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It's minimal. Well, I'm not. OK. We're ready to go be in the hour of 830. I called the Conservation Extension Committee meeting to 00:00:00
order. 00:00:04
I've taken roll call. Ben is not here. 00:00:10
In John let me know that he can stay till 10. It has to leave at 10:00, but I don't think that's a problem. We have a pretty light 00:00:13
agenda today. 00:00:16
I don't see any public comment today. 00:00:22
OK, don't no public comment. 00:00:25
OK, on the minutes before I make a. 00:00:28
Before we accept the motion out, there was a error Dave Matthews spelling of his name. I already gave it to Cheryl, so there is an 00:00:32
adjustment in his name. 00:00:36
Is there anyone that has any other things on the minutes? 00:00:41
OK Mika, I need someone to make a motion to approve the minutes with the spelling correction. 00:00:48
Also move OK John moves second. 00:00:53
Second. OK, Bill. 00:00:56
All those any other discussion? 00:00:58
Hearing none, those in favor signify by saying aye. 00:01:00
Aye. 00:01:03
OK, unanimously approved. 00:01:05
OK. Second quarter report for extension is that? 00:01:08
You OK the annual it says here. 00:01:12
She's got. Are we not going to do the? 00:01:17
She's not here. 00:01:19
Yeah, I think you OK we're gonna skip that. Yeah, well, well. 00:01:21
OK. What that is and that's our quarterly report on finances year to date. And so we'll just table that until next meeting. Yep, 00:01:25
Yep, go ahead, go ahead and do the annual report. 00:01:30
We're going to pinch it here a little bit, folks. 00:01:34
You all got in your packet. 00:01:37
A hard copy of our annual report. 00:01:39
And I want to remind you all that my name is Patty Carroll, and I'm the Human Development and Relationships educators. 00:01:42
And Cindy is not here, our interim Area Extension Director, so she asked me to start with the annual report. 00:01:48
I have one copy so I'll just pass it around in case you don't have it with you. 00:01:56
As they're trying to get the PowerPoint up and going, but we'll start with this. 00:02:00
For our annual report, what Extension does as other departments in the county is we highlight some of our efforts over the course 00:02:05
of the year. 00:02:10
And we start by telling you a little bit about UW Madison, the division of extension here in Dodge County. 00:02:15
We have. 00:02:22
4 main program areas. 00:02:23
Areas that promote health and well-being. Healthy relationships. 00:02:26
We have community development that fosters civic and economic leadership. 00:02:31
We empower the health and well-being of our communities through things like our nutrition education program. 00:02:36
And we support. 00:02:42
Dodge County Agriculture and the agricultural industry and we're going to hear some of the educators talk about this in a minute. 00:02:44
And then obviously we encourage positive youth development through our youth development educator and our 4H youth our our 4H 00:02:49
program. 00:02:55
So having said that, we're going to have the educators that are here. 00:03:01
Come up and tell you a highlight or two from their 2024 efforts. 00:03:05
So, Marie, do you want to? 00:03:09
So my first page in your report looks a lot like this. 00:03:14
And. 00:03:20
The flip side says it just gives you an overview of our numbers. That's, that's really all we're going to talk about because 00:03:21
you'll find more detailed information in that annual report that's on the on the website if you. 00:03:27
Want to hear more? 00:03:32
But umm. 00:03:34
In 2024 in Dodge County 4H. 00:03:35
There were 6324-H members and we had 294-H clubs and groups and 125 enrolled adult leaders. And the one thing I like to highlight, 00:03:39
and that's what I'm planning on doing a little bit at the County Fair to, is. 00:03:46
As we educate about what goes on in 4H. 00:03:54
Our top 4H program is photography. There's 156 members that take the photography project. 00:03:57
And then? 00:04:04
Ironically, this is a little bit of a shift. 00:04:05
Daily. You're paying attention now. Crops are 120. They're our second highest project. 00:04:08
With 120 members. 00:04:14
And then beef, of course, you see a lot of beef at the fair. We always talked about that. 00:04:15
Art has 107 members. We have 105 Clover buds, and Clover buds are the kindergarten through second graders that are. 00:04:20
Just learning about four H and just starting to get involved. 00:04:27
Woodworking has 100 members, so if you. 00:04:31
Get a chance. I always tell people come to the fair and check out the youth building and see what the work is that the young 00:04:34
people have been doing because. 00:04:38
Woodworking is one of those ones where I'm always amazed. 00:04:41
At how much? 00:04:44
That one you can really see because you haven't seen them working with their animals throughout the year. 00:04:47
But you see their woodworking that they've been working on at home. 00:04:51
And then drawing. Painting has 99 members. 00:04:54
Dairy, there's 98 members. They're really encouraging showmanship, which I think is you know more about the animal and less about 00:04:57
the cop or less about the animal and more about the young person and what they know about their projects. There's 98 members. Last 00:05:03
year, 90 of them did showmanship, so that was pretty exciting. 00:05:09
And then Foods and Nutrition, ironically has 95. 00:05:15
People in the project. 00:05:19
And then Swine is the 10th one with 92 members. 00:05:20
How are you doing there, Lisa? Sorry you have to. 00:05:23
Pinch hit as the. 00:05:26
OS disc. 00:05:31
The Sea Underneath videos. 00:05:32
On the left. On the left. 00:05:36
Thank you. Thank you. Sorry, I just didn't know what that. 00:05:38
And then what did you call the file? 00:05:43
Just a new pot, new folder. 00:05:45
Did you put it in the folder? 00:05:50
Yeah, it was just a new folder with no name or anything, but I don't see anything that says in folder. 00:05:53
Did you go to the desktop? 00:05:58
Yeah. Otherwise that's so any questions about the youth development programs? 00:06:01
Like I said, there's much more in depth in the annual report that I gave some. 00:06:05
Do you do recruit kids to join 4H? Oh yeah. Is it strictly? 00:06:10
Voluntary we're always recruiting and actually one of the big things that extension has had us doing especially with my with the 00:06:15
AmeriCorps that we have that that are Co funded. 00:06:19
Umm, they are out doing programs. So if you. 00:06:25
If you look at our calendar right now and if you have grandkids that are interested in programs, they're doing programs every 00:06:28
week, like two or three of them. 00:06:32
A week, so that's part of where we recruit members and actually I was at the dog show on Saturday and. 00:06:36
One of the leaders came up to me and said so. 00:06:43
Are you gonna be at the Horicon National Night Out? And I said, Yep, that's the plan, is that we'll be there. 00:06:45
And she said good, because someone's gonna stop and talk. 00:06:51
About. 00:06:54
What you do in the 4H program because they're interested in joining? 00:06:54
So that's that. That's kind of where we do some of that recruitment as well along with the 4H clubs because I figure. 00:06:58
The people that live in the area are the best ones to tell what they do in the program because every every club. 00:07:05
Has a little bit different. 00:07:12
Tweak like I was in the club that met at. 00:07:14
The Calamus Town Hall. 00:07:18
And. 00:07:20
They didn't do horse people horse project and but when my kids actually moved to ask to go because they were in the Columbus 00:07:20
School District instead of Beaver Dam. 00:07:24
That more of the kids and asked to go we're doing the horse project. So it kind of depends upon what fits to with with what 00:07:28
members want to do if they want to learn about photography or I'm going to have this sparks thing at the fair too so that they can 00:07:33
learn about like the dog project for example, because you can live in Beaver Dam. 00:07:39
Or any any town and have. 00:07:44
Be in 4H and do that without. 00:07:47
I'm trying to break away from that idea that you have to live on a farm in order to be involved in 4H. 00:07:49
So and the picture if we ever if you get a chance to look at that is the. 00:07:54
100 kids that we had at 4:00 at 4H camp earlier this summer. 00:08:00
So and we can take questions collectively after the educators. 00:08:04
Give their portion of the annual report so the next. 00:08:09
Piece of the annual report if you pass it around as human development and relationships. 00:08:13
And human development and relationships is a program area that really is meant to build. 00:08:18
Families and communities through things like parenting, education. 00:08:24
And supportive early childcare. And this annual report is highlighting some other programming that Dodge County has had an 00:08:29
interest in. And one of those things is planning ahead. And planning ahead is a collaborative effort between UW Extension. 00:08:38
And the ADRC in Dodge County and it's a six week course offered in partnership. 00:08:48
Like I said with the ADRC, but also with local libraries. So we've worked with Juno Library, Watertown Library, Beaver Dam 00:08:55
Library, among others. And this program is designed to empower older adults to take control of their end of life planning. And 00:09:02
I've reported on it before, but it was highlighted in our annual report. 00:09:09
One of the things to note is that with 37% of Americans reporting having only 37% having completed advanced directives, we know 00:09:17
that this type of education is important. 00:09:24
And the impact of it is clear because 99% of people who come to this class with ADRC and extension. 00:09:31
Say that they are confident in moving forward and starting some of that end of life planning. 00:09:40
93% had either completed one. 00:09:46
Or. 00:09:49
We're working on tasks. 00:09:50
In a follow up, a 2 month follow up with them. 00:09:52
So another highlight that I decided to highlight in the annual report was the directors caucus because. 00:09:55
Early child care education is an important piece, and there are certain initiatives happening in Dodge County, I reported at the 00:10:02
executive committee. 00:10:06
And we are involved. 00:10:11
All hands on deck in the county. One of the things that I work with is the Directors Caucus and it's a professional learning 00:10:14
community for the professionals. It's for the leaders, the administrators, the operators of these small businesses. 00:10:21
And amid the staffing shortages and. 00:10:28
The challenges that this industry is facing. 00:10:33
Is designed to help these mostly women. 00:10:36
Network with each other and learn about best practices from each other. 00:10:40
These two programs actually reflect the cradle to grave. 00:10:44
Way in which human development and relationships. 00:10:49
UMM strategizes to help support families and communities in Dodge County. 00:10:52
And as we are still trying to pull up the. 00:10:57
The PowerPoint, I'm going to turn it over to one of our agriculture agents and he's going to report out. 00:11:01
From the annual report point of view for our agricultural programming. 00:11:08
More Emmanuel. 00:11:15
Morning. 00:11:16
Good morning, welcome. Thank you so much. 00:11:17
Well, I'm going to be talking also in the name of. 00:11:21
Wheel the crops educator since he could not make it today. 00:11:23
Umm but anyway, so as you guys know I started last October. I have 4 counties. 00:11:29
So when we start, the first thing we do, and you guys probably heard me already, send this with you on its assessment. 00:11:37
And for me as being new also to the area, it's been an ongoing and probably. 00:11:44
And les Necesit needs assessment, where I try to reach out not only to farmers but also nutritionized better in veterinarians. 00:11:50
Other financial corporations. 00:12:00
From the cultural industry. 00:12:03
To see what is the state of the. 00:12:06
Dairy industry and work on it. 00:12:08
From that. 00:12:12
From the beginning. 00:12:13
Umm, I really wanted to. 00:12:15
Do bilingual programming and since the. 00:12:17
Cindy was able to put that as part of my. 00:12:21
Title. 00:12:24
Not only educator, but bilingual. 00:12:25
Educator. I've been working. Hardly. 00:12:27
On doing everything on. 00:12:30
Well, bilingually. 00:12:33
So. 00:12:34
I did want to workshops at the beginning of this year in March. 00:12:36
One of them was the Calvin. 00:12:41
Calvin management practices it was. 00:12:44
And need that I heard from. 00:12:47
Farmers not only from this county, but also from the others we hosted at Fond du Lac, though we had. 00:12:50
I think 3/3. 00:12:55
Farms from Dutch County. 00:12:57
Which was? 00:13:00
Very nice. 00:13:01
We also did the. 00:13:04
Feed our school. 00:13:06
Workshop also bilingual. Well, the Calvin one. 00:13:07
We did in today's One Day for people only speaking English. 00:13:10
So we had all the presentations, all the information and experts speaking English. 00:13:14
And then with the the next day only for people speaking Spanish. So again, full presentations in other language. 00:13:19
On umm. 00:13:28
Also. 00:13:29
Yeah, all the things that we provided were in Spanish. 00:13:31
There was something that farmers liked a lot that was we have this cow. 00:13:35
Where you can learn things of like how to attend the car when. 00:13:40
When he's calling time on, there's any kind of. 00:13:45
Or potential dystrophy. 00:13:48
So yeah. 00:13:50
So we did it one day in English, 1 in Spanish. The other workshop with it was the fear work feeder. 00:13:52
Workshop. 00:14:00
We did that one in English, but we had real time interpretation to Spanish. 00:14:01
Umm, so those have been the biggest. 00:14:07
Events I've done. 00:14:10
However, I've been also working on articles. 00:14:12
On research not only from UW Extension, but from the collaboration with other universities as Michigan State University or. 00:14:14
We have been working also with Cornell. 00:14:27
On. 00:14:29
Series of webinars that we. 00:14:31
Pretending to in Spanish. 00:14:32
Umm. From that I keep working on the connections as I was saying, umm. 00:14:34
For me, we knew. Here it's been. 00:14:40
Interesting to. 00:14:42
Have always somebody else. 00:14:43
To me. 00:14:45
Besides, those things also have been. 00:14:47
Working actively in the newspaper dividing world newspaper. 00:14:50
That we work, we do with the dairy team. 00:14:53
Extension that. 00:14:58
Is a group of people that. 00:14:59
Speak Spanish but also English speakers and we have the is by. 00:15:01
Bimonthly. 00:15:06
Newsletter. 00:15:08
In English and Spanish having exact same information I have sure. 00:15:10
All these things that we're doing in radio. 00:15:14
Newspapers. 00:15:16
And other newsletters. 00:15:19
Now from willful wider. 00:15:20
He's been the thing that he wanted to highlight is the. 00:15:24
Nitrogen fixation. 00:15:27
Project. 00:15:30
He's been working with three. 00:15:31
I think 3 farms here in Dutch county. 00:15:32
He also has a. 00:15:35
Another county I think is Dane. 00:15:37
And he also keeps working on the. 00:15:42
Pesticide practice for the. 00:15:46
For the. 00:15:49
Farmers in the area. 00:15:51
Yeah, I wish we could have the. 00:15:55
Presentation, but that's pretty much all I had to share. 00:15:58
With you today. 00:16:01
Any questions? 00:16:02
All right. Well, thank you very much. Well, thank you. 00:16:06
And then the next. 00:16:09
Program area that we're going to highlight for the annual report is community development. 00:16:11
We have to do that for us. 00:16:15
I hope everybody's having a good day and a better weekend than I did. 00:16:29
I started in November. 00:16:36
And so I only have about two months worth of work. 00:16:38
Report on. 00:16:41
The first thing that we ask educators to do, no matter how many years of experience they have, is a needs assessment. 00:16:44
And that's what I started with, and I began with key stakeholder interviews, you know, talking to people. 00:16:52
From the community. 00:17:00
You know, asking us similar questions. I also participated in the Extension community forum and then I went on to hold. 00:17:02
Community economic development conversations. 00:17:12
This key issues that we identified were housing, housing affordability. 00:17:18
Is there enough housing? Is it priced at a level that? 00:17:23
Makes sense to people and. 00:17:27
That was something virtually everyone discussed. 00:17:30
They talked about workforce shortages. It's very hard to find people. It's a very hard to retain people. 00:17:33
And they also talked about the downtown. 00:17:41
You know, as a. 00:17:44
As a place both for business development in a housing solutions. 00:17:47
The first program I started. 00:17:52
Was is something called a first impressions program, and that's like a community exchange program. 00:17:55
And I arranged with my colleague in Iowa County an exchange between Columbus and Dodgeville. 00:18:02
And we've had the first half, which is. 00:18:11
Columbus went down to visit and we're waiting for them to finish up. And this is a really. 00:18:15
It's a fun program. 00:18:20
It's fun to be able to do something that people enjoy doing. 00:18:23
And we you match similar communities and they send a secret team down there to go. 00:18:27
Answer a series of questions. 00:18:33
And it provides. 00:18:35
Feedback to. 00:18:37
The partner community on things that are going really well and things that might need an improvement, so. 00:18:38
Those organizations can use that to really help. 00:18:45
Set goals for their community and make improvements. So those are some of the things that we're working on. 00:18:49
If you have any questions. 00:18:58
Happy to answer them. 00:19:00
OK. 00:19:04
I will tell you that in all my years, that's generally the question I get at. 00:19:05
At my reports, they're all like. 00:19:11
OK. Thank you. 00:19:14
OK. And then? 00:19:22
Finally, on for our next program area. 00:19:23
Melissa. 00:19:26
Melissa, what's your last name bearing? 00:19:28
Beer Neck. She is the nutrition. 00:19:30
Coordinator and she's going to report on behalf of our food wise. 00:19:32
Program area. 00:19:35
Hello everybody. 00:19:39
So before I get into our numbers, I'd first like to introduce myself because I am new. My name is Melissa Bernik. 00:19:40
As of January or June 1, I am the new nutrition coordinator for Dodge County's Columbia County and Sauk County. However, I am not 00:19:48
new to the food Wise program I have been teaching. 00:19:54
As a nutrition educator in Sauk County for the past. 00:20:00
9 1/2 years. 00:20:04
Umm, so. 00:20:06
To get into it, a quick little background just on what Food Wise is and what we do. Food Wise is a federally funded nutrition 00:20:08
education program. 00:20:13
And we have an educator here in Dodge County that does 100% of the education. 00:20:18
Kimberly Lafleur. 00:20:23
And I don't want to steal her Thunder because I know that she is reporting on some of her programming today, but I do want to 00:20:25
highlight some really important numbers that just shows the great work that she's been doing. 00:20:30
So this past year she has worked with three different community centers. 00:20:36
And I'm going to leave it at that because that's kind of what she's going to get into a little bit more. 00:20:42
But she's also partnered with two food pantries here in Dodge County. 00:20:46
She's partnered with four different schools in 20 classrooms. 00:20:51
And one thing that I want to highlight with these numbers because. 00:20:56
It's more impressive than what it. 00:21:00
Looks like on paper. 00:21:02
How Food Wise works is we work in a series for our education. 00:21:03
So when I say that Kimberly has been in 20 different classrooms, she doesn't just step foot into a classroom. 00:21:08
Give a 30 minute nutrition lesson and never see those youth again. She goes into those classrooms multiple times throughout the 00:21:14
year to really build. 00:21:18
Foundation for our youth in Dodge County on what healthy eating looks like and active living. 00:21:23
So All in all, she has met and engaged with 462 learners and again, that is not just a one time meet with those 462 learners. That 00:21:28
is over the course of the year. She is meeting with these individuals over and over again, providing really in depth nutrition 00:21:35
education to really help. 00:21:42
Build a foundation for a healthier county. 00:21:49
So if you have any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them. Otherwise you will hear from Kimberly here in a little bit. 00:21:51
I guess I got 1. 00:21:58
How bad is this federal stuff going to affect you guys it sounds like. 00:22:01
Food wise is going to get hit. 00:22:04
Yeah, I wish to. 00:22:06
I wish I had better news for you. 00:22:09
Yeah, so. 00:22:12
I know in the past and Cindy's kind of been trying to update you guys and show you where we are on the path it's. 00:22:13
It hasn't been looking great. 00:22:20
For a while, on July 4th, President Trump did sign the bill. 00:22:22
Umm. There was a glimmer of hope in what's called an appropriation bill. Umm. 00:22:27
That they would restore funding. 00:22:33
Unfortunately, that appropriation bill was passed and. 00:22:36
Complete text. 00:22:39
Of SNAP education, which is what we were funded in, was completely left out. 00:22:41
So our program will sunset. 00:22:46
As of September 30th, meaning we have no money. 00:22:49
Umm, I will be employed through November 1st. 00:22:56
Kimberly. 00:23:00
Will be employed through. 00:23:02
Yeah, Kimberly will be employed through December 1st. 00:23:04
But after that, in the state of Wisconsin, food wise will no longer exist. 00:23:08
So is there anything come in maybe state wise that will probably help you guys out at all the at least? 00:23:12
Keep some of this program going because it is an important program. It's a very important program and I think that when you. 00:23:17
So I have a background in education and when you look at. 00:23:25
The state of Wisconsin. 00:23:29
And the curriculum that is being. 00:23:30
Provided to our youth. 00:23:33
Health and well-being and nutrition is a very, very. 00:23:37
Tiny component of that curriculum you know and they they really push math English science because these are. 00:23:40
Topics. 00:23:47
That will help you in life, right? 00:23:48
Don't you think that health and well-being and nutrition is just as equally as important? I mean, we have an obesity epidemic on 00:23:51
our hands right now. 00:23:55
Why are we cutting programs that can help that? 00:23:59
As of right now, we have not been told that there is any type of. 00:24:04
Lifeline. 00:24:08
That will be thrown to kind of help the program. 00:24:09
Food Wise is funded through the SNAP education dollars. 00:24:12
And that makes up. 00:24:18
The majority of our funding we also have a. 00:24:19
Federal grant F nap It's the emergency food. 00:24:23
Grant And so we are able to. 00:24:27
Out of about 120 employees that Food Wise has, were able to keep about 14. 00:24:30
Of those employees to help working on the F nap. 00:24:35
Grant, which essentially does the same work. 00:24:39
Those 14 employees are nowhere near Dodge County. 00:24:43
It's Madison, Milwaukee. 00:24:48
Kenosha. 00:24:51
They will obtain them so. 00:24:52
For right now in Dodge County, we have not been told. 00:24:53
Anything other than when our last date is. 00:24:57
So yeah. 00:24:59
So those employees are. 00:25:00
Maybe asking for federal grants for their local? 00:25:02
County so Nope so statewide program they're writing for so F nap has been OK so. 00:25:06
From again from my understanding is that. 00:25:13
We get about. 00:25:17
I think it was. 00:25:19
$8.5 million to run our. 00:25:20
Food wise. 00:25:25
Ed program so Kimberly and myself are 100% SNAP Ed funded. We get about $1,000,000 annually from the F net. 00:25:27
Grant, which is also. 00:25:37
