of the the dollars that we planned for for. 00:14:40
Extension 1 of the reasons why this is so important. 00:14:48
Or I bring it up now is we want to have that also done in and around the same time frame so that. 00:14:52
Or. 00:14:57
Material gathered. So in May, when we talk about resolution, we're talking about. 00:14:58
Not only recognizing the work plan, but also being able to bring that. 00:15:04
Forward to for discussion and. 00:15:07
I guess action making sure that we're squared away with our with our budget, it's a very small amount, but it needs to needs to be 00:15:10
changed now. We'll have to go to the county board by June. 00:15:14
Yes. So that's why we have to act in me. So I'm just kind of right there. Deadline, yes, the deadline is, is for ultimately 00:15:19
deadline is July. But to make that work, you've got to do it in June, which is why this is beneficial in me. OK, thank you. Thank 00:15:23
you. 00:15:28
This is more about the process, but umm. 00:15:35
Even though it's. 00:15:39
I admit it's perfectly appropriate your timetable and standard operating procedure. 00:15:41
But umm. 00:15:47
You know, just to avoid a huge brouhaha about spending one additional money outside of the budget. Were you planning on doing a 00:15:48
little? 00:15:51
5 minute educational thing like the month before. 00:15:55
We you were right. 00:16:00
I can definitely do that. Do you think that would be helpful? If I do, I think that. 00:16:02
We have a nine hour meeting it and it shouldn't be a secret and it also doesn't need to be a buildup of things or a build up to a 00:16:09
big decision. I can certainly keep that. 00:16:15
Probably start with the information sooner, yes, because then we can avoid that complaint as well. I appreciate you saying 00:16:20
something, supervisor. I can do that. 00:16:24
OK. Thank you, Cindy. I guess we turn over you and then you direct us and. 00:16:29
Well. 00:16:35
What does AED stand for? Area Extension Director. 00:16:38
Say that again, Area Extension Director. 00:16:41
Just call her Cindy. 00:16:46
Every time I see that I think of automatic emergency defibrillator. 00:16:50
Extension. No, it's AED/AD, That's the assistant Dean. That's my role. Thank you. Totally. Two different ones. And I tell the 00:16:57
educators to spell everything out. 00:17:06
Sorry, no, that's me. 00:17:14
I knew you were somehow representing the group, I just think. 00:17:16
As we know, we had the MOU and this is an opportunity to do a deeper dive and needs assessment. 00:17:23
Community forum which was This was very. 00:17:29
Timely. I already had a meeting with an Illinois because they do this at my mentor colleague. They do this format and it's for the 00:17:32
same purpose. It was so timely we met. 00:17:38
A couple of area directors and then we filled in Jeremy and Jason, our assistant Deans about what the format looked like. And 00:17:44
since we have a really aggressive timeline, we're modeling that. And what's great is they've already worked through some of the 00:17:50
bugs and pitfalls and, and really shared a lot of like this was the great opportunity for community and organizations to create a 00:17:57
synergy. They didn't know what they were doing. So they all come to this. 00:18:03
Community forum where needs assessment if you ever been to an on the table event. 00:18:10
That I know Milwaukee does, other states do or other counties do that is similar. We bring in partners as well as our supervisors. 00:18:16
To talk about what the needs are. 00:18:24
So I. 00:18:28
Since it. 00:18:29
Is there any question on that? Because I tend to disroll so. 00:18:31
And I just wanted to say the staff are listening and they know this is coming. We have a staff meeting. So they this is a lot of 00:18:36
it's a little bit newer to some of them. 00:18:41
So they may have questions and have puzzled looks too, but they know this is coming, they just didn't know the format yet. But we 00:18:46
want to bring it to you first. Of course the get your input and such. 00:18:51
So we I created this timeline and shared with Cameron and of course Jeremy, we were collaboratively on everything. And then we're 00:18:57
bringing it to you today on the 27th, meeting with the educators to go over what the needs are in the process. The invitations are 00:19:04
already being worked on by one of our admin assistants. 00:19:11
We already have a date identified and we'll work on location today. 00:19:19
And then we're going to Create an e-mail and we're going to send it out to partners. But The thing is, before the partners, we're 00:19:26
going to collab or. 00:19:29
Compile list of partners from you, from you, of course from our educators, which we probably have the list already. 00:19:33
Are that that because they send out emails well, so we're going to invite them off and sounds like a lot. 00:19:40
But from experience in Illinois, where they have a million people in their county, they only had about 30 to maybe 40 people 00:19:47
attend. 00:19:51
However, which I really like that they did that we will do here is there's going to be a link. So if you can attend, you can still 00:19:56
answer the questions that we're going to be asking at the the forum. 00:20:02
Like I said this, we descend out the emails to everybody. We plan the day. What's unique about this, which I really like educators 00:20:10
that they are all they're all part of this process in MOU, it says the AED leads it, which is great. And I and I will, but I'm 00:20:17
very big about shared leadership and really creating that team. So who better has the relationships with the partner in Dodge 00:20:24
County than our educators? So they will be at these events. 00:20:31
It's a round table so if youth developments coming in from the 4H realm as well as the community round like schools. 00:20:38
We have our educators there that can speak youth development or our human development relationship. She has a tremendous amount. 00:20:45
Of partners, and it may be partners that we haven't reached yet, that you may know of, we will invite them to and then Patty will 00:20:52
sit there. And then when they're talking through the questions, they're the moderators of the table to help so we get all that 00:20:57
information. 00:21:03
And then from that, after that day is done, of course, we're going to compile all that we work with our program area. 00:21:08
The state level because they're the ones that are going to help. 00:21:16
Navigate the What's the program's gonna look like? The format that we're gonna develop. 00:21:20
So you can say, OK, these are the highest priorities and I remember. 00:21:25
Ender, you said that give us the high level. We may have 20 things that come up, but what are the biggest priorities for Dodge 00:21:30
County to make the biggest impact? And I know Cameron shared a lot. 00:21:36
You've shared a lot with us, so we want to get more input on this. So those would be the priorities. Be nice if we could do them 00:21:43
all. 00:21:46
But we probably will be able to really focus and do that deeper dive on a few of them for each program area. We may be spot on, we 00:21:50
may be doing great things. Want to be good to know. 00:21:55
That's what we're doing. We're in the right direction, but things may come up that we have a Neiman thought about. So this is a 00:22:01
great opportunity. 00:22:05
So as you see that I won't go through everything, but we do have it where we do present the results back to the committee and if 00:22:10
it's the board. 00:22:14
You know, in May, that's a month before your meeting for the budget. So I think we're right on target with that. 00:22:19
I do plan on meeting with Cameron and whoever to give updates. Of course the educators and I will work. 00:22:27
You know, to see where we are in the process. But, you know, I'm a big advocate of communication. 00:22:34
You have to be when you're kind of all over the place, and I think we've done really well. 00:22:39
I did share the agenda. 00:22:44
Which I really like. It's very simple, the questions are all the same. 00:22:47
Ah, so we welcome give a little overview of extension. 00:22:52
Explain why we're doing the needs assessment to our community partners. We kind of do that in the invitation too, so entices them. 00:22:56
Cameron's kind enough to say, Yep, we can have a few snacks because that always gets people in to have a cookie or two. 00:23:03
And then we'll do those round tables where all the programs are, you know, divided up and then we'll share back as a whole. And I 00:23:10
think that's the most important thing so our partners can hear, wow, I didn't know this was being done in dairy. 00:23:17
And I'm a farmer. I didn't know that or I didn't know that this was being done and. 00:23:24
Community development. So that's where some of the synergy works with that. That's what we've been told. 00:23:30
And then we will report the results back, of course, this committee, but we also report back to our partners. 00:23:36
So they know what happens. 00:23:43
Happen with it and we do it in a really. 00:23:45
Fast timeline. 00:23:48
Because we want to be cognizant of the timeline that you need. 00:23:49
So do you have any questions? 00:23:54
What date are you looking at tentatively? What day of the week is that? It's a Friday. When I talked to Illinois, she said that's 00:23:56
the they did that day for the most people because sometimes that's a slower, there's not as many meetings. It's only what, 2 00:24:02
hours? 00:24:08
And she says it really gets to the point, you know, it's really focused. 00:24:16
We could do multiple. This is really the biggest impact I think to bringing in and if we don't get people that attend. 00:24:22
We have that link where they can go in and answer, answer anyone of those questions. Of course, our phone numbers and emails will 00:24:28
be there. Could you tell us a little bit more about who you're inviting or who we are inviting? Is it or what? 00:24:34
I don't know. Your partners do. When you say who you're inviting, those are your quote partners. Just make sure that's the same 00:24:41
thing. 00:24:44
OK. 00:24:48
Yeah. 00:24:49
From our end I know for example. 00:24:50
I think about the Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation. 00:24:54
Also, and John and I haven't yet talked about. 00:24:58
Groups that he associates with the farmers group. 00:25:02
Probably should be made aware every part of this. 00:25:05
Groups and organizations like that that Dodge County regularly works with. So I'll be asking each department director. 00:25:09
To provide you know what are those top organizations or entities. 00:25:15
That they interface with that represent interests of Dodge County. 00:25:19
And will be most effective at catching a broader range of our people. 00:25:24
OK, So the way make sure I understand it. So they're going to come here and then going to break up into different groups. The 00:25:28
groups are what are the groups we have. 00:25:32
Every program area that you have here, so you we have right now. OK, then the next question I have for you. 00:25:36
Is what about? 00:25:41
How does this going forward about program areas we are not utilizing that you have and you know exactly what I'm asking, yeah. 00:25:42
She gave me a great idea. We were brainstorming. That's what I can't help myself. We call those parking lot topics. So it's not 00:25:52
like we don't collect. I know we talked about what would be great if we had an IAI specialist that helped the counties down the 00:25:58
road. So when we do gain that material, it doesn't just stay here in Dodge County, it goes back to the state too. These are the 00:26:04
the highest priorities and this is an area that we're not addressing. We. 00:26:10
Having one of our texts be part of the university to advise our county on AI. 00:26:44
And have his salary paid behalf by the state. 00:26:50
I mean, they're saying that's an idea and when she's gonna be here, right? Whether we like it or not. So I know, but I'm just 00:26:53
saying because when I go to Nick or WCA, we have this vendors and stuff talk to us. I'd rather have a. 00:26:59
And I don't. So as the county is changing, what we need to do is say, OK. 00:27:06
We, as a county board, have set. 00:27:13
11 main goals from Cameron Ice. 00:27:15
Brainstorming, we think there's 11 things. Remember years a couple years ago, strategic plan yeah, 11 like, you know, like water 00:27:18
quality and yeah. 00:27:22
OK, housing, childcare, those things, OK. And it may not exactly address it, but we look at that, we look at our current 00:27:26
circumstance. 00:27:29
And then, and then we look at the different institutes and that's where I think counties have dropped the line. We haven't said, 00:27:33
hey, what else do you have? You know, we have not done a good job with that as counties. And so now what I'm saying is, is maybe I 00:27:39
think everything we have is good, but, and we have to choose our investments and we as a, as this committee have to recommend and 00:27:46
work with the AD and Jeremy and, and say, hey, this would really this, this mix would be. 00:27:52
That would be our that'd be awesome for us. And that so it's not what we got to get out of the mind frame is that oh. 00:27:58
Here's extension and you're just going to do what they say. It's no. They're asking for us now. 00:28:05
They're asking to have a partnership and saying OK, what? And so that this is they've really changing and I think this is awesome. 00:28:10
I think it's great too. What where does? 00:28:15
To the where does the? 00:28:20
We don't have like a department of childcare. Is that like fall under economic development? 00:28:21
And actually. 00:28:25
I'll maybe I'll answer for the county and what we have with in terms of staff and then. 00:28:29
Extension can share. 00:28:33
Faculty and other resources. So we have yes, right now, Human Services and health. 00:28:35
As well as our community, community development folks. 00:28:40
UMM are all involved in addressing child care, so it's a concern that that is shared and. 00:28:45
We're on the lookout with. 00:28:52
Organizations within Dodge County that can help or resources that can be connected. 00:28:55
The the primary on that is community development, but they're both. 00:28:59
They're both Privy to it and part of the discussion. 00:29:04
Obviously community businesses are going to be looped in that yes, they and they have. I, I know that from from the perspective of 00:29:07
community development, it's a conversation piece that comes with every meeting. 00:29:14
With businesses in Dodge County and it's been. 00:29:21
I know our. 00:29:25
Our Administrator for Community Development, Nate Olson, is also part of the Manufacturers Business Alliance. 00:29:26
So that specific sector especially. 00:29:33
They've made it a topic of meetings as well, so we've talked about and had summits on it. 00:29:36
But yes, it's businesses are involved in that process, one of the biggest challenges I think. 00:29:42
Overall for that issue in trying to make changes statewide is. 00:29:48
Our businesses are involved in letting us know. 00:29:53
But they're not necessarily involved in letting. 00:29:56
State level officials know so. 00:30:00
That's something we've talked about and need to need to work on helping facilitate in the future. 00:30:03
So it's just too bad you couldn't get some kind of a even a tax credit that related more significantly to childcare. 00:30:09
Exemption, we have all this extra money in the budget and it would actually. 00:30:17
It would increase employment. 00:30:22
Dramatically, it's what's keeping working moms at home. 00:30:24
Primarily. 00:30:28
Definitely challenging. 00:30:29
I guess we could talk a little bit about extensions role in child care. There's a little bit of overlap between. 00:30:32
Human development relationships, educators. So Patty's role here and then. 00:30:38
Community Development. 00:30:43
Pat's role, so kind of in different ways, but trying to build capacity within that workforce, providing training for childcare 00:30:45
workers on the community development side, just kind of organizing around the community to identify what the needs are and how. 00:30:52
Extension can play a role in kind of building capacity, whether that's kind of the business planning side of things for childcare 00:31:01
companies or you know, so lots of different ways that. 00:31:06
Extension can support that, but we. 00:31:12
Already have been, but we'll continue to do that in partnership with the departments within Dodge County that are involved, so. 00:31:14
There is definitely connection in to extension programs there. 00:31:21
And then just as long as I'm talking about just one other thought I. 00:31:27
About that parking lot idea of like, what are the opportunities outside of current programming? 00:31:31
I think that's a great thing to to keep in mind. 00:31:36
Even for future years, not necessarily this year, but I mean, we don't even, we don't even know what's on the plate. Yeah, 00:31:40
exactly. It takes a little time and I think. 00:31:43
What I've seen and you know what we've seen in kind of community discussions those. 00:31:48
When you create the right space, people have lots of ideas of like what could be done and those will definitely get captured, as 00:31:52
Cindy said, that kind of parking lot, but opportunities to think about for the future. So that'd be part of. 00:31:58
You know, conversations moving forward of like, you know, this keeps coming up as an opportunity. 00:32:04
That this aligns in this way with what extension could provide. So we'll definitely capture those. But I think that's a great, 00:32:08
great point to be paying attention. How would our county farm, like how does that fit in? 00:32:14
You know, we want a county county farmer and from conservation, but it's really extension. You know, I'm talking about like how 00:32:21
does that fit in? Because I think, you know, you down, you know how we want that county farm idea 20 acres of and I don't know how 00:32:25
that fits in with. 00:32:29
I know they were looking for 10 of them, but I mean, I, I think we would really like that for our farmers. Yes, absolutely. 00:32:34
So I don't know how that all fits into this, but I know that extension conservation. 00:32:40
Close, you know, in water education and all these different things. 00:32:45
John and yeah. 00:32:50
John has been. 00:32:52
Putting forth a lot of effort to just get started gets things started and get discussion started and coordinated. 00:32:54
On that farm so. 00:32:59
OK, thank you. He's doing great. All right, I'll keep my mouth shut, but I just said but, but, but, but. 00:33:01
This meeting coming up. 00:33:06
Are as this committee supposed to be there then, or what do you Is it a? 00:33:08
It's not a committee meeting, but we should be there though, right? That would be OK. So. 00:33:12
So would it be a meeting? 00:33:18
We'll notice it. 00:33:20
Because it would be. It will involve county supervisors and IT. 00:33:22
Ideally, yes, absolutely this body will be a meeting. It would be. 00:33:26
Not a, not a meeting will notice it because everybody's here, because we're all here. Got it. Yes, but it won't have to operate 00:33:30
like an official meeting. It will be. It will be a forum. 00:33:35
Event. So will we invite the other supervisors of the county? Absolutely. OK, So then at the February County Board meeting? 00:33:40
Are you gonna talk, Cindy or? 00:33:49
We hadn't talked about that, but we could certainly. 00:33:52
We can certainly mention something, so if Cindy's if city is available, awesome. If she's not Sheena, I can work together on what 00:33:55
should go into. 00:33:58
The report and I can. 00:34:02
I can put together whatever she could do it. If you can't physically make it, you could do a video for us, you know, physically. 00:34:05
We'd like to have you appreciate that. That's really nice. But maybe maybe Cameron, if you could, could introduce the the county 00:34:10
board to what we're doing because I don't think there's any idea what we're doing. I don't I don't think we should. We got to be 00:34:15
careful not to overwhelm them, right? Like. 00:34:20
I think a shorter. 00:34:26
Sort of like, hey, we're just looking to connect. 00:34:27
Extension come up with some ideas, but you're invited. 00:34:30
And and we really hope you come. This is your chance to give input. 00:34:34
Yes, versus later. 00:34:39
Agreed. Agreed. 00:34:41
So we actually will be sending out the invites on February 3rd. 00:34:44
So it's not like you know, that would be a follow up. Sure. Just so you know, this is what it is, OK. 00:34:49
Is there any? 00:34:55
I mean, should I make some calls? I mean, I mean, or you know, I mean, you know how I just I just don't if we want certain key 00:34:57
people there, I mean, I'm willing to make calls or if you camera, if you want to make a couple call. I mean, I just I just don't 00:35:03
want this to be, Oh, it's just an e-mail in your inbox and Oh, come, this is like really important to our county. 00:35:09
And I want to make sure that they know that that's what I mean. This is different. Nice. That'd be great. I would be happy to make 00:35:15
some calls too, but I don't, you know what I mean? Or if you guys are for we. 00:35:19
I just want to make sure that they know we're doing something different here. This is not just an e-mail in your inbox that, oh, 00:35:23
it's one of the. 00:35:26
So I have not like I said, I think I said earlier, I have not yet met with all the department directors to get from them. 00:35:31
Their what they would consider their list of partners. 00:35:38
But once we have that together. 00:35:42
I think then we should assess, you know who calls who and and but I I welcome that. I think as much communication as possible 00:35:44
would be beneficial on this event. Always when you want to deal with someone making a decision and changing behaviour to come to a 00:35:50
meeting, you want to over communicate. 00:35:55
So, umm. 00:36:01
That would be great. Yeah, because our next committee meeting is only is only a few days before this event. We're the 24th and 00:36:03
this is the 28th. That won't be enough time. We can't do any work. Then you can update us at that meeting. But I mean, we're 00:36:08
pretty much on the on the way, you know. 00:36:13
I think what we'll do is once, once that invitation is is sent or right around the same time, just blitz from multiple. 00:36:19
Multiple channels. 00:36:26
OK, Thank you. Send out the communication. 00:36:27
And I'll be happy to share the list that we tabulate to, of course. 00:36:30
You know, the our spreadsheets and our partners and then, you know, it is a short term around time. So you know, so if you just 00:36:34
would you let me know or you and Cameron let me know and I'll, I'll make a couple calls because you know, if someone calls you, 00:36:38
it's like it's a little different, you know, you know what I mean? You know, it's like this is really important. I want you to 00:36:43
know that we're trying to. 00:36:47
We're really trying to move in a different direction far as the way we're planning and implementing our extension. 00:36:51
You have a place yet for this or not yet. Look up here in the county interceptor. I reserve. I got to work with them. I think it'd 00:36:56
be in this in this space. And yeah, we'll take care of that logistics. 00:37:01
OK. Just one other piece there is if you have the other role for you all if you have particular. 00:37:08
County organizations or individuals that you want to make sure are on that list obviously communicate that with. 00:37:14
Cindy or Cameron directly so. 00:37:20
Most likely will. 00:37:23
It'll be a pretty wide net, but it's always helpful to. 00:37:24
You know, have those ideas shirts. 00:37:27
Regarding the needs assessment, Section 3. 00:37:29
I've been forced to work with Will a couple times and he's very common sense of him. 00:37:31
What I'm not seeing here is a transition from egg. 00:37:36
So surface waters. 00:37:39
So how do we? 00:37:41
Put that into the program as a media Bullock. 00:37:42
Where we have that impact on recreation and tourism. 00:37:46
And have a conservation point there. 00:37:50
We asked the same questions of everyone, so we have consistency. I know that's an important topic. 00:37:54
But if we add that, we could probably add a different one for youth development and. 00:38:01
And so we're trying to. 00:38:05
Gather as much as we can. That's consistently. 00:38:06
It's not like they're not going to talk about that. And then each one of the educators that do sit at the tables, that's where 00:38:10
they they make take the notes and say this is an important thing. 00:38:15
The questions are great, but the. 00:38:22
The conversations, they're usually really rich at these, so those topics come up, we can make sure that we'll know is that's a. 00:38:24
An issue you want to talk about? 00:38:32
Since here in LWCC and LCD. 00:38:34
You don't see conservation in the agenda here at all. 00:38:37
Yeah, I think, yeah. 00:38:42
I appreciate that note. I think it. 00:38:44
As Cindy mentioned, it'll come up in the conversation. So like the under agriculture, the goal or challenge? 00:38:46
That you're trying to address same in community development. I think that that's where those kind of. 00:38:53
Issues will come up and what we. 00:38:59
An extension in particular try to do is kind of be that neutral base into. 00:39:02
Let the community tell us what the issues, challenges are, particularly in these settings. So I think the. 00:39:07
Fully appreciate that and hope that that will come out in the conversation, right. It would dependent upon the partners to tell us 00:39:13
kind of that that's an important issue. So. 00:39:18
And for you to be part of that too to to bring that up specifically. So that's kind of the. 00:39:23
Just open space for those ideas to come forward. So, but yeah, that's the that's why it's not specifically mentioned, but 00:39:29
definitely. 00:39:32
We don't want to push in. 00:39:36
Our ideas it's. 00:39:38
Getting it from our communities. 00:39:40
You know, the community partners. 00:39:42
OK. Committee members, have any other questions? I, I feel this is pretty good. I think it's a good plan and I appreciate you 00:39:46
Cindy putting this together. I I think it's awesome that you had that model someone done and then improve upon that. 00:39:53
I just so you guys all know this, this is groundbreaking. This is a first year in Wisconsin that we're doing this all the and I 00:40:00
suspect we're probably one of the leaders right here, I'm thinking. 00:40:04
And so all the committees are supposed to be doing this. 00:40:09
It's a big change. 00:40:13
Big change. 00:40:15
And this is going to be awesome. 00:40:16
All right, anything else, Cameron? We got it. 00:40:18
I think, I think we have it. I will say to that if I can add to your comments on the big change. 00:40:21
I do think that. 00:40:27
We have as. 00:40:29
May be relative to some of our neighbors. 00:40:31
We have been very, very fortunate in terms of extension and the involvement our people have had. 00:40:33
In Dodge County there there's definitely been issues with communication and that's that's. 00:40:40
That's not just an extension thing or just a Dodge County thing. It's it's together, but. 00:40:44
If if we are ahead of the curve, it has a lot to do with. 00:40:50
The people, the people involved, so. 00:40:54
Very thankful for that, so. 00:40:57
All right. Well, thank you, guys. Thank you. 00:41:00
And that's why I say the communication piece. 00:41:03
We're gonna really amp that up. We have some ideas. I know we call me anytime you guys, you know, I mean, I'm you kind of already 00:41:06
have amped up. So it's great. Yeah. But meet with the staff, staff meeting and talk about it more. So we are reporting every 00:41:10
month. 00:41:15
I mean impact that's being made so you can see it and of course call if you have any questions on it. 00:41:20
So we'll be that do that very consistently and we do have a new format. 00:41:25
And Manuel is actually going to talk when he comes up about his format, and then all our educators will do that besides this 00:41:29
report. 00:41:33
So you're are you going to be here at every month then and further will your interim then at our meetings you will be right. OK, 00:41:38
OK, thank you. OK, alright, thank you. 00:41:42
Thank you. Thank you all. OK, the next the next item is extension budget report. 00:41:46
Cindy and Jeremy, we, we normally only need that quarterly. 00:41:52
We don't need that monthly, but well, but we want to know what the supervisors want to know. 00:41:56
Say like. 00:42:03
By April, April, we want to know where we're at in our budget, kind of like how John does it for conservation. 00:42:04
I think quarterly is fine. Jeff used to do it monthly. 00:42:10
I forgot to tell them we don't really need it monthly. Is that OK, Committee? So we're gonna we're not going to have that that 00:42:15
part on here that it was just in there always. So let's go. 00:42:20
Go ahead and go to our regional educator, Manuel. 00:42:25
Mine up and. 00:42:29
Welcome to Welcome to Dodge County and we look forward to hearing. 00:42:30
Hello. Good morning, everyone. 00:42:34
Morning, morning. 00:42:38
Yes, you guys have. 00:42:41
On attachment of. 00:42:43
What I've been talking about. 00:42:44
But again, I'll. 00:42:50
Thank you so much. Yeah, My name is Manuel Pena. I'm the bilingual regional dairy educator. 00:42:55
For Dodge and other counties. 00:43:01
One change right there is when I presented here. 00:43:05
To you guys, the violin well part was not part of my. 00:43:10
Title My name. So now it is thanks to Cindy. 00:43:15
And I'm very happy because it looks like it's going to be very useful. 00:43:18
Not only in this county, but in all of them. 00:43:22
I'm gonna go really quick for through what I've done since October. 00:43:26
Till January, so it's not that much of A time. 00:43:31
And I want you guys to remember that this is my labor here, but also I have other 3 counties. 00:43:35
But anyway, so as part of like, the essential part of my job is to get to know the community, to know what the needs are. 00:43:41