A federal grant and there are some educators, coordinators and administrators in the state of Wisconsin. 00:25:39
That are dual funded, so half of their. 00:25:47
Salary and. 00:25:50
Budget comes from Snap ad half comes from F Nap. Those make up about 14 people in the 120. 00:25:52
People that food wise employees so those 14. 00:26:00
People will remain. 00:26:04
Umm, working on F nap dollars and it's those counties that already have them. 00:26:06
We've been told that F nap has kind of been stagnant. We've been getting about $1,000,000 for the past 30 years and they didn't 00:26:13
see really a change in getting more money. That would be great if we could again, I, I'm very. 00:26:20
Passionate about education, nutrition education and the Food Wise program and wanting to continue it. 00:26:27
But as of right now, we're not given any information on where more funding could come from. 00:26:33
Can I ask a question more? 00:26:49
And when I go behind you to the chairman. 00:26:52
Umm. We just. 00:26:55
Got a new budget? 00:26:58
Not too long ago. 00:26:59
So there's. 00:27:01
The budget did not anticipate, I'm assuming, right? 00:27:03
Federal grant cuts. 00:27:07
Are you saying for a county budget? 00:27:10
State of Wisconsin. 00:27:12
They I think they was in the bed. 00:27:14
I'm sorry. 00:27:19
It was in their mind, I'm sure, but it wasn't. 00:27:20
I didn't hear anything about it coming into the budget. 00:27:23
And you know. 00:27:26
That's a two year budget. So umm, Jeremy, Jeremy saw in the Dean, he gave us an update. I'm on the WCA committee. He gave us an 00:27:27
update last week long with the other Dean. It's a fluid, it's a fluid situation to see if the state can help. 00:27:33
He will be coming here on August 18th. 00:27:38
Believe it at our ICC meeting if you want to hear about the latest, he said. Don't say anything because it changes daily. He was 00:27:40
really like real. They're working on it now I believe, but he will come here in person to discuss this or update the county on 00:27:45
August 18th. 00:27:50
And which meeting was that? 00:27:55
ICC inner the inner County coordinating committee. 00:27:56
And you are welcome to attend. 00:28:00
I do know that kind of the guidance that I have been given on. 00:28:04
Funding is that. 00:28:08
Our our state program leaders are more than happy to sit down and have conversation with county boards if they. 00:28:11
Would like to continue having some type of nutrition education in the program. Kind of what that looks like, I don't, I don't 00:28:18
know. That's above my head. Cindy would be a great contact person to discuss. 00:28:23
That in further detail. 00:28:29
Thank you. 00:28:33
Thank you. 00:28:35
OK. 00:28:36
And then Kelly, if you want to go to the next slide. 00:28:38
I know this is really rough, so thank you for listening to that. And we're going to hear from Kimberly. 00:28:41
Which is very bittersweet. 00:28:47
So wrapping down our annual report, just the one. Yeah, the one with the picture. 00:28:49
Umm, it's important to thank all of the staff and the collective effort that UW Extension provides. 00:28:53
And if you have any general questions for us? 00:29:01
Umm, we did put together an annual report. 00:29:06
Video that we can also send which highlights each of the program areas. 00:29:09
Umm, and we can send that to all of you. 00:29:14
But if you have any general questions about UW extension. 00:29:17
I'd be happy to try to entertain answer. 00:29:21
Or take them back to Cindy, our area. 00:29:24
Extension Director. Interim area Extension director. 00:29:26
Gonna go through this or? 00:29:29
What we have already, Yeah, you have this. Yeah. And I know, I mean, we could go back and look at the slides, but. 00:29:31
We just appreciate your your support and we appreciate the opportunity to present our efforts. 00:29:37
From 2024. 00:29:44
OK. 00:29:48
Any other questions about the annual report? 00:29:50
Thank you. 00:29:53
OK, so now we have Tim coming up though. Kim's gonna come up. 00:29:54
So I'm choosing to focus on positive. 00:30:01
So I wanted to in the. 00:30:06
I remember last summer I talked about just prior to. 00:30:08
Or just shortly after. 00:30:12
Presentation at the last extension meeting. Some of you remember I talked about Tai Chi. 00:30:14
And I wasn't sure what it was. I thought I found out lots of great information about that and I'll be telling more about that. 00:30:20
My topic really wanted to be today movement that matters and to showcase our our. 00:30:26
Thriving strong bodies and Tai chi programs here in Dodge County. 00:30:32
I'm going to start with strong bodies. 00:30:38
I've reported on that before, so I'm not going to talk a lot about it. 00:30:40
So I'm closing out the third year of that programming here in Dodge County. 00:30:44
I have used this evidence based training that provides strength training which helps include increased strength. 00:30:48
Flexibility balance. 00:30:55
Increase our bone density. 00:30:57
And then help with social connect. 00:30:58
Social connectedness and it also offers some nutrition Nuggets, a little bit of nutrition education along with those programs. 00:31:01
I've done strong bodies in. 00:31:09
This last year I did in Juneau in Columbus, two different sites there. 00:31:12
Both were on the Dodge County side of Columbus, so that made me happy. And then as well as in Mayville, I had about 45 folks, a 00:31:17
mix of men and women at all of those events. 00:31:22
My favorite comments from some of the folks that did surveys at the end. 00:31:28
Are I'm going to read them it has helped me. 00:31:34
Move better and have a better understanding of labels. 00:31:36
Meaning food labels. 00:31:40
And what to limit or avoid? 00:31:42
Another comment was hoping to take the knowledge to make long term improvements to my dietary choices. 00:31:44
I found myself looking forward to class and the participants. 00:31:50
Made me feel better and wanting to do more. 00:31:54
I thought those were all really positive. 00:31:57
Feedback. 00:31:59
So Tai chi was Tai chi for arthritis and fall prevention. 00:32:02
This, as I said, was a pilot program for Dodge County and for the state of Wisconsin this year. 00:32:06
I started the first Tai Chi program in Dodge County about three days after the training ended. 00:32:12
And I was the first in the state to implement it. I had several state. 00:32:18
State specialists from Food Wise come to Dodge County at the different sites. 00:32:24
I had several different other. 00:32:29
Food wise educators come to Dodge County because they were all very impressed with. 00:32:31
How I had. 00:32:36
Presented the program. 00:32:37
The the volume that we had had. 00:32:39
And with what the participants were saying about it. 00:32:42
Which I that made me really excited. And then they took all that information back and implemented it into their programs in their 00:32:45
counties. 00:32:48
I offered Tai Chi at Juno a couple of times, Mayville and Beaver Dam. I had about 40 different folks, again a mix of men and 00:32:53
women. 00:32:56
So Tai Chi, I didn't know a lot about it last year. This year I know it's. 00:33:00
The all of the programming that surprise provides. 00:33:04
Is evidence based. 00:33:07
It's a low impact activity. 00:33:08
Which focuses on slow movements. 00:33:11
The biggest thing I kept saying over and over because we are always a bigger, better, faster type of society. 00:33:14
Was there is no hurry in Tai Chi. 00:33:21
It's one of the favorite things I would do. 00:33:23
Is when we got there we called the jellyfish fingers. 00:33:25
And I feel like I need to do this now because I'm talking really fast. 00:33:29
And we would say hi to everybody. 00:33:33
And we would just walk around. 00:33:34
And it just. 00:33:36
Slows you down. 00:33:38
Because. 00:33:39
If we're moving a little slower and being more intent. 00:33:40
With what our footwork is doing. 00:33:43
That leads to less. 00:33:46
Less fall risk. 00:33:48
The last falls we have, the longer that people can stay independent and live and live in age in place. 00:33:49
Umm, so originated in China as a martial art? It's been. 00:33:56
Around a long time. 00:34:00
The gentle movements, the postures and the controlled breathing all help us to put us kind of in a meditative state. I never 00:34:02
really felt that I got there personally, but also is leading it. I couldn't really. 00:34:08
Zen out. But I know that a lot of participants had noted that they had that Tai Chi increases our strength and flexibility and 00:34:15
balance. 00:34:19
Helps with stress reduction and emotional well-being. 00:34:24
And with that, I also included some nutrition education. 00:34:28
Comments from Tai Chi where it made me focus on slowing down and not rushing. It helped me with my stiffness. 00:34:32
By doing the stretches, we learned. 00:34:38
And I really liked the new friendships I made. We've now made plans to walk together, which to me was really. 00:34:40
I was really excited to see that. 00:34:46
Because that's taking, again, fitness. 00:34:48
Nutrition and that social connectedness. 00:34:50
Umm, so all of that is important for older adults and seniors to help them. Umm. 00:34:53
Be able to. 00:34:58
Increase that social connectedness, increase their bone density and their flexibility, reduce falls, and that all all of those 00:34:59
things together are what generally help people to. 00:35:04
Age in place. 00:35:09
And live at another participant tell me they didn't want to live longer, they wanted to live better. And I feel that those 00:35:11
programs really did that. 00:35:15
Any questions? 00:35:20
Thank you, Kim. 00:35:25
You're welcome. 00:35:26
OK. 00:35:36
Agency reports next. 00:35:40
That's Sawyer. 00:35:43
Here. Nope. Yeah. 00:35:45
Good morning, everybody. 00:35:53
Yeah. So just update on. 00:35:56
I guess our workload right now. 00:35:59
Our fiscal year is winding down. September 30th is kind of when we have to have all of our fiscal year 25 stuff in the books 00:36:02
obligated. 00:36:07
Allocated for. 00:36:12
So right now we're working on our. 00:36:14
Conservation stewardship program renewal applications. So these are contracts that. 00:36:17
Were administered five years ago. 00:36:22
Their five year contract, so they're set to expire. 00:36:25
So all those participants get the option to re enroll for another five years. So we have to go through the. 00:36:28
Ranking process of that and allocating which ones are going to get pre approved. 00:36:37
I also right now it's kind of our payment season for. 00:36:42
You know, construction workload, whether it's like grazing projects or. 00:36:46
Manure pits or other things that we're partnering with, we're certifying those and paying on for both CSP and equip. 00:36:50
And then other than that, we're planning some. 00:36:59
Additional applications that have come in the office throughout the year for our equip programs. So this is. 00:37:03
Cover crops. 00:37:09
You know, umm. 00:37:10
No till structural stuff like grass, waterways, a lot of that type of stuff. 00:37:11
If if we get a lot of the work done prior to the fiscal year turnover, it ranks higher in our system. 00:37:17
So it's kind of a balancing act of getting as much work done prior to the rollover. 00:37:22
So we ultimately get more. 00:37:29
Cost share in Dodge County. 00:37:31
And then I guess lastly. 00:37:34
Matt might mention it. 00:37:36
Too. 00:37:37
Conservation Reserve Program pre approved a bunch of. 00:37:39
Contracts. So we're partnering with them to get all that documentation done, seed mix, job sheets. 00:37:44
ETC. 00:37:52
That is our workload right now. 00:37:53
Any questions? 00:37:55
Or concerns from anyone? 00:37:57
Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. 00:38:01
Hey, good morning, everyone. 00:38:12
So what we've got going on, like Sawyer said, we're working on CRP. We got our accepted list. 00:38:15
From the national office, so we're working through. 00:38:23
What we have to for the CRP participants that have elected to move forward. 00:38:27
Our deadline to get that all wrapped up is September 31st, so. 00:38:32
We're working diligently on that. 00:38:37
The other thing that we've got going is the new disaster program, which is the supplemental disaster relief program it started. 00:38:40
I believe July 7th. 00:38:48
There is no deadline on it yet. 00:38:51
This one was authorized. 00:38:53
Umm, by the bill that they put through at the end of December. 00:38:56
And it pays. 00:39:00
Right now it's in phase one, and phase one is pain. 00:39:02
Producers that had received an indemnity payment from crop insurance. 00:39:06
So what this is is it pays. 00:39:11
A little bit of the gap. 00:39:14
That producers have to incur and loss before they get that indemnity from insurance. 00:39:16
So. 00:39:21
This came out in the mail to producers a couple weeks ago. The pre filled application we're working through collecting those 00:39:22
applications back and making sure everything is. 00:39:28
Properly filled out, we're roughly 4045%. 00:39:33
Through. 00:39:39
Most of our producers that that. 00:39:40
Received a letter at this point. 00:39:42
We're starting to issue payments now, so hopefully farmers will start to see those in the next couple weeks. 00:39:45
Umm, other than that, we have one outreach event. Umm. 00:39:51
Erica and our office has been working with. 00:39:56
Our supportive groups for CRP and they got a CRP field day. 00:39:59
Coming up August 7th. 00:40:04
So she's preparing for that as well as working on the CRP applications that we've got. 00:40:07
So right now that's all we've got. Any questions for me? 00:40:14
OK. I guess not. Thank you very much. Thank you. 00:40:22
OK. Next up is carryover from the last meeting, the request from lakes in the City Improvement District. 00:40:28
For financial support for the US Geological Survey stations on Lincoln, Mississippi. 00:40:34
Dave, if you want to just restate your request and then he doesn't need to. 00:40:41
Unless you guys request, I don't think he has to redo his presentation. But if you wanted to state specifically your request and 00:40:45
why you're requesting it. 00:40:48
OK. Thank you. 00:40:52
This request is for We've installed a USGS automatic monitoring station at the Tweedy St. Bridge, which is right before the 00:40:54
Houston. 00:41:00
The water level monitoring project is part of our lake management plan. 00:41:07
To look at effective. 00:41:12
Ways to help or assist with controlling you know dam levels during different times of the years. Also to hope you know, to 00:41:15
alleviate other issues which occur when water levels change. 00:41:21
We've also last week just added a the USGS added a manual monitoring gauge, which is just a gauge underneath the Hwy. S bridge. 00:41:27
Up the Rock River. 00:41:37
And from these measurements then over a two year period is well. 00:41:39
Use this to help support any changes to to. 00:41:44
Lake monitoring and. 00:41:50
Also, you know, controlling dam levels. 00:41:53
It's part of our overall plan because we're in the process of working on other projects to improve. 00:41:56
You know, dredging projects improve lake flow and efficiency and just really improve the. 00:42:02
Overall hydraulics. 00:42:07
Our annual cost for this is 6500. We were seeking support for 2026 which is 6500. We've already through our our budget covered 00:42:09
2025. 00:42:15
But it's really going to help us with implementing our, you know, our goals of, you know, improving the quality of the lake. 00:42:22
OK. Any questions from the? 00:42:33
Members of the committee. 00:42:36
Can I ask you a question? I just for the numbers. 00:42:41
You said it was 6000 something, 6500 a year, correct? 00:42:43
So it's more than a year. 00:42:47
Two years, we're doing a two years. 00:42:49
Sorry, yeah, we already started in 2025 and we covered it through the Lake District budget and then we were seeking support for 00:42:51
2026. 00:42:56
So it'll have to come out of our budget then here. 00:43:04
We would have to include it in the budget for next year. 00:43:08
I don't know. I don't. I'm not. Not that only it's important, but I just don't think we have the money to do it. 00:43:18
Our budgets, small enough the way it is. 00:43:24
And we've got other lake associations, and I'm afraid that if we start with one, we're gonna get flooded with a lot of them, and 00:43:27
then next thing you know, we don't have anything. 00:43:30
You know what? 00:43:35
Money is tight. I mean, the state isn't funding our. 00:43:37
Our stuff with our conservationists. 00:43:40
Fully like they're supposed to, even though we are supposed to be getting some more money. 00:43:42
How this next budget but. 00:43:46
I just, I don't know. I just. 00:43:49
I'm sorry. No, you're fine, Lisa. No, you're no. You're good. I'm done. Yeah, you're good. 00:43:53
Have you been in communication with the other group? Like to? 00:43:59
Like that, you'd be coordinating those levels with. 00:44:03
Because there are other USGA. 00:44:07
Other groups as in. 00:44:09
Other uh. 00:44:11
Like if it's a USGA. 00:44:13
Gauge, then data goes. 00:44:15
To the federal agency, right? Correct. Yes. 00:44:18
So. 00:44:22
At that and I'm. 00:44:27
I'm not saying this budget, I think this budgets kind of set. 00:44:29
But that. 00:44:31
Seems I'd be interested in your opinion, Bill, but that. 00:44:34
Seems like. 00:44:37
That more? 00:44:38
Information you have on dam levels with water events. 00:44:40
In coordination with like downstream. 00:44:43
Isn't a bad idea. 00:44:47
But it's a lot of money to ask like a couple months before our budget comes due. 00:44:48
But umm. 00:44:53
Do you understand what I'm asking? 00:44:55
Like or what I'm saying like that that. 00:44:56
That data is obviously relevant. 00:44:58
Across. 00:45:01
All of Dodge County. 00:45:02
Question for John. Is it the same item we budgeted 5000 last year? 00:45:05
No. 00:45:09
It's it's the same concept. It's a different machine. 00:45:11
It's a different location. 00:45:15
So this would be in addition to. 00:45:16
The one that we have supported, the last. 00:45:19
Well, the level page. 00:45:21
The level gauge is a new one, but the. 00:45:23
USPS station is the old one. 00:45:25
We're supporting one, have been supporting one down on the Rock River, down on Hwy. MMM OK. 00:45:30
This is something completely different. 00:45:36
It's a brand up, up the. 00:45:38
Right before we're actually just right before the dance. So I'm saying it's an additional source of measurement. 00:45:40
On the same water flow, right John? Well, this is on the lake where the other ones on the river. 00:45:46
OK, so there is a difference between the two. 00:45:52
Right. 00:45:54
But uh. 00:45:55
It would. 00:45:56
It would provide information. 00:45:58
In flooding events on storage right because. 00:46:00
So the budget for 2020? 00:46:05
The storage of the lake, I mean. 00:46:07
That's not an independent like right the river is. 00:46:09
The river flows through the lake, but the lake is basically controlled by the dam. 00:46:13
Right. So if you're talking about. 00:46:18
DAM operators. 00:46:20
Coordinating. 00:46:22
With flood storage to reduce flooding across down Dodge County all the way down the Rock River. 00:46:24
That's part of the same system. 00:46:30
So I would. 00:46:33
Totally be open. 00:46:34
To. I'm not saying that amount might be a lesser amount, but. 00:46:36
I'd be open to that. 00:46:40
For a funding request for the next budget. 00:46:42
I'm just saying. 00:46:46
I don't know what you guys think, but like. 00:46:48
It's just more information. 00:46:50
All the way across the watershed. 00:46:51
And we are going to be adding three more throughout the Lake 3 manual monitoring stations and have resident monitors to help even 00:46:54
collect more data. So we have different, different points. 00:47:00
Throughout the whole watershed. 00:47:05
But the USGA. 00:47:08
Monitor again goes to a federal database. 00:47:09
So then you can. 00:47:13
And the manual the both the automatic and manual. 00:47:14
They they go there as well. 00:47:17
OK, I didn't know the manual ones did. 00:47:19
Yeah, they're actually doing. That's part of the cost. They're going to come out six times a year. They're going to take a reading 00:47:21
of the lake level and then they upload it, correct. OK. 00:47:26
So the 2026 budget will be 5000 for the one in the river. 00:47:31
And 6.5 proposed now. 00:47:34
That correct? 00:47:41
Yeah, I'm not aware of the part of the river one, but for. 00:47:42
Yeah, she would have to add. 00:47:47
Stairs into the to the 26th budget. 00:47:49
But the countrywide question about managing that river? 00:47:55
So it is. 00:47:58
Important information for the future. 00:48:00
And if we are seeing a weather pattern changes, we're seeing more. 00:48:03
Rainy events. 00:48:06
We want to know in advance what's going to happen there. 00:48:07
And you know the last. 00:48:11
Gauges we ordered and this gauge. 00:48:14
Again, they're part of that same statute on our ability. 00:48:16
To monitor flood prevention. 00:48:20
And the flood prevention word is in the statute within. 00:48:22
Our ability to do that it specifically mentioned. 00:48:26
And I understand that, but I'm just saying. 00:48:29
We're gonna open the floodgates and we've got. 00:48:32
Beaver Dam, Lake District. We had lakes in Mississippi. We got lost lake preservation. 00:48:35
Austin 6 grand. 00:48:39
Can turn into 30 grand. 00:48:41
In a heartbeat. 00:48:43
I don't think that's what we're talking about. We're talking about flooding on the Rock River specifically, but but. 00:48:44
We're going to have. 00:48:49
Other districts have interest in doing something. 00:48:51
Maybe not identical, but. 00:48:54
You know what I'm saying? I just, it's not that I'm opposed to it. No, I understand. 00:48:56
I just don't think we have the money to do it. 00:49:00
That's just where I'm at. I'd agree with that for this year. 00:49:03
Umm, but the flooding on the Rock River? 00:49:08
Is. 00:49:11
Far more significant than any other waterway. 00:49:12
In Wisconsin. 00:49:15
Like in our county? 00:49:17
It's far more significant and it affects hundreds of people. 00:49:18
I I talked to court council. She thought it affected 2 owners. I'm like no, it's hundreds of people. 00:49:23
There's a highway or major roadway that shut down like 9 months of the year in a rainy year. 00:49:28
And so. 00:49:34
I understand. 00:49:36
That concept and I generally agree with it, but I also. 00:49:37
Feel like. 00:49:41
This committee doesn't just rubber stamp everything because somebody did it before and you have to have a reason to say. 00:49:43
This fits within what we're doing. 00:49:50
And why? 00:49:52
And this doesn't fit right. 00:49:53
Like that's our job to think critically about it, so. 00:49:55
I agree it's kind of late. 00:50:01
Before the budget. 00:50:02
But it fits within something that state of Wisconsin is not going to address. 00:50:06
The Township of Lebanon can't do it. 00:50:11
They could maybe fund it on their own and maybe they can fund more of it, maybe we say. 00:50:14
Will give the same amount as we did the other group. 5 grand. I don't know. 00:50:18
But I think. 00:50:23
Umm. 00:50:24
Just seems like. 00:50:28
It makes sense as it's related to the flooding. 00:50:30
Across that area, that's all. 00:50:33
I have no problem saying no to another. 00:50:36
Flooding prevention project that. 00:50:39
Hasn't demonstrated. 00:50:41
Significant flooding that affects thousands of acres. 00:50:42
They want to show that to us. 00:50:46
Great. 00:50:48
Is that your reason? 00:50:50
For putting this station in. 00:50:52
To help with the flooding downstream? Or is it more about? 00:50:54
The benefits to the. 00:50:58
Well, it was part of our original lake management plan is because. 00:50:59
The Hustisford Dam protocols were implemented for draw downs were implemented in 1952 and they've been pretty rigid. 00:51:03
There's been some changes as to when the drawdown. The latest a drawdown can occur would be the 15th of. 00:51:12
February, which was the original order. Then back in 2010 or so it was changed to. 00:51:19
Early December. 00:51:26
And that's where we started noticing negative impacts on the lake with shore owners and with the water going down to. 00:51:27
Being brought down too shallow. 00:51:35
Too early in the season, so in order to change those protocols, we need to get. 00:51:36
Data. 00:51:42
To support. 00:51:43
Why we want to change that? And the one data points was. 00:51:44
Being able to measure. 00:51:48
The lake level over a you know, over a. 00:51:50
Year period. 00:51:52
Our several year period and be able to say, hey, this is. 00:51:54
This is where we can make the adjustments that are beneficial to the lake, but it does also impact. 00:51:58
Downstream as well. It's. 00:52:03
It isn't just. 00:52:05
Our watershed, it's everything that goes downstream to. 00:52:07
I can ask John. 00:52:11
Is that damn? 00:52:12
Design for flood control or not? 00:52:15
No. 00:52:17
It is not designed for flood control. It was designed for a meal at one time. 00:52:18
Energy. This is actually the second dam. 00:52:24
On that was on the lake. The first one was upstream a little farther knows the purpose. 00:52:27
Information none of the dams in Dodge County are designed for say that none of the dams, they were all in a mill, right? So 00:52:32
they're, they're 100 years old. 00:52:37
Nevertheless. 00:52:42
That's the rough tool we have. 00:52:44
Is the dams. 00:52:46
So yes, dams can be higher, lower, right? Obviously. That's why they're complaining that they're down too far. 00:52:47
So if you create storage you would do it. 00:52:53
Through the dam. 00:52:56
You would lower the water. 00:52:57
And have storage for a flooding event that. 00:52:58
Thousands of people, right so. 00:53:03
It would be great. 00:53:05
If you could. 00:53:06
Go back to your group and explain this isn't one or two people. 00:53:08
Like there's no. 00:53:12
Other governmental body besides the county. 00:53:15
That actually has jurisdiction over all of that river. 00:53:17
Right. Umm. 00:53:21
So. 00:53:23
I don't know like town of Lebanon can't do something that affects your dam. 00:53:23
Right, correct, right. 00:53:28
And it would be nice. 00:53:30
If folks you talk to understood it's about gathering data. 00:53:32
Not about wrecking their peers and wrecking their shoreline. Correct. And it is about the long term health of the lake. 00:53:36
My understanding too is a board member on the Friends of the Horicon Marsh and. 00:53:42
In 20 I believe in 2027 is they're looking at dam replacement because. 00:53:47
Of the integrity of the dam and. 00:53:52
They can't even. 00:53:54
Their automatic control is removing boards in and out control level, Yeah. 00:53:55
And. 00:54:00
So during that fit, you know, that's when we're looking at doing a major, you know, dredging project downstream. 00:54:02
Because we want, you know. 00:54:07
Velocity of the lakes. We're not collecting so much sediment. 00:54:09
And then the deeper the lake is, the more water it can hold. 00:54:12
So. 00:54:15
They're not dissimilar one thing. 00:54:18
I want to. 00:54:20
Share with you is. 00:54:21
I listen to a lot of people explain about the damage done when the water is drawn down. 00:54:22
Like the research shows, that's when the damage is visible. 00:54:29
Is not when the damage happens. 00:54:32
And that's what they think. 00:54:34
But it's not. 00:54:36
Its extreme flood events. 00:54:37
So believe it or not, it's the extreme flood events that caused the erosion and the damage. And then when the lake is drawn down, 00:54:39
they go, oh, look how drawing the lake down. So there's a complete upside down there. 00:54:44
That might be really helpful to share. 00:54:51
You know there's there's stuff on the rub, look up articles right? But the damage happens with the high water. 00:54:54
And people who want high water want to go on the boats and. 00:55:01
Ski right, but it's the high water that causes the damage to their property. So if Houston if the lake committee. 00:55:04
In that, Lake thinks the opposite. They're going to make opposite decisions of what they actually want for their property. Well, 00:55:12
and we do know from last year when we had some incredible rain events. 00:55:17
The we were running about a foot over the spillway. 00:55:23
And we should never be running a foot over the spillway and as a result, as we were. 00:55:27
We were looking at implementing a slow no wake, but we had to get all the villages and stuff to agree to it. But then the water 00:55:32
levels went back to normal level. But yeah, we do know when the water level gets too high. 00:55:38
The opposite occurs as well. You started roading shorelines and. 00:55:45
Yeah, they don't erode when the water's down. 00:55:50
Water that erodes that's trying to find that balance and and and the data to support you know making these decisions so. 00:55:52
Beaver Dam makes a little different. The District did consider a USGS station there this year. 00:56:00
And decided not to do that. 00:56:05
The city water utility. 00:56:08
Has a recording every day of the lake level. 00:56:10
And we'll be using that. 00:56:14
And in the future, we're considering the. 00:56:15
Lake level gauges. 00:56:18
At different tributaries, but now the USGS station. 00:56:20
So go a little more economical if you would. 00:56:23
So there's Beaver dams not going to come back and ask us and then, umm. 00:56:27
I'm blanky. 00:56:32
Other lakes that I'm thinking of are not in Dodge County. Is there any other lakes? The level cages? It's a one time cost and then 00:56:34
you have volunteers doing that. 00:56:38
So it's a one time class supported by the district. 00:56:42
In the future. 00:56:45
Your gauges, well there's to any gauge. 00:56:46
So you could pay a consultant to do order do with volunteers, yes. 00:56:49
Yeah, we're paying for the automatic monitoring gauge on the Tweedy St. bridge. 00:56:53
As well as the the manual. 00:56:58
Data collection that they do upload, then the three additional. 00:57:01
Resident monitors. That is all. That's volunteers supported. 00:57:05
I think it makes sense because you get some great volunteers and then they retire, die, get sick, and then all of a sudden you 00:57:10
missed a year of data. 00:57:13
And then you got a chart that is. 00:57:17
Incomplete. It just doesn't. 00:57:19
Understand, right? 00:57:23
Only umm. 00:57:24
Water causes erosion. 00:57:25
People draw down lakes. 00:57:27
Sediment compacts. 00:57:28
Weeds grow. 00:57:30
They cement the bottom. 00:57:31
That's actually good. 00:57:32
For I heard like 8 people say that and I decided that that meeting was not the time to contradict what everybody felt. 00:57:34
What if you do some research? You will find out drawing down the lake. 00:57:42
Increases the depth. 00:57:45
Compacts. 00:57:47
So they aren't getting eroded from time. 00:57:49
From low water and I would. 00:57:51
Say we could postpone this maybe. 00:57:53
If you want, Mr. Chair, can we table it? 00:57:56
Well, John, you you can. If you want to make a motion to postpone it or table it, you can. 00:57:58
But we are discussing. 00:58:03
Budget later today in the next meeting we're required. 00:58:05
Passed the budget I believe, right? 00:58:08
That so just to give you the timeline if you want to postpone it, I don't know yet if the postpone to a certain time or or. 00:58:10
I would I would postpone it to like February. 00:58:17
Cancel question. 00:58:22
Are you requesting funding for 25 and 26/20/20? Just 26, there's 26. OK, Well then to postpone it until February makes no sense 00:58:23
because we have to include if you are going to fund it. 00:58:29
You have to include it. 00:58:35
In the budgeting process. 00:58:37
Now. 00:58:39
For next year. 00:58:40
Well, that's the that's their ask. 00:58:41
If we table it, we are in fact not funding it this year. 00:58:45
Which is what John was saying. If you table it, you're not funding it for 26. Not correct. You'd be funding it for 27. So they're 00:58:49
only requesting funding for 26. So we need to make a decision. 00:58:55
Now or at the latest next month as to whether you want to include it in the budget for 26. So it would be an inappropriate motion 00:59:01
to go to February because this is only a 26, but we've done this before with other requests, so. 00:59:07
If you want to be technical. 00:59:14
Would you accept the money in 27? 00:59:15
You won't turn down the money in 27 because it affects our tax rates, no rates and such. I'm just saying if you postpone it. 00:59:19
You've postponed it, just like we have on other projects. 00:59:27
Say, well, we're not funding it this year. 00:59:30
All of you guys want to fund it. 00:59:32
This year. 00:59:34
Then I I would suggest you consider funding it at the same level you other things. 00:59:36
Which was 5000. 00:59:41
Or we could just deny it. 00:59:43
But make sure that it gets on the agenda item at in February to if we just if. 00:59:45
We know we're not going to do it for 26. It might be cleaner cut that we just plain blank just deny it now. 00:59:50
With the idea that it gets brought back. 00:59:55
In 20 February 26 it is the same thing. 00:59:58
By tabling it, you're putting it on the agenda. 01:00:02
That's exactly what you're doing. 01:00:04
So so clearly, what is your motion? You want to state it? 01:00:06
I would like to hear what you have. 01:00:09
What you think about this? I'd like to hear what you think about this. I don't want to make a decision because two people have 01:00:12
talked. 01:00:15
On the spot. 01:00:19
And I will abstain because I have another district. My opinion is we saw the response from all the people last week. 01:00:20
I think they could help put the bill. 01:00:28
It's my opinion. 01:00:30
Well, I think they are helping put the bill they're already paying, they're already as part of their tax, tax rate. So for 2025, 01:00:32
this was in our. 01:00:36
2025 budget which is part of. 01:00:40
You know, and we raise our money of course through. 01:00:43
The annual, you know, the taxation, so. 01:00:47
But somebody was already contributing to 1000, was that? 01:00:49
That's the Lake District, right? 01:00:52
Pardon, wasn't somebody contributing? 01:00:54
A couple, 1000. 01:00:56
No, not to the Lake District who is contributing part of it. 01:00:57
That you said. 01:01:01
Well, uh. 01:01:02
All of our funds come from taxpayer funds if the lake association. 01:01:03
They may go out and make you know like they do buoys support and help with additional fish stocking support. 01:01:08
OK, I misunderstood that. I thought they did contribute. 01:01:15
The legacy now all of our funds come from taxpayers as well, so. 01:01:18
Sure. I'm gonna make sure I understand. So do you want you want to make a motion or not make a motion? I'm just asking. 01:01:22
What people think about the concept so. 01:01:28
Realistically. 01:01:30
Is that really an answer that you'd prefer to deny it? I mean, I know you're kind of joking. Maybe not. 01:01:34
Like realistically, is that what you're? 01:01:39
Saying that you. 01:01:42
I just see Fox Lake and then when they. 01:01:45
Need something? 01:01:48
They look for it in their budget. 01:01:49
So. 01:01:53
I guess I'm going to move that we deny. 01:01:55
OK, we have a motion. 01:01:58
By John that denied the request. Do we have a second? 01:01:59
I will second. 01:02:04
OK, Dale, Second. OK, further discussion on denial of this particular one, just 426, not yeah 27. 01:02:04
What do you think? 01:02:11
A little bit of background on this SO. 01:02:11
Having the data very good to have. 01:02:14
Until we have a Freddy Watershed project that covers a whole rock river. 01:02:16
Nothing's going to be implemented that'll be very effective. 01:02:20
So you have spot. 01:02:23
Programs AB and C but the net interconnected. 01:02:25
So somebody has to be the overall overshare. 01:02:28
The Upper Rock River Pretty watershed project. 01:02:31
To make change there. 01:02:34
The data is going to be needed at some point in time. 01:02:35
To give whoever that is with that organization. 01:02:38
Corps of Engineers, the state. 01:02:42
County. Whatever. 01:02:44
Authorization to use that data and make change. 01:02:45
So you're saying it's? 01:02:48
You need that data please. 01:02:50
Picture and you have no way to effect change with the data. 01:02:52
So it puts off. 01:02:56
Handling the flooding issue across the whole river, which makes sense to me because it's on the same waterway. 01:02:57
So. 01:03:05
So it's good to have the information, but then what you can do with it? 01:03:08
But you can't do anything without. 01:03:13
More info. 01:03:15
And is that the correct information that the priority watershed? 01:03:17
Will request in the future. 01:03:20
We don't know that. 01:03:22
That's the right place to put the gauge station. 01:03:26
Is it? 01:03:32
It's it's a is that a gauge for just water level or for dam flow? 01:03:33
For water level. 01:03:39
But is that the correct location? 01:03:44
To manage the Rock River. 01:03:46
Well, for our. 01:03:50
For our like our lake, it was determined that those two you know Hwy. S Bridge and and. 01:03:51
Tweety Street Bridge where the appropriate spots to for because you have two different points you know you're talking. 01:03:56
Several miles apart. 01:04:04
As the you know, the Rock River winds through and goes down towards Eustisford so. 01:04:06
So did you make that designation just sort of based on common sense or did you have any kind of we had consulting input on that, 01:04:13
Yes. 01:04:17
Yeah, we did not. The commissioners themselves did not decide that is, Yeah, asking. 01:04:20
OK, any like. 01:04:28
One other question. So is your statement that you. 01:04:29
I want to know how your statement reflects the motion. Are you saying? 01:04:34
We should dismiss the motion and agree. 01:04:38
Or are you saying we should agree to dismiss? 01:04:40
And then find out if that's the correct location of the gauge. What are you saying? I'm gonna support the motion. 01:04:43
But we have to understand. 01:04:50
That it has to be. 01:04:52
Bigger program of. 01:04:53
More. 01:04:54
From hurricane down to the county line. 01:04:56
Management program. 01:04:59
And somebody has to be. 01:05:00
Identified as the. 01:05:02
Engineer, the supervisor, the biologist for that program. 01:05:05
Not just Lake, Ms. 01:05:09
For the information that they'll need. 01:05:12
But the question is, is that the correct location? I don't know that. 01:05:14
So. 01:05:20
You're agreeing to dismiss but. 01:05:21
Further information. 01:05:24
Correct, with potentially approving later. 01:05:27
Truck. 01:05:30
I I would. 01:05:33
I would agree with that. 01:05:34
OK, the motion is to deny. 01:05:36
$6500 for USGS monitoring station on for Lake Tennessee Taxing District. 01:05:39
For 2026, I will abstain from voting for the record. 01:05:44
Those in favor signify If you say yes, then you're saying yes to deny. If you say no, then. 01:05:50
Refusing the denial those in favor of denial. 01:05:55
Say aye, aye. 01:05:58
Aye, any opposed? 01:05:59
OK, unanimously carried except for me. 01:06:03
Thank you, Dave. OK, thank you. 01:06:06
And you are welcome to come back next year. The committee is the committee has indicated if you want and I would suggest you come. 01:06:09
A little bit earlier in the in the budget season. 01:06:15
Maybe like. 01:06:18
Early spring or something like that. 01:06:21
Maybe be an idea and then he could update us on your like how it went or what you're doing. 01:06:23
OK. 01:06:28
Consider. 01:06:29
Talking to Bill Foley too, because right. 01:06:30
If you can coordinate so this is more of a systemic connection. Other ways the county's waste they do get together like with 01:06:33
criminal. 01:06:36
Chris is gonna be gone, so he does. They do get together. 01:06:40
And I don't know, we love a new chair. 01:06:42
The LSID well, so talk about we do about we do have a mechanism to talk about those kind of things LSID does with with with them. 01:06:45
I mean the idea of doing a whole watershed monitoring is that actually does make the most sense from the top of the Rock River 01:06:50
that comes into Dodge County to where it exits and. 01:06:56
I know that there's a another Rock River Alliance group that does monitoring on the tributaries. 01:07:02
And we have volunteers that actually go and. 01:07:09
Take regular readings so. 01:07:12
OK. Thank you, Dave. 01:07:15
Oh, the consultants. 01:07:19
What was their name? 01:07:22
Well, we're using he and associates right now for another. 01:07:24
Dredging project. 01:07:28
And they've come up. They finished a feasibility study for us. 01:07:30
Which then our next we're going to send to our home. 01:07:33
Our homeowners and electors at our annual meeting in a couple weeks. 01:07:37
To implement a dredge design. 01:07:41
And then, you know, hopefully if that is approved, we get that design done, then by 2027, we're actually making some progress. 01:07:45
I want to call trouble in the ground, but it'd be shovel in the lake, so. 01:07:52
So that's a big process. There's two consultants and it's a big application. It's a 10 year. 01:07:56
It's a really, it's a law, yeah. 01:08:02
The dredging one to plan to get well, we want to see where we can leverage. 01:08:05
What they're doing with the Horicon Dam as well downstream. 01:08:12
Because there's some downstream from the mark on DAM. 01:08:15
To Santa Sippy as well. 01:08:18
So, so yeah, be very interested. Know what you would do with the dredge materials too. 01:08:21
We're contacting discussion. 01:08:26
We actually have property owners that are interested in taking. 01:08:29
They wanted for their farm fields. 01:08:33
And you could update us on on LSID activities. I think it's very appropriate. I do on a monthly basis just a recap of our 01:08:35
meetings, but but maybe a more. 01:08:39
Thorough discussion sometimes should take place. Or you could talk with him and then bring that back or had the consultant even 01:08:44
come or something to show you guys what? 01:08:49
If you wanted to be educated, we could do that as a session in the future. 01:08:54
So there's a lot to it. 01:08:58
To the lake plan, yeah. 01:09:00
Yeah. And I can't remember who Ron French works for. I don't remember. Is it? Yeah, he's had. He's one of the consultants we've 01:09:02
used for formulating our. 01:09:06
Lake plants and then he helps bring in. 01:09:10
Where we did request for proposal, he would draw up the request for proposals to get different contract firms. 01:09:13
Align so. 01:09:20
So we're definitely interested. 01:09:21
And just want to make sure it all connects to the same kind of data flow in the same system. 01:09:23
It makes sense, yeah. 01:09:30
OK. Thank you. Thanks. 01:09:32
OK, budget update and this is the handout box the other way. 01:09:35
Other way? Oh, you guys have them already? 01:09:41
You guys got a copy of this in your packet, but Andrew suggested that I give you a hard copy here. 01:09:43
Look, I couldn't read. 01:09:50
It's really tiny and then when I can read it I've only got like. 01:09:52
1/8 of a column. 01:09:57
Yeah, well, I'll provide you an updated one for next month too. So you're looking at the the column that's highlighted in yellow. 01:10:00
That's a 2025 actual is that's. 01:10:05
This part of the agenda is about. 01:10:10
We're looking good on the operating budget for the department we should be. 01:10:13
At least budgeted or under budget, I don't see us exceeding the budget by any means. 01:10:19
Some of the expenses have not been spent out yet, but they'll be coming up here shortly. 01:10:26
The one thing I wanted to highlight on the 25 budget is the. 01:10:32
Salaries and benefits will be exceeding what was originally budgeted. 01:10:38
Basically because of insurance changes. 01:10:43
Going from single plans to family plans, that's something you just cannot avoid. So that that definitely will increase from what 01:10:46
was originally budgeted. 01:10:50
But the rest of the 25 budget. 01:10:55
We're looking good. 01:10:59
So if you have any questions I can answer specifics, otherwise I'll just leave it at that for this month. 01:11:03
Can you give me 10 seconds? 01:11:09
What is Purchase Services? 01:11:11
Purchase services is. 01:11:14
That's where we hire the one individual to do our database updates. 01:11:17
On our software on a computer. 01:11:23
And that's 27 a year. 01:11:30
Where you let me find it? 01:11:33
No, it's OK. 01:11:35
I get it, but that's what you're paying annually. 01:11:36
$27. 01:11:39
Clerk, Is that all of it? 01:11:41
I gotta find it here quick. 01:11:44
Original budget was 3430. 01:11:46
And the actual 33547. 01:11:49
Is that the program we were going to buy like 13 years ago? 01:11:57
And then you kind of. 01:12:01
Did the different software but it has to be updated. I'm sorry Purchase services is is our recycle bin. 01:12:02
Oh. 01:12:09
Oh, because that's a lot. 01:12:13
To update software on a yearly basis. 01:12:14
Where are you looking at? 01:12:17
Does purchase, well, you're looking at a different item. You're looking under, oh, it's well testing. I'm sorry, under well 01:12:20
testing. OK, yeah, sorry. Yeah, that makes a big difference, $100 to 34,000. Yeah, that's a huge difference. 01:12:26
Yeah, up. 01:12:33
The umm. 01:12:35
The top portion of the front page. 01:12:36
Unit 8110. 01:12:39
That is the department operating. 01:12:41
Budget. 01:12:43
Everything else. 01:12:44
On the bottom and on the Backpage, our individual programs, they're basically grant funded. 01:12:46
So. 01:12:53
So these are all 8110? Yeah, the top, yeah. 01:12:54
Right. That is a operating budget for the department. 01:12:57
In that purchase service that's year five that that agreement, right? 01:13:05
Or that, well, something. That's the last. 01:13:10
That's the correct correct this is I may be getting one more payment when they redo the when they do the final. 01:13:13
Summary. 01:13:23
But I think that's pretty much all done. 01:13:24
So when we get to the next. 01:13:27
Budget item. We can discuss that for the future then. 01:13:30
Anymore discussion on 25? 01:13:33
OK, so the computer update is 1800 a year. 01:13:35
It's 5:00 to 6:00. 01:13:40
300 is the ending. 01:13:43
6. 01:13:45
Right around there. 01:13:49
5 to 6, sweetheart, that's parcel. 01:13:50
The computer means 300. 01:13:53
Umm, that varies. 01:13:57
I'm yeah, I'm saying a different number. Would you say in 1800? That's that's what I'm projecting for 26 and we can talk about 01:13:59
that in the next agenda item. There was $2000 budgeted for this year and we've used 846 so far. It says computer maintenance 01:14:06
licensing, but that also includes photocopies and our printer. 01:14:13
And updates and things like that. Last year, if you looked at last year, it was a lot more because we updated a lot of the. 01:14:21
Computers in the department last year. 01:14:29
And the last thing is, do we pay people to write? 01:14:33
Grants or. 01:14:35
It's 6500. 01:14:38
No, that is the grants and contributions. 01:14:41
That is the $5000 you give to the town of Lebanon for the USGS station. 01:14:44
And that's $750 that we give to the farmer LED group and the 7:50 that we give to the alliance, that's what that money is for. 01:14:49
OK. 01:14:58
OK. Any more questions for the 25? 01:15:06
Hearing none. 01:15:14
26. 01:15:15
Preliminary budget and now are you, what's the plan and we can just go over the highlights today. And yeah, there's just a couple 01:15:16
things I wanted to point out to you today. We'll go in this board. 01:15:20
More depth next month. 01:15:24
But that would be the be 3 columns to your left on top it says 26 of budget entry. 01:15:26
There's basically three things that I wanted to point out here. 01:15:34
The second column from the top. 01:15:38
233,000 and 22 dollars. 01:15:41
That is our staffing grant. 01:15:44
Now that is my calculations, basically the state budget that was passed. 01:15:46
They are going to for 26 and 27 pay 100% of the first employee. 01:15:53