What the people I'm working with? 00:43:50
It stands for. 00:43:53
So that's pretty much what I've done. 00:43:54
Working on our needs assessment. 00:43:58
Trying to see what the problems are. Talking to people, to different parties of the of the. 00:44:00
Industry. 00:44:05
In this. 00:44:07
Journey I have. 00:44:08
Been meeting people from different farms that they breed different breeds. They have different farm systems and objectives. 00:44:10
I wanted to mention some of them just to just so you know, I. 00:44:19
First met the Crave brothers farm. That was an interesting. 00:44:24
Basically, they are a huge. 00:44:29
Company. 00:44:32
Family owned but they have a lot of resources. 00:44:33
So I see my action there not being as much as probably as providing help, but helping them to. 00:44:37
Keep growing in some ways as much as I. 00:44:45
Can see how they can be a model for other farms. Then I may also hygiene farm. 00:44:48
The guys from High Jim Farm. 00:44:54
Those guys have a grazing farm. This is amazing because at the time I was starting there was a. 00:44:57
Grad student from University of Wisconsin Mason looking for. 00:45:03
People who was still gracing and they're doing some research. 00:45:07
So that was something I did to connect these two parts together as much as they work with our Normandy's, which is not an unusual 00:45:12
breed to have and. 00:45:17
I can see and I talked to them about some opportunities to talk about milk quality. 00:45:22
And other things that can be developed from that. 00:45:28
Also went to Nell's brothers farm is like 10 minutes from here. 00:45:31
That was an advice from from the last other educator. 00:45:36
They wanted to start doing some programs together, such as tractor safety training and things that they had been talking but they 00:45:40
never did. So I'm like taking on on that. 00:45:46
And then? 00:45:52
Also visit the adult Mayor farm. 00:45:54
Very nice guy. I remember his name. He's Brian. 00:45:58
Very welcoming, I'm very willing to help with us to develop some. 00:46:03
Programs or look for challenges. The way I see it is that if there are. 00:46:08
Challenges for them There are challenges for more people like them. 00:46:13
Some of the main things that I found is. 00:46:18
There's a communication language issue. There's not all of them are able to communicate easily with their workforce. 00:46:22
And that's something that I see a huge opportunity and also I'm very passionate about that. 00:46:30
Umm, so that is something I want to work with, but also a lot of things that. 00:46:36
I do not have to create myself, but I already going on in an extension and I can just bring to the areas. 00:46:40
Good practices training. 00:46:47
Some research. 00:46:49
And then? 00:46:51
Calving and nutrition management, which looks like is needed all the time. 00:46:53
And actually we're doing one of those in April 23rd. I'm doing it for my whole area, so of course Dutch is part of that. 00:46:58
I have also met with people from. 00:47:07
Different companies. I mentioned some of them compared by the Plus. 00:47:10
But there are also from different farms. 00:47:16
All of them have been great and amazing and willing to to collaborate with. 00:47:20
I I was part of the meeting of the Dutch. 00:47:27
Forage Council. 00:47:31
Meeting They were organizing a presentation which I could not be part of because I was already working on one for. 00:47:33
Fond du Lac, which I met first, so. 00:47:40
Not any kind of preference, it just happened first. 00:47:43
But it was it was a nice group and the locator that was before. 00:47:46
That still works for other counties. Here is very. 00:47:53
Willing to. 00:47:57
Keep enhancing that connection. 00:47:58
Some of the projects that I've been part of in this time, the first one even before coming here to present to introduce myself. 00:48:01
Was calving management and now night care. There was people from Dutch County. That was a program that the educator before Allison 00:48:10
was organizing and I took part of it for the Spanish version. 00:48:16
I was part of the Dodge Forage Council meeting that was in November. I did not collaborate for the meeting that they were. 00:48:23
Organizing at the time, but. 00:48:32
Doors are open in both sides. 00:48:35
Umm, me on. 00:48:38
Four more three more educators are working on a bilingual newsletter. 00:48:39
This is something that the. 00:48:44
Farmers not only from here, but from other. 00:48:47
Counties are uneven from other states. 00:48:50
Have been looking forward to. There was one that was named El Campanero before. 00:48:54
And it looks like you had a huge impact. 00:48:59
And the reason why they and he was a bilingual newsletter, the reason why they stopped doing it was because. 00:49:01
The people who was doing the translation. 00:49:08
Was not from extension but. 00:49:10
From other department I'm not sure and they. 00:49:13
They would not do it anymore. 00:49:16
So now the. 00:49:17
I can do that and there are other partner, yeah, other colleagues of me of mine that can translate documents and deliver. That's 00:49:20
something that we're going to do that we hope to put it out on March 1st and have it monthly. 00:49:27
We are having a federal school training. 00:49:35
That is a roadshow, that professor. 00:49:38
Luis Ferreto, the nutrition, yeah, he's the nutritionist of the university. He's doing in different parts of the state. 00:49:41
So I'm in charge of this area and I'm working on the presentation. So I'm not only doing it, but I will be also presenting. 00:49:51
We want with the same team that we're doing this bilingual. 00:50:00
Newsletter We want to see if it's doable. 00:50:03
And maybe you guys can. 00:50:07
Give me some insight. We want to. 00:50:09
Bilingual podcast not only to educate on the industry but also to. 00:50:12
Tell more about this Wisconsin dairy. 00:50:17
History so people can. 00:50:20
Be part of it and not only to know. 00:50:23
How to milk a cow, but also to know why it's important to milk a cow. 00:50:27
This is an idea that I came that I. 00:50:31
God from actually the Crave brothers brothers farm. 00:50:34
They didn't tell me that, but I saw how. 00:50:38
The day I was visiting they were doing a tour with UMM. 00:50:41
Crew from Japan. 00:50:44
Or somewhere in Asia? I don't want to. 00:50:46
Miss said that, but. 00:50:50
And and they were very proud of their farm, but also about this, the story and I think. 00:50:52
For me, even that I'm not. 00:50:59
From Wisconsin, like I can feel proud of how people got together to that. So I think that can be interesting. 00:51:01
And then the last thing I have here is that I was part of the. 00:51:09
Budgetary Insight team I hosted and lead a discussion for. 00:51:13
Webinar. 00:51:19
And I mentioned that because there was people attending from Dutch County. Since I'm not the main organizer, I don't know who was 00:51:21
that. 00:51:24
Sometimes this the organizers don't know either they just got they just have zip codes or something that they can actually 00:51:29
different zones. 00:51:32
And that's it. I don't know if you guys have any questions, comments. 00:51:37
Complaints. 00:51:42
Sounds like you've been busy, yeah? 00:51:43
Thank you. Thank you. I. 00:51:46
The these months have been about meeting people. 00:51:49
And sometimes I feel like I. 00:51:52
Could be would be doing more, but I I'm getting to understand how important is to have a solid. 00:51:54
Connection with different parties so. 00:52:02
So we talked about a monthly newsletter. Our last educator did videos, but she did it for maybe the whole state, you know, I mean 00:52:04
videos, right? Do do use like podcasts and other tools to that that. 00:52:10
Well, in Spanish to a lot of that, you know, you're the, the people that work in the industry, correct? 00:52:16
So. 00:52:21
So we want this newsletter to be. 00:52:23
Not a normal newsletter we wanted to be in like in a PDF that people can print because we were told that some people in the 00:52:26
paycheck for the workforce would leave the. 00:52:32
Piece of paper with the newsletter for the workforce to read. 00:52:38
So we know people, some people wanted to be printed, but we also know that there's a lot of. 00:52:42
Social media. 00:52:47
Things that we have to. 00:52:48
Like accept so we want to have this also like an Instagram thing that where they can see videos of people. Well, it would be 00:52:51
Allison who who would be telling like this is what the topics we talk about in this month's newsletter. If you want to know more, 00:52:58
go to this thing or go to that one. And then the idea she has. 00:53:06
A webinar named Elechero. It's an Spanish. 00:53:15
Version of. 00:53:19
Other programs that Wisconsin does and we want this to be. 00:53:21
The newsletter, The the webinars. 00:53:25
And hopefully to develop the podcast. 00:53:29
The podcast, I really want to do it, the people who is supporting me on that. 00:53:32
Things that we need to really think. 00:53:37
If if people is interesting on listening to it because it's a lot of work. 00:53:40
And yeah, they don't want to to waste their time. 00:53:45
On while we can be doing other things, but I think it's a great idea. 00:53:48
Umm, so I'm pushing it as much as I can. 00:53:53
We probably won't see you for five or six months. We rotate the educators once a month. So when the next time you come here, I 00:53:56
would be interested and I asked will this when we didn't have an educator. 00:54:01
I'd like to know the metrics, some of the dairy metrics. I'm not a farmer. 00:54:05
I'd like to know that the industry metrics for Dodge County and I was told that we are we the 5th largest dairy producer in the 00:54:09
state. Dodge County. I know you guys are my first largest. See, we, I don't, I, I was not aware that until the numbers that we are 00:54:15
really big here in Dodge County. Well, you know, one of the biggest in the state. 00:54:22
Did not know that, right, Right. No bad. I mean, I feel like as a supervisor like and our supervisors need to know that, right? No 00:54:28
wonder why some projects like the one that the gentleman was referring about, Penn State wants to focus on counties like Dutch. 00:54:35
And just all that like the ones that I. 00:54:42
The firms that I have like more. 00:54:45
Straight connection with. 00:54:48
Are already, they're already updated on that thing, so they have the information. 00:54:50
But there are just four of them there. I know more more than 4 farmers in Deutsch is just that these ones have been in their farms 00:54:54
and we have been visiting the other ones pretty much like in meetings due to 11 event or other. 00:55:01
Umm, so I do not have. 00:55:09
I don't feel free to like just send information that they're not requesting like that, but the ones that I have. 00:55:11
A connection with. They know about those kind of things. 00:55:18
Yeah. 00:55:21
Well, I want, I want the farmers to know we're interested. I mean, that we care. The Dodge County cares. And that's right. That's 00:55:22
why we're the county boards investing in your position. 00:55:25
Because we do care. I don't. I've been on the county board almost five years, and I covered the county board for 12 years as a 00:55:30
journalist. I really did not know the extent of what you do, how important that is, right? And so you got to help. 00:55:35
Tell the story, you might say. Right? Because if we don't know the story. 00:55:41
We don't know about our investment and why and why you're having other language is so important in Dodge County and thank you for 00:55:46
doing that. 00:55:49
I mean. 00:55:53
I don't know the I don't know. I don't think the county knows why and I think we did to show them. I'm just telling you what I 00:55:54
see, right. I think in general people do not realize how important it is. And then that will be something that I will consider 00:56:00
tricky for the metrics for instance. 00:56:06
Because some people. 00:56:12
Like there's people willing to work on their farms like in sometimes more than others. 00:56:15
But something that I found very interesting is like like if you. 00:56:21
Tell. 00:56:25
Is important for the workforce to understand what they doing and they're gonna appreciate more their jobs and it's like a little 00:56:26
impact that. 00:56:30
Helps them to stay longer in their organizations to do better their job. 00:56:34
And then that has a huge impact later for us as consumers of dairy products. 00:56:39
So. 00:56:45
Yeah, it's something that. 00:56:46
I'll be thinking how to measure it. 00:56:48
In a better way, but like I can see how the impact is. 00:56:51
Like, very important. Like there's people. 00:56:55
That can take a huge advantage of this, I think. I think that's what not only you, but all the educators, you know, we talk about 00:56:57
work plans. We, we want to know when you have an educator come here. 00:57:03
Cindy and. 00:57:08
In Germany, we want an old the impact. What do you and because we're investing and we're responsible to our taxpayers as 00:57:09
investments. So we want to know what we're doing here and if you could talk to us that way. That's our language. That's my 00:57:14
language. 00:57:19
Correct. So thank, thank you very much. Any other questions? Thank you guys. Yes, it's interesting I was. 00:57:25
Past seminars and stuff saw how important grazing is to water quality. 00:57:33
And I was always told it wouldn't work in Dodge County. This is the first time I've even. 00:57:38
Known. There's a grazing farm in Dodge County, right? And is that something that you see could be expanded? I've always been told 00:57:43
that it'll never work in Dodge County. 00:57:48
No, umm, I mean, it depends on what your objectives are. I, I, I think these guys from this farm. 00:57:52
Are very passionate, They of course see it as a business, but they're also also very passionate about the environment. 00:58:00
So they. 00:58:08
They do their job based more on. 00:58:09
How they can be more friendly? 00:58:12
Or to treat different like. It's not necessarily like the other systems are bad. 00:58:16
But these ones is definitely more friendly with the soil and then does for the water. 00:58:20
So it was unusual for me too to see a grazing farm. I saw someone I was working on. 00:58:26
In North Carolina it was very usual, but they were pushing a lot some research. 00:58:33
That favors grazing farms and then, as I said, like before. 00:58:38
Going to this farm, which was one of the first farms I went to. 00:58:43
As a dairy educator. 00:58:48
I already heard had a meeting with a student that was looking for this farm because she she this from Wisconsin and she knew there 00:58:50
were. 00:58:55
Gray skin farms and she's trying to do. 00:58:59
She's not trying, she's doing our research where she shows. 00:59:03
In this area, Sheboygan Dodge. 00:59:07
Washington. 00:59:10
Counties, the the good impact of the grazing farms. So, so it's not usual, but there's people doing it and I think. 00:59:12
Since things keep changing all the time, like we're gonna reach a point where we're gonna come back. 00:59:18
In some extent to the grazing part. 00:59:24
Thank you. 00:59:28
Yep. OK. Thank you very much. All right, we'll see you next time you next time you come around. Otherwise we'll see you at the at 00:59:31
the our little event. 00:59:35
Of course. Thank you. 00:59:39
OK, coming up. 00:59:40
All right, now we'll transition into. 00:59:43
I guess agency reports Cory's not here, but we I assume we have. 00:59:46
Come on up and. 00:59:53
Good morning, everybody. 01:00:00
Good morning. 01:00:01
OK, so to start off, I should have put a copy of the civil rights responsibilities for Potenos on everybody's desk. 01:00:04
Essentially, the N OCS is required to review federal laws without agencies. 01:00:13
This made some of these languages may change with the new administration. So I'm going to have you hold off on like signing 01:00:20
anything. 01:00:23
But I did just want you to give you a heads up of what we typically look at and, you know, give you time to review some of the 01:00:27
information. 01:00:30
So essentially this just goes over that basically every you, you guys are in Trojan viewing the MOU that you have with us and that 01:00:34
you need to, you know, make yourselves familiar with that. 01:00:39
Additionally, it goes through that you guys are still required to follow the Privacy Act of 1974, which is essentially that if 01:00:44
those people participating in all federal programs that you guys know the name of, that you're not going to disclose their 01:00:50
personal information, private information, without a Freedom of Information request. 01:00:56
Additionally, we all require to go over the 1964 Civil Rights Act, essentially saying that as board supervisors and as opponents 01:01:03
that you're not going to discriminate on against anybody based on waste, country of origin or nationality. 01:01:10
Of anybody that's participating in federal programs. 01:01:17
Additionally, some of this stuff is more relevant to the soil and water conservation districts as opposed to the land and water 01:01:21
conservation departments that you guys owe. So some of this isn't quite as applicable, but unfortunately it's a national document 01:01:26
so we can't change too much. 01:01:30
Additionally, it just goes over like program outreach, which doesn't really apply to you guys and will applies to us and how we 01:01:36
conduct our outreach. But that's just information there for you. 01:01:40
And then the public notification responsibilities, the county and you guys are not required to have any of this displayed, but we 01:01:46
are required to show it with you guys. That's something that typically doesn't change when new administration comes in. Once a, 01:01:52
you know, new secretary is in office, they'll come out with new statements. So those will be updated throughout the year. 01:01:58
So again, didn't want you to sign anything today, but just wanted to give you guys a little bit of time to review. 01:02:05
We go over what you know, next month or the month after so. 01:02:10
So it will be, will this be different then? Yeah. So some of the documents on the second page, which is like the like secretary of 01:02:14
agricultural civil rights policy statement, that will likely to be different because we're going to have a new secretary coming 01:02:19
in. So stuff like that will likely be different. The document though has been since 2017. So it's not likely that the major points 01:02:25
of the document would change will any of the federal laws. But the more like the the nitty gritty details may change with the new 01:02:31
administration. 01:02:37
What does it mean, John, when we sign this? Is it, Do we need a lawyer here or what? No, we're just acknowledging, just 01:02:43
acknowledging that we received it and that we're aware of it. 01:02:47
They have a duty to. 01:02:51
To provide. 01:02:54
That they have in fact informed us of these. 01:02:56
And that's the only way they can prove. 01:03:01
That we received correct? Yep. 01:03:03
Thank you. 01:03:08
Yeah. So with that, I guess we'll just do a little gist of what we've been working on in the office. Anna shared the civil rights 01:03:10
responsibilities with you. 01:03:14
Umm, we currently just wrapped up our CSP payments for the year. Those are contracts. 01:03:19
The active ones are within the last five years. 01:03:26
43 total contracts were paid on for work completed in fiscal year 24. 01:03:29
So we we got those contracts paid on and kind of filed away till. 01:03:34
This coming fall. 01:03:39
Every applicant should have received their payment by now. 01:03:42
We finished the last ones maybe 2 weeks ago. 01:03:46
Now we're currently working on our equipped sign up 1. 01:03:50
Workload. That's typically our biggest workload of the year. 01:03:54
Right now I think we have 36 applications kind of in the hopper. 01:03:58
We basically just assess and rank all those. It's hard to say. 01:04:03
What's going to get funded with the new administration? But. 01:04:08
Our system kind of spits out a number if it's above our ranking. 01:04:13
You know, bottom line number then it's going to get pre approved for funding. 01:04:17
These contracts. 01:04:22
You know, range from a variety of different land uses like crop lands and forestry practices. 01:04:24
Some wetland creation stuff and a bunch of wildlife habitat practices. 01:04:30
Cover crops, no till that type of stuff as well. 01:04:35
We expect mid February sometime to get our pre approval list back on what actually gets pre approved for funding. 01:04:38
At this point then we'll just focus on obligating those contracts. 01:04:46
And internally we have till April 4th to actually make those. 01:04:51
Contracts obligated. 01:04:56
I guess last order of business, our CSP Classic sign up is right around the corner. 01:04:59
Applicants have till February 7th to get application in with us. 01:05:05
Right now I think we have. 01:05:11
I don't know 20 or so in the system, something like that. 01:05:13
Hopefully we can get out and get our site visits done in the near future. 01:05:18
To get some planning done. 01:05:22
And that's basically everything we've been working on. 01:05:24
Any questions related to any of that? 01:05:27
Can you do you know when the WRP signups are? I mean when do they do their is that? 01:05:33
Semi annual thing or an annual thing? WRP is a little bit different. 01:05:39
I think there's those two sides right now. Yeah. I think there's one like the end of this week. 01:05:43
Cool. So typically it's one sign up, but I know in the past few years they've had two science pull you. It's not exactly lined 01:05:48
with equip, but typically there's one in the fall and one in late winter is a deadline for those. 01:05:54
Typically like. 01:06:00
They'll allocate 75% of the funding the first go around, they'll see how those contracts shake out, and whatever remaining balance 01:06:02
they have, they'll throw that to the second sign out. 01:06:06
So. 01:06:11
We will wait and see as things are ever changing in our office within the last week. 01:06:14
Thank you. Thank you. 01:06:21
All right, Matt. 01:06:26
Morning, everyone. 01:06:33
Morning. How are y'all doing? 01:06:34
Enjoying the nice weather? 01:06:36
Yeah, just like it. 01:06:40
We've got a few updates for you. As they had mentioned with the Changeover administration, we're still waiting for key people to 01:06:42
be put in place. 01:06:47
So there's a lot of moving parts right now within the upper part of our organization. 01:06:51
But they did manage to do a farm bill extension. 01:06:58
So we've got some word on programs that have been extended to their continuing. 01:07:02
1st is our commodity program, the ARC. 01:07:08
Place, as we call it. 01:07:11
That program opened up for sign up on January 21st. 01:07:13
It's going to run through April 15th, which is a little bit longer than we've had in the past, so that's kind of nice. 01:07:18
So staff in the office is working on. 01:07:25
Putting together appointments and and information for producers on that. 01:07:28
The other program that we got authorized to move forward with is our Dairy margin coverage program or DMC. 01:07:33
That program is scheduled to open. 01:07:41
For sign up on January 29th. 01:07:43
And that will run through March 31st. 01:07:47
So that's got a little bit shorter window that we're going to be working with. 01:07:49
But we do have a few less producers we got to run through on that. 01:07:53
We still have not heard anything on any future CRP signups unfortunately. 01:07:57
We did get word late last week that we can now continue to work on existing contracts, making edits and. 01:08:03
Continue making cost share payments on stuff that has already existed but nothing moving forward. 01:08:11
As of yet. 01:08:18
We did closeout one of our disaster programs. It was called Masks. 01:08:20
Or the marketing assistance program for specialty crops. 01:08:25
So we had. 01:08:29
A good turn out there and we were able to actually make payments as of last Friday. 01:08:31
So that program should be closed for us as of right now. 01:08:37
Umm, and hopefully. 01:08:42
We don't have any. 01:08:44
Issues with that going forward. 01:08:45
There is one program that was also authorized with the continuing resolution. 01:08:47
You might have heard about it. It's about a program giving farmers direct payments. 01:08:55
That's all we know. We know nothing about any more than right now they have not released any documentation to us as to. 01:09:01
What the program actually is or if we are actually going to be administrating it, We're assuming we are, but. 01:09:09
Again, that's an assumption we. 01:09:16
So we're waiting for one more program to come out here. 01:09:18
So we've been receiving a lot of phone calls on that because apparently there's a lot of stuff in the press on it, but we have not 01:09:23
received anything. 01:09:26
And like I said. 01:09:31
With all the change over in the upper administration, it might take a little while for some of that to get. 01:09:33
Cleared up. 01:09:38
And then just the other note is we do have a continuing resolution as you're aware that goes through March 15th, I believe. 01:09:40
So we might go through this whole budgeted thing again in a. 01:09:47
Month or half or so so. 01:09:50
Any questions for me? 01:09:53
On anything. 01:09:55
But the press does come up with some pretty specific numbers. Are those numbers? 01:09:56
You think accurate or I have no idea. We have not literally have not seen anything on the program. 01:10:00
We're not even sure if the program is fully going to be administered through our office. They haven't said a word. 01:10:07
So. 01:10:13
We are kind of questioning where they're getting all this information and numbers from because we have no idea. They're always 01:10:14
anonymous. They're not supposed to talk. Yeah, they're not supposed to. And again, you know, and I believe the way it is, they 01:10:18
have. 01:10:23
90 days or something like that to. 01:10:28
Hammer out the procedures after the the. 01:10:31
Law has been passed or whatever. 01:10:35
So we're still within that 90 days of drafting, whatever their rules are. I know they focused on masks first. 01:10:37
Got that one out and I mean I have never seen a program released. 01:10:43
In 30 days. 01:10:49
And had payments come out one week after the deadline closed, I mean. 01:10:51
That was just phenomenal from our standpoint. I just hope there isn't a bunch of. 01:10:56
Changes or problems that are going to come out from it. 01:11:01
So I'm a little surprised, not that this other program hasn't come out yet because I think they focused everything on the mask 01:11:04
program and. 01:11:07
Now we're focusing on this other one, so. 01:11:11
I'm sure there'll be something coming out in the next month, I'm just not sure what it is. 01:11:14
So anything else question wise? 01:11:19
No, thank you. Appreciate the time, guys. Thank you. 01:11:22
OK. Next item is presentation from Rock River Coalition. 01:11:28
Regarding their work in Dodge County. 01:11:31
Do they have a video? Is that what they have or what? Yeah, we have. 01:11:35
If I can get it to work. 01:11:39
Otherwise I'll have to go up there. She has a PowerPoint that she wants to show. 01:11:41
OK. 01:11:45
Let me just click through it with your mouse. 01:11:50
Yeah, I have a. 01:11:53
I think here too that's supposed to work. Looks I guess set up. 01:11:54
OK, ready to go. 01:12:00
Try that. If not I can run up. 01:12:19
Perfect. 01:12:23
Hello, I am Lizzie Rutsoff, I am with the Rock River Coalition and we hold the L and PN contract for Dodge County. 01:12:29
So we do a lot of different. 01:12:38
AIS outreach and such. And so I just wanted to give you guys a quick. 01:12:40
Overview of what we did in 2024. 01:12:44
With this contract. 01:12:47
So. 01:12:49
The first just being some general online trainings because I'm a new coordinator for Rock River Coalition, so. 01:12:50
Did have to attend several like Project Red snapshot day. 01:12:58
Probably strife online trainings in order to get. 01:13:02
Caught up on the different projects that we have going on. 01:13:05
Secondly, the. 01:13:10
Annual AIS partnership retreat. 01:13:13
I attended in April in Russell. It was a great meeting. A bunch of different state AIS coordinators came out. 01:13:15
It was. 01:13:23
A great way to make a lot of different connections with people they had different. 01:13:25
Like many trainings about identifying different aquatic invasive species, refreshers. 01:13:30
I am particular had a small part of a presentation to discuss our. 01:13:36
Work in the LPN. 01:13:42
As we tend to focus on rivers and streams. 01:13:45
However, there's a different sector, I guess you could call it, of LPN work in the state that focuses on the lakes more. 01:13:49
And there seems to be a little bit of. 01:13:56
Disconnect in those different sectors of how people approach certain projects, approach getting volunteers and such. So it's a 01:13:59
great discussion there. 01:14:04
During that retreat. 01:14:09
Part of the LPN work that we do involves signage checks of different. 01:14:13
Signage such as boot brushes and then just the general like. 01:14:18
Prevent invasive species. It's the law type signs that you see had a lot of boat launches. 01:14:23
Umm, these were the places that I went this past year so. 01:14:28
Check on one and soon as if you like incidentally. 01:14:34
It was adequate. It worked. 01:14:38
But could probably use some replacement in the next few years. 01:14:41
And then the other ones like the. 01:14:45
There is one at Fox Lake that was good. 01:14:48
Two more the Town Park of Fox Lake site. 01:14:52
That were in perfect condition. 01:14:56
Want to Beaver Dam like that was good. 01:14:59
There was this next one here that's also highlighted. 01:15:02
At the Clawson Bowling Green park. Canoe lunch around Horacon Marsh. 01:15:05
I'm not familiar with who owns that particular site, but. 01:15:11
It was listed in the. 01:15:14
Project. 01:15:16
In swims in the database for AIS signage so. 01:15:18
I went there to see if there was any assignments there. There was not. 01:15:22