70% of the second and 50% of the third. 01:15:59
Which is what the statute says. 01:16:04
So my calculations. 01:16:06
Would come up to 233,000. 01:16:09
Typically, Wisconsin land and water will give us a preliminary number in the middle of August. 01:16:13
So for this year 25, you look to the column to the right, we're getting $157,234. 01:16:18
So it is a significant increase. 01:16:27
For the next two years. 01:16:29
What will happen after the next two years? 01:16:32
Nobody knows. You'll have to wait and see. 01:16:35
So that was one thing I wanted to point out. And like I said, I want to emphasize that's my calculation. 01:16:37
So we'll see what Wisconsin land and water comes up with when they give up preliminary numbers. 01:16:43
But they're just interpreting the same thing. It's the same statutory requirement, yes. 01:16:49
Yep. 01:16:54
About four light, 4 items down, there's a. 01:16:57
A pink highlighter or light blue highlighted $7000. 01:17:01
That's based off of the budget passing and we are able to purchase a new truck. This would be the cell. 01:17:05
The sale price of our existing vehicles, what I'm assuming that. 01:17:13
Estimating that'll be at. 01:17:17
And if you go down about the middle of the page, there's another highlighted item in there, $41,043. That's the. 01:17:20
Estimate that we got for from. 01:17:30
From Dodge for a pickup. 01:17:33
I have not received anything back from Chevy or Ford yet. 01:17:35
So I just put that item in there. 01:17:38
We'll see what the other two come back and. 01:17:42
What's your situation with trying to get a vehicle from the Sheriff's Department? 01:17:46
They've been able to get one. There has been, we have one. 01:17:50
That we got a couple years ago, we were. 01:17:54
Projected to get another one. 01:17:57
This year. 01:17:59
But that didn't happen. 01:18:00
Land, resource and parks were projected to get three this year and that did not happen. 01:18:03
So I'm not I've not requested another one for next year. 01:18:08
I think this so this would. 01:18:13
Replaced the new vehicle we have here in the budget, would replace the existing one, but we're going to sell. 01:18:17
Yes, no, we'd have two vehicles. We still, we still have to them. 01:18:22
And that would replace we have the pickup. 01:18:26
And we have the. 01:18:30
Explore the Explorers. The squad. 01:18:32
It would replace the pickup. That's a 2014. 01:18:34
But did you put a new transmission? No, No, no, no, no. 01:18:37
We put an alternator in the in the squad. 01:18:43
Umm no, I put a new transmission in my truck. 01:18:47
It's county was paid for that. I mean 7 grand was not fun. 01:18:53
The number for the new pickup team was a little lowest, so that's not an extended cab. 01:18:59
It is. It is, yeah. And and I had Trista. 01:19:03
Our appropriations person, she went to Ewald for the state rate. 01:19:07
And that's a state rate. That's yeah. 01:19:13
Good for you. 01:19:15
And that, that is what Dodge came. 01:19:16
I was going to say, do you have air conditioning because of the price? So how many years do you think we get out of that? 01:19:18
You think the new truck? 01:19:24
I would assume we would be able to run that for 10. 01:19:27
12 years we we put somewhere between 5 to 8000 miles on a vehicle a year. 01:19:30
15 is not out of the order, no. 01:19:42
So I do have a question. 01:19:45
That staffing grant is specific to staffing. 01:19:47
So it would not pay for the truck. However, the property tax revenue projected for budgeted for this year is 435,000, so I'll be a 01:19:52
numbers game. 01:19:58
OK, you're going to get more staff and grant. So you would you would need less. 01:20:04
Umm, tax revenue. 01:20:09
To balance the budget. 01:20:11
So you take part of that. 01:20:13
Of tax revenue that you needed to balance the budget and put that towards the truck. 01:20:15
Because the trucks not in that you didn't budget for the 41, is that it? 01:20:20
For 262626, we got extra money from the state for that. He changed the one around and then the 41 is in there. And what's the 01:20:24
left? So there's still leftover money, right? No, wait a minute. If it's for the staffing grant only, that's limited by state law. 01:20:32
You can't put that in the budget and spend it on something else. It's for staffing and we're not. 01:20:43
But what it does is it reduces the amount of tax revenue that. 01:20:51
The department needs to balance the budget. 01:20:56
Right. So you're supplementing tax revenue which is not staffing like this is to hire staff. That's what it's for either higher. 01:20:59
Or increase the salary of staff. This has been lobbied. 01:21:07
For years and years because they've been underfunding it for years. 01:21:11
And now they've. 01:21:16
Come close. I never heard that it was fully funded. 01:21:17
We wanted 20. We got about half. 01:21:22
What we wanted. 01:21:25
Right, right. Half. 01:21:26
It wasn't fully, but it's a big increase. 01:21:30
And. 01:21:33
I just. 01:21:35
Think we need to keep that in mind because I don't think it was meant for a truck. 01:21:36
It's not. It's not, It's not. 01:21:41
And that that's not my intention. 01:21:44
It's not. But money is fungible, right? So if you take that money and then you spend it excess on a truck, you're spending that 01:21:46
money on a truck. But I'm not. 01:21:50
Oh, OK. How are you doing that? 01:21:53
Because we are getting more. 01:21:56
State funding. 01:21:58
Projected. 01:22:00
To get more state funding to. 01:22:00
Support staff. 01:22:03
We will be needing less. 01:22:05
County tax revenue to balance the budget. 01:22:07
So. 01:22:11
That savings in tax revenue that we would be requesting less of. 01:22:12
We can request some of that. 01:22:17
To pay for the truck. 01:22:19
That is exactly what I'm saying. That's what I said. You can't do it. 01:22:21
Right, you cannot say. 01:22:24
We've got money for staffing, so that money, that extra means we have less. 01:22:26
To ask for. 01:22:32
The umm. 01:22:34
Out of the. 01:22:36
What did you say the tax funding, the revenue? 01:22:37
Right, was the same thing. 01:22:39
We're going to use the staffing to ask for less money from the county revenue and I'm like, Nope. 01:22:41
I mean, I've been in this for like 8 years. We fought hard for this and it's for staffing. 01:22:46
That's what it's for. 01:22:53
Are you saying tax revenue cannot be used to purchase vehicles? 01:22:55
Nope, I'm saying the money for staffing should go to staffing and it will. 01:23:00
I understand exactly what you're saying, but I think we. 01:23:07
You are talking about two different things. 01:23:09
I think I heard. 01:23:12
We have extra money in staffing. 01:23:14
So we only so we can reduce the amount. 01:23:16
So we can reduce the amount of revenue. 01:23:20
That is replacing. 01:23:23
The amount we request for revenue. 01:23:25
From staffing. 01:23:28
They're directly related. 01:23:29
I know people do it but like. 01:23:31
We need to talk about staffing, that's what it's for. 01:23:33
So may I understand what you're saying? You're saying that you want to keep the county? 01:23:38
Money for staffing the same, but then have more money available because the state's gonna. 01:23:42
Apply more, is that what you're saying? The state is significantly accrued if you look in the budget here on the top. 01:23:46
It says 2025 revised budget. 01:23:52
It's online, the second line down. 01:23:54
Is 157 to 34, so he didn't put the full. 01:23:57
233. 01:24:02
In first for the budget. 01:24:03
He's not including. 01:24:06
The amount and by the way, this isn't just projected, it's real. It was approved, it's in the budget, OK, it's a real number. 01:24:09
If he did the math wrong, maybe it's you know. 01:24:16
$5 off. 01:24:19
That's a real number. 01:24:20
That's to it's it's certain percent of this salary, another percent of that salary. Like this is arithmetic. You can get the right 01:24:23
number. 01:24:26
So. 01:24:30
What should be in the budget is 233. 01:24:31
Right, not 157. 01:24:35
What line are you looking at? What line should 233 be in? 01:24:37
It says 2026. Oh, you are putting it in the budget, Yes, yes, 202026. The 157 is for 2025, right? You're right. 01:24:41
So that 233. 01:24:49
Is for. 01:24:51
Staffing and that's where. 01:24:52
That's where it's bad. 01:24:54
So. 01:24:56
So the state's not going to just stop funding staffing. It's a it's a state law. 01:24:59
And if they want to change the law, they can. 01:25:04
Land and water has been very, very, very hard lobbying to get the money. 01:25:07
And it's for staffing. And by the way. 01:25:12
The more staff you have. 01:25:14
The more people can contact. 01:25:16
Right AG producers. 01:25:19
The more people that can go out and take measurements, get information. 01:25:22
That is the difference. 01:25:26
In how many? 01:25:29
How much land we have in these conservation programs? Our management program increased it by what, 1020%? 01:25:31
Was our goal right? It's gone up by 1% in 10 years. 01:25:39
They're like, well, there's only so many of us, right? 01:25:43
We can't cover the whole county. 01:25:46
Well, now we have. 01:25:48
A staffing budget. 01:25:49
To get that job done. 01:25:51
Since we're land and water conservation. 01:25:54
So I'm not saying that we're going to spend it tomorrow. 01:25:56
Right, because. 01:26:00
Because we're going to have a retirement. 01:26:02
Right, there's going to be a new person in your position. 01:26:04
So I'm not sure. 01:26:10
Is this still true that I can't remember? Did we get rid of the August rule of? 01:26:12
Adding staff. 01:26:16
Or is that still there? 01:26:18
Well, it wouldn't be adding, it would. 01:26:20
The way it is now. 01:26:22
Because the budget, Stacy. 01:26:25
Of retirement. 01:26:27
New positions. 01:26:29
Would be what you have to have. But if our budget is funded, we aren't asking the county, right? 01:26:30
There's no extra positions buzzed in here at all, but. 01:26:40
Would help clarify you and I talked. 01:26:45
Several months before. Before even. 01:26:47
New or amount your plan getting a new truck it was not. 01:26:49
It was not related. 01:26:53
You talked for several months about it and the pros and cons. 01:26:55
And so this was just a recent. 01:26:59
This was just a recent information so the discussion on the truck. 01:27:01
Actually is a separate. 01:27:06
Item right and but it was done. 01:27:07
It was he had already. 01:27:10
Correct me if I'm wrong, you'd already planned on this. I'm not saying not to get the truck, get the truck. I'm not saying not to 01:27:12
do that. 01:27:15
And and what the way John has it in in. 01:27:18
Tentatively in his budget. 01:27:22
Meets the goals of the statute. 01:27:23
How does the truck count for staffing again if we take the truck out? 01:27:28
If we take the truck out of the budget. 01:27:35
It's a separate issue. So let me ask this if you you buy the truck. 01:27:37
Is the money. 01:27:42
Still 200 and whatever 33,000 still going to be in the staffing. Yeah. So that's increased because he's getting more revenue 01:27:43
coming in. 01:27:47
From the state. 01:27:51
He's getting more revenue coming in. That's why that's increased revenue is for staff. 01:27:52
That's money for staff. Well, it's coming from revenue stream. It's a revenue stream. It's coming in from the state. So that's 01:27:56
where he's accounting for it. 01:27:59
But it doesn't pay for all of the staff, so we're still budgeting Rep. 01:28:02
County revenue to pay for the rest of the staff, just like we're going to budget county revenue to pay for the truck. 01:28:06
They are that you are saying the same thing, right? You're. 01:28:14
That you're taking the excess staffing money for the truck. 01:28:17
If you take the truck out of the budget. 01:28:22
I'm just gonna throw hypothetical number out there. 01:28:25
That currently this year. 01:28:28
Budgeted. 01:28:31
We need $435,000. 01:28:32
Of tax revenue to balance our budget currently this year. 01:28:35
If we get an extra. 01:28:39
$75,000 in staffing. 01:28:42
Theoretically. 01:28:46
We will only need $350,000. 01:28:47
Tax revenue to balance next year's budget. 01:28:52
So instead of asking for 350,000 tax revenue. 01:28:56
We're going to ask for 370,000 tax revenue. 01:29:00
And then include a truck. 01:29:05
In the budget, right? 01:29:07
So it's not specific for the for the truck it. 01:29:09
Could be for any line item on the budget at all. 01:29:12
But you're using it to make. 01:29:16
The current budget. 01:29:18
Balance without adding staff. 01:29:20
Which was the point. 01:29:23
Of the statute. 01:29:25
The point of the statute. 01:29:27
Was to allow counties. 01:29:28
To add. 01:29:30
Staff, so I'll agree. 01:29:31
Reimburse the. 01:29:35
Counties for what they've already been paying because we added staff. 01:29:37
Without. 01:29:41
But we didn't add staff. 01:29:42
Over the years, yeah, we've been paying for the staff. Yes, we have, right? 01:29:45
So this is allowing us. 01:29:50
To not. 01:29:52
Use as much of our county money to pay for staff. 01:29:54
Yeah, absolutely. 01:29:58
It's also. 01:29:59
The significant increase. 01:30:00
To provide for staffing, So, Mr. Chairman, next year. 01:30:03
Umm, that. 01:30:07
Same 2 year biennial budget, right? We're going. 01:30:10
That we're going to be not have that same $233,000. 01:30:14
Because it'll be reduced. 01:30:19
For two years, it's a two year, it's a two year budget, but I think it actually is increasing next year. But for the county 01:30:22
budget, it's a one year budget and it will be reduced. 01:30:26
By probably about 41 grand maybe. 01:30:30
That the amount for staffing will be reduced. 01:30:34
No, so we're not. So we're holding open at 2:33. 01:30:37
The state money is actually going to go up next year. 01:30:41
In the second year of their budget. 01:30:45
So that line. 01:30:48
Will likely be, you know. 01:30:49
I don't know what the number of people at 2:33 will likely be closer to 250. 01:30:52
If we went by the idea that. 01:31:00
We we were only paying for the staff. 01:31:05
We would have been down to 1 1/2. 01:31:08
In the department. 01:31:11
So effectively this is allowing us to keep the staff we've had. 01:31:13
The. 01:31:20
The 1:57. 01:31:22
I already covered our staff. 01:31:24
But it never covered all of it. It never did. It never did. So that that's not a change. 01:31:29
It never did. 01:31:36
So this increase isn't making up for that because it never did. It's not new. 01:31:37
Covering a bigger percentage. 01:31:42
All right, so. 01:31:45
I would approve this with. 01:31:47
Concept I would not. I'm saying generally this not. 01:31:48
The way it's set out. 01:31:52
For the 233. 01:31:53
With the understanding. 01:31:54
That, uh. 01:31:57
This committee. 01:31:58
You know, we're going to have sort of a whole shake up here, right? We're going to have a department head resignation. 01:31:59
We're going to have extra money for staff. 01:32:04
Specifically, next year that number will increase. 01:32:08
He'll talk about. 01:32:12
You're gonna for your replacement right here. 01:32:14
We can talk about that. 01:32:17
Some other time, yeah. I mean, that's not really a decision. 01:32:19
Because he like it'll affect the budget, though getting a new person will affect our budget. Yeah, it's not well, it'll probably. 01:32:26
Yeah, actually will probably increase. 01:32:33
Because I am not taking county insurance. 01:32:36
So you have to assume whoever's are replacing me is going to at least have single if not family insurance. 01:32:39
So. 01:32:45
Even though the salary might be a little less. 01:32:46
It's probably going to cost you more than what it's costing now. 01:32:48
You put that in the. 01:32:51
Here I talked to Finance about that. 01:32:52
And they said to. 01:32:55
To leave it. 01:32:57
As if I was continuing. 01:32:58
And then you would make that change. 01:33:00
At the time. 01:33:02
Then we have to go back to the board and ask for an increase. 01:33:04
Yeah. 01:33:07
We have. We'll have to. 01:33:09
It would be more difficult I think. 01:33:17
Right, for the board to get like why are you budgeting for this new person they're not on and it would be more accurate, but the 01:33:19
board will be like we can't spend money you haven't bought the person we would. 01:33:24
It would go as a budget amendment. 01:33:30
If needed. 01:33:33
Because it's not 100% sure it's needed so. 01:33:34
Or whatever the action. 01:33:39
And that does the county administrator, I'm assuming set. 01:33:42
With consulting with people who would set the. 01:33:46
Salary. Is that correct? 01:33:49
As part of his budget. 01:33:51
They will also depend on the timing of the hire I suppose too, because we're assuming. 01:33:53
They're going to start January 1st, but they probably won't because. 01:33:59
Process. Are you just taking time? 01:34:03
Just like when you leave here, are you still going to be like on the county for? 01:34:05
Few months or not, when I'm done, I'm done. 01:34:09
OK. Well, that's helpful to know. 01:34:14
Thank you. 01:34:15
Six months. 01:34:19
Anything else you want to point out? 01:34:20
No, I'll have more, more definite numbers for you next month. OK, go through a little better than. 01:34:23
I just wanted to give you the. 01:34:29
The main high points was. 01:34:31
Were projected to get more. 01:34:33
Revenue for staffing. 01:34:35
And then the truck. 01:34:37
Is are the big, big items that are going to be in there? 01:34:38
Thank you for highlighting it. It's very it's super helpful. Thank you. So next month though, we need to. 01:34:41
Pass will need to make a recommendation right to. 01:34:47
Do the same thing for Ext 2 right day for next every department next month recommendation. 01:34:53
From the committee. 01:35:00
I have to leave so sorry guys. 01:35:10
I think we're almost done, right? 01:35:12
You got a couple things. 01:35:14
See you OK. 01:35:17
All right. Thank you, John. Yep. Have a good evening. OK. 01:35:18
Move on to approve second quarter reimbursement request for wildlife damage program. 01:35:21
Yeah, that's for $13,592.05. 01:35:26
That was a worksheet worksheet in there, right? 01:35:31
Yeah, OK. 01:35:33
Need a motion to approve? 01:35:35
The. 01:35:38
Reimbursement. 01:35:40
Move to improve the reimbursement request for wildlife damage. OK, so we have Dale is the first in the second. 01:35:42
Bill, a second, any further discussion or questions about this, somebody really do. 01:35:49
Those in favor signify by approving say aye aye. Those opposed. 01:35:55
Located unanimously passed. 01:36:00
OK. 01:36:03
Next we will do. 01:36:05
Request for staffing grant. 01:36:08
Yeah, that's for the 157,000. 01:36:10
Whatever it was under $57,234. 01:36:14
Motion to approve the request for the staffing grant. 01:36:21
I move. 01:36:25
You guys want? 01:36:28
Through the video. 01:36:38
How long is this one? 01:36:40
It's a six minute 1. 01:36:42
Last time we had like. 01:36:45
Last two times we went till 11 and now it's 1007 so. 01:36:47
Watch it, I mean. 01:36:50
OK, we were an hour later in the last two meetings. 01:36:52
So anyway, I just thought you guys know that I'm on the extension committee for the state and I. 01:36:58
And so I told them they should really make videos for about extension like distance they should. And they are, they're doing it 01:37:03
now. They are good for you, so. 01:37:07
So they are there in the process of making some because to instruct. 01:37:11
Committee members on how to manage the. 01:37:16
Extension. 01:37:18
So this is what you do. 01:37:20
Short story I said short. This presentation is designed to provide you. 01:37:22
As a member of the Land Conservation Committee. 01:37:27
With information about county land and water resource management plans. 01:37:30
Each one of Wisconsin, 72 counties. 01:37:35
Has a land and water resource management plan. 01:37:39
These plans are required by Wisconsin law under Chapter 92 of the state statute. 01:37:42
The plans are approved by the Wisconsin Department of AG Trade and Consumer Protection. 01:37:48
Having an approved plan affords benefits to the county. 01:37:53
Including eligibility for grant funding through the state's Soil and Water Resource Management Grant program. 01:37:57
These grants provide funding for county conservation staff and to cost share conservation practice installation on private land. 01:38:04
Each one of the 72 county plans includes an assessment of the county's unique soil and water resources. 01:38:14
The plan also includes an assessment of the condition of these resources. 01:38:21
As part of the planning process, local conservation priorities are identified. 01:38:26
And conservation goals for the county are established. 01:38:31
The goals and priorities are informed by the resource assessment. 01:38:35
As well as through consultation with other conservation partners. 01:38:39
A local citizen advisory committee is also appointed to help guide the development of the plan. 01:38:43
A citizen advisory committee must be reflective of a broad spectrum. 01:38:49
Of public interests and perspectives. 01:38:54
Although each one of the county plans is unique, there are a number of key components that must be included. 01:38:57
The required plan contents are described in detail in State Administrative Rule. 01:39:04
ATC, P50. 01:39:10
Some select components in each plan include. 01:39:12
A strategy to encourage compliance with the state's soil and water conservation standards, known as the Agricultural Performance 01:39:16
Standards. 01:39:20
And a description of how the county can support compliance with these standards. 01:39:24
A work plan for the county that is based upon a reasonable assessment of available funding and staffing resources. 01:39:29
The plan must also identify how the county will implement the plan, including identification of the programs. 01:39:36
And regulations that will help with this implementation. 01:39:43
The plan must also identify opportunities to monitor and evaluate the progress in implementing the plan. 01:39:46
And must also include an information and education component related to the land and water conservation needs and priorities. 01:39:53
The plan is an important piece of your county's conservation program. 01:40:03
With an improved land and water resource management plan. 01:40:07
The county remains eligible to receive. 01:40:10
Grant funding through the Department of AG, Trade and Consumer Protection. 01:40:13
Through the Soil and Water Resource Management Grant program. 01:40:17
Also known as the Swarm grant. 01:40:21
Through this grant program, the county receives funding for conservation staff. 01:40:24
The county also receives funds to cost share conservation practices. 01:40:29
On private land. 01:40:33
And to support nutrient management planning. 01:40:35
The work planning completed as a part of the Land and Water Resource Management Plan guides the county's conservation efforts. 01:40:38
To achieve the goals of the plan. 01:40:45
The work plan includes the planned activities for the year. 01:40:47
And the anticipated outcomes. 01:40:51
The plan and the annual work plans help. 01:40:53
The county to prioritize the conservation workload. 01:40:56
Finally, the plan also helps you show progress in meeting your conservation goals. 01:40:59
Each year, the Land Conservation Committee is required to submit an annual report. 01:41:05
On conservation activities and accomplishments. 01:41:10
This annual reporting provides information that helps to show statewide progress. 01:41:13
In achieving conservation goals. 01:41:19
Once a land and water resource management plan is completed. 01:41:22
And approved by the Land Conservation Committee. 01:41:26
The plan is presented to the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Board. 01:41:29
This board reviews the plans. 01:41:33
And makes a recommendation for approval. 01:41:35
To the Department of AG, Trade and Consumer Protection. 01:41:38
Following the board recommendation. 01:41:42
The county usually takes the plan to the full local county board for adoption. 01:41:44