However, it does seem to be a pretty popular canoe launch, so. 01:15:26
Something I'm going to follow up on this year is. 01:15:30
Figuring out who owns that boat launch and if it's possible to get some AIS signage there. 01:15:33
And then stopped by the Rock River Nebraska St. boat launch around Horacon. That was good. 01:15:40
Chestnut St. boat launch has a waterfowl hunter waiter cleaning station. The sign and the wood is all good, but the boot brush 01:15:47
itself, like half of it has snapped off. 01:15:54
Umm, so that's on my list to potentially replace this year. Get that back up and running. 01:16:01
And then the other two. 01:16:07
Along the Rock River we're also good as well, so. 01:16:10
Total of 10 different AIS signs were checked this year. 01:16:13
And this will continue this year as well, cycling through. 01:16:16
We have like a much longer list of AIS signs to check on so. 01:16:21
Additionally, this is just a general list of the. 01:16:28
General outreach and education that we've done this past year. So we hosted a Seattle man AIS training with Rachel Saber from DNR 01:16:32
in Watertown. 01:16:37
Basically my role in this was to help with aquatic invasive species identification, giving a rundown of that. 01:16:43
Additionally, we attended the Beaver Dam Fishing Fund. 01:16:51
UMM worked with a lot of different families and kids that were going through the stations and in particular my station was talking 01:16:55
about the aquatic invasives. 01:16:59
On Beaver Dam like like the zebra mussels, curly pondweed. 01:17:03
And the Eurasian water milfoil so. 01:17:08
It's very fun day. I had a lot of fun getting to meet the kids and work with their parents as well. 01:17:11
Additionally, we attended the Community Science Day for the Horacon Marsh Group. 01:17:18
We hosted a table on Macron Ritter roots and aquatic invasives. 01:17:24
Got to talk with a lot of people there as well. 01:17:28
We also hosted AAIS Paddle on Fox Lake. 01:17:32
Working with Liz or say and help to. 01:17:36
I just did a short paddle around one corner of the lake and seeing if we could identify any new AIS that were present. 01:17:40
Thankfully we did not found the ones that were already known to be there, so it's pretty positive paddle overall. 01:17:48
Additionally, as part of our LPN grant, we reach out to different bait shops and make sure that we're covered in terms of having 01:17:57
AIS materials and. 01:18:02
Educational stuff that they can hand out to people coming through their shop. So those were the three that I passed through and 01:18:08
talked with. 01:18:12
We also do general like social media and newsletter articles about aquatic invasives, so we did 24 of those. 01:18:18
And six newsletter articles about. 01:18:24
AIS. 01:18:28
In addition, promoting the various exotic pet surrenders as part of the grant, so we did that as well. 01:18:30
And we also. 01:18:37
As part of our Waterfowl hunter outreach, we had a newsletter about. 01:18:39
How hunters can help prevent their spread of aquatic invasive species when they're doing that hunting. 01:18:45
So this is not like an exhaustive list of all of our impacts and our work. We have a lot of indirect AIS impacts. 01:18:53
And supposed to say dodge sorry. 01:19:01
Part of this is our New Zealand Mutts nail project, so we've done a lot of general education and outreach about the New Zealand 01:19:05
snail. 01:19:08
We have. 01:19:12
40 Formula 409 decontamination kits that need to be distributed. 01:19:14
If any of you have contacts with local anglers that you want to share, feel free. 01:19:19
But this is particularly great because Formula 409 is said to 100% kill New Zealand Mud snail Better than bleach or? 01:19:25
Vercon Aquatic or any other decontamination. 01:19:34
Umm, so we're looking to get those out to local anglers free of charge. 01:19:38
Additionally, we can ask a question. Yeah. OK. Is that just like to spray the boat with it? I don't get what you're doing. OK. 01:19:42
Umm, yeah, because they can really. They're super, super small, and they can easily hide in like, the tread of your waiters. OK, 01:19:54
So yeah, thank you. 01:19:59
Additionally, we developed a 2 minute video and. 01:20:05
And release that. 01:20:08
Late last year that is being circulated through various partners. 01:20:10
Who are reposting that and sharing that with their people so. 01:20:15
As I'm sure you know, we also have our stream monitoring program. We have several stream monitors here in Dodge County that. 01:20:21
As part of their training, are trained on four of the major aquatic Mason species and so they. 01:20:27
Every month that they go out, they're told to be also checking for the aquatic invasives as they're out there. 01:20:35
Additionally, we had our biennial conference. 01:20:41
In the fall. 01:20:45
Um, this was. 01:20:47
A really big conference with a bunch of different people that came a bunch of partners, bunch of volunteers, bunch of just. 01:20:50
Water enthusiasts in general came. 01:20:56
This was held in Fitchburg and we had several tables and sessions dedicated to aquatic invasive news and education. 01:20:59
As well as a session dedicated solely to Dodge County projects as well. 01:21:07
What are we doing in 2025? So much of the same work that I've just described here. We have the same budget as. 01:21:16
It has always been pretty much. 01:21:23
But we are going to be shifting things a little bit this year. 01:21:26
One of the major ones being snapshot day so. 01:21:31
If you don't know, this is basically once a year. 01:21:34
We go out to like a city or a small town and we have a bunch of volunteers. 01:21:38
Come to a certain location, we give a brief like. 01:21:44
AIS ID training and then we send them out to some of the local streams in that city. 01:21:47
That day and they. 01:21:54
Identify whether any aquatic invasives are in those spots. 01:21:55
I believe. 01:21:59
That's been taking part in rock for the past two or three years, so we're switching it back to Dodge this year. 01:22:00
We also hold the LPN contract in Rock County as well, so some of the activities switch. 01:22:08
But this year it will be held in Dodge, so looking forward to that. 01:22:15
We are also investigating the potential for. 01:22:19
Applying for a grant through the Beaver Dam Foundation. 01:22:23
To install waiter cleaning stations throughout Dodge County. Several of you people are people I've talked to about potential 01:22:27
locations. 01:22:31
But yeah, we're looking at potential locations around Beaver Dam as well as Oregon Marsh. We've had several discussions about 01:22:36
that. 01:22:39
So we're looking forward to that. 01:22:43
Additionally, we're going to bring back our purple blue stripe bio control program that was not. 01:22:46
Held last year because I was new and still picking up things. 01:22:53
This is partially funded through the LPN and then partially funded through the Lake Costco on Wetland Association. 01:22:57
We have two partners this year, which is the first for us, so there are. 01:23:05
Two different groups that are going to be raising beetles that will be released in purple blue striped patches to eat the purple 01:23:11
blue stripe and hopefully manage them. 01:23:15
One of them is in Jefferson and Cambridge with the Costco on Trail School. 01:23:19
And then the other is. 01:23:24
An older partner that we've had in Neosho. 01:23:26
Here in Dodge County with the neighborhood house, so. 01:23:29
We will hopefully have a bunch of beetles to be released and hopefully have a really big impact this year. 01:23:33
Whether it's. 01:23:39
Attacking new populations of our Blues drive or giving booster shots essentially of Beatles. 01:23:40
To older locations that need it. 01:23:46
But. 01:23:49
Yeah. That's just sort of a general overview of what we did this past year and what's coming up. 01:23:50
If there are any questions, feel free to ask. 01:23:55
If you'd like been raising The Beatles to release them. 01:23:58
How many roughly do you have that you're gonna let out? 01:24:01
Yeah, so. 01:24:03
These are a very specific kind of beetle that only target purple Blue strife. I was gonna ask that next. So that's. 01:24:06
They're only known food source is purple, blue stripe and so they're really good biocontrol mechanism and where. 01:24:14
How this program works in particular is in the early spring we go out and we dig up some wild purple loose drive. 01:24:21
We bring it back to the host sites. 01:24:28
Umm, we will either. 01:24:30
Raise them in big mass rearing cages so. 01:24:33
Basically a tent so none of the seeds can disperse or anything like that. 01:24:36
We raised them up a little bit so they can be healthy enough plants for the beetles to live on. 01:24:42
And then we go back out. We capture some beetles, bring them back. 01:24:47
Umm, sort of like release them within the Nets? 01:24:51
That the purple blue stripe have on them. 01:24:56
And then The Beatles will feed on the plants. 01:25:00
Read, reproduce, and then by the end of the season you have a couple 1000 needles per plant. They're actually taking the plant 01:25:02
over with the beetles in it. You're just netting it and taking it over. 01:25:07
Yeah. 01:25:12
At the end of the season, around like Late Joke, late June, early July will collect The Beatles and then we'll go out to wild 01:25:13
populations for Blue Strife, release The Beatles, and then they'll just feast on them really well. 01:25:19
Is not to necessarily decimate the whole population. 01:25:27
How that works? But it's really helpful in. 01:25:31
Cutting down on the seed production of the plants because they produce like a million 2,000,000 seeds per plant, so. 01:25:34
Like really attacking the leaves and making sure they can't produce as well is. 01:25:42
How the whole program works? Thank you. 01:25:46
You identified dates for Citizen Sampler training yet? 01:25:51
For the what training? 01:25:55
For the street monitoring journey, yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:25:59
So we do have dates for the. 01:26:03
Dodge County training. 01:26:06
I'm trying to think off the top of my head. It's on our website now though. 01:26:08
Yeah. 01:26:12
OK. 01:26:17
Thank you very much. Any other questions? 01:26:18
Hey, thank you. 01:26:21
All right, Thanks. We have time for the video, John. 01:26:27
Next one or you want to it's a 12 minute 1. 01:26:30
Do you think we can put it up till next month? 01:26:35
You have. 01:26:37
This video. 01:26:39
You have one more through land and water. 01:26:40
And then you're done with those. There are four more with DNR, DAC cap on different things like nutrient management plans, stuff 01:26:43
like that. You're not necessarily to see them if you don't want. 01:26:49
Unless it's objection I, we're just going to move forward that OK. 01:26:56
That's fine. I do want to see the other like that cap and stuff because I'm not in AG and I'm all right. No, I agree. We're gonna 01:27:00
do the whole series. It's just a. 01:27:05
We are just had a couple other stuff we had. 01:27:10
See it next month? That's fine. 01:27:14
OK. 01:27:17
Approved the dues for Land and Water Conservation association in Southern Areas Association. 01:27:18
OK, Southern Area Association, the dues are $145.00 and they've been that for. 01:27:24
For years. No, they're not going to go up so. 01:27:30
That one's pretty straightforward. 01:27:34
Wisconsin land and water. 01:27:36
The main news is $1754.30. 01:27:40
That actually went down like $2.00 from last year. It's been bouncing up and down. 01:27:46
I think the lowest it's been was 1641 dollars. 01:27:51
You also in the past several years you've you've donated towards the Wisconsin virus on that is the youth education program, the 01:27:59
summer camps and that. 01:28:04
That did go up from $55 to $65. 01:28:09
You've also included dues for the OR fees for the Standards Oversight Council. 01:28:15
Every every program, every practice that we put in, we follow in our CS standards and specs. 01:28:22
And this Oversights Council puts teams together to review. 01:28:29
Those standards on a rotating basis and update them to meet current needs. 01:28:35
That in the past has been $350.00, but that dropped down to 100. 01:28:41
$5. 01:28:47
And then there's another one you could donate to, but that's in regards to the Great Lakes Committee, which. 01:28:49
We have a very small portion of Dodge County that flows into the Milwaukee River. 01:28:56
So you have not donated to that in the past? 01:29:01
So. 01:29:06
We had the. 01:29:07
So if you donate to the. 01:29:17
The two other ones, plus the dues. 01:29:19
That would be $1994.30. 01:29:22
How does that fit with our budget? 01:29:26
While it's actually going to be less because the standards oversight went from 3:50 down to 175. 01:29:28
OK, so we need a motion. 01:29:37
Yes, OK. We're looking for a motion. In that motion we will detail the. 01:29:38
Right detail all the OK Lucy, make them. 01:29:44
For $1194.30 that would be. I'm sorry that that total is just for land and water. 01:29:50
$145.00 for. 01:29:59
The association. 01:30:03
Which association? Southern Area Association? Yes, definitely. And 1:45 as well for the Southern Area Association. 01:30:04
That includes the youth, The youth. 01:30:12
The youth youth part is in within the Wisconsin land and water was everything but Great Lakes. 01:30:14
Yes. 01:30:20
Great. OK. 01:30:20
OK, do we have a second? 01:30:22
OK, John, seconds. 01:30:24
Any further discussion on the recommendation do for these dues we have budgeted? 01:30:27
Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. 01:30:32
Aye, those opposed. 01:30:35
OK. Update on tree sales. 01:30:37
OK. We're winding down the tree sales are supposed to. 01:30:40
Stop at the end of January. 01:30:45
But we'll have some leftover, so we continue to sell them and then I am able to give some back. 01:30:47
We originally ordered 22,900 trees. 01:30:54
We have 3050 left. 01:30:58
To sell. 01:31:01
Three tubes were originally ordered 4000 and I have 120 left. 01:31:03
But if they go over, I can actually order more tree tubes before they come in because we don't place that order until. 01:31:08
March. 01:31:14
What kind of trees are they? I think you told us, and I just remember. 01:31:15
We got a lot of oaks. We got the red, white and swamp white and Burrows, sugar and maples, white spruce, Norway spruce, white 01:31:20
pine. 01:31:24
Cranberries. That's the high Bush Cranberry. Elderberry. American plum. 01:31:30
Service Berry and hazelnut, those are the ones we have left. 01:31:35
We've sold out of red Maple, blue spruce, Fraser for tamarack, domestic apple. 01:31:39
Basswood, Dogwood, black spruce, river Birch and white cedar. 01:31:44
OK. See that number again, you sold how many sets of date 20 was it 20, we ordered 22,900. We have 3000 left. So that would be 01:31:52
what 19,000 we've sold so far. 01:31:57
OK. 01:32:04
And what's the deadline when it has to be done well that we put on the on the brochures January 31st? 01:32:09
But we continue to sell them until they're gone. 01:32:16
OK. 01:32:20
So that works a lot better being online, doesn't it? 01:32:23
We're not actually selling them online. We're not selling. No, we, we looked at a program to where we could do that. 01:32:28
But it. 01:32:36
The one we chose and contacted. 01:32:38
They never got back to us. 01:32:40
On a. 01:32:43
Readily basis, I mean between myself and Megan from it. 01:32:44
Their customer service guy and blew us away. 01:32:50
And that was one, I think Sauk County was using them. 01:32:53
The main reason I wanted to do that was. 01:32:58
We still get people sending in order forms now that they got in the mail back in October, so it doesn't show which ones are sold 01:33:03
out. 01:33:08
So then we're calling people back, telling them we're sold out. 01:33:12
Some of them will change to a different species, some of them want their money back so. 01:33:16
We're constantly sending stuff up to finance to reimburse this guy for $10.30. 01:33:21
And I wanted to try to get away from that. 01:33:28
But the company that we looked at? 01:33:30
OK, I did not have customer service as far as I'm concerned. Good move. 01:33:33
Got a question, do you ever have anybody buy these trees for? 01:33:38
CRP that they're going to be putting in. 01:33:41
Last year we kind of did that was a. 01:33:48
Somebody that got caught by FSA that did something wrong so they had to replant trees. 01:33:52
Usually when they're planting trees in CRP, they're planting like 608 hundred trees per acre. 01:33:58
Our trees are too big for the tree planter machine. 01:34:06
So. 01:34:11
They're probably better off going through the DNR and getting the seedlings then. 01:34:12
Then we can rent our tree planter out too. 01:34:16
Two birds. 01:34:23
OK. 01:34:26
Let's go to the next thing. Possible research project on Dodge County farm update. 01:34:29
OK, I met with the Forge Council. 01:34:34
Few weeks ago and talked to them. 01:34:37
Told them what? 01:34:41
What we were looking at doing here and asking them for ideas as to what kind of research. 01:34:44
They would be interested in seeing done in Dodge County. 01:34:51
And what? 01:34:56
The outcome of that meeting was. 01:34:57
Taken a 20 acre piece. 01:35:00
Splitting it in half. 01:35:03
This half is conventional tillage and this half is no till and cover crops. 01:35:06
Everything else is the same. It's the same crop each year, it's the same, varieties the same. 01:35:12
Herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers, everything else is the same. 01:35:19
But then also hooking up with UW extension and having umm. 01:35:24
Monitors put in so we can watch. 01:35:29
Surface water infiltration. 01:35:32
And watch the two the no till cover crop as compared to the conventional tillage. 01:35:35
Which one has better water infiltration? 01:35:40
So that's what came out of that one. 01:35:44
I got talked to Will. 01:35:46
To see. 01:35:49
What kind of monitors? 01:35:50
Are available out there. 01:35:52
Umm, if they're going to cost us any money. 01:35:54
So, so that's kind of where we're at right now. 01:36:01
I know 1 farmer did. 01:36:05
Through the farmers group. 01:36:07
Did run numbers and basically said that if we run the entire farm. 01:36:10
And we did a three, three-year rotation. Corn, beans. When are we with cover crops on everything? 01:36:15
This is what it would cost me, so this is what I could afford to pay for rent to do it. 01:36:23
And he's way under what the current rental rates are or what what Dodge County is currently receiving as rental rates. 01:36:28
So he would not. 01:36:37
Be interested in doing that. 01:36:40
As a. 01:36:42
High bid type system, which is what we have now. 01:36:44
So all that kind of. 01:36:48
Is not going to happen. 01:36:49
That's required to be bid out. 01:36:51
Yes, the. 01:36:53
Yeah, that's what Dodge County has been doing with it. They put it out to highest bids. 01:36:56
There's not really a lot of other restrictions on it at this time. 01:37:02
And it's it's a five year agreement. 01:37:10
And the current. 01:37:13
Renter has. 01:37:15
This growing season yet. 01:37:17
So it'll go out for bids again sometime. 01:37:19
Late July. 01:37:23
Something like that. Because they want that back. 01:37:24
For the budgeting process, but that whole. 01:37:27
Control group and the experimental side, that's all going to be laid out in the bid process so they know what they're doing right. 01:37:29
There's a couple different ways of doing it. You could include that in the current. 01:37:35
Bid to where whoever does it also agrees. 01:37:40
To take care of this 20 acres. 01:37:45
Or you could. 01:37:47
Find somebody else that would do it. I mean, at one time there was talk about we could get our own equipment, but. 01:37:49
You gotta have a place to store the equipment. You got to come up with a tractor somewhere. And then who's gonna do that? And is 01:37:57
somebody in my office going to be running out there doing all this stuff, you know? 01:38:02
That's what we're working on, to try to figure out exactly what and who and how. 01:38:08
And then we'll. 01:38:18
I just asked these guys, is that OK to do what a farmer think of that You think if they we had that like that you guys? 01:38:20
If you require that. 01:38:27
That you've, you know, at the 20 acres that you have to do that too. 01:38:29
You know what I mean? 01:38:34
Yeah, I said. I don't know what. 01:38:36
If you could, I mean, we could put restrictions. 01:38:38
On the bidding, I mean. 01:38:40
I mean how department is going to be operated not in admitting. 01:38:43
But I think would be beneficial to separate just 20 acres from the other bidding process. 01:38:46
That's what I mean, yeah, that's what I that's so I didn't know. Obviously you're not telling it. So what we mean we have so the 01:38:53
from the counties point of view then there's two. 01:38:58
Like 2 contracts. Is that right, Dave? Is that what we're looking at, Cameron? 01:39:03
The big increase, but the 20 acres, I think maybe we should work. 01:39:10
Off of a request for proposal. 01:39:14
And how they would propose to do what we're asking. 01:39:17
OK. 01:39:20
So the change would be we have less acres. 01:39:22
When we're currently doing. 01:39:25
20 acres less, right? 01:39:26
You bid out the rest of it without the 20. You make it 20 separate. It's possible it might not be taken. 01:39:28
Oh, it'll be taken. 01:39:35
You think so? I think we can find. 01:39:36
Some somebody locally that would be willing to do though there's a county board have to take an action on that or is it just 01:39:39
administration or no, We don't take it on. We don't approve bids and stuff that. No, no, no, no, I mean like to to have a farm. 01:39:46
Is definitely a change. 01:39:54
Well, we've always bidded through the highway, through the. 01:39:57
Purchase through. 01:40:01
Here I think. 01:40:03
Just personal opinion. I think you leave the major. 01:40:08
Bid that way and you take the 20 acres and work with this committee. 01:40:11
As you do request for proposals and. 01:40:16
How you could put together? 01:40:19
But but can we on the larger portion? 01:40:21
Put some restrictions and how it should be farmed I mean. 01:40:24
We don't want some more plow in county land. I mean really, absolutely we cannot. 01:40:28
I think we have not do what we say other people should do. 01:40:34
So the soil test at the end is the same as it is when they get it. You know that they can't. 01:40:39
Mine farm basically. 01:40:45
But yeah, I do think we can put restrictions on. 01:40:48
Types of. 01:40:51
If we do that, I think we need to. 01:40:56
Leave the. 01:41:01
Bidders an option on how they would propose to do it. 01:41:03
Because there's a lot of different ways to do cover crops, there's a lot of different ways. 01:41:10
I guess I just have a question. 01:41:19
You really think if you separate the 20 I mean if? 01:41:22
If the 20 acres were connected, then who's ever going to farm it has to drive out there anyways, right? But if you separate the 20 01:41:26
acres, then somebody might be driving from how far? 01:41:31
Just for 20 acres. 01:41:37
But if but if you put that in request requiring the bidder for the for the whole farm. 01:41:38
I think you'll. 01:41:47
Restrict. 01:41:49
The number of bidders. 01:41:50
Bidders that have. 01:41:53
Big equipment that aren't going to mess with the 20 acres. 01:41:56
And my next question is, do we hear from UW? Will they, will they in fact, because they said they were selecting 10 farms that we 01:42:00
went there. Have they selected us? I mean, are we, no, there's, there's been no decision like that, I think. 01:42:07
What they're waiting for is exactly what are we going to do? And and this is just an idea that was brought so far. It's not by any 01:42:14
means the final decision that I'm going to come back with you and say this is what we want to do. 01:42:20
I'm still looking at trying to hook up with Farm Bureau and. 01:42:27
See see if there's anybody else out there that has some. 01:42:31
Suggestions. 01:42:35
What when is the? 01:42:38
Dave, one of the bids go out. 01:42:40
Or the contracts go out. 01:42:41
Late summer. 01:42:44
So we would. So we would have to know if we're gonna have a county farm, we'd have to know then pretty soon, right? 01:42:46
Yeah, like I say, I got talked to Will and I've already told him. 01:42:52
My conversation with the Forage Council. 01:42:57
But you know who's got the water water infiltration monitoring systems? Do they have any that are available? 01:43:00
Are they willing to put them in out here for the long term? Because this is something you're not going to put in for one year and 01:43:06
then take back out. This is going to be there year after year after year. 01:43:11
And then is there. 01:43:15
Any kind of a feed to the county to have those installed? 01:43:17
So there's there's we're still. 01:43:21
You know working in that Ave. that. 01:43:24
That prospect yet? But you know. 01:43:29
The Farm Bureau might come up with something that's a whole lot. 01:43:32
Different. 01:43:36
Better something that everybody decides is a lot more important than. 01:43:37
The option that I just told you. 01:43:42
Really difficulty I see. If there's a farmer that does a lot of no telling, he may not have. 01:43:47
The other equipment to do the other part. This is true. 01:43:52
Yep. 01:43:55
So, so that's kind of where we're at right now. 01:44:03
I'll keep working forward and I'll keep it on the agenda to bring you up next month again if anything's changed. 01:44:06
OK. 01:44:13
All right, update on the position. 01:44:15
I interviewed 3. 01:44:19
3 candidates and selected one. She has accepted the position. 01:44:21
She will start February Thursday. February 6 will be her first date. 01:44:26
Name is Cheryl Lowery. She's. 01:44:32
Somewhere between Randolph and Marcozzan area up there. 01:44:34
It was. 01:44:41
Tough. 01:44:43
Not comparing them to Becky during the interview process. 01:44:44
It really was. 01:44:49
But this one? 01:44:51
Had experience at least. 01:44:54
Well, they all had experience. I think all of them could have done the job. 01:44:55
I'm looking for that. 01:44:59
Personality. 01:45:01
And I think this one has has the personality that that'll. 01:45:02
That we're looking for so. 01:45:07
And you can teach people how to run a computer. You can't teach people how to talk to people. 01:45:09
So true. 01:45:15
Thank you, Amber, for all you're doing, Amber. So you didn't know Amber stepped up and is doing a lot. 01:45:18
Thank you. 01:45:23
For our departments or this the conservation. So thank you, Amber. 01:45:24
I assume they'll be. It'll take a little bit of time to get her up to speed. Oh, yeah. So, Amber, you have to work with her, 01:45:28
right? It's gonna do. 01:45:31
Yeah, and Becky's been good. She's been coming back. 01:45:37
Helping me make deposits and stuff like that and paying bills for us and. 01:45:41
So she'll be working with her a little bit along with, you know, finance and other departments, too. 01:45:46
No good that went. Really. I thought that went fast. That's good. 01:45:51
Any other questions? I think we're. 01:45:56
OK, update on poster contest. 01:45:59
We had 32 posters that came in. 01:46:03
We just judged him in house a week or so ago. We I sent you photos of the of the winners. 01:46:06
They'll go to the I'll take them with me on Wednesday when I go to the southern area meeting for the southern area judging and see 01:46:14
how they. 01:46:19
How they proceed from there? 01:46:24
A lot of younger kids not. 01:46:28
Did have anybody in high school this year? 01:46:31
OK. 01:46:39
Committee reports. 01:46:40
Umm, OK, I guess I'm first. Lake Sinnissippi. 01:46:44
How we met on January 14th. 01:46:48
Umm, we. 01:46:51
We continue to work on updating the new standard operating procedures. We're making a. 01:46:55
Like a written text of all our procedures. And that's going out, that's going well. 01:47:01
We motion due since Chris is no longer going to be there after August, we just been using her hotspot and cell phone and so we can 01:47:06
now buy our own service so we. 01:47:11
We contracted with you US Cellular for three-year contract for our office there. 01:47:15
Far as improving the the projects coming up, we made a motion to and I've been talking about this for several months, we made a 01:47:21
motion to approve the contract with for the water leveling measuring equipment. 01:47:26
For $27,000, plus an annual cost of 5700, that's the 10. 01:47:31
Water leveling stations in Lake, Ms. And that's one of the controversial. 01:47:37
So you guys know the political controversial is what is the water level That's a very hot. 01:47:42
Topic. 01:47:48
And right now it is measured. 01:47:49
At the dam that gauges 2 years old and so now there's going to be 10 spread throughout. 01:47:51
And that'll be at the USGS monitored then in part of that system? 01:47:57
We made a motion to approve the RFP. I talked about this last month too for the consultation for dredging. 01:48:02
That would be at the entrance to the. 01:48:09
Well, the to the rock where the Rock River flows in and out of the Lake Sinnissippi. That's primarily the two areas of dredging. 01:48:13
And the issue, of course, is the level of sludge on the bottom. 01:48:20
That has been rising, especially near the entrance ways. 01:48:25
And even if the lake level stays the same, the sludge. 01:48:29
Changes so that that's the issue there. 01:48:33
And we will be getting contract and that'll we will be presenting that. 01:48:36
Those to our annual meeting on August 16th. 01:48:40
We found out last month that reported the swims data was not being uploaded with our new vendor. We found out that they had a lab 01:48:45
employee did not have training. That was the reason. So apparently we're going to get that up updated. 01:48:51
And umm, most interesting was the correspondence we had from the Hustisford mayor Lori Buchanan, who's a very interesting person. 01:48:57
And she has indicated to under the to the LSA folks. 01:49:08
That they there may be some interest in turning the dam operation over to LSID, which would be. 01:49:13