Once the county board adopts the plan, the county notifies the department. 01:41:50
Finally, approval will then be made by the Department of AG, Trade and Consumer Protection. 01:41:55
This plan approval is good for 10 years. 01:42:01
Five years after the plan is approved. 01:42:05
The county will be asked to meet with the Land and Water Conservation Board again. 01:42:07
To review progress in implementing the plan. 01:42:11
The Land and Water Conservation Board has developed guidance documents detailing the requirements of presenting a plan for 10 year 01:42:15
approval. 01:42:19
And for presenting A5 year review. 01:42:23
These guidance documents include a list of questions regarding plan, implementation and accomplishments that the county should be 01:42:26
prepared to address. 01:42:31
At least one member of the LCC is requested to attend both of the presentations to the Land and Water Conservation Board. 01:42:36
As Land Conservation Committee members. 01:42:45
You have a very important role in the development and implementation of the county's Land and Water Resource Management Plan. 01:42:47
As a committee member, you will be asked to help guide the development of the plan. 01:42:54
And to consider attending the Land and Water Conservation Board meetings. 01:42:59
To support your county conservation department. 01:43:03
In addition, each county is asked to develop and submit an annual work plan. 01:43:06
And to report annual accomplishments. 01:43:11
We hope this presentation helps you understand a little more about the county Land and Water Resource Management Plan and the 01:43:15
importance of this plan to your county's conservation program. 01:43:20
Please get in touch with us in the Bureau of Land and Water Resources at the Wisconsin Department of AG, Trade and Consumer 01:43:27
Protection. 01:43:31
For additional information. 01:43:35
Or for help with your planned revision. 01:43:36
Questions. 01:43:44
When do you do the annual plan? 01:43:45
The annual work plan. 01:43:51
I'll come up later this fall as you get as we get ready to submit the. 01:43:53
The grant applications for next year. 01:43:58
During the following year and the annual report. 01:44:01
Can you include that in a packet? 01:44:05
Yep, absolutely. 01:44:07
Probably September. 01:44:10
The. 01:44:12
Land water plan that they're talking about, they've already set up our date for our five year review, which is. 01:44:15
February of 20. 01:44:21
And I was kind of surprised that they that they. 01:44:24
Made dates that far out but. 01:44:28
Is they captain? 01:44:31
Land, Water. 01:44:33
Net state landline, yes. 01:44:34
Who reviews it? 01:44:39
They will there. Well, the entire board will have a review of it. We'll we'll publish something and send it there. 01:44:42
And then? 01:44:50
Put a PowerPoint together. 01:44:51
And I think. 01:44:53
Larry, did Larry Bischoff go with me on that one? I believe he did. 01:44:56
Yeah. So Larry and I went in there and we presented to the board and they asked a few questions and. 01:45:00
That was that. 01:45:05
OK, discuss possible research project on the Dodge County's airport farm. 01:45:11
I don't have anything new. I tried getting a hold of Will last week and we did not get together. I don't know if he's heard from 01:45:18
anybody. I am aware of two people asking for information. 01:45:25
But the last time I talked to Will, it didn't sound like either one of them were going to put in a proposal. 01:45:32
I don't know if we'll received anything since. 01:45:37
The deadline is August 1st. 01:45:40
I have been in contact with Brian Fields from the highway as far as the. 01:45:43
Current. 01:45:48
Rental agreement and we've been making some changes in there as far as nutrient management plans and things like that, if it goes 01:45:50
back out to bids like the normal process. 01:45:54
So we've been talking on that. 01:46:00
I guess one big, big concern that Brian has is since we've been now doing this. 01:46:03
Who is responsible for the farm now? Is it going to go back to the highway? 01:46:08
Continuing to have the rental agreements, is it going to shift to our department? 01:46:13
So. 01:46:18
Yeah, that's kind of something that. 01:46:18
One way or another needs to be decided. 01:46:20
I would say it's likely going to shift here. 01:46:23
Yeah, we talked about that several months ago and that's what we said, since there are conservation practices involved like. 01:46:25
Frank Fields has no idea what. 01:46:32
To do that. 01:46:34
So you're gonna reach out to these people and tell them, hey, the August 1st deadline is coming. Or, you know. 01:46:35
Yeah, I'm gonna continue to try to get hold of Will and. 01:46:41
Because he's been in contact with both of them. 01:46:44
So and I don't e-mail list. 01:46:48
For people at least that are in the programs. 01:46:51
It went you went out to. 01:46:55
It got put on the county. 01:46:57
County website. 01:47:00
It uh. 01:47:01
Got sent out through the farmer LED group. 01:47:02
It got sent out through UW Extensions newsletter and there was a mention of it in my last newsletter that we sent out our 01:47:05
quarterly newsletter. So that's that's how the information got out. 01:47:10
The current. 01:47:16
Renter. 01:47:17
Received a personal phone call to make sure that he understood that this was going on. So if he doesn't have those. 01:47:19
Avenues to get that information. He was aware of it. So right, I'm not looking at the current renter. If he was that interested he 01:47:28
would have contacted you already. So I'm talking about like. 01:47:32
Those are nice, broad, general things that it may happen to go to the website. They'll see it if they happen to read the 01:47:36
newsletter, like not everyone is read. 01:47:39
I'm saying like. 01:47:43
At either your. 01:47:45
Discretion or one of your staff right to pick out like. 01:47:47
Twenty of the most people that are in the location. 01:47:50
Or 10. 01:47:54
And send out. 01:47:55
Specifically that this is an opportunity you can. 01:47:58
You know, we've got bids. 01:48:02
If you don't contact people, we're not going to get anybody on August 1st. 01:48:04
OK, so I'm just talking about one last. 01:48:07
Shot an e-mail to people and say here's the thing. 01:48:09
You can just put a link to the website. 01:48:14
You know, but. 01:48:16
Otherwise, you know this is busy season, right? 01:48:18
There they're all working. 01:48:20
If you don't send an e-mail. 01:48:23
OK. 01:48:27
OK. Any more discussion on the county? 01:48:31
Project this. 01:48:34
Airport. 01:48:36
OK, down to committee, reports Lake Sinnissippi. So I will start. 01:48:38
The last commissioners meeting was on July. 01:48:44
8th And the Commissioners passed a motion recommending the budget for next year for 26 we have to for annual meeting. 01:48:48
It's a $13,000 increase over. 01:48:57
The previous year and that has to do with our lake management activities. 01:49:01
Coming up. 01:49:04
Commissioners made final revisions to the annual newsletter that was already just mailed out. 01:49:07
There's two major things happening. 01:49:13
The committee reviewed a presentation from Hay and Associates that. 01:49:15
A day referred to on Lakes Mississippi channel. 01:49:20
Dredging. 01:49:23
Study that will be given at the annual meeting. 01:49:24
And that's, that's looking at about a $500,000 project there. 01:49:28
The study addresses the navigational concerns that's on the Northside of the lake going up towards Horican. 01:49:33
And they're getting quite a bit more traffic going up there, especially with Hurricane having concerts every Wednesday. 01:49:39
In their City Park there and so a lot of boats are going through there now. Kind of cool. 01:49:45
Actually so. 01:49:49
And then the other one is a shoreline mapping project that I've been talking about for a. 01:49:52
For a while, but that's included in the budget. 01:49:56
The other thing? 01:50:00
The commissioners were updated about the LSA and Rock River rescue efforts and to kind of time with what you said, Bill, they they 01:50:02
looking at the system as a whole, the Rock River. 01:50:07
And so they're looking at stocking fish. 01:50:12
In conjunction with. 01:50:14
Watertown. 01:50:17
And so a lot more game. 01:50:18
And so the LSA is is really the. 01:50:21
Partner of LSID, he might say, and they they're raising money to increase our. 01:50:26
The amount of fish that we stock in Lake, Ms. 01:50:33
Last year we did $9000. 01:50:36
Also, I'm going to be going up and talking with. 01:50:39
A couple years ago, the extension. 01:50:42
Had a grant for conservation. 01:50:45
It's a conservation grant for for fish stocking and so. 01:50:49
That goes through. 01:50:52
Land and parks. So I was going to contact him after this meeting. 01:50:55
For increasing. 01:50:59
Consideration We did get a grant from them about. 01:51:02
23 for fish stockings. So that is something I am working with the county with separately as. 01:51:05
As my lsid. 01:51:10
Patton is on. 01:51:12
So, and that's really about it from. 01:51:13
Lakeside, Mississippi. 01:51:17
Judging is exciting. 01:51:18
We have it is the most exciting thing. 01:51:20
We're talking about a huge amounts of money. 01:51:23
I mean, do you expect it to be 3 feet deeper, 4 feet deeper, 2 feet deeper? 01:51:25
Like what do you expect? 01:51:30
When it's well, it's about four feet now. 01:51:31
I don't know if there's a very specific number. 01:51:36
Range, right? Do you know what that is? I would. 01:51:39
I don't know for sure, but I would think 8. 01:51:42
And that double I think at least in that. 01:51:44
Umm, in that bottleneck right there is what we total we would like. I think in that. 01:51:47
That bottleneck, and then they're also changing. 01:51:53
It they're also changing the route of the boats, it's going to be east and West as opposed to coming up from the South. It's going 01:51:57
to be like a curve. 01:52:02
And so. 01:52:08
I don't. Not that the engineers say I. 01:52:09
I don't know how. 01:52:12
That works for flowing of sediment on the bottom, but that's what that's the plan. 01:52:13
So yes, it is a huge year for us. 01:52:17
And we'll see what happens with the. 01:52:21
What the membership? 01:52:23
Votes so. 01:52:25
So all right, next umm. 01:52:29
Beaver Dam. 01:52:32
The Lake District is performing a sonar mapping of the lake with about 3/4 completed. 01:52:34
And that's getting a sonar. 01:52:39
Mapping of the depths. 01:52:41
The lake bottom and the amount of vegetation. 01:52:42
And that has gone to the. 01:52:46
State Water DNR water quality group to let us know what else we need to look at for them. 01:52:48
We have a couple days that will probably want to see more detail on. 01:52:54
But this is a. 01:52:58
And piece of information needed to. 01:53:00
Look at the hydrology. 01:53:03
To move the sediment around. 01:53:05
And also the vegetation. 01:53:07
How much? 01:53:08
Plant life is there to support the game fish. 01:53:09
We are using the number of volunteers here because we. 01:53:14
As many people as possible. 01:53:18
To become accustomed with the lake and learn the real facts. Get their feet wet if you would. 01:53:20
So they can tell their neighbors to what they're saying. 01:53:25
We. 01:53:30
District and DNR water quality to the point. Interstate survey of Trestle Bay. 01:53:32
Arthur and I went out and did the field work for a day. He's taking that back to his office now. 01:53:37
It will generate a map of Trussell Bay. 01:53:42
And the. 01:53:45
Amount of vegetation and type of vegetation. 01:53:46
And they are 250 Bay. 01:53:49
Hey, Quebec. 01:53:51
Back in 2010. 01:53:54
A car barrier at Rakes Bay was damaged and removed. 01:53:56
We had a meeting out there with DNR fishery. 01:54:00
And water quality. 01:54:04
To look at the site. 01:54:05
A part of it is still there, most of is gone. 01:54:07
To determine what we should do. 01:54:10
To replace that, what's required? 01:54:13
The fishery is no longer interested in getting a general permit for that. 01:54:16
So the individual permit to the Lake District. 01:54:20
To replace that. 01:54:23
So this is probably a 2026. 01:54:25
2027 project. 01:54:28
In 2026, getting the research on it. 01:54:30
On the trestle. 01:54:33
On the barrier. 01:54:35
Barrier. Sorry. 01:54:36
Have been totally funded by the district. 01:54:37
Now we're going to try to get some surface water grants on it. 01:54:40
And spread it around. 01:54:43
It's not inexpensive what we have thus far for pricing. 01:54:45
Is a DNR favorable to allowing not you to? 01:54:49
Yes, they'd like to see it done. 01:54:51
We're asking them to use the engineering data from 2010. 01:54:54
To avoid those engineering costs. So we're seeing if they'll be able to do that. 01:54:57
So do the Pike corner rates bait just spawn? 01:55:02
The Pike do. They're supposed to. 01:55:06
What's happening now is the rough fish, the Buffalo in the carp. 01:55:08
Are dominating that Bay. 01:55:12
So we estimate there's a hundred carp. 01:55:14
Per acre there. 01:55:16
And you got two or three Pike per acre trying to get up past them. 01:55:18
Two or three. 01:55:23
Per 100. 01:55:25
Wow, so a tough little Pike. 01:55:26
That's based on the actual catch at Russell Bay in October. 01:55:31
2024. 01:55:36
165,000 lbs of fish were taken out. 01:55:37
Of that Bay. 01:55:40
250 acre back. 01:55:42
The Beaver Dam Lake District annual meeting is on August 9th at 9:00 AM. 01:55:47
At the Beaver Dam High School. 01:55:53
We will have the DNR present their. 01:55:55
Fish plan for the coming years, the next three years. 01:55:58
And water quality. 01:56:01
And we'll have University of Wisconsin to be around present their. 01:56:03
Activity thus far this year. 01:56:06
And where they plan to go for the balance of the air. 01:56:08
The B ram. 01:56:13
Association will have their annual meeting on August 23rd. 01:56:14
9:00 AM at the Randolph. 01:56:18
Meeting room. 01:56:21
So if you have some time to send one or both of those. 01:56:25
The uh. 01:56:28
District 1 should be interesting with the DNR presentation. 01:56:29
I'm sure be a lot of questions and answers after it. 01:56:34
So please attend if you wish. 01:56:38
What are you looking to get out of that DNR presentation? 01:56:41
I'm looking for the community to express to them. 01:56:45
Their opinion of their plan. 01:56:48
And what's your opinion? 01:56:50
My opinion? 01:56:52
It's ineffective. 01:56:54
OK. 01:56:55
For some reason they just. 01:56:58
Locked the curb. 01:57:00
Same for Sinnissippi St. They just. 01:57:02
Just don't seem interested, right? 01:57:05
I have not found another state DNR or program that matches what they're proposing. 01:57:08
For Beaver Dam like. 01:57:14
So if there's a reference, I haven't found it yet. 01:57:18
Bill also wrote a new for the newsletter for Lake Santa Fe, building a letter our BOTA. 01:57:25
Column about carp. 01:57:31
Because we have the same, it's exact same. 01:57:33
We we want that too. 01:57:36
We don't. They don't allow it. 01:57:38
They don't allow the harvesting. 01:57:40
Contract fishing ended in 2017. 01:57:42
And the Iowa State study says every 2.7 years your car population will double. 01:57:45
And I think we're seeing that. 01:57:51
Videos of the conservationist Bay. 01:57:53
Shows a massive amount of spawning. 01:57:56
And there are two spawning seasons now. 01:57:59
Early and late. 01:58:01
But we're seeing more frequency and more density. 01:58:04
Of responding. 01:58:07
It's a it's a big issue when you're trying to increase your other fish. It's like it's real. It's impossible. 01:58:10
To naturally spawn and be what I like. 01:58:19
And competition of carp. 01:58:23
Well, the bluegills would go after the eggs and the fingerlings. 01:58:25
So without the natural spawning reproduction of the bluegill. 01:58:29
The population going down and down every year. 01:58:33
But yes, so the. 01:58:36
Cover over their spawning circles. 01:58:38
The Stones. 01:58:40
So they can't go back, then drop their eggs and. 01:58:41
And bring the fish out. 01:58:43
That's what we've been putting. We've been putting bluegill in every year. I was gonna ask. 01:58:46
Would can the lakes super bad right now because of the heat right so all this algae is out there but but. 01:58:50
Can bluegill survive in? 01:58:57
What the lake is now? 01:58:58
Yes, we're putting 4000 into Trussell Bay. 01:59:00
To hopefully keep that clean with the recent. 01:59:03
Removal. 01:59:06
And we're putting 15,000 the lake itself. 01:59:07
To hopefully be a predator to the catfish and the. 01:59:10
Carp keep that those both. 01:59:14
Both populations down a little bit. 01:59:16
But 15,000? 01:59:20
6800 acre lake is kind of a drop in the bucket. That's two per acre. 01:59:22
But in the Bay, it's a little more concentrated. 01:59:29
Trying to get the little ones. 01:59:33
Correct. 01:59:34
Key Jail. 01:59:37
OK, I finally got to attend a meeting for the last two months. I missed him. 01:59:40
They met on July 10th the Lake District. 01:59:43
And some of the highlights, the Fox Lake. 01:59:46
Wastewater Department. 01:59:49
Reported of a large increase of flow from the Lake District system. 01:59:52
So the firm that. 01:59:57
Lake District hires MCO. 01:59:59
Is going to check that out where it could possibly be coming from? 02:00:01
So the annual weed treatment. 02:00:05
For Lake homeowners took place the first week of July. 02:00:07
33. 02:00:11
Lake homeowners applied for treatment and 30 of them were treated. 02:00:12
For weeds. 02:00:17
The audit. 02:00:20
From what kind of wells and Van Worth was completed? 02:00:21
And the annual goose roundup. 02:00:25
From the wildlife damage. 02:00:27
Control people took place and he gathered up 250 geese. 02:00:29
So MCO. 02:00:38
And their regular plan, there's a company that. 02:00:39
The district is hired to oversee their wastewater system. 02:00:42
Is gonna. 02:00:46
Upgrade the phase converters. 02:00:47
The frequency drives that. 02:00:49
Power these. 02:00:52
Lift stations. 02:00:53
Those are still the original equipment that was in. 02:00:56
These motors are larger so they require three phase power. So you have to have phase converters because. 02:01:01
Three phase power is not available so. 02:01:08
They did look into. 02:01:11
Asking Alliance what it would cost to provide three phase power to just two stations. 02:01:13
It was just under $300,000. 02:01:18
Probably going to stay with the frequency drives. 02:01:21
So. 02:01:32
Fox Leak is looking at a different way of. 02:01:34
Doing the bottom of the lake rather than dredging, they're looking at the nano bubblers. 02:01:36
OK, I've mentioned that before. 02:01:41
So they looked into. 02:01:43
A large one. 02:01:45
A lake sized unit. 02:01:48
And. 02:01:51
The cost of it? 02:01:53
Would be about $1,000,000. 02:01:54
And with maintenance up to 6 to $700,000 a year. 02:01:56
So I don't know what's nano bubbles again. I know he said it, I forgot. 02:02:00
It's a machine that injects. 02:02:05
Oxygen. 02:02:08
Read it though at the bottom of the lake. 02:02:09
And it's been found that it will will. 02:02:12
Make the sediment hard. I don't exactly know how it works. Some of it is actually ozone. It is an oxygen. 02:02:15
There was a project on on Lake Mead that was very successful, but. 02:02:24
Lake meat is tiny compared to Fox Lake so. 02:02:27
It's not really apples to apples. 02:02:30
So they wouldn't try to make it deeper like. 02:02:34
They wouldn't dredge, it just be a matter of making it hard. 02:02:37
Then it gets hard, it connects so it does come back. Supposedly it would back the bottom so it would actually increase the depth 02:02:39
of water. It would just like compacting the bottom. 02:02:43
How far does it go down? 02:02:48
Do you know the contacting? What effect? Like is it a foot or? 02:02:50
About that, I would say, well, that's pretty good. 02:02:54
OK, but then it would stay? 02:02:56
In theory. 02:02:59
So would you move it around different areas of the like? 02:03:02
Use the same. 02:03:05
Mechanical. I think it's. It slowly spreads as you use it. 02:03:06
So you don't have to move it around. 02:03:10
In theory. 02:03:12
How are you going to get the? 02:03:15
Maintenance, how you gonna get over half a million every year? 02:03:16
For maintenance, yeah. 02:03:19
So. 02:03:22
So they agreed to partner with the Fox and preservation to. 02:03:30
To spend $2000. 02:03:33
To install. 02:03:36
Toy side toys I didn't Pellets. 02:03:38
By two coverage to capture phosphorus. 02:03:41
And. 02:03:46
They're also going to have a teams meeting with Sawyer and Anna. 02:03:48
For a bioreactor possibilities. 02:03:51
They had they reached out with some interest in the bioreactor. 02:03:56
If if they might have interest in the site that it would work at. 02:04:01
So we're going to have our like state engineer. 02:04:05
Explain that because we don't deal much with bioreactors, but. 02:04:09
There are a few across the state. 02:04:14
There are a few passes state. 02:04:16
You could mention that if you could, but. 02:04:17
They have to get a land order involved first, but they don't have. 02:04:20
So yeah, that's the main thing, because if we're going to work through our CS, we would have to. 02:04:23
Landowner to work with. 02:04:30
Also, it's connected with phosphorus, just warm, but nitrogen, isn't it? Yeah, it's more nitrogen, but I think. 02:04:34
So it's removing it. 02:04:43
Is that exactly? 02:04:45
Yeah, it's in the water. 02:04:46
Or designed to set up at like a culvert. 02:04:48
You're gonna get some flashy water flow through. 02:04:51
How I understand that it treats it? 02:04:56
Oh, at the entrance. 02:04:59
At that pace point and then downstream it's effects. 02:05:00
So a culvert or a child more effective in a tile, isn't it? 02:05:05
Yeah. 02:05:08
Either or. 02:05:09
So I'm gonna learn this as much on Wednesday as I'm gonna talk about so. 02:05:11
So moving on, Paul Perkins are resigned from the board. He's just too busy, so it looks like. 02:05:18
Well, we appointed Liz or say to take his place, but the election is going to take place at the annual meeting, which is going to 02:05:25
be August 2nd. 02:05:28
At 8:30 AM. 02:05:32
And the last thing this wasn't. 02:05:37
This meeting, that was meeting before. 02:05:39
And our lake management plan who was done by ECO, that's what did it. 02:05:41
You are. You are. Yeah, that's it. You are. 02:05:45
They've had a lot of. 02:05:49
Changes in their. 02:05:53
And the new staff just hasn't been as forthcoming as the old staff. So there's been some issues and some billing questions, so. 02:05:55
It's kind of. 02:06:01
Going in the wrong direction. 02:06:03
That's all I have. 02:06:07
OK. 02:06:08
Under Upcoming events John. 02:06:11
Yeah, the farmer. That group has their planting covers seminar tomorrow. 02:06:13
The 29th. 02:06:19
South of town on Bill Noses farm that starts about 5. 02:06:20
Yeah, starts at 5:00 PM. 02:06:24
They'll have. 02:06:26
Evening meal afterwards. 02:06:27
Southern Tourism Jefferson County September we should be getting. 02:06:32
Registration forms coming out soon so. 02:06:37
Once I get them, I'll. 02:06:39
Shoot an e-mail out to you and. 02:06:41
Seagull is interested in going. 02:06:43
Remember the date on September 4th? 02:06:45
We drive out together then like we did. Yeah, we can. Yeah. OK. 02:06:49
I did get a letter after the agenda was posted you guys. It's just informational purposes only. 02:06:54
Village of Neosho on August 1st will be draining the Neosho pond so they can do a inspection of the dam. 02:07:01
They may have to replace some of their stop logs. 02:07:08
So OK. 02:07:12
OK. Next meeting date we have August 25th. Is that good with everybody? 02:07:15
I can't make it, but that's fine. 02:07:27
And my son's getting married. 02:07:29
That's good reason. 02:07:33
It's no big deal. 02:07:35
OK. 02:07:36
The August 25th at 8:30 AM. 02:07:39
Any items for? 02:07:43
Future What about? 02:07:44
For future items, the well testing of that we can have them come to the county board meeting in August. Is that our plan? 02:07:45