Very interesting. That's the Lake District of Perhusesford. We have 3 lake districts and that's the one I'm reporting on. 01:49:20
And right now the. 01:49:27
Village operates the dam there the water levels. 01:49:29
And possibly, I don't know if it's true, it's possible. 01:49:34
That it could be turned over to Ellis LSID. 01:49:39
The. 01:49:42
Arthur always comes to our meetings. 01:49:44
And so there's two other dams operated this way in Wisconsin. 01:49:45
That were the Lake District operates the dam, so it is it is done. 01:49:49
So anyway. 01:49:54
Since there's an order, I mean there's a. 01:49:56
Order. They've got to follow, right? You gotta, you gotta water level order. 01:49:59
Yes, there is. 01:50:03
And it's updated and there's a range. 01:50:04
There's a range in that order. 01:50:07
And henceforth, politics. 01:50:08
So. 01:50:12
At the meeting, they said, oh, by the way, the mayor is going to come. She would be here tonight, but she can't make it tonight, 01:50:13
but she'll be tomorrow night. 01:50:16
So I called John, I said, John, we we probably should go and hear, hear what the mayor has to say. And so John. 01:50:20
Came the next night I went to hear the mayor. 01:50:27
Just remember this is being recorded. 01:50:33
OK, and and. 01:50:35
The the issue. 01:50:39
At hand is. 01:50:42
You have the village has an interest at the water level in the range and you have lake owners 700 properties on the lake that have 01:50:45
a different idea of why the water level should be like it is. 01:50:51
And the timing and the timing of it. 01:51:00
And the meeting is also arranged right? 01:51:04
I don't know. I mean normally for like, like in February is the first spring for the spring runoff that's normally arranged 01:51:08
because it depends on when the snow melts, right? 01:51:12
I mean, that's. 01:51:17
Normally why they have it for the snow melt. 01:51:18
And the mayor? 01:51:21
Form the people at this meeting in no uncertain terms that this year is they were not doing a drawdown. 01:51:23
They were not what? They're not doing a drawdown. 01:51:30
This year. 01:51:33
Well, not a drawdown. 01:51:34
They're not lowering the level, right? Yes. 01:51:36
They're not, according to the order. 01:51:38
The range of the order. 01:51:41
They're not following the order. No, they're following the order. There's a range. 01:51:42
OK. 01:51:46
We'll leave it at that. 01:51:48
Are they saying they're not going to be within the range? No, they're good. I think they're going to be within the range, but 01:51:49
they're not going to do what the late. 01:51:53
People want. 01:51:56
And so at the meeting. 01:51:59
It was. 01:52:03
Not friendly. 01:52:05
Say this, the people, the 700. 01:52:06
People represented in the. 01:52:09
And so anyway so. 01:52:12
It's inches, right? It's not a foot. 01:52:15
Well, they gave us a report was written back in the 50. 01:52:19
5252. 01:52:23
There was an update in 09, she said. I don't know. But anyway, I'm just reporting to you what happened at this at this. 01:52:27
Meeting. 01:52:35
And the reason why you need to know this is because this all has to do with the other group of the flooding. 01:52:36
In, in, in Seoul. I'm just. 01:52:43
Updating you on it. So John and I went. 01:52:47
We had another commissioner went and then Shane. Shane went so. 01:52:50
I, I I'll update you when I when I hear more I think this this particular. 01:52:55
Thing will take years, right John? This will be years in the making if if it ever, if it ever is done. I don't know. I don't know. 01:53:00
What's the It's no no the transferring of the dam to. 01:53:05
From the village to the lake owners. 01:53:11
Lake owners. 01:53:14
The lake owners are going to decide the water, you understand? Yes, ma'am. 01:53:16
Now you understand. 01:53:23
Who will maintain the dam? 01:53:25
The question was not. 01:53:28
Just what did she say? There was a? 01:53:30
Well. 01:53:33
Not all the details are worked out at this time. 01:53:34
If they they updated a lot of stuff. 01:53:39
Not too long ago on it. 01:53:42
Are they like a 501C3 the lake owners? 01:53:45
We're a governing district. I'm sorry, You have LSA and then you have the Lake District. 01:53:50
I did repeatedly ask John during the meeting when I was sitting next to him, what is the counties rule again? What is the counties 01:53:57
rule again? I was just there observing and I. 01:54:01
And I sit on that. 01:54:07
On that committee. 01:54:10
Right. In that committee has a very strong position, you know what I mean? And I'm the county where I don't have a position. 01:54:12
It's and it's difficult. 01:54:19
For me. 01:54:21
So. 01:54:22
Anyway, this was more of a return for discussion than anything else. More discussion really, more than a foot. 01:54:23
Of range. 01:54:30
It there's a whole state gave us whole reports, I don't know why. 01:54:32
She gave she handed out a report. 01:54:37
Every day for the last year, what the water elevations were, she handed that to everybody. Like I said, this was more of a turf 01:54:41
war conversation than anything else. 01:54:45
So just want you to know that so that you see other side of the. 01:54:50
Issue when we're talking about managing water, I wanted you to be aware of that. 01:54:55
OK, homeowners understand that the water when it's high. 01:55:00
They can use the water a little more for their boating. 01:55:03
But the reason for the reduction? 01:55:06
Is to reinforce their shoreline. 01:55:08
And and move the sludge out, they said, Yep, they understand that you can't use your boat because it's all floods anyway. I mean, 01:55:11
that's what's so funny. The water, the lake owners. 01:55:17
Have the most to gain from a proper water. 01:55:22
Gain or lose. 01:55:27
Yes, actually have an interest. 01:55:29
So concludes my report. 01:55:32
Next. 01:55:34
This is the Beaver Dam Lake work. 01:55:37
Plan for this year. 01:55:39
And if you recall, DVD in the District was formed in 2020. 01:55:42
Fairly new district. 01:55:46
Yeah, we're beginning to get more input from folks around the lake. We've had a couple of focus meetings. 01:55:49
July and October of last year. 01:55:55
And we have a new one coming up, February 1st. 01:55:58
We try to do if you have a very diverse group of people. 01:56:01
I'm around the way. 01:56:06
Yeah, we've had. 01:56:08
I have a doctor, we have a supervisor. 01:56:10
Number of engineers. 01:56:15
Fishing in. 01:56:16
Try to get a very balanced input. 01:56:17
So my descriptions there for the projects are very. 01:56:21
Very limited. 01:56:25
But we have a full boat of projects for the air. 01:56:28
And the nice thing this year we have some volunteers that have stepped up. 01:56:32
So, Eric? 01:56:37
Thornton Thorson is going to help us on a couple projects. The civil engineer. 01:56:38
With project management background. 01:56:43
Mike Zimmer, the M in those blocks. 01:56:45
Is a professional engineer and he has three projects. 01:56:48
I've got a couple and then we have a group of people. 01:56:51
They'll be working together as a team. 01:56:54
For the WRM and for the carpet place. 01:56:58
We have a very full year. This is all. 01:57:01
Primarily volunteer. We have very little Consulting Group involved in here. 01:57:05
We have the living room coming in, they started in December, so we have that great support there. 01:57:11
As an example, the next page is. 01:57:18
The process for the rough fish removal. 01:57:22
Working with the commercial fishermen to work on a method, a process for him. 01:57:25
He will let us know in advance. 01:57:31
Five weeks. 01:57:33
So we can notify the property owner we need access to the lake. 01:57:34
You got her approved. 01:57:37
The rough fish removal for Trussville Bay only. 01:57:39
Oh oh, this is continued research on Festival Bay only. 01:57:43
OK, well then tell the people around the lake around that area. 01:57:49
Two weeks in advance, what we're doing. 01:57:53
Then have periodic meetings with commercial fishermen. 01:57:55
Initially tailgate meetings. 01:57:59
And then finally a wrap up meeting. 01:58:02
The commercial fishermen are. 01:58:05
Kind of rough around the edges, but they have a lot of experience, a lot of knowledge. 01:58:07
So we want to use that going forward. 01:58:11
Because they see things that we would overlook. 01:58:14
And add that as part of our future plan. 01:58:17
Or Truffle Bay in the lake itself. 01:58:19
Trussell Bay has as much wetland around it. 01:58:22
Is surface water. 01:58:25
So we're looking at a 303 hundred acre Bay with probably about 400 acres of what laying around it. 01:58:27
So you have to pay attention to both of those parts of the. 01:58:34
Watershed. 01:58:37
And again. 01:58:39
Focus meetings and next charity February 1st. 01:58:40
We try to keep it to 90 minutes for not two hours. 01:58:44
And the first part to talk about the rough fish program. 01:58:47
The University of Wisconsin what there will be doing and then an hour of. 01:58:51
Public input. 01:58:56
And it's been very productive in the path expect this time. 01:58:57
Question what the cut? Keep something into the bed? 01:59:02
The there is a barrier at the shuffle, there is a barrier. It is a. 01:59:05
Pretty. 01:59:13
Devious little guy. 01:59:15
There are some gaps in there, 5-6 inches, and then we'll get through it. 01:59:17
Green Lake. 01:59:22
If a double barrier with a orange gap and then an inch and a half gap, they still find their way in. 01:59:23
But it's better than what we had before. 01:59:32
Do you think at the next meeting you could just describe what I mean it's been a longer meeting, but you could describe the just 01:59:39
what the each of the tasks are saying to do it today, but. 01:59:44
Sure. A little description for each of the projects. It's on our website. It will be on our website. Oh, OK, that's fine. 01:59:50
This on your website. Is this chart on your website database now or Dropbox? 01:59:56
For me, we have a database Dropbox that will start putting this information into that. 02:00:00
As of February. 02:00:06
Do you have descriptions of these things? OK. 02:00:07
Thanks. 02:00:10
OK, the Fox League committee met on January 9th. 02:00:13
For the second month in a row. 02:00:17
And as a person's I've been on a committee, there was number emergency calls for the wastewater system. 02:00:19
And that's really a compliment to the company they hired to oversee the wastewater system and that would and that is MCO. 02:00:24
And then you discussed Fox Lakes turn to host the pontoon rides. 02:00:34
Lake for the Alliance. 02:00:39
Liz or Say has volunteered to help organize that. 02:00:41
Then Jerry Seifert gave a lengthy report on County Ditch, Spring and Honda might affect the lake. 02:00:46
I'm not going to go in the whole report. It's quite long. How anybody wants to see it. I gave one to. 02:00:53
John, you can keep that on the highway committee, so. 02:00:57
I don't know. 02:01:03
I found some things. 02:01:04
I think they're overreacting as my opinion but. 02:01:06
So who's this Jerry Cipher? 02:01:09
He's a member of the. 02:01:11
Committee function Committee. 02:01:13
I think it's also on the Alliance too, isn't he? 02:01:17
Yeah, yeah, Co chair. 02:01:19
The town of Foxick is still waiting guidance from the DNR on the wakeboard. 02:01:25
Bullet ordinance. 02:01:29
And they may be waiting a while, I'm afraid, but we'll see. 02:01:30
Then we had a lot more discussion on the nano bubblers. 02:01:35
They're looking at that as a way of. 02:01:39
Reducing the sludge rather than. 02:01:41
Using the. 02:01:43
Dredging, Dredging. 02:01:44
There they had a couple in. 02:01:47
Small ones, the homeowners had some in last year. 02:01:49
And they have seen a reduction in the sludge. 02:01:52
In that areas. So they're trying to. 02:01:56
Document that and go from year to year to see how that. 02:01:58
So people put some further houses. Is that where they put it for the house and. 02:02:02
It's a line out from the house line out. So a nano bubbler is, you know, it pushes. 02:02:05
Microscopic ozone into the water, and it's heavier than water, so it settles to the bottom. 02:02:11
And somehow that. 02:02:17
Reduces the sludge. 02:02:18
Supposedly. 02:02:20
Oh, maybe I'd be interested in like eat it up or something. 02:02:21
So to speak, Yeah. 02:02:25
We never looked at that. Is that one year like your advisor, your consultant told you to look at that or homeowners is doing this 02:02:27
on their own? 02:02:31
No, I think our consultant didn't mention it. 02:02:35
OK, we had not. 02:02:37
No, that's good. OK, Thank you. 02:02:38
And there are some other lakes that are having in longer periods and so we're watching the results that they have too for the nano 02:02:43
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But asking the DNR for approval for a permit to put them in probably is not going to happen. 02:02:53
Because they take long studies to. 02:02:58
You know, approve anything. 02:03:01
So these homeowners are just doing it on their own. They do not have a permit. 02:03:04
Oops. 02:03:11
And that's all I have. Our next meeting will be in March because we're not going to have one in February. 02:03:15
OK. 02:03:21
All right, upcoming events. 02:03:24
We've got get Soil Healthy Expo 5th and then we've got our. 02:03:27
Our water conference five to seven. You should have all turned in your. 02:03:31
I need 123. 02:03:36
3. 02:03:39
Three people got turned. Program select, Select your programs is what he's saying for the conference. Do that today. 02:03:43
I won't be able to attend because I'm out of town so. 02:03:49
First two days, OK, And then I'm out of town on Friday, OK. 02:03:53
So if you change the registration maybe. 02:03:57
As I won't be all three days. 02:04:00
I'll look at because some sometimes. 02:04:02
Depending on what day you're coming, sometimes it's cheaper to pay for the whole conference than just those individual day. 02:04:05
OK. But I'll definitely look at. 02:04:11
OK. In the southern area meeting what? 02:04:16
That's Southern Area Association, that anybody. 02:04:19
I am not. 02:04:24
I have it on at 8:00, but I just put it there because it's you able to go. Well, yeah, it's gonna be like an all day thing. 02:04:26
Yeah, yeah, OK. 02:04:32
Did I get, I got a left? I didn't know it's all day. I have a meeting at 2:00. But it, I mean, it never lasted more than five 02:04:34
hours. They've added stuff. 02:04:37
When does it start? I'll have to look and let you know. 02:04:42
But they they. 02:04:45
With Melissa being Melissa and Katie being in charge now they're trying to get away from. 02:04:48
Just a 2 hour meeting and having it like an event thing. 02:04:53
Is it when it does it start at 8:00? 02:04:57
For real. 02:04:59
That I don't have to look at. 02:05:00
OK, next meeting February 24th, 8:30 We good. 02:05:05
All right. And then bear in mind that, right, you know, it's only a few days later we have that. 02:05:11
Meeting with the extension, I hope, hope everyone can come and then we've got our conference few days after that. So as we are 02:05:17
very busy time. 02:05:21
Future agenda items. 02:05:25
Umm, John, I think I should probably, John, helped prepare the lobbying points for conservation for our county. I think I should 02:05:31
present that next time, John, so that the committee knows what I went to Madison and lobbied last week for our department. And so 02:05:36
I'll present that to you guys next month. 02:05:41
And then the other question, I guess our discussion. 02:05:46
In in May. 02:05:49
We. 02:05:51
We made a motion to postpone to me. 02:05:52
Regarding the $10,000? 02:05:56
Request. 02:06:00
For the water group. 02:06:01
In I looked through what a motion to postpone to certain time means. 02:06:04
And what it means is the committee is supposed to be gathering information. 02:06:09
Before that. 02:06:13
Before we rediscuss it. 02:06:14
So I just briefly asked John. 02:06:17
So we hear one point of view. So. 02:06:19
I guess I need a little direction or help this committee needs to be informed the other points of view or information and I I 02:06:23
don't know do we want to like the DNR to come? Do you want like the federal DNR the. 02:06:29
State DNR do we want? 02:06:35
Do you want to hear from the mayor of? 02:06:37
The village of Houston spurred You want to hear because there are other points of view on how the water system works. 02:06:39
In one point I didn't mention before. 02:06:45
The the mayor of. 02:06:48
Houston's Bird. 02:06:51
Said in her meeting. 02:06:52
That the federal? Is that the federal DNR? Is that the one that's directing her? 02:06:54
Yeah, they tell her what to do. 02:06:58
And I didn't realize that that is how that works before. 02:07:01
And they? 02:07:05
She just does it. 02:07:06
Yeah, they're not directing her day-to-day management of a dam, but they. 02:07:07
I mean, I mean, yes. 02:07:12
Yes. 02:07:14
Are you sure it's not the state? I'm positive was wasn't it? 02:07:15
It's from the marsh. This is the Marshall. 02:07:19
Yeah, yeah. 02:07:24
Yeah, well, that's their. They get direction from them. United States Federal. No, no, not federal DNR, but the Wildlife Refuge. 02:07:27
Yeah, yeah. 02:07:31
But it's interesting though. 02:07:36
Because we're told. 02:07:39
By the, you know, they're all to cooperate together, but one really tells another what to do, so I. 02:07:41
I don't even know what that means. 02:07:48
I don't either because you're just giving us some information. 02:07:49
But so my question to you is, John or committee members? 02:07:53
Without more information, we need more information. We should. 02:07:59
Stick with hearing because they're expecting not to come and. 02:08:03
Have this whole other discussion, right? And we asked them to come and I think that's what they're expecting. And I don't think 02:08:07
they're expecting to get sort of sandbagged. 02:08:12
Are they? Which month are they? That's May. So what I'm saying is the months before, should we have anyone else come here? 02:08:22
In tell us other information that would I'd say no unless I have an idea of what you're talking about. I like you're not telling 02:08:29
us. Also, I'm like I guess I'm confused because this is a. 02:08:35
It's been. 02:08:42
The concept is that there is flooding of. 02:08:43
Many hundreds of acres. 02:08:46
That also impacts Dodge County. 02:08:48
And the money that they're asking for isn't to raise and lower waters, it's it's to control. 02:08:51
Major flood events. 02:08:57
So it's not a day-to-day operation of anything. 02:09:00
It's just sort of emergency preventing these in. 02:09:04
Immense flooding events that have taken out trees. Our farmers involved in this right. 02:09:09
I I don't well the the two main ones in the group. 02:09:16
One of them is a farmer. 02:09:19
But there are some others. 02:09:21
Emergency flooding, I don't know if that would apply. I'm gonna dig into that a little bit. There's an emergency watershed 02:09:24
protection program. 02:09:28
That we might have some funding for. 02:09:31
Does that go through the county? 02:09:35
It's a separate. 02:09:37
So I'm sure we administer it. 02:09:42
We've just. 02:09:44
And I haven't heard. So the confusing thing is how do you apply for that? You know, if it covers such a broad range of property 02:09:45
owners, that's part of the problem. 02:09:50
That. 02:09:55
You know, they went and target all these people and they're all like, well, you got to go to a government entity. And the 02:09:56
government entity said, well, we can't do it. It covers beyond ours. 02:09:59
And then we said we can't do it, it goes beyond ours. So they would be like separate contracts for separate individuals. 02:10:03
It wouldn't be all-encompassing. I mean you'd have to, I don't know. I mean, do you remember, did he give a number of how many 02:10:12
individual owners are affected? 02:10:15
I mean, it's got to be 20. 02:10:19
Yeah, there's several different farms up and down the Rock River that that are affected by this, yes. 02:10:21
And some aren't farms. 02:10:28
So there's smaller plots. 02:10:30
OK. 02:10:32
That's that's the part thing. That's the hard thing with saying this one little group is going to handle this. 02:10:34
And what's the counties role? 02:10:41
Were part of a watershed that involves lots of. 02:10:45
Entities and that that in. 02:10:49
So that that's the question, you're right. 02:10:52
I brought up the concept of the minutes. You know flood management. Management shows up in our To Do List in the statute like 3 02:10:56
times. 02:11:00
So our role includes. 02:11:05
Flood management. 02:11:08
It's right there in black and light. 02:11:09
No. Of the conservative conservation committee, No. No. The Wisconsin statutes, No. No. It's the role of the conservation 02:11:12
committee, yes. 02:11:16
Roger should have something from the end safety come to the next meeting. 02:11:21
Because part of this will be a. 02:11:25
20 year bond to maintain that down. Who's going to do that? 02:11:28
So it has to be some responsibility to maintain the dam for the very long term. 02:11:34
In Horizons, I think rebuilding there's right Oregon. 02:11:38
Yeah, that one is, but I'm just saying, I think the other one's being rebuilt soon. Yeah, I, I don't, I don't know that. All I'm 02:11:42
saying is. 02:11:46
I want the committee members to get the right information to make the best decision. They can't. I don't understand is from what 02:11:52
you've described you're describing. 02:11:56
Umm, just regular changes, right? 02:12:02
Like spring, Fall. 02:12:06
With the normal pattern of water right? 02:12:09
And obviously one group wants it higher in the summer and the other group doesn't is higher and you know. 02:12:13
That's different. 02:12:19
Concept. 02:12:21
From. 02:12:22
Significant. 02:12:23
Hundreds of acres of flooding. 02:12:25
That's a different issue. 02:12:26
One is normal management of water levels and the other is. 02:12:29
Emergency heavy, severe flood. 02:12:34
I don't see them as connected OK. 02:12:38
All right, there is a guy Uri on Monday and I don't remember if I've had him come here. 02:12:42
Couple years ago or not? 02:12:48
But he is familiar with. 02:12:50
That stretch of the Rock River. 02:12:53
He might be a good one to come and talk to you about the history of their about. 02:12:55
The flooding over this. 02:13:01
Over a time period and that so just kind of give you. 02:13:03
Is that the same guy that we got the whole history of the Rock River flooding? I think so, yeah. 02:13:08
The engineer. 02:13:13
No, no, no, that's something this your eye is from the DNR. 02:13:14
Because he gave us all of that history of flooding of the Rock River. 02:13:18
Yeah, for two decades, yeah. 02:13:21
Do they have a flooding seminar at the? 02:13:24
At the conference. 02:13:29
Yeah, might be go to go to that too would be good. Get your percent, OK probably be on day three when I'm not there. 02:13:30
OK, any other? 02:13:37
Are you kidding? 02:13:41
All right, Mika, I'm gonna adjourn the meeting because we concluded our agenda. Thank you. We're done. 02:13:43
Thank you. 02:13:48
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Event transcript
I've taken the roll call. 00:00:00
I do not see any supervisors in attendance. 00:00:03
OK, under public comment there, the Chairman would like to say a few words. 00:00:07
Thank you, I have a request from Penn State University they're working with. 00:00:11
South Dakota State and many Minnesota. 00:00:19
To do it. 00:00:23
Research. 00:00:25
They're looking for 10 farmers from each of six study counties. Dodge County and Clark County are the two in Wisconsin. 00:00:27
The original question is how they how farmers handle stress and in their daily lives and. 00:00:36
Dealing with the. 00:00:45
Fluctuations at market prices and also. 00:00:47
I'm looking for names for 10 farmers that would be willing to participate. It will take about an hour of your time and. 00:00:51
And they are giving $150.00 gift card at some kind of yes. 00:01:00
But Penn State is coordinating. 00:01:05
And they're asking Minnesota. 00:01:08
South Dakota and Wisconsin to participate in. They're asking for two counties, so Dodge and Clark that are. 00:01:12
Involved so if you have names are willing. 00:01:19
Could you maybe, could you maybe get that maybe e-mail to all of us and then, yeah. And then could we get it to the farmers group, 00:01:23
you know, make sure John gets that out to the farmers group. Does that sound right, guys? 00:01:30
Good. I think that'd be good when you got nobody. 00:01:38
February. 00:01:45
February 20. 00:01:51
20 OK. 00:01:52
Maybe we could ask at our conference for volunteers? 00:01:54
Well, that's good idea. 00:01:57
Are they going to be at the conference, Dave? Are they going to be there or someone going to be there representing that group? Do 00:01:58
you know, at the water conference? 00:02:02
Not that I know of, a lot of times they have tables out. 00:02:06
You know, this will be passed. He's talking about the farmers group coming up next week. Oh, OK. OK. OK, OK. OK. OK. Didn't 00:02:09
understand that. OK. 00:02:15
OK, any other public comment? 00:02:23
OK. 00:02:29
What's your pleasure of the Minutes Committee? 00:02:30
I'll move to approve as presented. OK, Jonathan, we have a motion to approve. Do we have a second? 00:02:33
I'll 2nd and 2nd. 00:02:38
Any any other discussion on the minutes? 00:02:40
Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. 00:02:45
Aye, those opposed. 00:02:48
OK, passes. 00:02:51
Unanimously. 00:02:53
OK, we have an introduction to our. 00:02:54
New AE, temporary AED and we have two people here. I guess I introduced Jeremy first. Jeremy is the assistant Dean, so he's the he 00:03:00
drove all the way from Stevens Point here this morning. 00:03:05
He there's 2 Deans in Wisconsin. He is one of the two and he is over our area. 00:03:11
He replaced someone else. Was it last month? 00:03:17
Two months. OK, November. So a few months ago. 00:03:21
And so I've had a couple of meetings with him prior to today's meeting. 00:03:24
And then he is the one that is involved in the process of getting us our replacement ad taking Jeff Hoffman position and we have a 00:03:29
temporary 1 today. And so go ahead. Why don't you tell a little bit about yourself and the program and. 00:03:35
In and then we'll introduce Cindy in a minute. 00:03:42
Good morning. 00:03:47
Thank you for the opportunity to be here. I'm Jeremy Solon. 00:03:53
Assistant Dean for Southern Wisconsin. 00:03:56
So I work to support all of the area extension directors, all the programs in in southern Wisconsin as as. 00:03:59
Supervisor Johnson mentioned we have divided into two areas in the state, North and South from the southern Assistant Dean. 00:04:06
Umm primary role really is advocating for and supporting the the programming that happens at the county level, so. 00:04:16
The work that we do do here in Dodge County is, you know, incredibly important. We, we appreciate the partnership with, with Dodge 00:04:24
County. 00:04:28
We'll get to talk a fair amount about that today. 00:04:33
But I get the the wonderful thing that I get to do is work at all those with all the counties in southern Wisconsin to support 00:04:36
this work so. 00:04:39
My background I've been in extension for about 15 years now, primarily on the on the. 00:04:44
Natural resources side, I've worked in water related work. I've also done some local government work, organization leadership 00:04:49
development. 00:04:54
I ran the Maple syrup program for a little while. I think some of you know Tony Johnson, he took, he took over that position after 00:04:59
I was done with that. 00:05:04
But he was based here for a little while and then most recently I was the area extension director. 00:05:08
In Area 7, which is central Wisconsin, so have that that background as well, but. 00:05:13
But yeah, I've been get to know Dodge County a fair amount in the last few months. You know, once, Jeff. 00:05:19
Announced his retirement. We've worked hard to. 00:05:27
Kind of continue good work that's going on here and. 00:05:30
Make sure that we're responding to the needs in Dodge counties of. 00:05:35
I met several times with Cameron and with Supervisor Johnson. As we kind of transition there, we're fortunate to have Cindy. 00:05:40
Step into this role in an interim role. We've set that up as a six month. 00:05:47
Position. 00:05:52
Jeff is actually still on. 00:05:55
Employed but using up his vacation time so is out of the office. But during that time we have Cindy. 00:05:58
Filling in which has worked worked really well. 00:06:05
You're going to enjoy working with her. She's has a lot of great background and has a great relationship with the staff and with 00:06:08
everybody she works with. So so I think we're in good shape here and, and. 00:06:14
Happy to be able to continue the partnership with Dodge County. 00:06:21
Happy to answer any questions if there's anything you want to kind of dig into. 00:06:24
Before we get into the rest of the agenda items, but no. 00:06:29
I think the committee had more questions. When we dig in a little bit, we'll introduce Cindy, but I do when we do get to that next 00:06:32
to the next part, I would like you and Cindy up here. Then Cameron, I'd like you up here. 00:06:37
Well, kind of like how we did. 00:06:41
You know, like we had our other meetings. I think the committee, if they see that, then they're going to know what to ask. They 00:06:43
don't know what to ask right now. That's good. I got one question. What does interim mean? Is that just temporary or is it 00:06:47
possible? Yeah, yeah. 00:06:52
That's the plan, yeah, Yeah. 00:06:58
So right now we're looking at what was a six month position so into to. 00:07:02
June basically at this point, so. 00:07:07
We're trying to figure out some details, yet we have. 00:07:09
Some. 00:07:13
Hiring We're going through a new software program. 00:07:15
On campus that will affect hiring. So we're trying to get everything in place soon so we can move forward with that. But that's 00:07:19
that's the plan at this point. 00:07:23
Yeah. Thank you. 00:07:27
OK, Cindy, you come up and introduce yourself and swap out. Yep, swap out and. 00:07:29