That's what I would like him to do. I sent him an e-mail Friday. I didn't hear back so I'm gonna try to get hold him this week 02:07:51
yet. 02:07:54
How does that tie in with our budget? Like he's got a couple options, right? Did you just get the middle 1? Is that for our 02:07:58
budget? 02:08:01
Right, Yeah. And that's something we'll discuss next month. You'll have the options to figure out what you want to do. If you want 02:08:04
to continue as is, you want to reduce it, you want to stop it all together, those basically the three options. 02:08:10
Didn't we do that? And we'd all talked about like doing the reduced? 02:08:16
Plan that he had talked about it, but no, I don't think any decisions were made. He didn't, he didn't have it yet. No, he didn't 02:08:20
have numbers. 02:08:23
We talked about he's gonna come back. Yeah. And the numbers he gives us won't be exact either. They're going to be estimates from 02:08:27
him after we agree to something, then they'll work the contract together and then they'll come up with actual numbers. 02:08:34
OK, so. 02:08:41
When so is he going to come to the county board in August then? 02:08:42
That's what I want him to get to present to the county. Will he have numbers for the county board then? 02:08:45
I'm hoping so. OK, yeah. 02:08:51
Yeah, well, we'll have to get it first so we can put in the book. Right, right, right. Yeah. And I don't think. 02:08:54
Because the county board. 02:09:00
It'll be a Rep. It'll be a recommendation from from you to the county board budget. 02:09:03
Yeah, I understand that. 02:09:08
OK. All right. Anything else for future agenda items? 02:09:11
If not, I will call the meeting adjourned. We completed our agenda. Thank you everybody. 02:09:15
So this would be. 02:09:24
August 2nd they stop in and see you guys. 02:09:25
August 25th. 02:09:28
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Event transcript
It's minimal. Well, I'm not. OK. We're ready to go be in the hour of 830. I called the Conservation Extension Committee meeting to 00:00:00
order. 00:00:04
I've taken roll call. Ben is not here. 00:00:10
In John let me know that he can stay till 10. It has to leave at 10:00, but I don't think that's a problem. We have a pretty light 00:00:13
agenda today. 00:00:16
I don't see any public comment today. 00:00:22
OK, don't no public comment. 00:00:25
OK, on the minutes before I make a. 00:00:28
Before we accept the motion out, there was a error Dave Matthews spelling of his name. I already gave it to Cheryl, so there is an 00:00:32
adjustment in his name. 00:00:36
Is there anyone that has any other things on the minutes? 00:00:41
OK Mika, I need someone to make a motion to approve the minutes with the spelling correction. 00:00:48
Also move OK John moves second. 00:00:53
Second. OK, Bill. 00:00:56
All those any other discussion? 00:00:58
Hearing none, those in favor signify by saying aye. 00:01:00
Aye. 00:01:03
OK, unanimously approved. 00:01:05
OK. Second quarter report for extension is that? 00:01:08
You OK the annual it says here. 00:01:12
She's got. Are we not going to do the? 00:01:17
She's not here. 00:01:19
Yeah, I think you OK we're gonna skip that. Yeah, well, well. 00:01:21
OK. What that is and that's our quarterly report on finances year to date. And so we'll just table that until next meeting. Yep, 00:01:25
Yep, go ahead, go ahead and do the annual report. 00:01:30
We're going to pinch it here a little bit, folks. 00:01:34
You all got in your packet. 00:01:37
A hard copy of our annual report. 00:01:39
And I want to remind you all that my name is Patty Carroll, and I'm the Human Development and Relationships educators. 00:01:42
And Cindy is not here, our interim Area Extension Director, so she asked me to start with the annual report. 00:01:48
I have one copy so I'll just pass it around in case you don't have it with you. 00:01:56
As they're trying to get the PowerPoint up and going, but we'll start with this. 00:02:00
For our annual report, what Extension does as other departments in the county is we highlight some of our efforts over the course 00:02:05
of the year. 00:02:10
And we start by telling you a little bit about UW Madison, the division of extension here in Dodge County. 00:02:15
We have. 00:02:22
4 main program areas. 00:02:23
Areas that promote health and well-being. Healthy relationships. 00:02:26
We have community development that fosters civic and economic leadership. 00:02:31
We empower the health and well-being of our communities through things like our nutrition education program. 00:02:36
And we support. 00:02:42
Dodge County Agriculture and the agricultural industry and we're going to hear some of the educators talk about this in a minute. 00:02:44
And then obviously we encourage positive youth development through our youth development educator and our 4H youth our our 4H 00:02:49
program. 00:02:55
So having said that, we're going to have the educators that are here. 00:03:01
Come up and tell you a highlight or two from their 2024 efforts. 00:03:05
So, Marie, do you want to? 00:03:09
So my first page in your report looks a lot like this. 00:03:14
And. 00:03:20
The flip side says it just gives you an overview of our numbers. That's, that's really all we're going to talk about because 00:03:21
you'll find more detailed information in that annual report that's on the on the website if you. 00:03:27
Want to hear more? 00:03:32
But umm. 00:03:34
In 2024 in Dodge County 4H. 00:03:35
There were 6324-H members and we had 294-H clubs and groups and 125 enrolled adult leaders. And the one thing I like to highlight, 00:03:39
and that's what I'm planning on doing a little bit at the County Fair to, is. 00:03:46
As we educate about what goes on in 4H. 00:03:54
Our top 4H program is photography. There's 156 members that take the photography project. 00:03:57
And then? 00:04:04
Ironically, this is a little bit of a shift. 00:04:05
Daily. You're paying attention now. Crops are 120. They're our second highest project. 00:04:08
With 120 members. 00:04:14
And then beef, of course, you see a lot of beef at the fair. We always talked about that. 00:04:15
Art has 107 members. We have 105 Clover buds, and Clover buds are the kindergarten through second graders that are. 00:04:20
Just learning about four H and just starting to get involved. 00:04:27
Woodworking has 100 members, so if you. 00:04:31
Get a chance. I always tell people come to the fair and check out the youth building and see what the work is that the young 00:04:34
people have been doing because. 00:04:38
Woodworking is one of those ones where I'm always amazed. 00:04:41
At how much? 00:04:44
That one you can really see because you haven't seen them working with their animals throughout the year. 00:04:47
But you see their woodworking that they've been working on at home. 00:04:51
And then drawing. Painting has 99 members. 00:04:54
Dairy, there's 98 members. They're really encouraging showmanship, which I think is you know more about the animal and less about 00:04:57
the cop or less about the animal and more about the young person and what they know about their projects. There's 98 members. Last 00:05:03
year, 90 of them did showmanship, so that was pretty exciting. 00:05:09
And then Foods and Nutrition, ironically has 95. 00:05:15
People in the project. 00:05:19
And then Swine is the 10th one with 92 members. 00:05:20
How are you doing there, Lisa? Sorry you have to. 00:05:23
Pinch hit as the. 00:05:26
OS disc. 00:05:31
The Sea Underneath videos. 00:05:32
On the left. On the left. 00:05:36
Thank you. Thank you. Sorry, I just didn't know what that. 00:05:38
And then what did you call the file? 00:05:43
Just a new pot, new folder. 00:05:45
Did you put it in the folder? 00:05:50
Yeah, it was just a new folder with no name or anything, but I don't see anything that says in folder. 00:05:53
Did you go to the desktop? 00:05:58
Yeah. Otherwise that's so any questions about the youth development programs? 00:06:01
Like I said, there's much more in depth in the annual report that I gave some. 00:06:05
Do you do recruit kids to join 4H? Oh yeah. Is it strictly? 00:06:10
Voluntary we're always recruiting and actually one of the big things that extension has had us doing especially with my with the 00:06:15
AmeriCorps that we have that that are Co funded. 00:06:19
Umm, they are out doing programs. So if you. 00:06:25
If you look at our calendar right now and if you have grandkids that are interested in programs, they're doing programs every 00:06:28
week, like two or three of them. 00:06:32
A week, so that's part of where we recruit members and actually I was at the dog show on Saturday and. 00:06:36
One of the leaders came up to me and said so. 00:06:43
Are you gonna be at the Horicon National Night Out? And I said, Yep, that's the plan, is that we'll be there. 00:06:45
And she said good, because someone's gonna stop and talk. 00:06:51
About. 00:06:54
What you do in the 4H program because they're interested in joining? 00:06:54
So that's that. That's kind of where we do some of that recruitment as well along with the 4H clubs because I figure. 00:06:58
The people that live in the area are the best ones to tell what they do in the program because every every club. 00:07:05
Has a little bit different. 00:07:12
Tweak like I was in the club that met at. 00:07:14
The Calamus Town Hall. 00:07:18
And. 00:07:20
They didn't do horse people horse project and but when my kids actually moved to ask to go because they were in the Columbus 00:07:20
School District instead of Beaver Dam. 00:07:24
That more of the kids and asked to go we're doing the horse project. So it kind of depends upon what fits to with with what 00:07:28
members want to do if they want to learn about photography or I'm going to have this sparks thing at the fair too so that they can 00:07:33
learn about like the dog project for example, because you can live in Beaver Dam. 00:07:39
Or any any town and have. 00:07:44
Be in 4H and do that without. 00:07:47
I'm trying to break away from that idea that you have to live on a farm in order to be involved in 4H. 00:07:49
So and the picture if we ever if you get a chance to look at that is the. 00:07:54
100 kids that we had at 4:00 at 4H camp earlier this summer. 00:08:00
So and we can take questions collectively after the educators. 00:08:04
Give their portion of the annual report so the next. 00:08:09
Piece of the annual report if you pass it around as human development and relationships. 00:08:13
And human development and relationships is a program area that really is meant to build. 00:08:18
Families and communities through things like parenting, education. 00:08:24
And supportive early childcare. And this annual report is highlighting some other programming that Dodge County has had an 00:08:29
interest in. And one of those things is planning ahead. And planning ahead is a collaborative effort between UW Extension. 00:08:38
And the ADRC in Dodge County and it's a six week course offered in partnership. 00:08:48
Like I said with the ADRC, but also with local libraries. So we've worked with Juno Library, Watertown Library, Beaver Dam 00:08:55
Library, among others. And this program is designed to empower older adults to take control of their end of life planning. And 00:09:02
I've reported on it before, but it was highlighted in our annual report. 00:09:09
One of the things to note is that with 37% of Americans reporting having only 37% having completed advanced directives, we know 00:09:17
that this type of education is important. 00:09:24
And the impact of it is clear because 99% of people who come to this class with ADRC and extension. 00:09:31
Say that they are confident in moving forward and starting some of that end of life planning. 00:09:40
93% had either completed one. 00:09:46
Or. 00:09:49
We're working on tasks. 00:09:50
In a follow up, a 2 month follow up with them. 00:09:52
So another highlight that I decided to highlight in the annual report was the directors caucus because. 00:09:55
Early child care education is an important piece, and there are certain initiatives happening in Dodge County, I reported at the 00:10:02
executive committee. 00:10:06
And we are involved. 00:10:11
All hands on deck in the county. One of the things that I work with is the Directors Caucus and it's a professional learning 00:10:14
community for the professionals. It's for the leaders, the administrators, the operators of these small businesses. 00:10:21
And amid the staffing shortages and. 00:10:28
The challenges that this industry is facing. 00:10:33
Is designed to help these mostly women. 00:10:36
Network with each other and learn about best practices from each other. 00:10:40
These two programs actually reflect the cradle to grave. 00:10:44
Way in which human development and relationships. 00:10:49
UMM strategizes to help support families and communities in Dodge County. 00:10:52
And as we are still trying to pull up the. 00:10:57
The PowerPoint, I'm going to turn it over to one of our agriculture agents and he's going to report out. 00:11:01
From the annual report point of view for our agricultural programming. 00:11:08
More Emmanuel. 00:11:15
Morning. 00:11:16
Good morning, welcome. Thank you so much. 00:11:17
Well, I'm going to be talking also in the name of. 00:11:21
Wheel the crops educator since he could not make it today. 00:11:23
Umm but anyway, so as you guys know I started last October. I have 4 counties. 00:11:29
So when we start, the first thing we do, and you guys probably heard me already, send this with you on its assessment. 00:11:37
And for me as being new also to the area, it's been an ongoing and probably. 00:11:44
And les Necesit needs assessment, where I try to reach out not only to farmers but also nutritionized better in veterinarians. 00:11:50
Other financial corporations. 00:12:00
From the cultural industry. 00:12:03
To see what is the state of the. 00:12:06
Dairy industry and work on it. 00:12:08
From that. 00:12:12
From the beginning. 00:12:13
Umm, I really wanted to. 00:12:15
Do bilingual programming and since the. 00:12:17
Cindy was able to put that as part of my. 00:12:21
Title. 00:12:24
Not only educator, but bilingual. 00:12:25
Educator. I've been working. Hardly. 00:12:27
On doing everything on. 00:12:30
Well, bilingually. 00:12:33
So. 00:12:34
I did want to workshops at the beginning of this year in March. 00:12:36
One of them was the Calvin. 00:12:41
Calvin management practices it was. 00:12:44
And need that I heard from. 00:12:47
Farmers not only from this county, but also from the others we hosted at Fond du Lac, though we had. 00:12:50
I think 3/3. 00:12:55
Farms from Dutch County. 00:12:57
Which was? 00:13:00
Very nice. 00:13:01
We also did the. 00:13:04
Feed our school. 00:13:06
Workshop also bilingual. Well, the Calvin one. 00:13:07
We did in today's One Day for people only speaking English. 00:13:10
So we had all the presentations, all the information and experts speaking English. 00:13:14
And then with the the next day only for people speaking Spanish. So again, full presentations in other language. 00:13:19
On umm. 00:13:28
Also. 00:13:29
Yeah, all the things that we provided were in Spanish. 00:13:31
There was something that farmers liked a lot that was we have this cow. 00:13:35
Where you can learn things of like how to attend the car when. 00:13:40
When he's calling time on, there's any kind of. 00:13:45
Or potential dystrophy. 00:13:48
So yeah. 00:13:50
So we did it one day in English, 1 in Spanish. The other workshop with it was the fear work feeder. 00:13:52
Workshop. 00:14:00
We did that one in English, but we had real time interpretation to Spanish. 00:14:01
Umm, so those have been the biggest. 00:14:07
Events I've done. 00:14:10
However, I've been also working on articles. 00:14:12
On research not only from UW Extension, but from the collaboration with other universities as Michigan State University or. 00:14:14
We have been working also with Cornell. 00:14:27
On. 00:14:29
Series of webinars that we. 00:14:31
Pretending to in Spanish. 00:14:32
Umm. From that I keep working on the connections as I was saying, umm. 00:14:34
For me, we knew. Here it's been. 00:14:40
Interesting to. 00:14:42
Have always somebody else. 00:14:43
To me. 00:14:45
Besides, those things also have been. 00:14:47
Working actively in the newspaper dividing world newspaper. 00:14:50
That we work, we do with the dairy team. 00:14:53
Extension that. 00:14:58
Is a group of people that. 00:14:59
Speak Spanish but also English speakers and we have the is by. 00:15:01
Bimonthly. 00:15:06
Newsletter. 00:15:08
In English and Spanish having exact same information I have sure. 00:15:10
All these things that we're doing in radio. 00:15:14
Newspapers. 00:15:16
And other newsletters. 00:15:19
Now from willful wider. 00:15:20
He's been the thing that he wanted to highlight is the. 00:15:24
Nitrogen fixation. 00:15:27
Project. 00:15:30
He's been working with three. 00:15:31
I think 3 farms here in Dutch county. 00:15:32
He also has a. 00:15:35
Another county I think is Dane. 00:15:37
And he also keeps working on the. 00:15:42
Pesticide practice for the. 00:15:46
For the. 00:15:49
Farmers in the area. 00:15:51
Yeah, I wish we could have the. 00:15:55
Presentation, but that's pretty much all I had to share. 00:15:58
With you today. 00:16:01
Any questions? 00:16:02
All right. Well, thank you very much. Well, thank you. 00:16:06
And then the next. 00:16:09
Program area that we're going to highlight for the annual report is community development. 00:16:11
We have to do that for us. 00:16:15
I hope everybody's having a good day and a better weekend than I did. 00:16:29
I started in November. 00:16:36
And so I only have about two months worth of work. 00:16:38
Report on. 00:16:41
The first thing that we ask educators to do, no matter how many years of experience they have, is a needs assessment. 00:16:44
And that's what I started with, and I began with key stakeholder interviews, you know, talking to people. 00:16:52
From the community. 00:17:00
You know, asking us similar questions. I also participated in the Extension community forum and then I went on to hold. 00:17:02
Community economic development conversations. 00:17:12
This key issues that we identified were housing, housing affordability. 00:17:18
Is there enough housing? Is it priced at a level that? 00:17:23
Makes sense to people and. 00:17:27
That was something virtually everyone discussed. 00:17:30
They talked about workforce shortages. It's very hard to find people. It's a very hard to retain people. 00:17:33
And they also talked about the downtown. 00:17:41
You know, as a. 00:17:44
As a place both for business development in a housing solutions. 00:17:47
The first program I started. 00:17:52
Was is something called a first impressions program, and that's like a community exchange program. 00:17:55
And I arranged with my colleague in Iowa County an exchange between Columbus and Dodgeville. 00:18:02
And we've had the first half, which is. 00:18:11
Columbus went down to visit and we're waiting for them to finish up. And this is a really. 00:18:15
It's a fun program. 00:18:20
It's fun to be able to do something that people enjoy doing. 00:18:23
And we you match similar communities and they send a secret team down there to go. 00:18:27
Answer a series of questions. 00:18:33
And it provides. 00:18:35
Feedback to. 00:18:37
The partner community on things that are going really well and things that might need an improvement, so. 00:18:38
Those organizations can use that to really help. 00:18:45
Set goals for their community and make improvements. So those are some of the things that we're working on. 00:18:49
If you have any questions. 00:18:58
Happy to answer them. 00:19:00
OK. 00:19:04
I will tell you that in all my years, that's generally the question I get at. 00:19:05
At my reports, they're all like. 00:19:11
OK. Thank you. 00:19:14
OK. And then? 00:19:22
Finally, on for our next program area. 00:19:23
Melissa. 00:19:26
Melissa, what's your last name bearing? 00:19:28
Beer Neck. She is the nutrition. 00:19:30
Coordinator and she's going to report on behalf of our food wise. 00:19:32
Program area. 00:19:35
Hello everybody. 00:19:39
So before I get into our numbers, I'd first like to introduce myself because I am new. My name is Melissa Bernik. 00:19:40
As of January or June 1, I am the new nutrition coordinator for Dodge County's Columbia County and Sauk County. However, I am not 00:19:48
new to the food Wise program I have been teaching. 00:19:54
As a nutrition educator in Sauk County for the past. 00:20:00
9 1/2 years. 00:20:04
Umm, so. 00:20:06
To get into it, a quick little background just on what Food Wise is and what we do. Food Wise is a federally funded nutrition 00:20:08
education program. 00:20:13
And we have an educator here in Dodge County that does 100% of the education. 00:20:18
Kimberly Lafleur. 00:20:23
And I don't want to steal her Thunder because I know that she is reporting on some of her programming today, but I do want to 00:20:25
highlight some really important numbers that just shows the great work that she's been doing. 00:20:30
So this past year she has worked with three different community centers. 00:20:36
And I'm going to leave it at that because that's kind of what she's going to get into a little bit more. 00:20:42
But she's also partnered with two food pantries here in Dodge County. 00:20:46
She's partnered with four different schools in 20 classrooms. 00:20:51
And one thing that I want to highlight with these numbers because. 00:20:56
It's more impressive than what it. 00:21:00
Looks like on paper. 00:21:02
How Food Wise works is we work in a series for our education. 00:21:03
So when I say that Kimberly has been in 20 different classrooms, she doesn't just step foot into a classroom. 00:21:08
Give a 30 minute nutrition lesson and never see those youth again. She goes into those classrooms multiple times throughout the 00:21:14
year to really build. 00:21:18
Foundation for our youth in Dodge County on what healthy eating looks like and active living. 00:21:23
So All in all, she has met and engaged with 462 learners and again, that is not just a one time meet with those 462 learners. That 00:21:28
is over the course of the year. She is meeting with these individuals over and over again, providing really in depth nutrition 00:21:35
education to really help. 00:21:42
Build a foundation for a healthier county. 00:21:49
So if you have any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them. Otherwise you will hear from Kimberly here in a little bit. 00:21:51
I guess I got 1. 00:21:58
How bad is this federal stuff going to affect you guys it sounds like. 00:22:01
Food wise is going to get hit. 00:22:04
Yeah, I wish to. 00:22:06
I wish I had better news for you. 00:22:09
Yeah, so. 00:22:12
I know in the past and Cindy's kind of been trying to update you guys and show you where we are on the path it's. 00:22:13
It hasn't been looking great. 00:22:20
For a while, on July 4th, President Trump did sign the bill. 00:22:22
Umm. There was a glimmer of hope in what's called an appropriation bill. Umm. 00:22:27
That they would restore funding. 00:22:33
Unfortunately, that appropriation bill was passed and. 00:22:36
Complete text. 00:22:39
Of SNAP education, which is what we were funded in, was completely left out. 00:22:41
So our program will sunset. 00:22:46
As of September 30th, meaning we have no money. 00:22:49
Umm, I will be employed through November 1st. 00:22:56
Kimberly. 00:23:00
Will be employed through. 00:23:02
Yeah, Kimberly will be employed through December 1st. 00:23:04
But after that, in the state of Wisconsin, food wise will no longer exist. 00:23:08
So is there anything come in maybe state wise that will probably help you guys out at all the at least? 00:23:12
Keep some of this program going because it is an important program. It's a very important program and I think that when you. 00:23:17
So I have a background in education and when you look at. 00:23:25
The state of Wisconsin. 00:23:29
And the curriculum that is being. 00:23:30
Provided to our youth. 00:23:33
Health and well-being and nutrition is a very, very. 00:23:37
Tiny component of that curriculum you know and they they really push math English science because these are. 00:23:40
Topics. 00:23:47
That will help you in life, right? 00:23:48
Don't you think that health and well-being and nutrition is just as equally as important? I mean, we have an obesity epidemic on 00:23:51
our hands right now. 00:23:55
Why are we cutting programs that can help that? 00:23:59
As of right now, we have not been told that there is any type of. 00:24:04
Lifeline. 00:24:08
That will be thrown to kind of help the program. 00:24:09
Food Wise is funded through the SNAP education dollars. 00:24:12
And that makes up. 00:24:18
The majority of our funding we also have a. 00:24:19
Federal grant F nap It's the emergency food. 00:24:23
Grant And so we are able to. 00:24:27
Out of about 120 employees that Food Wise has, were able to keep about 14. 00:24:30
Of those employees to help working on the F nap. 00:24:35
Grant, which essentially does the same work. 00:24:39
Those 14 employees are nowhere near Dodge County. 00:24:43
It's Madison, Milwaukee. 00:24:48
Kenosha. 00:24:51
They will obtain them so. 00:24:52
For right now in Dodge County, we have not been told. 00:24:53
Anything other than when our last date is. 00:24:57
So yeah. 00:24:59
So those employees are. 00:25:00
Maybe asking for federal grants for their local? 00:25:02
County so Nope so statewide program they're writing for so F nap has been OK so. 00:25:06
From again from my understanding is that. 00:25:13
We get about. 00:25:17
I think it was. 00:25:19
$8.5 million to run our. 00:25:20
Food wise. 00:25:25
Ed program so Kimberly and myself are 100% SNAP Ed funded. We get about $1,000,000 annually from the F net. 00:25:27
Grant, which is also. 00:25:37
A federal grant and there are some educators, coordinators and administrators in the state of Wisconsin. 00:25:39
That are dual funded, so half of their. 00:25:47
Salary and. 00:25:50
Budget comes from Snap ad half comes from F Nap. Those make up about 14 people in the 120. 00:25:52
People that food wise employees so those 14. 00:26:00
People will remain. 00:26:04
Umm, working on F nap dollars and it's those counties that already have them. 00:26:06
We've been told that F nap has kind of been stagnant. We've been getting about $1,000,000 for the past 30 years and they didn't 00:26:13
see really a change in getting more money. That would be great if we could again, I, I'm very. 00:26:20
Passionate about education, nutrition education and the Food Wise program and wanting to continue it. 00:26:27
But as of right now, we're not given any information on where more funding could come from. 00:26:33
Can I ask a question more? 00:26:49
And when I go behind you to the chairman. 00:26:52
Umm. We just. 00:26:55
Got a new budget? 00:26:58
Not too long ago. 00:26:59
So there's. 00:27:01
The budget did not anticipate, I'm assuming, right? 00:27:03
Federal grant cuts. 00:27:07
Are you saying for a county budget? 00:27:10
State of Wisconsin. 00:27:12
They I think they was in the bed. 00:27:14
I'm sorry. 00:27:19
It was in their mind, I'm sure, but it wasn't. 00:27:20
I didn't hear anything about it coming into the budget. 00:27:23
And you know. 00:27:26
That's a two year budget. So umm, Jeremy, Jeremy saw in the Dean, he gave us an update. I'm on the WCA committee. He gave us an 00:27:27
update last week long with the other Dean. It's a fluid, it's a fluid situation to see if the state can help. 00:27:33
He will be coming here on August 18th. 00:27:38
Believe it at our ICC meeting if you want to hear about the latest, he said. Don't say anything because it changes daily. He was 00:27:40
really like real. They're working on it now I believe, but he will come here in person to discuss this or update the county on 00:27:45
August 18th. 00:27:50
And which meeting was that? 00:27:55
ICC inner the inner County coordinating committee. 00:27:56
And you are welcome to attend. 00:28:00
I do know that kind of the guidance that I have been given on. 00:28:04
Funding is that. 00:28:08
Our our state program leaders are more than happy to sit down and have conversation with county boards if they. 00:28:11
Would like to continue having some type of nutrition education in the program. Kind of what that looks like, I don't, I don't 00:28:18
know. That's above my head. Cindy would be a great contact person to discuss. 00:28:23
That in further detail. 00:28:29
Thank you. 00:28:33
Thank you. 00:28:35
OK. 00:28:36
And then Kelly, if you want to go to the next slide. 00:28:38
I know this is really rough, so thank you for listening to that. And we're going to hear from Kimberly. 00:28:41
Which is very bittersweet. 00:28:47
So wrapping down our annual report, just the one. Yeah, the one with the picture. 00:28:49
Umm, it's important to thank all of the staff and the collective effort that UW Extension provides. 00:28:53
And if you have any general questions for us? 00:29:01
Umm, we did put together an annual report. 00:29:06
Video that we can also send which highlights each of the program areas. 00:29:09
Umm, and we can send that to all of you. 00:29:14
But if you have any general questions about UW extension. 00:29:17
I'd be happy to try to entertain answer. 00:29:21
Or take them back to Cindy, our area. 00:29:24
Extension Director. Interim area Extension director. 00:29:26
Gonna go through this or? 00:29:29
What we have already, Yeah, you have this. Yeah. And I know, I mean, we could go back and look at the slides, but. 00:29:31
We just appreciate your your support and we appreciate the opportunity to present our efforts. 00:29:37
From 2024. 00:29:44
OK. 00:29:48
Any other questions about the annual report? 00:29:50
Thank you. 00:29:53
OK, so now we have Tim coming up though. Kim's gonna come up. 00:29:54
So I'm choosing to focus on positive. 00:30:01
So I wanted to in the. 00:30:06
I remember last summer I talked about just prior to. 00:30:08
Or just shortly after. 00:30:12
Presentation at the last extension meeting. Some of you remember I talked about Tai Chi. 00:30:14
And I wasn't sure what it was. I thought I found out lots of great information about that and I'll be telling more about that. 00:30:20
My topic really wanted to be today movement that matters and to showcase our our. 00:30:26
Thriving strong bodies and Tai chi programs here in Dodge County. 00:30:32
I'm going to start with strong bodies. 00:30:38
I've reported on that before, so I'm not going to talk a lot about it. 00:30:40
So I'm closing out the third year of that programming here in Dodge County. 00:30:44
I have used this evidence based training that provides strength training which helps include increased strength. 00:30:48
Flexibility balance. 00:30:55
Increase our bone density. 00:30:57
And then help with social connect. 00:30:58
Social connectedness and it also offers some nutrition Nuggets, a little bit of nutrition education along with those programs. 00:31:01
I've done strong bodies in. 00:31:09
This last year I did in Juneau in Columbus, two different sites there. 00:31:12
Both were on the Dodge County side of Columbus, so that made me happy. And then as well as in Mayville, I had about 45 folks, a 00:31:17
mix of men and women at all of those events. 00:31:22
My favorite comments from some of the folks that did surveys at the end. 00:31:28
Are I'm going to read them it has helped me. 00:31:34
Move better and have a better understanding of labels. 00:31:36
Meaning food labels. 00:31:40
And what to limit or avoid? 00:31:42
Another comment was hoping to take the knowledge to make long term improvements to my dietary choices. 00:31:44
I found myself looking forward to class and the participants. 00:31:50
Made me feel better and wanting to do more. 00:31:54
I thought those were all really positive. 00:31:57
Feedback. 00:31:59
So Tai chi was Tai chi for arthritis and fall prevention. 00:32:02
This, as I said, was a pilot program for Dodge County and for the state of Wisconsin this year. 00:32:06
I started the first Tai Chi program in Dodge County about three days after the training ended. 00:32:12
And I was the first in the state to implement it. I had several state. 00:32:18
State specialists from Food Wise come to Dodge County at the different sites. 00:32:24
I had several different other. 00:32:29
Food wise educators come to Dodge County because they were all very impressed with. 00:32:31
How I had. 00:32:36
Presented the program. 00:32:37
The the volume that we had had. 00:32:39
And with what the participants were saying about it. 00:32:42
Which I that made me really excited. And then they took all that information back and implemented it into their programs in their 00:32:45
counties. 00:32:48
I offered Tai Chi at Juno a couple of times, Mayville and Beaver Dam. I had about 40 different folks, again a mix of men and 00:32:53
women. 00:32:56
So Tai Chi, I didn't know a lot about it last year. This year I know it's. 00:33:00
The all of the programming that surprise provides. 00:33:04
Is evidence based. 00:33:07
It's a low impact activity. 00:33:08
Which focuses on slow movements. 00:33:11
The biggest thing I kept saying over and over because we are always a bigger, better, faster type of society. 00:33:14
Was there is no hurry in Tai Chi. 00:33:21
It's one of the favorite things I would do. 00:33:23
Is when we got there we called the jellyfish fingers. 00:33:25
And I feel like I need to do this now because I'm talking really fast. 00:33:29
And we would say hi to everybody. 00:33:33
And we would just walk around. 00:33:34
And it just. 00:33:36
Slows you down. 00:33:38
Because. 00:33:39
If we're moving a little slower and being more intent. 00:33:40
With what our footwork is doing. 00:33:43
That leads to less. 00:33:46
Less fall risk. 00:33:48
The last falls we have, the longer that people can stay independent and live and live in age in place. 00:33:49
Umm, so originated in China as a martial art? It's been. 00:33:56
Around a long time. 00:34:00
The gentle movements, the postures and the controlled breathing all help us to put us kind of in a meditative state. I never 00:34:02
really felt that I got there personally, but also is leading it. I couldn't really. 00:34:08
Zen out. But I know that a lot of participants had noted that they had that Tai Chi increases our strength and flexibility and 00:34:15
balance. 00:34:19
Helps with stress reduction and emotional well-being. 00:34:24
And with that, I also included some nutrition education. 00:34:28
Comments from Tai Chi where it made me focus on slowing down and not rushing. It helped me with my stiffness. 00:34:32
By doing the stretches, we learned. 00:34:38
And I really liked the new friendships I made. We've now made plans to walk together, which to me was really. 00:34:40
I was really excited to see that. 00:34:46
Because that's taking, again, fitness. 00:34:48
Nutrition and that social connectedness. 00:34:50
Umm, so all of that is important for older adults and seniors to help them. Umm. 00:34:53
Be able to. 00:34:58
Increase that social connectedness, increase their bone density and their flexibility, reduce falls, and that all all of those 00:34:59
things together are what generally help people to. 00:35:04
Age in place. 00:35:09
And live at another participant tell me they didn't want to live longer, they wanted to live better. And I feel that those 00:35:11
programs really did that. 00:35:15
Any questions? 00:35:20
Thank you, Kim. 00:35:25
You're welcome. 00:35:26
OK. 00:35:36
Agency reports next. 00:35:40
That's Sawyer. 00:35:43
Here. Nope. Yeah. 00:35:45
Good morning, everybody. 00:35:53
Yeah. So just update on. 00:35:56
I guess our workload right now. 00:35:59
Our fiscal year is winding down. September 30th is kind of when we have to have all of our fiscal year 25 stuff in the books 00:36:02
obligated. 00:36:07
Allocated for. 00:36:12
So right now we're working on our. 00:36:14
Conservation stewardship program renewal applications. So these are contracts that. 00:36:17
Were administered five years ago. 00:36:22
Their five year contract, so they're set to expire. 00:36:25
So all those participants get the option to re enroll for another five years. So we have to go through the. 00:36:28
Ranking process of that and allocating which ones are going to get pre approved. 00:36:37
I also right now it's kind of our payment season for. 00:36:42
You know, construction workload, whether it's like grazing projects or. 00:36:46
Manure pits or other things that we're partnering with, we're certifying those and paying on for both CSP and equip. 00:36:50
And then other than that, we're planning some. 00:36:59
Additional applications that have come in the office throughout the year for our equip programs. So this is. 00:37:03
Cover crops. 00:37:09
You know, umm. 00:37:10
No till structural stuff like grass, waterways, a lot of that type of stuff. 00:37:11
If if we get a lot of the work done prior to the fiscal year turnover, it ranks higher in our system. 00:37:17
So it's kind of a balancing act of getting as much work done prior to the rollover. 00:37:22
So we ultimately get more. 00:37:29
Cost share in Dodge County. 00:37:31
And then I guess lastly. 00:37:34
Matt might mention it. 00:37:36
Too. 00:37:37
Conservation Reserve Program pre approved a bunch of. 00:37:39
Contracts. So we're partnering with them to get all that documentation done, seed mix, job sheets. 00:37:44
ETC. 00:37:52
That is our workload right now. 00:37:53
Any questions? 00:37:55
Or concerns from anyone? 00:37:57
Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. 00:38:01
Hey, good morning, everyone. 00:38:12
So what we've got going on, like Sawyer said, we're working on CRP. We got our accepted list. 00:38:15
From the national office, so we're working through. 00:38:23
What we have to for the CRP participants that have elected to move forward. 00:38:27
Our deadline to get that all wrapped up is September 31st, so. 00:38:32
We're working diligently on that. 00:38:37
The other thing that we've got going is the new disaster program, which is the supplemental disaster relief program it started. 00:38:40
I believe July 7th. 00:38:48
There is no deadline on it yet. 00:38:51
This one was authorized. 00:38:53
Umm, by the bill that they put through at the end of December. 00:38:56
And it pays. 00:39:00
Right now it's in phase one, and phase one is pain. 00:39:02
Producers that had received an indemnity payment from crop insurance. 00:39:06
So what this is is it pays. 00:39:11
A little bit of the gap. 00:39:14
That producers have to incur and loss before they get that indemnity from insurance. 00:39:16
So. 00:39:21
This came out in the mail to producers a couple weeks ago. The pre filled application we're working through collecting those 00:39:22
applications back and making sure everything is. 00:39:28
Properly filled out, we're roughly 4045%. 00:39:33
Through. 00:39:39
Most of our producers that that. 00:39:40
Received a letter at this point. 00:39:42
We're starting to issue payments now, so hopefully farmers will start to see those in the next couple weeks. 00:39:45
Umm, other than that, we have one outreach event. Umm. 00:39:51
Erica and our office has been working with. 00:39:56
Our supportive groups for CRP and they got a CRP field day. 00:39:59
Coming up August 7th. 00:40:04
So she's preparing for that as well as working on the CRP applications that we've got. 00:40:07
So right now that's all we've got. Any questions for me? 00:40:14
OK. I guess not. Thank you very much. Thank you. 00:40:22
OK. Next up is carryover from the last meeting, the request from lakes in the City Improvement District. 00:40:28
For financial support for the US Geological Survey stations on Lincoln, Mississippi. 00:40:34
Dave, if you want to just restate your request and then he doesn't need to. 00:40:41
Unless you guys request, I don't think he has to redo his presentation. But if you wanted to state specifically your request and 00:40:45
why you're requesting it. 00:40:48
OK. Thank you. 00:40:52
This request is for We've installed a USGS automatic monitoring station at the Tweedy St. Bridge, which is right before the 00:40:54
Houston. 00:41:00
The water level monitoring project is part of our lake management plan. 00:41:07
To look at effective. 00:41:12
Ways to help or assist with controlling you know dam levels during different times of the years. Also to hope you know, to 00:41:15
alleviate other issues which occur when water levels change. 00:41:21
We've also last week just added a the USGS added a manual monitoring gauge, which is just a gauge underneath the Hwy. S bridge. 00:41:27
Up the Rock River. 00:41:37
And from these measurements then over a two year period is well. 00:41:39
Use this to help support any changes to to. 00:41:44
Lake monitoring and. 00:41:50
Also, you know, controlling dam levels. 00:41:53
It's part of our overall plan because we're in the process of working on other projects to improve. 00:41:56
You know, dredging projects improve lake flow and efficiency and just really improve the. 00:42:02
Overall hydraulics. 00:42:07
Our annual cost for this is 6500. We were seeking support for 2026 which is 6500. We've already through our our budget covered 00:42:09
2025. 00:42:15
But it's really going to help us with implementing our, you know, our goals of, you know, improving the quality of the lake. 00:42:22
OK. Any questions from the? 00:42:33
Members of the committee. 00:42:36
Can I ask you a question? I just for the numbers. 00:42:41
You said it was 6000 something, 6500 a year, correct? 00:42:43
So it's more than a year. 00:42:47
Two years, we're doing a two years. 00:42:49
Sorry, yeah, we already started in 2025 and we covered it through the Lake District budget and then we were seeking support for 00:42:51
2026. 00:42:56
So it'll have to come out of our budget then here. 00:43:04
We would have to include it in the budget for next year. 00:43:08
I don't know. I don't. I'm not. Not that only it's important, but I just don't think we have the money to do it. 00:43:18
Our budgets, small enough the way it is. 00:43:24
And we've got other lake associations, and I'm afraid that if we start with one, we're gonna get flooded with a lot of them, and 00:43:27
then next thing you know, we don't have anything. 00:43:30
You know what? 00:43:35
Money is tight. I mean, the state isn't funding our. 00:43:37
Our stuff with our conservationists. 00:43:40
Fully like they're supposed to, even though we are supposed to be getting some more money. 00:43:42
How this next budget but. 00:43:46
I just, I don't know. I just. 00:43:49
I'm sorry. No, you're fine, Lisa. No, you're no. You're good. I'm done. Yeah, you're good. 00:43:53
Have you been in communication with the other group? Like to? 00:43:59
Like that, you'd be coordinating those levels with. 00:44:03
Because there are other USGA. 00:44:07
Other groups as in. 00:44:09
Other uh. 00:44:11
Like if it's a USGA. 00:44:13
Gauge, then data goes. 00:44:15
To the federal agency, right? Correct. Yes. 00:44:18
So. 00:44:22
At that and I'm. 00:44:27
I'm not saying this budget, I think this budgets kind of set. 00:44:29
But that. 00:44:31
Seems I'd be interested in your opinion, Bill, but that. 00:44:34
Seems like. 00:44:37
That more? 00:44:38
Information you have on dam levels with water events. 00:44:40
In coordination with like downstream. 00:44:43
Isn't a bad idea. 00:44:47
But it's a lot of money to ask like a couple months before our budget comes due. 00:44:48
But umm. 00:44:53
Do you understand what I'm asking? 00:44:55
Like or what I'm saying like that that. 00:44:56
That data is obviously relevant. 00:44:58
Across. 00:45:01
All of Dodge County. 00:45:02
Question for John. Is it the same item we budgeted 5000 last year? 00:45:05
No. 00:45:09
It's it's the same concept. It's a different machine. 00:45:11
It's a different location. 00:45:15
So this would be in addition to. 00:45:16
The one that we have supported, the last. 00:45:19
Well, the level page. 00:45:21
The level gauge is a new one, but the. 00:45:23
USPS station is the old one. 00:45:25
We're supporting one, have been supporting one down on the Rock River, down on Hwy. MMM OK. 00:45:30
This is something completely different. 00:45:36
It's a brand up, up the. 00:45:38
Right before we're actually just right before the dance. So I'm saying it's an additional source of measurement. 00:45:40
On the same water flow, right John? Well, this is on the lake where the other ones on the river. 00:45:46
OK, so there is a difference between the two. 00:45:52
Right. 00:45:54
But uh. 00:45:55
It would. 00:45:56
It would provide information. 00:45:58
In flooding events on storage right because. 00:46:00
So the budget for 2020? 00:46:05
The storage of the lake, I mean. 00:46:07
That's not an independent like right the river is. 00:46:09
The river flows through the lake, but the lake is basically controlled by the dam. 00:46:13
Right. So if you're talking about. 00:46:18
DAM operators. 00:46:20
Coordinating. 00:46:22
With flood storage to reduce flooding across down Dodge County all the way down the Rock River. 00:46:24
That's part of the same system. 00:46:30
So I would. 00:46:33
Totally be open. 00:46:34
To. I'm not saying that amount might be a lesser amount, but. 00:46:36
I'd be open to that. 00:46:40
For a funding request for the next budget. 00:46:42
I'm just saying. 00:46:46
I don't know what you guys think, but like. 00:46:48
It's just more information. 00:46:50
All the way across the watershed. 00:46:51
And we are going to be adding three more throughout the Lake 3 manual monitoring stations and have resident monitors to help even 00:46:54
collect more data. So we have different, different points. 00:47:00
Throughout the whole watershed. 00:47:05
But the USGA. 00:47:08
Monitor again goes to a federal database. 00:47:09
So then you can. 00:47:13
And the manual the both the automatic and manual. 00:47:14
They they go there as well. 00:47:17
OK, I didn't know the manual ones did. 00:47:19
Yeah, they're actually doing. That's part of the cost. They're going to come out six times a year. They're going to take a reading 00:47:21
of the lake level and then they upload it, correct. OK. 00:47:26
So the 2026 budget will be 5000 for the one in the river. 00:47:31
And 6.5 proposed now. 00:47:34
That correct? 00:47:41
Yeah, I'm not aware of the part of the river one, but for. 00:47:42
Yeah, she would have to add. 00:47:47
Stairs into the to the 26th budget. 00:47:49
But the countrywide question about managing that river? 00:47:55
So it is. 00:47:58
Important information for the future. 00:48:00
And if we are seeing a weather pattern changes, we're seeing more. 00:48:03
Rainy events. 00:48:06
We want to know in advance what's going to happen there. 00:48:07
And you know the last. 00:48:11
Gauges we ordered and this gauge. 00:48:14
Again, they're part of that same statute on our ability. 00:48:16
To monitor flood prevention. 00:48:20
And the flood prevention word is in the statute within. 00:48:22
Our ability to do that it specifically mentioned. 00:48:26
And I understand that, but I'm just saying. 00:48:29
We're gonna open the floodgates and we've got. 00:48:32
Beaver Dam, Lake District. We had lakes in Mississippi. We got lost lake preservation. 00:48:35
Austin 6 grand. 00:48:39
Can turn into 30 grand. 00:48:41
In a heartbeat. 00:48:43
I don't think that's what we're talking about. We're talking about flooding on the Rock River specifically, but but. 00:48:44
We're going to have. 00:48:49
Other districts have interest in doing something. 00:48:51
Maybe not identical, but. 00:48:54
You know what I'm saying? I just, it's not that I'm opposed to it. No, I understand. 00:48:56
I just don't think we have the money to do it. 00:49:00
That's just where I'm at. I'd agree with that for this year. 00:49:03
Umm, but the flooding on the Rock River? 00:49:08
Is. 00:49:11
Far more significant than any other waterway. 00:49:12
In Wisconsin. 00:49:15
Like in our county? 00:49:17
It's far more significant and it affects hundreds of people. 00:49:18
I I talked to court council. She thought it affected 2 owners. I'm like no, it's hundreds of people. 00:49:23