There you go. Thank you. So I'm sincere, Katie. I am the extension. 00:07:37
Area director AED in Washington, Ozaki and Fonda like I used to have Sheboygan. This is my second interim. I did a brown Kiwani 00:07:48
indoor this last year so I really am looking forward to the opportunity. I have about 15 years in extension also. 00:07:56
And three states. 00:08:05
As well as administration for a college so. 00:08:07
When I came to Dodge, great staff, they've been so wonderful to talk to. The communication is great. Ambers have been amazing to 00:08:10
help navigate. 00:08:16
Everything as well as I enjoyed the conversations with Cameron and immensely and so I being an interim is an opportunity for me to 00:08:22
learn. 00:08:26
And bring some masks. 00:08:31
Skill sets I have to the team. 00:08:33
So you have any questions with that? 00:08:38
I live in Sheboygan. Usually that's what people ask me. 00:08:40
Right. 00:08:46
OK. 00:08:49
All right. Now we'll go on to item number six. That there's no question that stay there, Cindy and why don't you come up? 00:08:51
Jeremy and then and then Cameron. 00:08:57
I think. 00:09:00
So the. 00:09:04
To remind everybody the MO U has specific responsibilities for the county. 00:09:05
In his specific responsibilities for UW in our working agreement together. 00:09:12
Cameron and I met. 00:09:18
We've had three meetings. 00:09:19
Prior to this meeting today to set up for what we're going to talk about right now. So this is like a really, really big deal and 00:09:21
they have really done their homework and done exactly what Cameron had asked for, the details that he had asked for. 00:09:27
Cameron runs our county. The role of the committee, it's very important, I tell you this, we are the. 00:09:33
Strategic planners, we are the ones that say this is the direction. We are not detailed, we are not experts at different these 00:09:39
different institutes. 00:09:44
Cameron is the one. 00:09:50
That manages the day-to-day operations on the county's point of view. Frame that in it'll help you because I know that there was 00:09:52
some questions before. 00:09:56
Like what do we do with this committee? Like, what do we have to know? 00:10:00
We are not experts. We are, we are representing the taxpayers and saying this is how. 00:10:04
How we want this committee to go towards the county's strategic goals, what we how we want to, how we want to make our county 00:10:10
better, how we empower our county with the use of UW Extension. So I wanted to put that framework for everybody to put you at ease 00:10:16
a little bit. It did bother me. And we started talking about details and I would tell them, hey, no details. We're only general 00:10:22
direction because that's that's our role. 00:10:28
So go ahead. I don't know, do you want to say some comments, Cameron about this process and what you and I have been discussing 00:10:35
and what you're what you see this being? 00:10:39
Sure. I think you've covered, covered a great deal and Jeremy and Cindy will will be able to provide additional information that 00:10:44
will be helpful. I just I guess I would just add. 00:10:49
After looking at the timeline that we're going to be talking about here. 00:10:56
And after beginning to work with Jeremy and Cindy. 00:11:00
I think we are very fortunate to have both of them and to have this. 00:11:04
Layout that we're going to talk about today I think is going to be a way to get much more out of. 00:11:08
Not only be able to to stir up discussion and feedback from all of you, but also members of the community. 00:11:15
The greater. 00:11:22
Community of Dodge County and. 00:11:24
Make sure that from now on there is better communication between extension and the county as a whole then maybe there has been. 00:11:27
In the past. 00:11:35
Not that it's been bad in the past, but wow, we have a lot of a lot of great people and in in recent weeks, a lot more 00:11:37
communication on what the future looks like. And I think it looks very good. So could you tell us a little bit about we, we, 00:11:45
Cameron and I asked these folks to give us a timeline. OK. Will you tell the committee why you set the goals when you did? 00:11:52
Yes. So I will say Cindy put this timeline together and and probably. 00:12:01
Said Jeremy and others. I don't want to. 00:12:07
City mostly, I think she did a great job, but so the timeline and the goals are laid out the way they are because it's important 00:12:09
for Dodge County to have A to have. 00:12:14
Movement in the direction of really setting up. 00:12:20
Our future, our goals and objectives, and making sure that Dodge County's interests are made clear and. 00:12:25
Are addressed with work plans that. 00:12:31
Faculty within extension. 00:12:34
Fulfill, so they're putting together work plans that are due from the from an extension perspective. 00:12:37
And the UW System perspective. 00:12:43
Later on this year in July, we want to see and make sure that. 00:12:46
All that is put together from the interest of Dodge County moving forward, things that are put into those plans. 00:12:50
Are things that will truly matter to and address concerns and needs in Dodge County. 00:12:56
And that is not, it's not that that's not the interest of. 00:13:01
Everybody but that specifically is Dodge County's interest, and so my role in the whole process is is working with. 00:13:04
You all and making sure that's represented in their plans. So this the timeline and the needs assessment and community forums that 00:13:12
we're that we're talking about. 00:13:17
Really are meant to get at that. 00:13:22
And make sure that moving forward. 00:13:25
Not only that we see those results, but but the other side is it's a relationship and it's 2 sided, right. So we need to make sure 00:13:28
the Dodge County is also clearly giving extension good direction in terms of the things that we see as needs and would like to see 00:13:33
accomplished and addressed. 00:13:38
So this is a way to do that. So our goal would be by the meat, correct me if I'm wrong. Oh, by the main meeting, then you we want 00:13:43
to have a. 00:13:47
But what we're going to have a motion or a resolution, What would it, what would it, what does it look like? What does it look 00:13:53
like to you guys? I mean, we're one of the first counties really ends in first year for you guys. What do you, what does it look 00:13:57
like? Where we headed? We're going to have a motion that says. 00:14:01
What these are all the things we agree upon. Is that kind of what we're thinking? Well, for us, yes, I so for for Dodge County, 00:14:05
one of the items and we've talked about it here before. It's not necessarily a concern of this body. 00:14:12
But it's something to address. We have some. 00:14:18
We put in to the contract this year. 00:14:21
An expanded workload beyond what? And expanded services beyond what we knew, knew, and had proof of. 00:14:25
At the time the budget was finalized, so we are going to make a an adjustment to the budget. We'll have to bring that to the 00:14:32
county board. 00:14:36
Either a budget adjustment or some other change to account for all of the the dollars that we planned for for. 00:14:40
Extension 1 of the reasons why this is so important. 00:14:48
Or I bring it up now is we want to have that also done in and around the same time frame so that. 00:14:52
Or. 00:14:57
Material gathered. So in May, when we talk about resolution, we're talking about. 00:14:58
Not only recognizing the work plan, but also being able to bring that. 00:15:04
Forward to for discussion and. 00:15:07
I guess action making sure that we're squared away with our with our budget, it's a very small amount, but it needs to needs to be 00:15:10
changed now. We'll have to go to the county board by June. 00:15:14
Yes. So that's why we have to act in me. So I'm just kind of right there. Deadline, yes, the deadline is, is for ultimately 00:15:19
deadline is July. But to make that work, you've got to do it in June, which is why this is beneficial in me. OK, thank you. Thank 00:15:23
you. 00:15:28
This is more about the process, but umm. 00:15:35
Even though it's. 00:15:39
I admit it's perfectly appropriate your timetable and standard operating procedure. 00:15:41
But umm. 00:15:47
You know, just to avoid a huge brouhaha about spending one additional money outside of the budget. Were you planning on doing a 00:15:48
little? 00:15:51
5 minute educational thing like the month before. 00:15:55
We you were right. 00:16:00
I can definitely do that. Do you think that would be helpful? If I do, I think that. 00:16:02
We have a nine hour meeting it and it shouldn't be a secret and it also doesn't need to be a buildup of things or a build up to a 00:16:09
big decision. I can certainly keep that. 00:16:15
Probably start with the information sooner, yes, because then we can avoid that complaint as well. I appreciate you saying 00:16:20
something, supervisor. I can do that. 00:16:24
OK. Thank you, Cindy. I guess we turn over you and then you direct us and. 00:16:29
Well. 00:16:35
What does AED stand for? Area Extension Director. 00:16:38
Say that again, Area Extension Director. 00:16:41
Just call her Cindy. 00:16:46
Every time I see that I think of automatic emergency defibrillator. 00:16:50
Extension. No, it's AED/AD, That's the assistant Dean. That's my role. Thank you. Totally. Two different ones. And I tell the 00:16:57
educators to spell everything out. 00:17:06
Sorry, no, that's me. 00:17:14
I knew you were somehow representing the group, I just think. 00:17:16
As we know, we had the MOU and this is an opportunity to do a deeper dive and needs assessment. 00:17:23
Community forum which was This was very. 00:17:29
Timely. I already had a meeting with an Illinois because they do this at my mentor colleague. They do this format and it's for the 00:17:32
same purpose. It was so timely we met. 00:17:38
A couple of area directors and then we filled in Jeremy and Jason, our assistant Deans about what the format looked like. And 00:17:44
since we have a really aggressive timeline, we're modeling that. And what's great is they've already worked through some of the 00:17:50
bugs and pitfalls and, and really shared a lot of like this was the great opportunity for community and organizations to create a 00:17:57
synergy. They didn't know what they were doing. So they all come to this. 00:18:03
Community forum where needs assessment if you ever been to an on the table event. 00:18:10
That I know Milwaukee does, other states do or other counties do that is similar. We bring in partners as well as our supervisors. 00:18:16
To talk about what the needs are. 00:18:24
So I. 00:18:28
Since it. 00:18:29
Is there any question on that? Because I tend to disroll so. 00:18:31
And I just wanted to say the staff are listening and they know this is coming. We have a staff meeting. So they this is a lot of 00:18:36
it's a little bit newer to some of them. 00:18:41
So they may have questions and have puzzled looks too, but they know this is coming, they just didn't know the format yet. But we 00:18:46
want to bring it to you first. Of course the get your input and such. 00:18:51
So we I created this timeline and shared with Cameron and of course Jeremy, we were collaboratively on everything. And then we're 00:18:57
bringing it to you today on the 27th, meeting with the educators to go over what the needs are in the process. The invitations are 00:19:04
already being worked on by one of our admin assistants. 00:19:11
We already have a date identified and we'll work on location today. 00:19:19
And then we're going to Create an e-mail and we're going to send it out to partners. But The thing is, before the partners, we're 00:19:26
going to collab or. 00:19:29
Compile list of partners from you, from you, of course from our educators, which we probably have the list already. 00:19:33
Are that that because they send out emails well, so we're going to invite them off and sounds like a lot. 00:19:40
But from experience in Illinois, where they have a million people in their county, they only had about 30 to maybe 40 people 00:19:47
attend. 00:19:51
However, which I really like that they did that we will do here is there's going to be a link. So if you can attend, you can still 00:19:56
answer the questions that we're going to be asking at the the forum. 00:20:02
Like I said this, we descend out the emails to everybody. We plan the day. What's unique about this, which I really like educators 00:20:10
that they are all they're all part of this process in MOU, it says the AED leads it, which is great. And I and I will, but I'm 00:20:17
very big about shared leadership and really creating that team. So who better has the relationships with the partner in Dodge 00:20:24
County than our educators? So they will be at these events. 00:20:31
It's a round table so if youth developments coming in from the 4H realm as well as the community round like schools. 00:20:38
We have our educators there that can speak youth development or our human development relationship. She has a tremendous amount. 00:20:45
Of partners, and it may be partners that we haven't reached yet, that you may know of, we will invite them to and then Patty will 00:20:52
sit there. And then when they're talking through the questions, they're the moderators of the table to help so we get all that 00:20:57
information. 00:21:03
And then from that, after that day is done, of course, we're going to compile all that we work with our program area. 00:21:08
The state level because they're the ones that are going to help. 00:21:16
Navigate the What's the program's gonna look like? The format that we're gonna develop. 00:21:20
So you can say, OK, these are the highest priorities and I remember. 00:21:25
Ender, you said that give us the high level. We may have 20 things that come up, but what are the biggest priorities for Dodge 00:21:30
County to make the biggest impact? And I know Cameron shared a lot. 00:21:36
You've shared a lot with us, so we want to get more input on this. So those would be the priorities. Be nice if we could do them 00:21:43
all. 00:21:46
But we probably will be able to really focus and do that deeper dive on a few of them for each program area. We may be spot on, we 00:21:50
may be doing great things. Want to be good to know. 00:21:55
That's what we're doing. We're in the right direction, but things may come up that we have a Neiman thought about. So this is a 00:22:01
great opportunity. 00:22:05
So as you see that I won't go through everything, but we do have it where we do present the results back to the committee and if 00:22:10
it's the board. 00:22:14
You know, in May, that's a month before your meeting for the budget. So I think we're right on target with that. 00:22:19
I do plan on meeting with Cameron and whoever to give updates. Of course the educators and I will work. 00:22:27
You know, to see where we are in the process. But, you know, I'm a big advocate of communication. 00:22:34
You have to be when you're kind of all over the place, and I think we've done really well. 00:22:39
I did share the agenda. 00:22:44
Which I really like. It's very simple, the questions are all the same. 00:22:47
Ah, so we welcome give a little overview of extension. 00:22:52
Explain why we're doing the needs assessment to our community partners. We kind of do that in the invitation too, so entices them. 00:22:56
Cameron's kind enough to say, Yep, we can have a few snacks because that always gets people in to have a cookie or two. 00:23:03
And then we'll do those round tables where all the programs are, you know, divided up and then we'll share back as a whole. And I 00:23:10
think that's the most important thing so our partners can hear, wow, I didn't know this was being done in dairy. 00:23:17
And I'm a farmer. I didn't know that or I didn't know that this was being done and. 00:23:24
Community development. So that's where some of the synergy works with that. That's what we've been told. 00:23:30
And then we will report the results back, of course, this committee, but we also report back to our partners. 00:23:36
So they know what happens. 00:23:43
Happen with it and we do it in a really. 00:23:45
Fast timeline. 00:23:48
Because we want to be cognizant of the timeline that you need. 00:23:49
So do you have any questions? 00:23:54
What date are you looking at tentatively? What day of the week is that? It's a Friday. When I talked to Illinois, she said that's 00:23:56
the they did that day for the most people because sometimes that's a slower, there's not as many meetings. It's only what, 2 00:24:02
hours? 00:24:08
And she says it really gets to the point, you know, it's really focused. 00:24:16
We could do multiple. This is really the biggest impact I think to bringing in and if we don't get people that attend. 00:24:22
We have that link where they can go in and answer, answer anyone of those questions. Of course, our phone numbers and emails will 00:24:28
be there. Could you tell us a little bit more about who you're inviting or who we are inviting? Is it or what? 00:24:34
I don't know. Your partners do. When you say who you're inviting, those are your quote partners. Just make sure that's the same 00:24:41
thing. 00:24:44
OK. 00:24:48
Yeah. 00:24:49
From our end I know for example. 00:24:50
I think about the Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation. 00:24:54
Also, and John and I haven't yet talked about. 00:24:58
Groups that he associates with the farmers group. 00:25:02
Probably should be made aware every part of this. 00:25:05
Groups and organizations like that that Dodge County regularly works with. So I'll be asking each department director. 00:25:09
To provide you know what are those top organizations or entities. 00:25:15
That they interface with that represent interests of Dodge County. 00:25:19
And will be most effective at catching a broader range of our people. 00:25:24
OK, So the way make sure I understand it. So they're going to come here and then going to break up into different groups. The 00:25:28
groups are what are the groups we have. 00:25:32
Every program area that you have here, so you we have right now. OK, then the next question I have for you. 00:25:36
Is what about? 00:25:41
How does this going forward about program areas we are not utilizing that you have and you know exactly what I'm asking, yeah. 00:25:42
She gave me a great idea. We were brainstorming. That's what I can't help myself. We call those parking lot topics. So it's not 00:25:52
like we don't collect. I know we talked about what would be great if we had an IAI specialist that helped the counties down the 00:25:58
road. So when we do gain that material, it doesn't just stay here in Dodge County, it goes back to the state too. These are the 00:26:04
the highest priorities and this is an area that we're not addressing. We. 00:26:10
Having one of our texts be part of the university to advise our county on AI. 00:26:44
And have his salary paid behalf by the state. 00:26:50
I mean, they're saying that's an idea and when she's gonna be here, right? Whether we like it or not. So I know, but I'm just 00:26:53
saying because when I go to Nick or WCA, we have this vendors and stuff talk to us. I'd rather have a. 00:26:59
And I don't. So as the county is changing, what we need to do is say, OK. 00:27:06
We, as a county board, have set. 00:27:13
11 main goals from Cameron Ice. 00:27:15
Brainstorming, we think there's 11 things. Remember years a couple years ago, strategic plan yeah, 11 like, you know, like water 00:27:18
quality and yeah. 00:27:22
OK, housing, childcare, those things, OK. And it may not exactly address it, but we look at that, we look at our current 00:27:26
circumstance. 00:27:29
And then, and then we look at the different institutes and that's where I think counties have dropped the line. We haven't said, 00:27:33
hey, what else do you have? You know, we have not done a good job with that as counties. And so now what I'm saying is, is maybe I 00:27:39
think everything we have is good, but, and we have to choose our investments and we as a, as this committee have to recommend and 00:27:46
work with the AD and Jeremy and, and say, hey, this would really this, this mix would be. 00:27:52
That would be our that'd be awesome for us. And that so it's not what we got to get out of the mind frame is that oh. 00:27:58
Here's extension and you're just going to do what they say. It's no. They're asking for us now. 00:28:05
They're asking to have a partnership and saying OK, what? And so that this is they've really changing and I think this is awesome. 00:28:10
I think it's great too. What where does? 00:28:15
To the where does the? 00:28:20
We don't have like a department of childcare. Is that like fall under economic development? 00:28:21
And actually. 00:28:25
I'll maybe I'll answer for the county and what we have with in terms of staff and then. 00:28:29
Extension can share. 00:28:33
Faculty and other resources. So we have yes, right now, Human Services and health. 00:28:35
As well as our community, community development folks. 00:28:40
UMM are all involved in addressing child care, so it's a concern that that is shared and. 00:28:45
We're on the lookout with. 00:28:52
Organizations within Dodge County that can help or resources that can be connected. 00:28:55
The the primary on that is community development, but they're both. 00:28:59
They're both Privy to it and part of the discussion. 00:29:04
Obviously community businesses are going to be looped in that yes, they and they have. I, I know that from from the perspective of 00:29:07
community development, it's a conversation piece that comes with every meeting. 00:29:14
With businesses in Dodge County and it's been. 00:29:21
I know our. 00:29:25
Our Administrator for Community Development, Nate Olson, is also part of the Manufacturers Business Alliance. 00:29:26
So that specific sector especially. 00:29:33
They've made it a topic of meetings as well, so we've talked about and had summits on it. 00:29:36
But yes, it's businesses are involved in that process, one of the biggest challenges I think. 00:29:42
Overall for that issue in trying to make changes statewide is. 00:29:48
Our businesses are involved in letting us know. 00:29:53
But they're not necessarily involved in letting. 00:29:56
State level officials know so. 00:30:00
That's something we've talked about and need to need to work on helping facilitate in the future. 00:30:03
So it's just too bad you couldn't get some kind of a even a tax credit that related more significantly to childcare. 00:30:09
Exemption, we have all this extra money in the budget and it would actually. 00:30:17
It would increase employment. 00:30:22
Dramatically, it's what's keeping working moms at home. 00:30:24
Primarily. 00:30:28
Definitely challenging. 00:30:29
I guess we could talk a little bit about extensions role in child care. There's a little bit of overlap between. 00:30:32
Human development relationships, educators. So Patty's role here and then. 00:30:38
Community Development. 00:30:43
Pat's role, so kind of in different ways, but trying to build capacity within that workforce, providing training for childcare 00:30:45
workers on the community development side, just kind of organizing around the community to identify what the needs are and how. 00:30:52
Extension can play a role in kind of building capacity, whether that's kind of the business planning side of things for childcare 00:31:01
companies or you know, so lots of different ways that. 00:31:06
Extension can support that, but we. 00:31:12
Already have been, but we'll continue to do that in partnership with the departments within Dodge County that are involved, so. 00:31:14
There is definitely connection in to extension programs there. 00:31:21
And then just as long as I'm talking about just one other thought I. 00:31:27
About that parking lot idea of like, what are the opportunities outside of current programming? 00:31:31
I think that's a great thing to to keep in mind. 00:31:36
Even for future years, not necessarily this year, but I mean, we don't even, we don't even know what's on the plate. Yeah, 00:31:40
exactly. It takes a little time and I think. 00:31:43
What I've seen and you know what we've seen in kind of community discussions those. 00:31:48
When you create the right space, people have lots of ideas of like what could be done and those will definitely get captured, as 00:31:52
Cindy said, that kind of parking lot, but opportunities to think about for the future. So that'd be part of. 00:31:58
You know, conversations moving forward of like, you know, this keeps coming up as an opportunity. 00:32:04
That this aligns in this way with what extension could provide. So we'll definitely capture those. But I think that's a great, 00:32:08
great point to be paying attention. How would our county farm, like how does that fit in? 00:32:14
You know, we want a county county farmer and from conservation, but it's really extension. You know, I'm talking about like how 00:32:21
does that fit in? Because I think, you know, you down, you know how we want that county farm idea 20 acres of and I don't know how 00:32:25
that fits in with. 00:32:29
I know they were looking for 10 of them, but I mean, I, I think we would really like that for our farmers. Yes, absolutely. 00:32:34
So I don't know how that all fits into this, but I know that extension conservation. 00:32:40
Close, you know, in water education and all these different things. 00:32:45
John and yeah. 00:32:50
John has been. 00:32:52
Putting forth a lot of effort to just get started gets things started and get discussion started and coordinated. 00:32:54
On that farm so. 00:32:59
OK, thank you. He's doing great. All right, I'll keep my mouth shut, but I just said but, but, but, but. 00:33:01
This meeting coming up. 00:33:06
Are as this committee supposed to be there then, or what do you Is it a? 00:33:08
It's not a committee meeting, but we should be there though, right? That would be OK. So. 00:33:12
So would it be a meeting? 00:33:18
We'll notice it. 00:33:20
Because it would be. It will involve county supervisors and IT. 00:33:22
Ideally, yes, absolutely this body will be a meeting. It would be. 00:33:26
Not a, not a meeting will notice it because everybody's here, because we're all here. Got it. Yes, but it won't have to operate 00:33:30
like an official meeting. It will be. It will be a forum. 00:33:35
Event. So will we invite the other supervisors of the county? Absolutely. OK, So then at the February County Board meeting? 00:33:40
Are you gonna talk, Cindy or? 00:33:49
We hadn't talked about that, but we could certainly. 00:33:52
We can certainly mention something, so if Cindy's if city is available, awesome. If she's not Sheena, I can work together on what 00:33:55
should go into. 00:33:58
The report and I can. 00:34:02
I can put together whatever she could do it. If you can't physically make it, you could do a video for us, you know, physically. 00:34:05
We'd like to have you appreciate that. That's really nice. But maybe maybe Cameron, if you could, could introduce the the county 00:34:10
board to what we're doing because I don't think there's any idea what we're doing. I don't I don't think we should. We got to be 00:34:15
careful not to overwhelm them, right? Like. 00:34:20
I think a shorter. 00:34:26
Sort of like, hey, we're just looking to connect. 00:34:27
Extension come up with some ideas, but you're invited. 00:34:30
And and we really hope you come. This is your chance to give input. 00:34:34
Yes, versus later. 00:34:39
Agreed. Agreed. 00:34:41
So we actually will be sending out the invites on February 3rd. 00:34:44
So it's not like you know, that would be a follow up. Sure. Just so you know, this is what it is, OK. 00:34:49
Is there any? 00:34:55
I mean, should I make some calls? I mean, I mean, or you know, I mean, you know how I just I just don't if we want certain key 00:34:57
people there, I mean, I'm willing to make calls or if you camera, if you want to make a couple call. I mean, I just I just don't 00:35:03
want this to be, Oh, it's just an e-mail in your inbox and Oh, come, this is like really important to our county. 00:35:09
And I want to make sure that they know that that's what I mean. This is different. Nice. That'd be great. I would be happy to make 00:35:15
some calls too, but I don't, you know what I mean? Or if you guys are for we. 00:35:19
I just want to make sure that they know we're doing something different here. This is not just an e-mail in your inbox that, oh, 00:35:23
it's one of the. 00:35:26
So I have not like I said, I think I said earlier, I have not yet met with all the department directors to get from them. 00:35:31
Their what they would consider their list of partners. 00:35:38
But once we have that together. 00:35:42
I think then we should assess, you know who calls who and and but I I welcome that. I think as much communication as possible 00:35:44
would be beneficial on this event. Always when you want to deal with someone making a decision and changing behaviour to come to a 00:35:50
meeting, you want to over communicate. 00:35:55
So, umm. 00:36:01
That would be great. Yeah, because our next committee meeting is only is only a few days before this event. We're the 24th and 00:36:03
this is the 28th. That won't be enough time. We can't do any work. Then you can update us at that meeting. But I mean, we're 00:36:08
pretty much on the on the way, you know. 00:36:13
I think what we'll do is once, once that invitation is is sent or right around the same time, just blitz from multiple. 00:36:19
Multiple channels. 00:36:26
OK, Thank you. Send out the communication. 00:36:27
And I'll be happy to share the list that we tabulate to, of course. 00:36:30
You know, the our spreadsheets and our partners and then, you know, it is a short term around time. So you know, so if you just 00:36:34
would you let me know or you and Cameron let me know and I'll, I'll make a couple calls because you know, if someone calls you, 00:36:38
it's like it's a little different, you know, you know what I mean? You know, it's like this is really important. I want you to 00:36:43
know that we're trying to. 00:36:47
We're really trying to move in a different direction far as the way we're planning and implementing our extension. 00:36:51
You have a place yet for this or not yet. Look up here in the county interceptor. I reserve. I got to work with them. I think it'd 00:36:56
be in this in this space. And yeah, we'll take care of that logistics. 00:37:01
OK. Just one other piece there is if you have the other role for you all if you have particular. 00:37:08
County organizations or individuals that you want to make sure are on that list obviously communicate that with. 00:37:14
Cindy or Cameron directly so. 00:37:20
Most likely will. 00:37:23
It'll be a pretty wide net, but it's always helpful to. 00:37:24
You know, have those ideas shirts. 00:37:27
Regarding the needs assessment, Section 3. 00:37:29
I've been forced to work with Will a couple times and he's very common sense of him. 00:37:31
What I'm not seeing here is a transition from egg. 00:37:36
So surface waters. 00:37:39
So how do we? 00:37:41
Put that into the program as a media Bullock. 00:37:42
Where we have that impact on recreation and tourism. 00:37:46
And have a conservation point there. 00:37:50
We asked the same questions of everyone, so we have consistency. I know that's an important topic. 00:37:54
But if we add that, we could probably add a different one for youth development and. 00:38:01
And so we're trying to. 00:38:05
Gather as much as we can. That's consistently. 00:38:06
It's not like they're not going to talk about that. And then each one of the educators that do sit at the tables, that's where 00:38:10
they they make take the notes and say this is an important thing. 00:38:15
The questions are great, but the. 00:38:22
The conversations, they're usually really rich at these, so those topics come up, we can make sure that we'll know is that's a. 00:38:24
An issue you want to talk about? 00:38:32
Since here in LWCC and LCD. 00:38:34
You don't see conservation in the agenda here at all. 00:38:37
Yeah, I think, yeah. 00:38:42
I appreciate that note. I think it. 00:38:44
As Cindy mentioned, it'll come up in the conversation. So like the under agriculture, the goal or challenge? 00:38:46
That you're trying to address same in community development. I think that that's where those kind of. 00:38:53
Issues will come up and what we. 00:38:59
An extension in particular try to do is kind of be that neutral base into. 00:39:02
Let the community tell us what the issues, challenges are, particularly in these settings. So I think the. 00:39:07
Fully appreciate that and hope that that will come out in the conversation, right. It would dependent upon the partners to tell us 00:39:13
kind of that that's an important issue. So. 00:39:18
And for you to be part of that too to to bring that up specifically. So that's kind of the. 00:39:23
Just open space for those ideas to come forward. So, but yeah, that's the that's why it's not specifically mentioned, but 00:39:29
definitely. 00:39:32
We don't want to push in. 00:39:36
Our ideas it's. 00:39:38
Getting it from our communities. 00:39:40
You know, the community partners. 00:39:42
OK. Committee members, have any other questions? I, I feel this is pretty good. I think it's a good plan and I appreciate you 00:39:46
Cindy putting this together. I I think it's awesome that you had that model someone done and then improve upon that. 00:39:53
I just so you guys all know this, this is groundbreaking. This is a first year in Wisconsin that we're doing this all the and I 00:40:00
suspect we're probably one of the leaders right here, I'm thinking. 00:40:04
And so all the committees are supposed to be doing this. 00:40:09
It's a big change. 00:40:13
Big change. 00:40:15
And this is going to be awesome. 00:40:16
All right, anything else, Cameron? We got it. 00:40:18
I think, I think we have it. I will say to that if I can add to your comments on the big change. 00:40:21
I do think that. 00:40:27
We have as. 00:40:29
May be relative to some of our neighbors. 00:40:31
We have been very, very fortunate in terms of extension and the involvement our people have had. 00:40:33
In Dodge County there there's definitely been issues with communication and that's that's. 00:40:40
That's not just an extension thing or just a Dodge County thing. It's it's together, but. 00:40:44
If if we are ahead of the curve, it has a lot to do with. 00:40:50
The people, the people involved, so. 00:40:54
Very thankful for that, so. 00:40:57
All right. Well, thank you, guys. Thank you. 00:41:00
And that's why I say the communication piece. 00:41:03
We're gonna really amp that up. We have some ideas. I know we call me anytime you guys, you know, I mean, I'm you kind of already 00:41:06
have amped up. So it's great. Yeah. But meet with the staff, staff meeting and talk about it more. So we are reporting every 00:41:10
month. 00:41:15
I mean impact that's being made so you can see it and of course call if you have any questions on it. 00:41:20
So we'll be that do that very consistently and we do have a new format. 00:41:25
And Manuel is actually going to talk when he comes up about his format, and then all our educators will do that besides this 00:41:29
report. 00:41:33
So you're are you going to be here at every month then and further will your interim then at our meetings you will be right. OK, 00:41:38
OK, thank you. OK, alright, thank you. 00:41:42
Thank you. Thank you all. OK, the next the next item is extension budget report. 00:41:46
Cindy and Jeremy, we, we normally only need that quarterly. 00:41:52
We don't need that monthly, but well, but we want to know what the supervisors want to know. 00:41:56
Say like. 00:42:03
By April, April, we want to know where we're at in our budget, kind of like how John does it for conservation. 00:42:04
I think quarterly is fine. Jeff used to do it monthly. 00:42:10
I forgot to tell them we don't really need it monthly. Is that OK, Committee? So we're gonna we're not going to have that that 00:42:15
part on here that it was just in there always. So let's go. 00:42:20
Go ahead and go to our regional educator, Manuel. 00:42:25
Mine up and. 00:42:29
Welcome to Welcome to Dodge County and we look forward to hearing. 00:42:30
Hello. Good morning, everyone. 00:42:34
Morning, morning. 00:42:38
Yes, you guys have. 00:42:41
On attachment of. 00:42:43
What I've been talking about. 00:42:44
But again, I'll. 00:42:50
Thank you so much. Yeah, My name is Manuel Pena. I'm the bilingual regional dairy educator. 00:42:55
For Dodge and other counties. 00:43:01
One change right there is when I presented here. 00:43:05
To you guys, the violin well part was not part of my. 00:43:10
Title My name. So now it is thanks to Cindy. 00:43:15
And I'm very happy because it looks like it's going to be very useful. 00:43:18
Not only in this county, but in all of them. 00:43:22
I'm gonna go really quick for through what I've done since October. 00:43:26
Till January, so it's not that much of A time. 00:43:31
And I want you guys to remember that this is my labor here, but also I have other 3 counties. 00:43:35
But anyway, so as part of like, the essential part of my job is to get to know the community, to know what the needs are. 00:43:41
What the people I'm working with? 00:43:50
It stands for. 00:43:53
So that's pretty much what I've done. 00:43:54
Working on our needs assessment. 00:43:58
Trying to see what the problems are. Talking to people, to different parties of the of the. 00:44:00
Industry. 00:44:05
In this. 00:44:07
Journey I have. 00:44:08
Been meeting people from different farms that they breed different breeds. They have different farm systems and objectives. 00:44:10
I wanted to mention some of them just to just so you know, I. 00:44:19
First met the Crave brothers farm. That was an interesting. 00:44:24
Basically, they are a huge. 00:44:29
Company. 00:44:32
Family owned but they have a lot of resources. 00:44:33
So I see my action there not being as much as probably as providing help, but helping them to. 00:44:37
Keep growing in some ways as much as I. 00:44:45
Can see how they can be a model for other farms. Then I may also hygiene farm. 00:44:48
The guys from High Jim Farm. 00:44:54
Those guys have a grazing farm. This is amazing because at the time I was starting there was a. 00:44:57
Grad student from University of Wisconsin Mason looking for. 00:45:03
People who was still gracing and they're doing some research. 00:45:07
So that was something I did to connect these two parts together as much as they work with our Normandy's, which is not an unusual 00:45:12
breed to have and. 00:45:17
I can see and I talked to them about some opportunities to talk about milk quality. 00:45:22
And other things that can be developed from that. 00:45:28
Also went to Nell's brothers farm is like 10 minutes from here. 00:45:31
That was an advice from from the last other educator. 00:45:36
They wanted to start doing some programs together, such as tractor safety training and things that they had been talking but they 00:45:40
never did. So I'm like taking on on that. 00:45:46
And then? 00:45:52
Also visit the adult Mayor farm. 00:45:54
Very nice guy. I remember his name. He's Brian. 00:45:58
Very welcoming, I'm very willing to help with us to develop some. 00:46:03
Programs or look for challenges. The way I see it is that if there are. 00:46:08
Challenges for them There are challenges for more people like them. 00:46:13
Some of the main things that I found is. 00:46:18
There's a communication language issue. There's not all of them are able to communicate easily with their workforce. 00:46:22
And that's something that I see a huge opportunity and also I'm very passionate about that. 00:46:30
Umm, so that is something I want to work with, but also a lot of things that. 00:46:36
I do not have to create myself, but I already going on in an extension and I can just bring to the areas. 00:46:40
Good practices training. 00:46:47
Some research. 00:46:49
And then? 00:46:51
Calving and nutrition management, which looks like is needed all the time. 00:46:53
And actually we're doing one of those in April 23rd. I'm doing it for my whole area, so of course Dutch is part of that. 00:46:58
I have also met with people from. 00:47:07
Different companies. I mentioned some of them compared by the Plus. 00:47:10
But there are also from different farms. 00:47:16
All of them have been great and amazing and willing to to collaborate with. 00:47:20
I I was part of the meeting of the Dutch. 00:47:27
Forage Council. 00:47:31
Meeting They were organizing a presentation which I could not be part of because I was already working on one for. 00:47:33
Fond du Lac, which I met first, so. 00:47:40
Not any kind of preference, it just happened first. 00:47:43
But it was it was a nice group and the locator that was before. 00:47:46
That still works for other counties. Here is very. 00:47:53
Willing to. 00:47:57
Keep enhancing that connection. 00:47:58
Some of the projects that I've been part of in this time, the first one even before coming here to present to introduce myself. 00:48:01
Was calving management and now night care. There was people from Dutch County. That was a program that the educator before Allison 00:48:10
was organizing and I took part of it for the Spanish version. 00:48:16
I was part of the Dodge Forage Council meeting that was in November. I did not collaborate for the meeting that they were. 00:48:23
Organizing at the time, but. 00:48:32
Doors are open in both sides. 00:48:35
Umm, me on. 00:48:38
Four more three more educators are working on a bilingual newsletter. 00:48:39
This is something that the. 00:48:44
Farmers not only from here, but from other. 00:48:47
Counties are uneven from other states. 00:48:50
Have been looking forward to. There was one that was named El Campanero before. 00:48:54
And it looks like you had a huge impact. 00:48:59
And the reason why they and he was a bilingual newsletter, the reason why they stopped doing it was because. 00:49:01
The people who was doing the translation. 00:49:08
Was not from extension but. 00:49:10
From other department I'm not sure and they. 00:49:13
They would not do it anymore. 00:49:16
So now the. 00:49:17
I can do that and there are other partner, yeah, other colleagues of me of mine that can translate documents and deliver. That's 00:49:20
something that we're going to do that we hope to put it out on March 1st and have it monthly. 00:49:27
We are having a federal school training. 00:49:35
That is a roadshow, that professor. 00:49:38
Luis Ferreto, the nutrition, yeah, he's the nutritionist of the university. He's doing in different parts of the state. 00:49:41
So I'm in charge of this area and I'm working on the presentation. So I'm not only doing it, but I will be also presenting. 00:49:51
We want with the same team that we're doing this bilingual. 00:50:00
Newsletter We want to see if it's doable. 00:50:03
And maybe you guys can. 00:50:07
Give me some insight. We want to. 00:50:09
Bilingual podcast not only to educate on the industry but also to. 00:50:12
Tell more about this Wisconsin dairy. 00:50:17
History so people can. 00:50:20
Be part of it and not only to know. 00:50:23
How to milk a cow, but also to know why it's important to milk a cow. 00:50:27
This is an idea that I came that I. 00:50:31
God from actually the Crave brothers brothers farm. 00:50:34
They didn't tell me that, but I saw how. 00:50:38
The day I was visiting they were doing a tour with UMM. 00:50:41
Crew from Japan. 00:50:44
Or somewhere in Asia? I don't want to. 00:50:46
Miss said that, but. 00:50:50
And and they were very proud of their farm, but also about this, the story and I think. 00:50:52
For me, even that I'm not. 00:50:59
From Wisconsin, like I can feel proud of how people got together to that. So I think that can be interesting. 00:51:01
And then the last thing I have here is that I was part of the. 00:51:09
Budgetary Insight team I hosted and lead a discussion for. 00:51:13
Webinar. 00:51:19
And I mentioned that because there was people attending from Dutch County. Since I'm not the main organizer, I don't know who was 00:51:21
that. 00:51:24
Sometimes this the organizers don't know either they just got they just have zip codes or something that they can actually 00:51:29
different zones. 00:51:32
And that's it. I don't know if you guys have any questions, comments. 00:51:37
Complaints. 00:51:42
Sounds like you've been busy, yeah? 00:51:43
Thank you. Thank you. I. 00:51:46
The these months have been about meeting people. 00:51:49
And sometimes I feel like I. 00:51:52
Could be would be doing more, but I I'm getting to understand how important is to have a solid. 00:51:54
Connection with different parties so. 00:52:02
So we talked about a monthly newsletter. Our last educator did videos, but she did it for maybe the whole state, you know, I mean 00:52:04
videos, right? Do do use like podcasts and other tools to that that. 00:52:10
Well, in Spanish to a lot of that, you know, you're the, the people that work in the industry, correct? 00:52:16
So. 00:52:21
So we want this newsletter to be. 00:52:23
Not a normal newsletter we wanted to be in like in a PDF that people can print because we were told that some people in the 00:52:26
paycheck for the workforce would leave the. 00:52:32
Piece of paper with the newsletter for the workforce to read. 00:52:38
So we know people, some people wanted to be printed, but we also know that there's a lot of. 00:52:42
Social media. 00:52:47
Things that we have to. 00:52:48
Like accept so we want to have this also like an Instagram thing that where they can see videos of people. Well, it would be 00:52:51
Allison who who would be telling like this is what the topics we talk about in this month's newsletter. If you want to know more, 00:52:58
go to this thing or go to that one. And then the idea she has. 00:53:06
A webinar named Elechero. It's an Spanish. 00:53:15
Version of. 00:53:19
Other programs that Wisconsin does and we want this to be. 00:53:21
The newsletter, The the webinars. 00:53:25
And hopefully to develop the podcast. 00:53:29
The podcast, I really want to do it, the people who is supporting me on that. 00:53:32
Things that we need to really think. 00:53:37
If if people is interesting on listening to it because it's a lot of work. 00:53:40
And yeah, they don't want to to waste their time. 00:53:45
On while we can be doing other things, but I think it's a great idea. 00:53:48
Umm, so I'm pushing it as much as I can. 00:53:53
We probably won't see you for five or six months. We rotate the educators once a month. So when the next time you come here, I 00:53:56
would be interested and I asked will this when we didn't have an educator. 00:54:01
I'd like to know the metrics, some of the dairy metrics. I'm not a farmer. 00:54:05
I'd like to know that the industry metrics for Dodge County and I was told that we are we the 5th largest dairy producer in the 00:54:09
state. Dodge County. I know you guys are my first largest. See, we, I don't, I, I was not aware that until the numbers that we are 00:54:15
really big here in Dodge County. Well, you know, one of the biggest in the state. 00:54:22
Did not know that, right, Right. No bad. I mean, I feel like as a supervisor like and our supervisors need to know that, right? No 00:54:28
wonder why some projects like the one that the gentleman was referring about, Penn State wants to focus on counties like Dutch. 00:54:35
And just all that like the ones that I. 00:54:42
The firms that I have like more. 00:54:45
Straight connection with. 00:54:48
Are already, they're already updated on that thing, so they have the information. 00:54:50
But there are just four of them there. I know more more than 4 farmers in Deutsch is just that these ones have been in their farms 00:54:54
and we have been visiting the other ones pretty much like in meetings due to 11 event or other. 00:55:01
Umm, so I do not have. 00:55:09
I don't feel free to like just send information that they're not requesting like that, but the ones that I have. 00:55:11
A connection with. They know about those kind of things. 00:55:18
Yeah. 00:55:21
Well, I want, I want the farmers to know we're interested. I mean, that we care. The Dodge County cares. And that's right. That's 00:55:22
why we're the county boards investing in your position. 00:55:25
Because we do care. I don't. I've been on the county board almost five years, and I covered the county board for 12 years as a 00:55:30
journalist. I really did not know the extent of what you do, how important that is, right? And so you got to help. 00:55:35
Tell the story, you might say. Right? Because if we don't know the story. 00:55:41
We don't know about our investment and why and why you're having other language is so important in Dodge County and thank you for 00:55:46
doing that. 00:55:49
I mean. 00:55:53
I don't know the I don't know. I don't think the county knows why and I think we did to show them. I'm just telling you what I 00:55:54
see, right. I think in general people do not realize how important it is. And then that will be something that I will consider 00:56:00
tricky for the metrics for instance. 00:56:06
Because some people. 00:56:12
Like there's people willing to work on their farms like in sometimes more than others. 00:56:15
But something that I found very interesting is like like if you. 00:56:21
Tell. 00:56:25
Is important for the workforce to understand what they doing and they're gonna appreciate more their jobs and it's like a little 00:56:26
impact that. 00:56:30
Helps them to stay longer in their organizations to do better their job. 00:56:34
And then that has a huge impact later for us as consumers of dairy products. 00:56:39
So. 00:56:45
Yeah, it's something that. 00:56:46
I'll be thinking how to measure it. 00:56:48
In a better way, but like I can see how the impact is. 00:56:51
Like, very important. Like there's people. 00:56:55
That can take a huge advantage of this, I think. I think that's what not only you, but all the educators, you know, we talk about 00:56:57
work plans. We, we want to know when you have an educator come here. 00:57:03
Cindy and. 00:57:08
In Germany, we want an old the impact. What do you and because we're investing and we're responsible to our taxpayers as 00:57:09
investments. So we want to know what we're doing here and if you could talk to us that way. That's our language. That's my 00:57:14
language. 00:57:19
Correct. So thank, thank you very much. Any other questions? Thank you guys. Yes, it's interesting I was. 00:57:25
Past seminars and stuff saw how important grazing is to water quality. 00:57:33
And I was always told it wouldn't work in Dodge County. This is the first time I've even. 00:57:38
Known. There's a grazing farm in Dodge County, right? And is that something that you see could be expanded? I've always been told 00:57:43
that it'll never work in Dodge County. 00:57:48
No, umm, I mean, it depends on what your objectives are. I, I, I think these guys from this farm. 00:57:52
Are very passionate, They of course see it as a business, but they're also also very passionate about the environment. 00:58:00
So they. 00:58:08
They do their job based more on. 00:58:09
How they can be more friendly? 00:58:12
Or to treat different like. It's not necessarily like the other systems are bad. 00:58:16
But these ones is definitely more friendly with the soil and then does for the water. 00:58:20
So it was unusual for me too to see a grazing farm. I saw someone I was working on. 00:58:26
In North Carolina it was very usual, but they were pushing a lot some research. 00:58:33
That favors grazing farms and then, as I said, like before. 00:58:38
Going to this farm, which was one of the first farms I went to. 00:58:43
As a dairy educator. 00:58:48
I already heard had a meeting with a student that was looking for this farm because she she this from Wisconsin and she knew there 00:58:50
were. 00:58:55
Gray skin farms and she's trying to do. 00:58:59
She's not trying, she's doing our research where she shows. 00:59:03
In this area, Sheboygan Dodge. 00:59:07
Washington. 00:59:10
Counties, the the good impact of the grazing farms. So, so it's not usual, but there's people doing it and I think. 00:59:12
Since things keep changing all the time, like we're gonna reach a point where we're gonna come back. 00:59:18
In some extent to the grazing part. 00:59:24
Thank you. 00:59:28
Yep. OK. Thank you very much. All right, we'll see you next time you next time you come around. Otherwise we'll see you at the at 00:59:31
the our little event. 00:59:35
Of course. Thank you. 00:59:39
OK, coming up. 00:59:40
All right, now we'll transition into. 00:59:43
I guess agency reports Cory's not here, but we I assume we have. 00:59:46
Come on up and. 00:59:53
Good morning, everybody. 01:00:00
Good morning. 01:00:01
OK, so to start off, I should have put a copy of the civil rights responsibilities for Potenos on everybody's desk. 01:00:04
Essentially, the N OCS is required to review federal laws without agencies. 01:00:13
This made some of these languages may change with the new administration. So I'm going to have you hold off on like signing 01:00:20
anything. 01:00:23
But I did just want you to give you a heads up of what we typically look at and, you know, give you time to review some of the 01:00:27
information. 01:00:30
So essentially this just goes over that basically every you, you guys are in Trojan viewing the MOU that you have with us and that 01:00:34
you need to, you know, make yourselves familiar with that. 01:00:39
Additionally, it goes through that you guys are still required to follow the Privacy Act of 1974, which is essentially that if 01:00:44
those people participating in all federal programs that you guys know the name of, that you're not going to disclose their 01:00:50
personal information, private information, without a Freedom of Information request. 01:00:56
Additionally, we all require to go over the 1964 Civil Rights Act, essentially saying that as board supervisors and as opponents 01:01:03
that you're not going to discriminate on against anybody based on waste, country of origin or nationality. 01:01:10
Of anybody that's participating in federal programs. 01:01:17
Additionally, some of this stuff is more relevant to the soil and water conservation districts as opposed to the land and water 01:01:21
conservation departments that you guys owe. So some of this isn't quite as applicable, but unfortunately it's a national document 01:01:26
so we can't change too much. 01:01:30
Additionally, it just goes over like program outreach, which doesn't really apply to you guys and will applies to us and how we 01:01:36
conduct our outreach. But that's just information there for you. 01:01:40
And then the public notification responsibilities, the county and you guys are not required to have any of this displayed, but we 01:01:46
are required to show it with you guys. That's something that typically doesn't change when new administration comes in. Once a, 01:01:52
you know, new secretary is in office, they'll come out with new statements. So those will be updated throughout the year. 01:01:58
So again, didn't want you to sign anything today, but just wanted to give you guys a little bit of time to review. 01:02:05
We go over what you know, next month or the month after so. 01:02:10
So it will be, will this be different then? Yeah. So some of the documents on the second page, which is like the like secretary of 01:02:14
agricultural civil rights policy statement, that will likely to be different because we're going to have a new secretary coming 01:02:19
in. So stuff like that will likely be different. The document though has been since 2017. So it's not likely that the major points 01:02:25
of the document would change will any of the federal laws. But the more like the the nitty gritty details may change with the new 01:02:31
administration. 01:02:37
What does it mean, John, when we sign this? Is it, Do we need a lawyer here or what? No, we're just acknowledging, just 01:02:43
acknowledging that we received it and that we're aware of it. 01:02:47
They have a duty to. 01:02:51
To provide. 01:02:54
That they have in fact informed us of these. 01:02:56
And that's the only way they can prove. 01:03:01
That we received correct? Yep. 01:03:03
Thank you. 01:03:08
Yeah. So with that, I guess we'll just do a little gist of what we've been working on in the office. Anna shared the civil rights 01:03:10
responsibilities with you. 01:03:14
Umm, we currently just wrapped up our CSP payments for the year. Those are contracts. 01:03:19
The active ones are within the last five years. 01:03:26
43 total contracts were paid on for work completed in fiscal year 24. 01:03:29
So we we got those contracts paid on and kind of filed away till. 01:03:34
This coming fall. 01:03:39
Every applicant should have received their payment by now. 01:03:42
We finished the last ones maybe 2 weeks ago. 01:03:46
Now we're currently working on our equipped sign up 1. 01:03:50
Workload. That's typically our biggest workload of the year. 01:03:54
Right now I think we have 36 applications kind of in the hopper. 01:03:58
We basically just assess and rank all those. It's hard to say. 01:04:03
What's going to get funded with the new administration? But. 01:04:08
Our system kind of spits out a number if it's above our ranking. 01:04:13
You know, bottom line number then it's going to get pre approved for funding. 01:04:17
These contracts. 01:04:22
You know, range from a variety of different land uses like crop lands and forestry practices. 01:04:24
Some wetland creation stuff and a bunch of wildlife habitat practices. 01:04:30
Cover crops, no till that type of stuff as well. 01:04:35
We expect mid February sometime to get our pre approval list back on what actually gets pre approved for funding. 01:04:38
At this point then we'll just focus on obligating those contracts. 01:04:46
And internally we have till April 4th to actually make those. 01:04:51
Contracts obligated. 01:04:56
I guess last order of business, our CSP Classic sign up is right around the corner. 01:04:59
Applicants have till February 7th to get application in with us. 01:05:05
Right now I think we have. 01:05:11
I don't know 20 or so in the system, something like that. 01:05:13
Hopefully we can get out and get our site visits done in the near future. 01:05:18
To get some planning done. 01:05:22
And that's basically everything we've been working on. 01:05:24
Any questions related to any of that? 01:05:27
Can you do you know when the WRP signups are? I mean when do they do their is that? 01:05:33
Semi annual thing or an annual thing? WRP is a little bit different. 01:05:39
I think there's those two sides right now. Yeah. I think there's one like the end of this week. 01:05:43
Cool. So typically it's one sign up, but I know in the past few years they've had two science pull you. It's not exactly lined 01:05:48
with equip, but typically there's one in the fall and one in late winter is a deadline for those. 01:05:54
Typically like. 01:06:00
They'll allocate 75% of the funding the first go around, they'll see how those contracts shake out, and whatever remaining balance 01:06:02
they have, they'll throw that to the second sign out. 01:06:06
So. 01:06:11
We will wait and see as things are ever changing in our office within the last week. 01:06:14
Thank you. Thank you. 01:06:21
All right, Matt. 01:06:26
Morning, everyone. 01:06:33
Morning. How are y'all doing? 01:06:34
Enjoying the nice weather? 01:06:36
Yeah, just like it. 01:06:40
We've got a few updates for you. As they had mentioned with the Changeover administration, we're still waiting for key people to 01:06:42
be put in place. 01:06:47
So there's a lot of moving parts right now within the upper part of our organization. 01:06:51
But they did manage to do a farm bill extension. 01:06:58
So we've got some word on programs that have been extended to their continuing. 01:07:02
1st is our commodity program, the ARC. 01:07:08
Place, as we call it. 01:07:11
That program opened up for sign up on January 21st. 01:07:13
It's going to run through April 15th, which is a little bit longer than we've had in the past, so that's kind of nice. 01:07:18
So staff in the office is working on. 01:07:25
Putting together appointments and and information for producers on that. 01:07:28
The other program that we got authorized to move forward with is our Dairy margin coverage program or DMC. 01:07:33
That program is scheduled to open. 01:07:41
For sign up on January 29th. 01:07:43
And that will run through March 31st. 01:07:47
So that's got a little bit shorter window that we're going to be working with. 01:07:49
But we do have a few less producers we got to run through on that. 01:07:53
We still have not heard anything on any future CRP signups unfortunately. 01:07:57
We did get word late last week that we can now continue to work on existing contracts, making edits and. 01:08:03
Continue making cost share payments on stuff that has already existed but nothing moving forward. 01:08:11
As of yet. 01:08:18
We did closeout one of our disaster programs. It was called Masks. 01:08:20
Or the marketing assistance program for specialty crops. 01:08:25
So we had. 01:08:29
A good turn out there and we were able to actually make payments as of last Friday. 01:08:31
So that program should be closed for us as of right now. 01:08:37
Umm, and hopefully. 01:08:42
We don't have any. 01:08:44
Issues with that going forward. 01:08:45
There is one program that was also authorized with the continuing resolution. 01:08:47
You might have heard about it. It's about a program giving farmers direct payments. 01:08:55
That's all we know. We know nothing about any more than right now they have not released any documentation to us as to. 01:09:01
What the program actually is or if we are actually going to be administrating it, We're assuming we are, but. 01:09:09
Again, that's an assumption we. 01:09:16
So we're waiting for one more program to come out here. 01:09:18
So we've been receiving a lot of phone calls on that because apparently there's a lot of stuff in the press on it, but we have not 01:09:23
received anything. 01:09:26
And like I said. 01:09:31
With all the change over in the upper administration, it might take a little while for some of that to get. 01:09:33
Cleared up. 01:09:38
And then just the other note is we do have a continuing resolution as you're aware that goes through March 15th, I believe. 01:09:40
So we might go through this whole budgeted thing again in a. 01:09:47
Month or half or so so. 01:09:50
Any questions for me? 01:09:53
On anything. 01:09:55
But the press does come up with some pretty specific numbers. Are those numbers? 01:09:56
You think accurate or I have no idea. We have not literally have not seen anything on the program. 01:10:00
We're not even sure if the program is fully going to be administered through our office. They haven't said a word. 01:10:07
So. 01:10:13
We are kind of questioning where they're getting all this information and numbers from because we have no idea. They're always 01:10:14
anonymous. They're not supposed to talk. Yeah, they're not supposed to. And again, you know, and I believe the way it is, they 01:10:18
have. 01:10:23
90 days or something like that to. 01:10:28
Hammer out the procedures after the the. 01:10:31
Law has been passed or whatever. 01:10:35
So we're still within that 90 days of drafting, whatever their rules are. I know they focused on masks first. 01:10:37
Got that one out and I mean I have never seen a program released. 01:10:43
In 30 days. 01:10:49
And had payments come out one week after the deadline closed, I mean. 01:10:51
That was just phenomenal from our standpoint. I just hope there isn't a bunch of. 01:10:56
Changes or problems that are going to come out from it. 01:11:01
So I'm a little surprised, not that this other program hasn't come out yet because I think they focused everything on the mask 01:11:04
program and. 01:11:07
Now we're focusing on this other one, so. 01:11:11
I'm sure there'll be something coming out in the next month, I'm just not sure what it is. 01:11:14
So anything else question wise? 01:11:19
No, thank you. Appreciate the time, guys. Thank you. 01:11:22
OK. Next item is presentation from Rock River Coalition. 01:11:28
Regarding their work in Dodge County. 01:11:31
Do they have a video? Is that what they have or what? Yeah, we have. 01:11:35
If I can get it to work. 01:11:39
Otherwise I'll have to go up there. She has a PowerPoint that she wants to show. 01:11:41
OK. 01:11:45
Let me just click through it with your mouse. 01:11:50
Yeah, I have a. 01:11:53
I think here too that's supposed to work. Looks I guess set up. 01:11:54
OK, ready to go. 01:12:00
Try that. If not I can run up. 01:12:19
Perfect. 01:12:23
Hello, I am Lizzie Rutsoff, I am with the Rock River Coalition and we hold the L and PN contract for Dodge County. 01:12:29
So we do a lot of different. 01:12:38
AIS outreach and such. And so I just wanted to give you guys a quick. 01:12:40
Overview of what we did in 2024. 01:12:44
With this contract. 01:12:47
So. 01:12:49
The first just being some general online trainings because I'm a new coordinator for Rock River Coalition, so. 01:12:50
Did have to attend several like Project Red snapshot day. 01:12:58
Probably strife online trainings in order to get. 01:13:02
Caught up on the different projects that we have going on. 01:13:05
Secondly, the. 01:13:10
Annual AIS partnership retreat. 01:13:13
I attended in April in Russell. It was a great meeting. A bunch of different state AIS coordinators came out. 01:13:15
It was. 01:13:23
A great way to make a lot of different connections with people they had different. 01:13:25
Like many trainings about identifying different aquatic invasive species, refreshers. 01:13:30
I am particular had a small part of a presentation to discuss our. 01:13:36
Work in the LPN. 01:13:42
As we tend to focus on rivers and streams. 01:13:45
However, there's a different sector, I guess you could call it, of LPN work in the state that focuses on the lakes more. 01:13:49
And there seems to be a little bit of. 01:13:56
Disconnect in those different sectors of how people approach certain projects, approach getting volunteers and such. So it's a 01:13:59
great discussion there. 01:14:04
During that retreat. 01:14:09
Part of the LPN work that we do involves signage checks of different. 01:14:13
Signage such as boot brushes and then just the general like. 01:14:18
Prevent invasive species. It's the law type signs that you see had a lot of boat launches. 01:14:23
Umm, these were the places that I went this past year so. 01:14:28
Check on one and soon as if you like incidentally. 01:14:34
It was adequate. It worked. 01:14:38
But could probably use some replacement in the next few years. 01:14:41
And then the other ones like the. 01:14:45
There is one at Fox Lake that was good. 01:14:48
Two more the Town Park of Fox Lake site. 01:14:52
That were in perfect condition. 01:14:56
Want to Beaver Dam like that was good. 01:14:59
There was this next one here that's also highlighted. 01:15:02
At the Clawson Bowling Green park. Canoe lunch around Horacon Marsh. 01:15:05
I'm not familiar with who owns that particular site, but. 01:15:11
It was listed in the. 01:15:14
Project. 01:15:16
In swims in the database for AIS signage so. 01:15:18
I went there to see if there was any assignments there. There was not. 01:15:22
However, it does seem to be a pretty popular canoe launch, so. 01:15:26
Something I'm going to follow up on this year is. 01:15:30
Figuring out who owns that boat launch and if it's possible to get some AIS signage there. 01:15:33
And then stopped by the Rock River Nebraska St. boat launch around Horacon. That was good. 01:15:40
Chestnut St. boat launch has a waterfowl hunter waiter cleaning station. The sign and the wood is all good, but the boot brush 01:15:47
itself, like half of it has snapped off. 01:15:54
Umm, so that's on my list to potentially replace this year. Get that back up and running. 01:16:01
And then the other two. 01:16:07
Along the Rock River we're also good as well, so. 01:16:10
Total of 10 different AIS signs were checked this year. 01:16:13
And this will continue this year as well, cycling through. 01:16:16
We have like a much longer list of AIS signs to check on so. 01:16:21
Additionally, this is just a general list of the. 01:16:28
General outreach and education that we've done this past year. So we hosted a Seattle man AIS training with Rachel Saber from DNR 01:16:32
in Watertown. 01:16:37
Basically my role in this was to help with aquatic invasive species identification, giving a rundown of that. 01:16:43
Additionally, we attended the Beaver Dam Fishing Fund. 01:16:51
UMM worked with a lot of different families and kids that were going through the stations and in particular my station was talking 01:16:55
about the aquatic invasives. 01:16:59
On Beaver Dam like like the zebra mussels, curly pondweed. 01:17:03
And the Eurasian water milfoil so. 01:17:08
It's very fun day. I had a lot of fun getting to meet the kids and work with their parents as well. 01:17:11
Additionally, we attended the Community Science Day for the Horacon Marsh Group. 01:17:18
We hosted a table on Macron Ritter roots and aquatic invasives. 01:17:24
Got to talk with a lot of people there as well. 01:17:28
We also hosted AAIS Paddle on Fox Lake. 01:17:32
Working with Liz or say and help to. 01:17:36
I just did a short paddle around one corner of the lake and seeing if we could identify any new AIS that were present. 01:17:40
Thankfully we did not found the ones that were already known to be there, so it's pretty positive paddle overall. 01:17:48
Additionally, as part of our LPN grant, we reach out to different bait shops and make sure that we're covered in terms of having 01:17:57
AIS materials and. 01:18:02
Educational stuff that they can hand out to people coming through their shop. So those were the three that I passed through and 01:18:08
talked with. 01:18:12
We also do general like social media and newsletter articles about aquatic invasives, so we did 24 of those. 01:18:18
And six newsletter articles about. 01:18:24
AIS. 01:18:28
In addition, promoting the various exotic pet surrenders as part of the grant, so we did that as well. 01:18:30
And we also. 01:18:37
As part of our Waterfowl hunter outreach, we had a newsletter about. 01:18:39
How hunters can help prevent their spread of aquatic invasive species when they're doing that hunting. 01:18:45
So this is not like an exhaustive list of all of our impacts and our work. We have a lot of indirect AIS impacts. 01:18:53
And supposed to say dodge sorry. 01:19:01
Part of this is our New Zealand Mutts nail project, so we've done a lot of general education and outreach about the New Zealand 01:19:05
snail. 01:19:08
We have. 01:19:12
40 Formula 409 decontamination kits that need to be distributed. 01:19:14
If any of you have contacts with local anglers that you want to share, feel free. 01:19:19
But this is particularly great because Formula 409 is said to 100% kill New Zealand Mud snail Better than bleach or? 01:19:25
Vercon Aquatic or any other decontamination. 01:19:34
Umm, so we're looking to get those out to local anglers free of charge. 01:19:38
Additionally, we can ask a question. Yeah. OK. Is that just like to spray the boat with it? I don't get what you're doing. OK. 01:19:42
Umm, yeah, because they can really. They're super, super small, and they can easily hide in like, the tread of your waiters. OK, 01:19:54
So yeah, thank you. 01:19:59
Additionally, we developed a 2 minute video and. 01:20:05
And release that. 01:20:08
Late last year that is being circulated through various partners. 01:20:10
Who are reposting that and sharing that with their people so. 01:20:15
As I'm sure you know, we also have our stream monitoring program. We have several stream monitors here in Dodge County that. 01:20:21
As part of their training, are trained on four of the major aquatic Mason species and so they. 01:20:27
Every month that they go out, they're told to be also checking for the aquatic invasives as they're out there. 01:20:35
Additionally, we had our biennial conference. 01:20:41
In the fall. 01:20:45
Um, this was. 01:20:47
A really big conference with a bunch of different people that came a bunch of partners, bunch of volunteers, bunch of just. 01:20:50
Water enthusiasts in general came. 01:20:56
This was held in Fitchburg and we had several tables and sessions dedicated to aquatic invasive news and education. 01:20:59
As well as a session dedicated solely to Dodge County projects as well. 01:21:07
What are we doing in 2025? So much of the same work that I've just described here. We have the same budget as. 01:21:16
It has always been pretty much. 01:21:23
But we are going to be shifting things a little bit this year. 01:21:26
One of the major ones being snapshot day so. 01:21:31
If you don't know, this is basically once a year. 01:21:34
We go out to like a city or a small town and we have a bunch of volunteers. 01:21:38
Come to a certain location, we give a brief like. 01:21:44
AIS ID training and then we send them out to some of the local streams in that city. 01:21:47
That day and they. 01:21:54
Identify whether any aquatic invasives are in those spots. 01:21:55
I believe. 01:21:59
That's been taking part in rock for the past two or three years, so we're switching it back to Dodge this year. 01:22:00
We also hold the LPN contract in Rock County as well, so some of the activities switch. 01:22:08
But this year it will be held in Dodge, so looking forward to that. 01:22:15
We are also investigating the potential for. 01:22:19
Applying for a grant through the Beaver Dam Foundation. 01:22:23
To install waiter cleaning stations throughout Dodge County. Several of you people are people I've talked to about potential 01:22:27
locations. 01:22:31
But yeah, we're looking at potential locations around Beaver Dam as well as Oregon Marsh. We've had several discussions about 01:22:36
that. 01:22:39
So we're looking forward to that. 01:22:43
Additionally, we're going to bring back our purple blue stripe bio control program that was not. 01:22:46
Held last year because I was new and still picking up things. 01:22:53
This is partially funded through the LPN and then partially funded through the Lake Costco on Wetland Association. 01:22:57
We have two partners this year, which is the first for us, so there are. 01:23:05
Two different groups that are going to be raising beetles that will be released in purple blue striped patches to eat the purple 01:23:11
blue stripe and hopefully manage them. 01:23:15
One of them is in Jefferson and Cambridge with the Costco on Trail School. 01:23:19
And then the other is. 01:23:24
An older partner that we've had in Neosho. 01:23:26
Here in Dodge County with the neighborhood house, so. 01:23:29
We will hopefully have a bunch of beetles to be released and hopefully have a really big impact this year. 01:23:33
Whether it's. 01:23:39
Attacking new populations of our Blues drive or giving booster shots essentially of Beatles. 01:23:40
To older locations that need it. 01:23:46
But. 01:23:49
Yeah. That's just sort of a general overview of what we did this past year and what's coming up. 01:23:50
If there are any questions, feel free to ask. 01:23:55
If you'd like been raising The Beatles to release them. 01:23:58
How many roughly do you have that you're gonna let out? 01:24:01
Yeah, so. 01:24:03
These are a very specific kind of beetle that only target purple Blue strife. I was gonna ask that next. So that's. 01:24:06
They're only known food source is purple, blue stripe and so they're really good biocontrol mechanism and where. 01:24:14
How this program works in particular is in the early spring we go out and we dig up some wild purple loose drive. 01:24:21
We bring it back to the host sites. 01:24:28
Umm, we will either. 01:24:30
Raise them in big mass rearing cages so. 01:24:33
Basically a tent so none of the seeds can disperse or anything like that. 01:24:36
We raised them up a little bit so they can be healthy enough plants for the beetles to live on. 01:24:42
And then we go back out. We capture some beetles, bring them back. 01:24:47
Umm, sort of like release them within the Nets? 01:24:51
That the purple blue stripe have on them. 01:24:56
And then The Beatles will feed on the plants. 01:25:00
Read, reproduce, and then by the end of the season you have a couple 1000 needles per plant. They're actually taking the plant 01:25:02
over with the beetles in it. You're just netting it and taking it over. 01:25:07
Yeah. 01:25:12
At the end of the season, around like Late Joke, late June, early July will collect The Beatles and then we'll go out to wild 01:25:13
populations for Blue Strife, release The Beatles, and then they'll just feast on them really well. 01:25:19
Is not to necessarily decimate the whole population. 01:25:27
How that works? But it's really helpful in. 01:25:31
Cutting down on the seed production of the plants because they produce like a million 2,000,000 seeds per plant, so. 01:25:34
Like really attacking the leaves and making sure they can't produce as well is. 01:25:42
How the whole program works? Thank you. 01:25:46
You identified dates for Citizen Sampler training yet? 01:25:51
For the what training? 01:25:55
For the street monitoring journey, yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:25:59
So we do have dates for the. 01:26:03
Dodge County training. 01:26:06
I'm trying to think off the top of my head. It's on our website now though. 01:26:08
Yeah. 01:26:12
OK. 01:26:17
Thank you very much. Any other questions? 01:26:18
Hey, thank you. 01:26:21
All right, Thanks. We have time for the video, John. 01:26:27
Next one or you want to it's a 12 minute 1. 01:26:30
Do you think we can put it up till next month? 01:26:35
You have. 01:26:37
This video. 01:26:39
You have one more through land and water. 01:26:40
And then you're done with those. There are four more with DNR, DAC cap on different things like nutrient management plans, stuff 01:26:43
like that. You're not necessarily to see them if you don't want. 01:26:49
Unless it's objection I, we're just going to move forward that OK. 01:26:56
That's fine. I do want to see the other like that cap and stuff because I'm not in AG and I'm all right. No, I agree. We're gonna 01:27:00
do the whole series. It's just a. 01:27:05
We are just had a couple other stuff we had. 01:27:10
See it next month? That's fine. 01:27:14
OK. 01:27:17
Approved the dues for Land and Water Conservation association in Southern Areas Association. 01:27:18
OK, Southern Area Association, the dues are $145.00 and they've been that for. 01:27:24
For years. No, they're not going to go up so. 01:27:30
That one's pretty straightforward. 01:27:34
Wisconsin land and water. 01:27:36
The main news is $1754.30. 01:27:40
That actually went down like $2.00 from last year. It's been bouncing up and down. 01:27:46
I think the lowest it's been was 1641 dollars. 01:27:51
You also in the past several years you've you've donated towards the Wisconsin virus on that is the youth education program, the 01:27:59
summer camps and that. 01:28:04
That did go up from $55 to $65. 01:28:09
You've also included dues for the OR fees for the Standards Oversight Council. 01:28:15
Every every program, every practice that we put in, we follow in our CS standards and specs. 01:28:22
And this Oversights Council puts teams together to review. 01:28:29
Those standards on a rotating basis and update them to meet current needs. 01:28:35
That in the past has been $350.00, but that dropped down to 100. 01:28:41
$5. 01:28:47
And then there's another one you could donate to, but that's in regards to the Great Lakes Committee, which. 01:28:49
We have a very small portion of Dodge County that flows into the Milwaukee River. 01:28:56
So you have not donated to that in the past? 01:29:01
So. 01:29:06
We had the. 01:29:07
So if you donate to the. 01:29:17
The two other ones, plus the dues. 01:29:19
That would be $1994.30. 01:29:22
How does that fit with our budget? 01:29:26
While it's actually going to be less because the standards oversight went from 3:50 down to 175. 01:29:28
OK, so we need a motion. 01:29:37
Yes, OK. We're looking for a motion. In that motion we will detail the. 01:29:38
Right detail all the OK Lucy, make them. 01:29:44
For $1194.30 that would be. I'm sorry that that total is just for land and water. 01:29:50
$145.00 for. 01:29:59
The association. 01:30:03
Which association? Southern Area Association? Yes, definitely. And 1:45 as well for the Southern Area Association. 01:30:04
That includes the youth, The youth. 01:30:12
The youth youth part is in within the Wisconsin land and water was everything but Great Lakes. 01:30:14
Yes. 01:30:20
Great. OK. 01:30:20
OK, do we have a second? 01:30:22
OK, John, seconds. 01:30:24
Any further discussion on the recommendation do for these dues we have budgeted? 01:30:27
Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. 01:30:32
Aye, those opposed. 01:30:35
OK. Update on tree sales. 01:30:37
OK. We're winding down the tree sales are supposed to. 01:30:40
Stop at the end of January. 01:30:45
But we'll have some leftover, so we continue to sell them and then I am able to give some back. 01:30:47
We originally ordered 22,900 trees. 01:30:54
We have 3050 left. 01:30:58
To sell. 01:31:01
Three tubes were originally ordered 4000 and I have 120 left. 01:31:03
But if they go over, I can actually order more tree tubes before they come in because we don't place that order until. 01:31:08
March. 01:31:14
What kind of trees are they? I think you told us, and I just remember. 01:31:15
We got a lot of oaks. We got the red, white and swamp white and Burrows, sugar and maples, white spruce, Norway spruce, white 01:31:20
pine. 01:31:24
Cranberries. That's the high Bush Cranberry. Elderberry. American plum. 01:31:30
Service Berry and hazelnut, those are the ones we have left. 01:31:35
We've sold out of red Maple, blue spruce, Fraser for tamarack, domestic apple. 01:31:39
Basswood, Dogwood, black spruce, river Birch and white cedar. 01:31:44
OK. See that number again, you sold how many sets of date 20 was it 20, we ordered 22,900. We have 3000 left. So that would be 01:31:52
what 19,000 we've sold so far. 01:31:57
OK. 01:32:04
And what's the deadline when it has to be done well that we put on the on the brochures January 31st? 01:32:09
But we continue to sell them until they're gone. 01:32:16
OK. 01:32:20
So that works a lot better being online, doesn't it? 01:32:23
We're not actually selling them online. We're not selling. No, we, we looked at a program to where we could do that. 01:32:28
But it. 01:32:36
The one we chose and contacted. 01:32:38
They never got back to us. 01:32:40
On a. 01:32:43
Readily basis, I mean between myself and Megan from it. 01:32:44
Their customer service guy and blew us away. 01:32:50
And that was one, I think Sauk County was using them. 01:32:53
The main reason I wanted to do that was. 01:32:58
We still get people sending in order forms now that they got in the mail back in October, so it doesn't show which ones are sold 01:33:03
out. 01:33:08
So then we're calling people back, telling them we're sold out. 01:33:12
Some of them will change to a different species, some of them want their money back so. 01:33:16
We're constantly sending stuff up to finance to reimburse this guy for $10.30. 01:33:21
And I wanted to try to get away from that. 01:33:28
But the company that we looked at? 01:33:30
OK, I did not have customer service as far as I'm concerned. Good move. 01:33:33
Got a question, do you ever have anybody buy these trees for? 01:33:38
CRP that they're going to be putting in. 01:33:41
Last year we kind of did that was a. 01:33:48
Somebody that got caught by FSA that did something wrong so they had to replant trees. 01:33:52
Usually when they're planting trees in CRP, they're planting like 608 hundred trees per acre. 01:33:58
Our trees are too big for the tree planter machine. 01:34:06
So. 01:34:11
They're probably better off going through the DNR and getting the seedlings then. 01:34:12
Then we can rent our tree planter out too. 01:34:16
Two birds. 01:34:23
OK. 01:34:26
Let's go to the next thing. Possible research project on Dodge County farm update. 01:34:29
OK, I met with the Forge Council. 01:34:34
Few weeks ago and talked to them. 01:34:37
Told them what? 01:34:41
What we were looking at doing here and asking them for ideas as to what kind of research. 01:34:44
They would be interested in seeing done in Dodge County. 01:34:51
And what? 01:34:56
The outcome of that meeting was. 01:34:57
Taken a 20 acre piece. 01:35:00
Splitting it in half. 01:35:03
This half is conventional tillage and this half is no till and cover crops. 01:35:06
Everything else is the same. It's the same crop each year, it's the same, varieties the same. 01:35:12
Herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers, everything else is the same. 01:35:19
But then also hooking up with UW extension and having umm. 01:35:24
Monitors put in so we can watch. 01:35:29
Surface water infiltration. 01:35:32
And watch the two the no till cover crop as compared to the conventional tillage. 01:35:35
Which one has better water infiltration? 01:35:40
So that's what came out of that one. 01:35:44
I got talked to Will. 01:35:46
To see. 01:35:49
What kind of monitors? 01:35:50
Are available out there. 01:35:52
Umm, if they're going to cost us any money. 01:35:54
So, so that's kind of where we're at right now. 01:36:01
I know 1 farmer did. 01:36:05
Through the farmers group. 01:36:07
Did run numbers and basically said that if we run the entire farm. 01:36:10
And we did a three, three-year rotation. Corn, beans. When are we with cover crops on everything? 01:36:15
This is what it would cost me, so this is what I could afford to pay for rent to do it. 01:36:23
And he's way under what the current rental rates are or what what Dodge County is currently receiving as rental rates. 01:36:28
So he would not. 01:36:37
Be interested in doing that. 01:36:40
As a. 01:36:42
High bid type system, which is what we have now. 01:36:44
So all that kind of. 01:36:48
Is not going to happen. 01:36:49
That's required to be bid out. 01:36:51
Yes, the. 01:36:53
Yeah, that's what Dodge County has been doing with it. They put it out to highest bids. 01:36:56
There's not really a lot of other restrictions on it at this time. 01:37:02
And it's it's a five year agreement. 01:37:10
And the current. 01:37:13
Renter has. 01:37:15
This growing season yet. 01:37:17
So it'll go out for bids again sometime. 01:37:19
Late July. 01:37:23
Something like that. Because they want that back. 01:37:24
For the budgeting process, but that whole. 01:37:27
Control group and the experimental side, that's all going to be laid out in the bid process so they know what they're doing right. 01:37:29
There's a couple different ways of doing it. You could include that in the current. 01:37:35
Bid to where whoever does it also agrees. 01:37:40
To take care of this 20 acres. 01:37:45
Or you could. 01:37:47
Find somebody else that would do it. I mean, at one time there was talk about we could get our own equipment, but. 01:37:49
You gotta have a place to store the equipment. You got to come up with a tractor somewhere. And then who's gonna do that? And is 01:37:57
somebody in my office going to be running out there doing all this stuff, you know? 01:38:02
That's what we're working on, to try to figure out exactly what and who and how. 01:38:08
And then we'll. 01:38:18
I just asked these guys, is that OK to do what a farmer think of that You think if they we had that like that you guys? 01:38:20
If you require that. 01:38:27
That you've, you know, at the 20 acres that you have to do that too. 01:38:29
You know what I mean? 01:38:34
Yeah, I said. I don't know what. 01:38:36
If you could, I mean, we could put restrictions. 01:38:38
On the bidding, I mean. 01:38:40
I mean how department is going to be operated not in admitting. 01:38:43
But I think would be beneficial to separate just 20 acres from the other bidding process. 01:38:46
That's what I mean, yeah, that's what I that's so I didn't know. Obviously you're not telling it. So what we mean we have so the 01:38:53
from the counties point of view then there's two. 01:38:58
Like 2 contracts. Is that right, Dave? Is that what we're looking at, Cameron? 01:39:03
The big increase, but the 20 acres, I think maybe we should work. 01:39:10
Off of a request for proposal. 01:39:14
And how they would propose to do what we're asking. 01:39:17
OK. 01:39:20
So the change would be we have less acres. 01:39:22
When we're currently doing. 01:39:25
20 acres less, right? 01:39:26
You bid out the rest of it without the 20. You make it 20 separate. It's possible it might not be taken. 01:39:28
Oh, it'll be taken. 01:39:35
You think so? I think we can find. 01:39:36
Some somebody locally that would be willing to do though there's a county board have to take an action on that or is it just 01:39:39
administration or no, We don't take it on. We don't approve bids and stuff that. No, no, no, no, I mean like to to have a farm. 01:39:46
Is definitely a change. 01:39:54
Well, we've always bidded through the highway, through the. 01:39:57
Purchase through. 01:40:01
Here I think. 01:40:03
Just personal opinion. I think you leave the major. 01:40:08
Bid that way and you take the 20 acres and work with this committee. 01:40:11
As you do request for proposals and. 01:40:16
How you could put together? 01:40:19
But but can we on the larger portion? 01:40:21
Put some restrictions and how it should be farmed I mean. 01:40:24
We don't want some more plow in county land. I mean really, absolutely we cannot. 01:40:28
I think we have not do what we say other people should do. 01:40:34
So the soil test at the end is the same as it is when they get it. You know that they can't. 01:40:39
Mine farm basically. 01:40:45
But yeah, I do think we can put restrictions on. 01:40:48
Types of. 01:40:51
If we do that, I think we need to. 01:40:56
Leave the. 01:41:01
Bidders an option on how they would propose to do it. 01:41:03
Because there's a lot of different ways to do cover crops, there's a lot of different ways. 01:41:10
I guess I just have a question. 01:41:19
You really think if you separate the 20 I mean if? 01:41:22
If the 20 acres were connected, then who's ever going to farm it has to drive out there anyways, right? But if you separate the 20 01:41:26
acres, then somebody might be driving from how far? 01:41:31
Just for 20 acres. 01:41:37
But if but if you put that in request requiring the bidder for the for the whole farm. 01:41:38
I think you'll. 01:41:47
Restrict. 01:41:49
The number of bidders. 01:41:50
Bidders that have. 01:41:53
Big equipment that aren't going to mess with the 20 acres. 01:41:56
And my next question is, do we hear from UW? Will they, will they in fact, because they said they were selecting 10 farms that we 01:42:00
went there. Have they selected us? I mean, are we, no, there's, there's been no decision like that, I think. 01:42:07
What they're waiting for is exactly what are we going to do? And and this is just an idea that was brought so far. It's not by any 01:42:14
means the final decision that I'm going to come back with you and say this is what we want to do. 01:42:20
I'm still looking at trying to hook up with Farm Bureau and. 01:42:27
See see if there's anybody else out there that has some. 01:42:31
Suggestions. 01:42:35
What when is the? 01:42:38
Dave, one of the bids go out. 01:42:40
Or the contracts go out. 01:42:41
Late summer. 01:42:44
So we would. So we would have to know if we're gonna have a county farm, we'd have to know then pretty soon, right? 01:42:46
Yeah, like I say, I got talked to Will and I've already told him. 01:42:52
My conversation with the Forage Council. 01:42:57
But you know who's got the water water infiltration monitoring systems? Do they have any that are available? 01:43:00
Are they willing to put them in out here for the long term? Because this is something you're not going to put in for one year and 01:43:06
then take back out. This is going to be there year after year after year. 01:43:11
And then is there. 01:43:15
Any kind of a feed to the county to have those installed? 01:43:17
So there's there's we're still. 01:43:21
You know working in that Ave. that. 01:43:24
That prospect yet? But you know. 01:43:29
The Farm Bureau might come up with something that's a whole lot. 01:43:32
Different. 01:43:36
Better something that everybody decides is a lot more important than. 01:43:37
The option that I just told you. 01:43:42
Really difficulty I see. If there's a farmer that does a lot of no telling, he may not have. 01:43:47
The other equipment to do the other part. This is true. 01:43:52
Yep. 01:43:55
So, so that's kind of where we're at right now. 01:44:03
I'll keep working forward and I'll keep it on the agenda to bring you up next month again if anything's changed. 01:44:06
OK. 01:44:13
All right, update on the position. 01:44:15
I interviewed 3. 01:44:19
3 candidates and selected one. She has accepted the position. 01:44:21
She will start February Thursday. February 6 will be her first date. 01:44:26
Name is Cheryl Lowery. She's. 01:44:32
Somewhere between Randolph and Marcozzan area up there. 01:44:34
It was. 01:44:41
Tough. 01:44:43
Not comparing them to Becky during the interview process. 01:44:44
It really was. 01:44:49
But this one? 01:44:51
Had experience at least. 01:44:54
Well, they all had experience. I think all of them could have done the job. 01:44:55
I'm looking for that. 01:44:59
Personality. 01:45:01
And I think this one has has the personality that that'll. 01:45:02
That we're looking for so. 01:45:07
And you can teach people how to run a computer. You can't teach people how to talk to people. 01:45:09
So true. 01:45:15
Thank you, Amber, for all you're doing, Amber. So you didn't know Amber stepped up and is doing a lot. 01:45:18
Thank you. 01:45:23
For our departments or this the conservation. So thank you, Amber. 01:45:24
I assume they'll be. It'll take a little bit of time to get her up to speed. Oh, yeah. So, Amber, you have to work with her, 01:45:28
right? It's gonna do. 01:45:31
Yeah, and Becky's been good. She's been coming back. 01:45:37
Helping me make deposits and stuff like that and paying bills for us and. 01:45:41
So she'll be working with her a little bit along with, you know, finance and other departments, too. 01:45:46
No good that went. Really. I thought that went fast. That's good. 01:45:51
Any other questions? I think we're. 01:45:56
OK, update on poster contest. 01:45:59
We had 32 posters that came in. 01:46:03
We just judged him in house a week or so ago. We I sent you photos of the of the winners. 01:46:06
They'll go to the I'll take them with me on Wednesday when I go to the southern area meeting for the southern area judging and see 01:46:14
how they. 01:46:19
How they proceed from there? 01:46:24
A lot of younger kids not. 01:46:28
Did have anybody in high school this year? 01:46:31
OK. 01:46:39
Committee reports. 01:46:40
Umm, OK, I guess I'm first. Lake Sinnissippi. 01:46:44
How we met on January 14th. 01:46:48
Umm, we. 01:46:51
We continue to work on updating the new standard operating procedures. We're making a. 01:46:55
Like a written text of all our procedures. And that's going out, that's going well. 01:47:01
We motion due since Chris is no longer going to be there after August, we just been using her hotspot and cell phone and so we can 01:47:06
now buy our own service so we. 01:47:11
We contracted with you US Cellular for three-year contract for our office there. 01:47:15
Far as improving the the projects coming up, we made a motion to and I've been talking about this for several months, we made a 01:47:21
motion to approve the contract with for the water leveling measuring equipment. 01:47:26
For $27,000, plus an annual cost of 5700, that's the 10. 01:47:31
Water leveling stations in Lake, Ms. And that's one of the controversial. 01:47:37
So you guys know the political controversial is what is the water level That's a very hot. 01:47:42
Topic. 01:47:48
And right now it is measured. 01:47:49
At the dam that gauges 2 years old and so now there's going to be 10 spread throughout. 01:47:51
And that'll be at the USGS monitored then in part of that system? 01:47:57
We made a motion to approve the RFP. I talked about this last month too for the consultation for dredging. 01:48:02
That would be at the entrance to the. 01:48:09
Well, the to the rock where the Rock River flows in and out of the Lake Sinnissippi. That's primarily the two areas of dredging. 01:48:13
And the issue, of course, is the level of sludge on the bottom. 01:48:20
That has been rising, especially near the entrance ways. 01:48:25
And even if the lake level stays the same, the sludge. 01:48:29
Changes so that that's the issue there. 01:48:33
And we will be getting contract and that'll we will be presenting that. 01:48:36
Those to our annual meeting on August 16th. 01:48:40
We found out last month that reported the swims data was not being uploaded with our new vendor. We found out that they had a lab 01:48:45
employee did not have training. That was the reason. So apparently we're going to get that up updated. 01:48:51
And umm, most interesting was the correspondence we had from the Hustisford mayor Lori Buchanan, who's a very interesting person. 01:48:57
And she has indicated to under the to the LSA folks. 01:49:08
That they there may be some interest in turning the dam operation over to LSID, which would be. 01:49:13
Very interesting. That's the Lake District of Perhusesford. We have 3 lake districts and that's the one I'm reporting on. 01:49:20
And right now the. 01:49:27
Village operates the dam there the water levels. 01:49:29
And possibly, I don't know if it's true, it's possible. 01:49:34
That it could be turned over to Ellis LSID. 01:49:39
The. 01:49:42
Arthur always comes to our meetings. 01:49:44
And so there's two other dams operated this way in Wisconsin. 01:49:45
That were the Lake District operates the dam, so it is it is done. 01:49:49
So anyway. 01:49:54
Since there's an order, I mean there's a. 01:49:56
Order. They've got to follow, right? You gotta, you gotta water level order. 01:49:59
Yes, there is. 01:50:03
And it's updated and there's a range. 01:50:04
There's a range in that order. 01:50:07
And henceforth, politics. 01:50:08
So. 01:50:12
At the meeting, they said, oh, by the way, the mayor is going to come. She would be here tonight, but she can't make it tonight, 01:50:13
but she'll be tomorrow night. 01:50:16
So I called John, I said, John, we we probably should go and hear, hear what the mayor has to say. And so John. 01:50:20
Came the next night I went to hear the mayor. 01:50:27
Just remember this is being recorded. 01:50:33
OK, and and. 01:50:35
The the issue. 01:50:39
At hand is. 01:50:42
You have the village has an interest at the water level in the range and you have lake owners 700 properties on the lake that have 01:50:45
a different idea of why the water level should be like it is. 01:50:51
And the timing and the timing of it. 01:51:00
And the meeting is also arranged right? 01:51:04
I don't know. I mean normally for like, like in February is the first spring for the spring runoff that's normally arranged 01:51:08
because it depends on when the snow melts, right? 01:51:12
I mean, that's. 01:51:17
Normally why they have it for the snow melt. 01:51:18
And the mayor? 01:51:21
Form the people at this meeting in no uncertain terms that this year is they were not doing a drawdown. 01:51:23
They were not what? They're not doing a drawdown. 01:51:30
This year. 01:51:33
Well, not a drawdown. 01:51:34
They're not lowering the level, right? Yes. 01:51:36
They're not, according to the order. 01:51:38
The range of the order. 01:51:41
They're not following the order. No, they're following the order. There's a range. 01:51:42
OK. 01:51:46
We'll leave it at that. 01:51:48
Are they saying they're not going to be within the range? No, they're good. I think they're going to be within the range, but 01:51:49
they're not going to do what the late. 01:51:53
People want. 01:51:56
And so at the meeting. 01:51:59
It was. 01:52:03
Not friendly. 01:52:05
Say this, the people, the 700. 01:52:06
People represented in the. 01:52:09
And so anyway so. 01:52:12
It's inches, right? It's not a foot. 01:52:15
Well, they gave us a report was written back in the 50. 01:52:19
5252. 01:52:23
There was an update in 09, she said. I don't know. But anyway, I'm just reporting to you what happened at this at this. 01:52:27
Meeting. 01:52:35
And the reason why you need to know this is because this all has to do with the other group of the flooding. 01:52:36
In, in, in Seoul. I'm just. 01:52:43
Updating you on it. So John and I went. 01:52:47
We had another commissioner went and then Shane. Shane went so. 01:52:50
I, I I'll update you when I when I hear more I think this this particular. 01:52:55
Thing will take years, right John? This will be years in the making if if it ever, if it ever is done. I don't know. I don't know. 01:53:00
What's the It's no no the transferring of the dam to. 01:53:05
From the village to the lake owners. 01:53:11
Lake owners. 01:53:14
The lake owners are going to decide the water, you understand? Yes, ma'am. 01:53:16
Now you understand. 01:53:23
Who will maintain the dam? 01:53:25
The question was not. 01:53:28
Just what did she say? There was a? 01:53:30
Well. 01:53:33
Not all the details are worked out at this time. 01:53:34
If they they updated a lot of stuff. 01:53:39
Not too long ago on it. 01:53:42
Are they like a 501C3 the lake owners? 01:53:45
We're a governing district. I'm sorry, You have LSA and then you have the Lake District. 01:53:50
I did repeatedly ask John during the meeting when I was sitting next to him, what is the counties rule again? What is the counties 01:53:57
rule again? I was just there observing and I. 01:54:01
And I sit on that. 01:54:07
On that committee. 01:54:10
Right. In that committee has a very strong position, you know what I mean? And I'm the county where I don't have a position. 01:54:12
It's and it's difficult. 01:54:19
For me. 01:54:21
So. 01:54:22
Anyway, this was more of a return for discussion than anything else. More discussion really, more than a foot. 01:54:23
Of range. 01:54:30
It there's a whole state gave us whole reports, I don't know why. 01:54:32
She gave she handed out a report. 01:54:37
Every day for the last year, what the water elevations were, she handed that to everybody. Like I said, this was more of a turf 01:54:41
war conversation than anything else. 01:54:45
So just want you to know that so that you see other side of the. 01:54:50
Issue when we're talking about managing water, I wanted you to be aware of that. 01:54:55
OK, homeowners understand that the water when it's high. 01:55:00
They can use the water a little more for their boating. 01:55:03
But the reason for the reduction? 01:55:06
Is to reinforce their shoreline. 01:55:08
And and move the sludge out, they said, Yep, they understand that you can't use your boat because it's all floods anyway. I mean, 01:55:11
that's what's so funny. The water, the lake owners. 01:55:17
Have the most to gain from a proper water. 01:55:22
Gain or lose. 01:55:27
Yes, actually have an interest. 01:55:29
So concludes my report. 01:55:32
Next. 01:55:34
This is the Beaver Dam Lake work. 01:55:37
Plan for this year. 01:55:39
And if you recall, DVD in the District was formed in 2020. 01:55:42
Fairly new district. 01:55:46
Yeah, we're beginning to get more input from folks around the lake. We've had a couple of focus meetings. 01:55:49
July and October of last year. 01:55:55
And we have a new one coming up, February 1st. 01:55:58
We try to do if you have a very diverse group of people. 01:56:01
I'm around the way. 01:56:06
Yeah, we've had. 01:56:08
I have a doctor, we have a supervisor. 01:56:10
Number of engineers. 01:56:15
Fishing in. 01:56:16
Try to get a very balanced input. 01:56:17
So my descriptions there for the projects are very. 01:56:21
Very limited. 01:56:25
But we have a full boat of projects for the air. 01:56:28
And the nice thing this year we have some volunteers that have stepped up. 01:56:32
So, Eric? 01:56:37
Thornton Thorson is going to help us on a couple projects. The civil engineer. 01:56:38
With project management background. 01:56:43
Mike Zimmer, the M in those blocks. 01:56:45
Is a professional engineer and he has three projects. 01:56:48
I've got a couple and then we have a group of people. 01:56:51
They'll be working together as a team. 01:56:54
For the WRM and for the carpet place. 01:56:58
We have a very full year. This is all. 01:57:01
Primarily volunteer. We have very little Consulting Group involved in here. 01:57:05
We have the living room coming in, they started in December, so we have that great support there. 01:57:11
As an example, the next page is. 01:57:18
The process for the rough fish removal. 01:57:22
Working with the commercial fishermen to work on a method, a process for him. 01:57:25
He will let us know in advance. 01:57:31
Five weeks. 01:57:33
So we can notify the property owner we need access to the lake. 01:57:34
You got her approved. 01:57:37
The rough fish removal for Trussville Bay only. 01:57:39
Oh oh, this is continued research on Festival Bay only. 01:57:43
OK, well then tell the people around the lake around that area. 01:57:49
Two weeks in advance, what we're doing. 01:57:53
Then have periodic meetings with commercial fishermen. 01:57:55
Initially tailgate meetings. 01:57:59
And then finally a wrap up meeting. 01:58:02
The commercial fishermen are. 01:58:05
Kind of rough around the edges, but they have a lot of experience, a lot of knowledge. 01:58:07
So we want to use that going forward. 01:58:11
Because they see things that we would overlook. 01:58:14
And add that as part of our future plan. 01:58:17
Or Truffle Bay in the lake itself. 01:58:19
Trussell Bay has as much wetland around it. 01:58:22
Is surface water. 01:58:25
So we're looking at a 303 hundred acre Bay with probably about 400 acres of what laying around it. 01:58:27
So you have to pay attention to both of those parts of the. 01:58:34
Watershed. 01:58:37
And again. 01:58:39
Focus meetings and next charity February 1st. 01:58:40
We try to keep it to 90 minutes for not two hours. 01:58:44
And the first part to talk about the rough fish program. 01:58:47
The University of Wisconsin what there will be doing and then an hour of. 01:58:51
Public input. 01:58:56
And it's been very productive in the path expect this time. 01:58:57
Question what the cut? Keep something into the bed? 01:59:02
The there is a barrier at the shuffle, there is a barrier. It is a. 01:59:05
Pretty. 01:59:13
Devious little guy. 01:59:15
There are some gaps in there, 5-6 inches, and then we'll get through it. 01:59:17
Green Lake. 01:59:22
If a double barrier with a orange gap and then an inch and a half gap, they still find their way in. 01:59:23
But it's better than what we had before. 01:59:32
Do you think at the next meeting you could just describe what I mean it's been a longer meeting, but you could describe the just 01:59:39
what the each of the tasks are saying to do it today, but. 01:59:44
Sure. A little description for each of the projects. It's on our website. It will be on our website. Oh, OK, that's fine. 01:59:50
This on your website. Is this chart on your website database now or Dropbox? 01:59:56
For me, we have a database Dropbox that will start putting this information into that. 02:00:00
As of February. 02:00:06
Do you have descriptions of these things? OK. 02:00:07
Thanks. 02:00:10
OK, the Fox League committee met on January 9th. 02:00:13
For the second month in a row. 02:00:17
And as a person's I've been on a committee, there was number emergency calls for the wastewater system. 02:00:19
And that's really a compliment to the company they hired to oversee the wastewater system and that would and that is MCO. 02:00:24
And then you discussed Fox Lakes turn to host the pontoon rides. 02:00:34
Lake for the Alliance. 02:00:39
Liz or Say has volunteered to help organize that. 02:00:41
Then Jerry Seifert gave a lengthy report on County Ditch, Spring and Honda might affect the lake. 02:00:46
I'm not going to go in the whole report. It's quite long. How anybody wants to see it. I gave one to. 02:00:53
John, you can keep that on the highway committee, so. 02:00:57
I don't know. 02:01:03
I found some things. 02:01:04
I think they're overreacting as my opinion but. 02:01:06
So who's this Jerry Cipher? 02:01:09
He's a member of the. 02:01:11
Committee function Committee. 02:01:13
I think it's also on the Alliance too, isn't he? 02:01:17
Yeah, yeah, Co chair. 02:01:19
The town of Foxick is still waiting guidance from the DNR on the wakeboard. 02:01:25
Bullet ordinance. 02:01:29
And they may be waiting a while, I'm afraid, but we'll see. 02:01:30
Then we had a lot more discussion on the nano bubblers. 02:01:35
They're looking at that as a way of. 02:01:39
Reducing the sludge rather than. 02:01:41
Using the. 02:01:43
Dredging, Dredging. 02:01:44
There they had a couple in. 02:01:47
Small ones, the homeowners had some in last year. 02:01:49
And they have seen a reduction in the sludge. 02:01:52
In that areas. So they're trying to. 02:01:56
Document that and go from year to year to see how that. 02:01:58
So people put some further houses. Is that where they put it for the house and. 02:02:02
It's a line out from the house line out. So a nano bubbler is, you know, it pushes. 02:02:05
Microscopic ozone into the water, and it's heavier than water, so it settles to the bottom. 02:02:11
And somehow that. 02:02:17
Reduces the sludge. 02:02:18
Supposedly. 02:02:20
Oh, maybe I'd be interested in like eat it up or something. 02:02:21
So to speak, Yeah. 02:02:25
We never looked at that. Is that one year like your advisor, your consultant told you to look at that or homeowners is doing this 02:02:27
on their own? 02:02:31
No, I think our consultant didn't mention it. 02:02:35
OK, we had not. 02:02:37
No, that's good. OK, Thank you. 02:02:38
And there are some other lakes that are having in longer periods and so we're watching the results that they have too for the nano 02:02:43
*******. 02:02:46
But asking the DNR for approval for a permit to put them in probably is not going to happen. 02:02:53
Because they take long studies to. 02:02:58
You know, approve anything. 02:03:01
So these homeowners are just doing it on their own. They do not have a permit. 02:03:04
Oops. 02:03:11
And that's all I have. Our next meeting will be in March because we're not going to have one in February. 02:03:15
OK. 02:03:21
All right, upcoming events. 02:03:24
We've got get Soil Healthy Expo 5th and then we've got our. 02:03:27
Our water conference five to seven. You should have all turned in your. 02:03:31
I need 123. 02:03:36
3. 02:03:39
Three people got turned. Program select, Select your programs is what he's saying for the conference. Do that today. 02:03:43
I won't be able to attend because I'm out of town so. 02:03:49
First two days, OK, And then I'm out of town on Friday, OK. 02:03:53
So if you change the registration maybe. 02:03:57
As I won't be all three days. 02:04:00
I'll look at because some sometimes. 02:04:02
Depending on what day you're coming, sometimes it's cheaper to pay for the whole conference than just those individual day. 02:04:05
OK. But I'll definitely look at. 02:04:11
OK. In the southern area meeting what? 02:04:16
That's Southern Area Association, that anybody. 02:04:19
I am not. 02:04:24
I have it on at 8:00, but I just put it there because it's you able to go. Well, yeah, it's gonna be like an all day thing. 02:04:26
Yeah, yeah, OK. 02:04:32
Did I get, I got a left? I didn't know it's all day. I have a meeting at 2:00. But it, I mean, it never lasted more than five 02:04:34
hours. They've added stuff. 02:04:37
When does it start? I'll have to look and let you know. 02:04:42
But they they. 02:04:45
With Melissa being Melissa and Katie being in charge now they're trying to get away from. 02:04:48
Just a 2 hour meeting and having it like an event thing. 02:04:53
Is it when it does it start at 8:00? 02:04:57
For real. 02:04:59
That I don't have to look at. 02:05:00
OK, next meeting February 24th, 8:30 We good. 02:05:05
All right. And then bear in mind that, right, you know, it's only a few days later we have that. 02:05:11
Meeting with the extension, I hope, hope everyone can come and then we've got our conference few days after that. So as we are 02:05:17
very busy time. 02:05:21
Future agenda items. 02:05:25
Umm, John, I think I should probably, John, helped prepare the lobbying points for conservation for our county. I think I should 02:05:31
present that next time, John, so that the committee knows what I went to Madison and lobbied last week for our department. And so 02:05:36
I'll present that to you guys next month. 02:05:41
And then the other question, I guess our discussion. 02:05:46
In in May. 02:05:49
We. 02:05:51
We made a motion to postpone to me. 02:05:52
Regarding the $10,000? 02:05:56
Request. 02:06:00
For the water group. 02:06:01
In I looked through what a motion to postpone to certain time means. 02:06:04
And what it means is the committee is supposed to be gathering information. 02:06:09
Before that. 02:06:13
Before we rediscuss it. 02:06:14
So I just briefly asked John. 02:06:17
So we hear one point of view. So. 02:06:19
I guess I need a little direction or help this committee needs to be informed the other points of view or information and I I 02:06:23
don't know do we want to like the DNR to come? Do you want like the federal DNR the. 02:06:29
State DNR do we want? 02:06:35
Do you want to hear from the mayor of? 02:06:37
The village of Houston spurred You want to hear because there are other points of view on how the water system works. 02:06:39
In one point I didn't mention before. 02:06:45
The the mayor of. 02:06:48
Houston's Bird. 02:06:51
Said in her meeting. 02:06:52
That the federal? Is that the federal DNR? Is that the one that's directing her? 02:06:54
Yeah, they tell her what to do. 02:06:58
And I didn't realize that that is how that works before. 02:07:01
And they? 02:07:05
She just does it. 02:07:06
Yeah, they're not directing her day-to-day management of a dam, but they. 02:07:07
I mean, I mean, yes. 02:07:12
Yes. 02:07:14
Are you sure it's not the state? I'm positive was wasn't it? 02:07:15
It's from the marsh. This is the Marshall. 02:07:19
Yeah, yeah. 02:07:24
Yeah, well, that's their. They get direction from them. United States Federal. No, no, not federal DNR, but the Wildlife Refuge. 02:07:27
Yeah, yeah. 02:07:31
But it's interesting though. 02:07:36
Because we're told. 02:07:39
By the, you know, they're all to cooperate together, but one really tells another what to do, so I. 02:07:41
I don't even know what that means. 02:07:48
I don't either because you're just giving us some information. 02:07:49
But so my question to you is, John or committee members? 02:07:53
Without more information, we need more information. We should. 02:07:59
Stick with hearing because they're expecting not to come and. 02:08:03
Have this whole other discussion, right? And we asked them to come and I think that's what they're expecting. And I don't think 02:08:07
they're expecting to get sort of sandbagged. 02:08:12
Are they? Which month are they? That's May. So what I'm saying is the months before, should we have anyone else come here? 02:08:22
In tell us other information that would I'd say no unless I have an idea of what you're talking about. I like you're not telling 02:08:29
us. Also, I'm like I guess I'm confused because this is a. 02:08:35
It's been. 02:08:42
The concept is that there is flooding of. 02:08:43
Many hundreds of acres. 02:08:46
That also impacts Dodge County. 02:08:48
And the money that they're asking for isn't to raise and lower waters, it's it's to control. 02:08:51
Major flood events. 02:08:57
So it's not a day-to-day operation of anything. 02:09:00
It's just sort of emergency preventing these in. 02:09:04
Immense flooding events that have taken out trees. Our farmers involved in this right. 02:09:09
I I don't well the the two main ones in the group. 02:09:16
One of them is a farmer. 02:09:19
But there are some others. 02:09:21
Emergency flooding, I don't know if that would apply. I'm gonna dig into that a little bit. There's an emergency watershed 02:09:24
protection program. 02:09:28
That we might have some funding for. 02:09:31
Does that go through the county? 02:09:35
It's a separate. 02:09:37
So I'm sure we administer it. 02:09:42
We've just. 02:09:44
And I haven't heard. So the confusing thing is how do you apply for that? You know, if it covers such a broad range of property 02:09:45
owners, that's part of the problem. 02:09:50
That. 02:09:55
You know, they went and target all these people and they're all like, well, you got to go to a government entity. And the 02:09:56
government entity said, well, we can't do it. It covers beyond ours. 02:09:59
And then we said we can't do it, it goes beyond ours. So they would be like separate contracts for separate individuals. 02:10:03
It wouldn't be all-encompassing. I mean you'd have to, I don't know. I mean, do you remember, did he give a number of how many 02:10:12
individual owners are affected? 02:10:15
I mean, it's got to be 20. 02:10:19
Yeah, there's several different farms up and down the Rock River that that are affected by this, yes. 02:10:21
And some aren't farms. 02:10:28
So there's smaller plots. 02:10:30
OK. 02:10:32
That's that's the part thing. That's the hard thing with saying this one little group is going to handle this. 02:10:34
And what's the counties role? 02:10:41
Were part of a watershed that involves lots of. 02:10:45
Entities and that that in. 02:10:49
So that that's the question, you're right. 02:10:52
I brought up the concept of the minutes. You know flood management. Management shows up in our To Do List in the statute like 3 02:10:56
times. 02:11:00
So our role includes. 02:11:05
Flood management. 02:11:08
It's right there in black and light. 02:11:09
No. Of the conservative conservation committee, No. No. The Wisconsin statutes, No. No. It's the role of the conservation 02:11:12
committee, yes. 02:11:16
Roger should have something from the end safety come to the next meeting. 02:11:21
Because part of this will be a. 02:11:25
20 year bond to maintain that down. Who's going to do that? 02:11:28
So it has to be some responsibility to maintain the dam for the very long term. 02:11:34
In Horizons, I think rebuilding there's right Oregon. 02:11:38
Yeah, that one is, but I'm just saying, I think the other one's being rebuilt soon. Yeah, I, I don't, I don't know that. All I'm 02:11:42
saying is. 02:11:46
I want the committee members to get the right information to make the best decision. They can't. I don't understand is from what 02:11:52
you've described you're describing. 02:11:56
Umm, just regular changes, right? 02:12:02
Like spring, Fall. 02:12:06
With the normal pattern of water right? 02:12:09
And obviously one group wants it higher in the summer and the other group doesn't is higher and you know. 02:12:13
That's different. 02:12:19
Concept. 02:12:21
From. 02:12:22
Significant. 02:12:23
Hundreds of acres of flooding. 02:12:25
That's a different issue. 02:12:26
One is normal management of water levels and the other is. 02:12:29
Emergency heavy, severe flood. 02:12:34
I don't see them as connected OK. 02:12:38
All right, there is a guy Uri on Monday and I don't remember if I've had him come here. 02:12:42
Couple years ago or not? 02:12:48
But he is familiar with. 02:12:50
That stretch of the Rock River. 02:12:53
He might be a good one to come and talk to you about the history of their about. 02:12:55
The flooding over this. 02:13:01
Over a time period and that so just kind of give you. 02:13:03
Is that the same guy that we got the whole history of the Rock River flooding? I think so, yeah. 02:13:08
The engineer. 02:13:13
No, no, no, that's something this your eye is from the DNR. 02:13:14
Because he gave us all of that history of flooding of the Rock River. 02:13:18
Yeah, for two decades, yeah. 02:13:21
Do they have a flooding seminar at the? 02:13:24
At the conference. 02:13:29
Yeah, might be go to go to that too would be good. Get your percent, OK probably be on day three when I'm not there. 02:13:30
OK, any other? 02:13:37
Are you kidding? 02:13:41
All right, Mika, I'm gonna adjourn the meeting because we concluded our agenda. Thank you. We're done. 02:13:43
Thank you. 02:13:48