There's a highway or major roadway that shut down like 9 months of the year in a rainy year. 00:49:28
And so. 00:49:34
I understand. 00:49:36
That concept and I generally agree with it, but I also. 00:49:37
Feel like. 00:49:41
This committee doesn't just rubber stamp everything because somebody did it before and you have to have a reason to say. 00:49:43
This fits within what we're doing. 00:49:50
And why? 00:49:52
And this doesn't fit right. 00:49:53
Like that's our job to think critically about it, so. 00:49:55
I agree it's kind of late. 00:50:01
Before the budget. 00:50:02
But it fits within something that state of Wisconsin is not going to address. 00:50:06
The Township of Lebanon can't do it. 00:50:11
They could maybe fund it on their own and maybe they can fund more of it, maybe we say. 00:50:14
Will give the same amount as we did the other group. 5 grand. I don't know. 00:50:18
But I think. 00:50:23
Umm. 00:50:24
Just seems like. 00:50:28
It makes sense as it's related to the flooding. 00:50:30
Across that area, that's all. 00:50:33
I have no problem saying no to another. 00:50:36
Flooding prevention project that. 00:50:39
Hasn't demonstrated. 00:50:41
Significant flooding that affects thousands of acres. 00:50:42
They want to show that to us. 00:50:46
Great. 00:50:48
Is that your reason? 00:50:50
For putting this station in. 00:50:52
To help with the flooding downstream? Or is it more about? 00:50:54
The benefits to the. 00:50:58
Well, it was part of our original lake management plan is because. 00:50:59
The Hustisford Dam protocols were implemented for draw downs were implemented in 1952 and they've been pretty rigid. 00:51:03
There's been some changes as to when the drawdown. The latest a drawdown can occur would be the 15th of. 00:51:12
February, which was the original order. Then back in 2010 or so it was changed to. 00:51:19
Early December. 00:51:26
And that's where we started noticing negative impacts on the lake with shore owners and with the water going down to. 00:51:27
Being brought down too shallow. 00:51:35
Too early in the season, so in order to change those protocols, we need to get. 00:51:36
Data. 00:51:42
To support. 00:51:43
Why we want to change that? And the one data points was. 00:51:44
Being able to measure. 00:51:48
The lake level over a you know, over a. 00:51:50
Year period. 00:51:52
Our several year period and be able to say, hey, this is. 00:51:54
This is where we can make the adjustments that are beneficial to the lake, but it does also impact. 00:51:58
Downstream as well. It's. 00:52:03
It isn't just. 00:52:05
Our watershed, it's everything that goes downstream to. 00:52:07
I can ask John. 00:52:11
Is that damn? 00:52:12
Design for flood control or not? 00:52:15
No. 00:52:17
It is not designed for flood control. It was designed for a meal at one time. 00:52:18
Energy. This is actually the second dam. 00:52:24
On that was on the lake. The first one was upstream a little farther knows the purpose. 00:52:27
Information none of the dams in Dodge County are designed for say that none of the dams, they were all in a mill, right? So 00:52:32
they're, they're 100 years old. 00:52:37
Nevertheless. 00:52:42
That's the rough tool we have. 00:52:44
Is the dams. 00:52:46
So yes, dams can be higher, lower, right? Obviously. That's why they're complaining that they're down too far. 00:52:47
So if you create storage you would do it. 00:52:53
Through the dam. 00:52:56
You would lower the water. 00:52:57
And have storage for a flooding event that. 00:52:58
Thousands of people, right so. 00:53:03
It would be great. 00:53:05
If you could. 00:53:06
Go back to your group and explain this isn't one or two people. 00:53:08
Like there's no. 00:53:12
Other governmental body besides the county. 00:53:15
That actually has jurisdiction over all of that river. 00:53:17
Right. Umm. 00:53:21
So. 00:53:23
I don't know like town of Lebanon can't do something that affects your dam. 00:53:23
Right, correct, right. 00:53:28
And it would be nice. 00:53:30
If folks you talk to understood it's about gathering data. 00:53:32
Not about wrecking their peers and wrecking their shoreline. Correct. And it is about the long term health of the lake. 00:53:36
My understanding too is a board member on the Friends of the Horicon Marsh and. 00:53:42
In 20 I believe in 2027 is they're looking at dam replacement because. 00:53:47
Of the integrity of the dam and. 00:53:52
They can't even. 00:53:54
Their automatic control is removing boards in and out control level, Yeah. 00:53:55
And. 00:54:00
So during that fit, you know, that's when we're looking at doing a major, you know, dredging project downstream. 00:54:02
Because we want, you know. 00:54:07
Velocity of the lakes. We're not collecting so much sediment. 00:54:09
And then the deeper the lake is, the more water it can hold. 00:54:12
So. 00:54:15
They're not dissimilar one thing. 00:54:18
I want to. 00:54:20
Share with you is. 00:54:21
I listen to a lot of people explain about the damage done when the water is drawn down. 00:54:22
Like the research shows, that's when the damage is visible. 00:54:29
Is not when the damage happens. 00:54:32
And that's what they think. 00:54:34
But it's not. 00:54:36
Its extreme flood events. 00:54:37
So believe it or not, it's the extreme flood events that caused the erosion and the damage. And then when the lake is drawn down, 00:54:39
they go, oh, look how drawing the lake down. So there's a complete upside down there. 00:54:44
That might be really helpful to share. 00:54:51
You know there's there's stuff on the rub, look up articles right? But the damage happens with the high water. 00:54:54
And people who want high water want to go on the boats and. 00:55:01
Ski right, but it's the high water that causes the damage to their property. So if Houston if the lake committee. 00:55:04
In that, Lake thinks the opposite. They're going to make opposite decisions of what they actually want for their property. Well, 00:55:12
and we do know from last year when we had some incredible rain events. 00:55:17
The we were running about a foot over the spillway. 00:55:23
And we should never be running a foot over the spillway and as a result, as we were. 00:55:27
We were looking at implementing a slow no wake, but we had to get all the villages and stuff to agree to it. But then the water 00:55:32
levels went back to normal level. But yeah, we do know when the water level gets too high. 00:55:38
The opposite occurs as well. You started roading shorelines and. 00:55:45
Yeah, they don't erode when the water's down. 00:55:50
Water that erodes that's trying to find that balance and and and the data to support you know making these decisions so. 00:55:52
Beaver Dam makes a little different. The District did consider a USGS station there this year. 00:56:00
And decided not to do that. 00:56:05
The city water utility. 00:56:08
Has a recording every day of the lake level. 00:56:10
And we'll be using that. 00:56:14
And in the future, we're considering the. 00:56:15
Lake level gauges. 00:56:18
At different tributaries, but now the USGS station. 00:56:20
So go a little more economical if you would. 00:56:23
So there's Beaver dams not going to come back and ask us and then, umm. 00:56:27
I'm blanky. 00:56:32
Other lakes that I'm thinking of are not in Dodge County. Is there any other lakes? The level cages? It's a one time cost and then 00:56:34
you have volunteers doing that. 00:56:38
So it's a one time class supported by the district. 00:56:42
In the future. 00:56:45
Your gauges, well there's to any gauge. 00:56:46
So you could pay a consultant to do order do with volunteers, yes. 00:56:49
Yeah, we're paying for the automatic monitoring gauge on the Tweedy St. bridge. 00:56:53
As well as the the manual. 00:56:58
Data collection that they do upload, then the three additional. 00:57:01
Resident monitors. That is all. That's volunteers supported. 00:57:05
I think it makes sense because you get some great volunteers and then they retire, die, get sick, and then all of a sudden you 00:57:10
missed a year of data. 00:57:13
And then you got a chart that is. 00:57:17
Incomplete. It just doesn't. 00:57:19
Understand, right? 00:57:23
Only umm. 00:57:24
Water causes erosion. 00:57:25
People draw down lakes. 00:57:27
Sediment compacts. 00:57:28
Weeds grow. 00:57:30
They cement the bottom. 00:57:31
That's actually good. 00:57:32
For I heard like 8 people say that and I decided that that meeting was not the time to contradict what everybody felt. 00:57:34
What if you do some research? You will find out drawing down the lake. 00:57:42
Increases the depth. 00:57:45
Compacts. 00:57:47
So they aren't getting eroded from time. 00:57:49
From low water and I would. 00:57:51
Say we could postpone this maybe. 00:57:53
If you want, Mr. Chair, can we table it? 00:57:56
Well, John, you you can. If you want to make a motion to postpone it or table it, you can. 00:57:58
But we are discussing. 00:58:03
Budget later today in the next meeting we're required. 00:58:05
Passed the budget I believe, right? 00:58:08
That so just to give you the timeline if you want to postpone it, I don't know yet if the postpone to a certain time or or. 00:58:10
I would I would postpone it to like February. 00:58:17
Cancel question. 00:58:22
Are you requesting funding for 25 and 26/20/20? Just 26, there's 26. OK, Well then to postpone it until February makes no sense 00:58:23
because we have to include if you are going to fund it. 00:58:29
You have to include it. 00:58:35
In the budgeting process. 00:58:37
Now. 00:58:39
For next year. 00:58:40
Well, that's the that's their ask. 00:58:41
If we table it, we are in fact not funding it this year. 00:58:45
Which is what John was saying. If you table it, you're not funding it for 26. Not correct. You'd be funding it for 27. So they're 00:58:49
only requesting funding for 26. So we need to make a decision. 00:58:55
Now or at the latest next month as to whether you want to include it in the budget for 26. So it would be an inappropriate motion 00:59:01
to go to February because this is only a 26, but we've done this before with other requests, so. 00:59:07
If you want to be technical. 00:59:14
Would you accept the money in 27? 00:59:15
You won't turn down the money in 27 because it affects our tax rates, no rates and such. I'm just saying if you postpone it. 00:59:19
You've postponed it, just like we have on other projects. 00:59:27
Say, well, we're not funding it this year. 00:59:30
All of you guys want to fund it. 00:59:32
This year. 00:59:34
Then I I would suggest you consider funding it at the same level you other things. 00:59:36
Which was 5000. 00:59:41
Or we could just deny it. 00:59:43
But make sure that it gets on the agenda item at in February to if we just if. 00:59:45
We know we're not going to do it for 26. It might be cleaner cut that we just plain blank just deny it now. 00:59:50
With the idea that it gets brought back. 00:59:55
In 20 February 26 it is the same thing. 00:59:58
By tabling it, you're putting it on the agenda. 01:00:02
That's exactly what you're doing. 01:00:04
So so clearly, what is your motion? You want to state it? 01:00:06
I would like to hear what you have. 01:00:09
What you think about this? I'd like to hear what you think about this. I don't want to make a decision because two people have 01:00:12
talked. 01:00:15
On the spot. 01:00:19
And I will abstain because I have another district. My opinion is we saw the response from all the people last week. 01:00:20
I think they could help put the bill. 01:00:28
It's my opinion. 01:00:30
Well, I think they are helping put the bill they're already paying, they're already as part of their tax, tax rate. So for 2025, 01:00:32
this was in our. 01:00:36
2025 budget which is part of. 01:00:40
You know, and we raise our money of course through. 01:00:43
The annual, you know, the taxation, so. 01:00:47
But somebody was already contributing to 1000, was that? 01:00:49
That's the Lake District, right? 01:00:52
Pardon, wasn't somebody contributing? 01:00:54
A couple, 1000. 01:00:56
No, not to the Lake District who is contributing part of it. 01:00:57
That you said. 01:01:01
Well, uh. 01:01:02
All of our funds come from taxpayer funds if the lake association. 01:01:03
They may go out and make you know like they do buoys support and help with additional fish stocking support. 01:01:08
OK, I misunderstood that. I thought they did contribute. 01:01:15
The legacy now all of our funds come from taxpayers as well, so. 01:01:18
Sure. I'm gonna make sure I understand. So do you want you want to make a motion or not make a motion? I'm just asking. 01:01:22
What people think about the concept so. 01:01:28
Realistically. 01:01:30
Is that really an answer that you'd prefer to deny it? I mean, I know you're kind of joking. Maybe not. 01:01:34
Like realistically, is that what you're? 01:01:39
Saying that you. 01:01:42
I just see Fox Lake and then when they. 01:01:45
Need something? 01:01:48
They look for it in their budget. 01:01:49
So. 01:01:53
I guess I'm going to move that we deny. 01:01:55
OK, we have a motion. 01:01:58
By John that denied the request. Do we have a second? 01:01:59
I will second. 01:02:04
OK, Dale, Second. OK, further discussion on denial of this particular one, just 426, not yeah 27. 01:02:04
What do you think? 01:02:11
A little bit of background on this SO. 01:02:11
Having the data very good to have. 01:02:14
Until we have a Freddy Watershed project that covers a whole rock river. 01:02:16
Nothing's going to be implemented that'll be very effective. 01:02:20
So you have spot. 01:02:23
Programs AB and C but the net interconnected. 01:02:25
So somebody has to be the overall overshare. 01:02:28
The Upper Rock River Pretty watershed project. 01:02:31
To make change there. 01:02:34
The data is going to be needed at some point in time. 01:02:35
To give whoever that is with that organization. 01:02:38
Corps of Engineers, the state. 01:02:42
County. Whatever. 01:02:44
Authorization to use that data and make change. 01:02:45
So you're saying it's? 01:02:48
You need that data please. 01:02:50
Picture and you have no way to effect change with the data. 01:02:52
So it puts off. 01:02:56
Handling the flooding issue across the whole river, which makes sense to me because it's on the same waterway. 01:02:57
So. 01:03:05
So it's good to have the information, but then what you can do with it? 01:03:08
But you can't do anything without. 01:03:13
More info. 01:03:15
And is that the correct information that the priority watershed? 01:03:17
Will request in the future. 01:03:20
We don't know that. 01:03:22
That's the right place to put the gauge station. 01:03:26
Is it? 01:03:32
It's it's a is that a gauge for just water level or for dam flow? 01:03:33
For water level. 01:03:39
But is that the correct location? 01:03:44
To manage the Rock River. 01:03:46
Well, for our. 01:03:50
For our like our lake, it was determined that those two you know Hwy. S Bridge and and. 01:03:51
Tweety Street Bridge where the appropriate spots to for because you have two different points you know you're talking. 01:03:56
Several miles apart. 01:04:04
As the you know, the Rock River winds through and goes down towards Eustisford so. 01:04:06
So did you make that designation just sort of based on common sense or did you have any kind of we had consulting input on that, 01:04:13
Yes. 01:04:17
Yeah, we did not. The commissioners themselves did not decide that is, Yeah, asking. 01:04:20
OK, any like. 01:04:28
One other question. So is your statement that you. 01:04:29
I want to know how your statement reflects the motion. Are you saying? 01:04:34
We should dismiss the motion and agree. 01:04:38
Or are you saying we should agree to dismiss? 01:04:40
And then find out if that's the correct location of the gauge. What are you saying? I'm gonna support the motion. 01:04:43
But we have to understand. 01:04:50
That it has to be. 01:04:52
Bigger program of. 01:04:53
More. 01:04:54
From hurricane down to the county line. 01:04:56
Management program. 01:04:59
And somebody has to be. 01:05:00
Identified as the. 01:05:02
Engineer, the supervisor, the biologist for that program. 01:05:05
Not just Lake, Ms. 01:05:09
For the information that they'll need. 01:05:12
But the question is, is that the correct location? I don't know that. 01:05:14
So. 01:05:20
You're agreeing to dismiss but. 01:05:21
Further information. 01:05:24
Correct, with potentially approving later. 01:05:27
Truck. 01:05:30
I I would. 01:05:33
I would agree with that. 01:05:34
OK, the motion is to deny. 01:05:36
$6500 for USGS monitoring station on for Lake Tennessee Taxing District. 01:05:39
For 2026, I will abstain from voting for the record. 01:05:44
Those in favor signify If you say yes, then you're saying yes to deny. If you say no, then. 01:05:50
Refusing the denial those in favor of denial. 01:05:55
Say aye, aye. 01:05:58
Aye, any opposed? 01:05:59
OK, unanimously carried except for me. 01:06:03
Thank you, Dave. OK, thank you. 01:06:06
And you are welcome to come back next year. The committee is the committee has indicated if you want and I would suggest you come. 01:06:09
A little bit earlier in the in the budget season. 01:06:15
Maybe like. 01:06:18
Early spring or something like that. 01:06:21
Maybe be an idea and then he could update us on your like how it went or what you're doing. 01:06:23
OK. 01:06:28
Consider. 01:06:29
Talking to Bill Foley too, because right. 01:06:30
If you can coordinate so this is more of a systemic connection. Other ways the county's waste they do get together like with 01:06:33
criminal. 01:06:36
Chris is gonna be gone, so he does. They do get together. 01:06:40
And I don't know, we love a new chair. 01:06:42
The LSID well, so talk about we do about we do have a mechanism to talk about those kind of things LSID does with with with them. 01:06:45
I mean the idea of doing a whole watershed monitoring is that actually does make the most sense from the top of the Rock River 01:06:50
that comes into Dodge County to where it exits and. 01:06:56
I know that there's a another Rock River Alliance group that does monitoring on the tributaries. 01:07:02
And we have volunteers that actually go and. 01:07:09
Take regular readings so. 01:07:12
OK. Thank you, Dave. 01:07:15
Oh, the consultants. 01:07:19
What was their name? 01:07:22
Well, we're using he and associates right now for another. 01:07:24
Dredging project. 01:07:28
And they've come up. They finished a feasibility study for us. 01:07:30
Which then our next we're going to send to our home. 01:07:33
Our homeowners and electors at our annual meeting in a couple weeks. 01:07:37
To implement a dredge design. 01:07:41
And then, you know, hopefully if that is approved, we get that design done, then by 2027, we're actually making some progress. 01:07:45
I want to call trouble in the ground, but it'd be shovel in the lake, so. 01:07:52
So that's a big process. There's two consultants and it's a big application. It's a 10 year. 01:07:56
It's a really, it's a law, yeah. 01:08:02
The dredging one to plan to get well, we want to see where we can leverage. 01:08:05
What they're doing with the Horicon Dam as well downstream. 01:08:12
Because there's some downstream from the mark on DAM. 01:08:15
To Santa Sippy as well. 01:08:18
So, so yeah, be very interested. Know what you would do with the dredge materials too. 01:08:21
We're contacting discussion. 01:08:26
We actually have property owners that are interested in taking. 01:08:29
They wanted for their farm fields. 01:08:33
And you could update us on on LSID activities. I think it's very appropriate. I do on a monthly basis just a recap of our 01:08:35
meetings, but but maybe a more. 01:08:39
Thorough discussion sometimes should take place. Or you could talk with him and then bring that back or had the consultant even 01:08:44
come or something to show you guys what? 01:08:49
If you wanted to be educated, we could do that as a session in the future. 01:08:54
So there's a lot to it. 01:08:58
To the lake plan, yeah. 01:09:00
Yeah. And I can't remember who Ron French works for. I don't remember. Is it? Yeah, he's had. He's one of the consultants we've 01:09:02
used for formulating our. 01:09:06
Lake plants and then he helps bring in. 01:09:10
Where we did request for proposal, he would draw up the request for proposals to get different contract firms. 01:09:13
Align so. 01:09:20
So we're definitely interested. 01:09:21
And just want to make sure it all connects to the same kind of data flow in the same system. 01:09:23
It makes sense, yeah. 01:09:30
OK. Thank you. Thanks. 01:09:32
OK, budget update and this is the handout box the other way. 01:09:35
Other way? Oh, you guys have them already? 01:09:41
You guys got a copy of this in your packet, but Andrew suggested that I give you a hard copy here. 01:09:43
Look, I couldn't read. 01:09:50
It's really tiny and then when I can read it I've only got like. 01:09:52
1/8 of a column. 01:09:57
Yeah, well, I'll provide you an updated one for next month too. So you're looking at the the column that's highlighted in yellow. 01:10:00
That's a 2025 actual is that's. 01:10:05
This part of the agenda is about. 01:10:10
We're looking good on the operating budget for the department we should be. 01:10:13
At least budgeted or under budget, I don't see us exceeding the budget by any means. 01:10:19
Some of the expenses have not been spent out yet, but they'll be coming up here shortly. 01:10:26
The one thing I wanted to highlight on the 25 budget is the. 01:10:32
Salaries and benefits will be exceeding what was originally budgeted. 01:10:38
Basically because of insurance changes. 01:10:43
Going from single plans to family plans, that's something you just cannot avoid. So that that definitely will increase from what 01:10:46
was originally budgeted. 01:10:50
But the rest of the 25 budget. 01:10:55
We're looking good. 01:10:59
So if you have any questions I can answer specifics, otherwise I'll just leave it at that for this month. 01:11:03
Can you give me 10 seconds? 01:11:09
What is Purchase Services? 01:11:11
Purchase services is. 01:11:14
That's where we hire the one individual to do our database updates. 01:11:17
On our software on a computer. 01:11:23
And that's 27 a year. 01:11:30
Where you let me find it? 01:11:33
No, it's OK. 01:11:35
I get it, but that's what you're paying annually. 01:11:36
$27. 01:11:39
Clerk, Is that all of it? 01:11:41
I gotta find it here quick. 01:11:44
Original budget was 3430. 01:11:46
And the actual 33547. 01:11:49
Is that the program we were going to buy like 13 years ago? 01:11:57
And then you kind of. 01:12:01
Did the different software but it has to be updated. I'm sorry Purchase services is is our recycle bin. 01:12:02
Oh. 01:12:09
Oh, because that's a lot. 01:12:13
To update software on a yearly basis. 01:12:14
Where are you looking at? 01:12:17
Does purchase, well, you're looking at a different item. You're looking under, oh, it's well testing. I'm sorry, under well 01:12:20
testing. OK, yeah, sorry. Yeah, that makes a big difference, $100 to 34,000. Yeah, that's a huge difference. 01:12:26
Yeah, up. 01:12:33
The umm. 01:12:35
The top portion of the front page. 01:12:36
Unit 8110. 01:12:39
That is the department operating. 01:12:41
Budget. 01:12:43
Everything else. 01:12:44
On the bottom and on the Backpage, our individual programs, they're basically grant funded. 01:12:46
So. 01:12:53
So these are all 8110? Yeah, the top, yeah. 01:12:54
Right. That is a operating budget for the department. 01:12:57
In that purchase service that's year five that that agreement, right? 01:13:05
Or that, well, something. That's the last. 01:13:10
That's the correct correct this is I may be getting one more payment when they redo the when they do the final. 01:13:13
Summary. 01:13:23
But I think that's pretty much all done. 01:13:24
So when we get to the next. 01:13:27
Budget item. We can discuss that for the future then. 01:13:30
Anymore discussion on 25? 01:13:33
OK, so the computer update is 1800 a year. 01:13:35
It's 5:00 to 6:00. 01:13:40
300 is the ending. 01:13:43
6. 01:13:45
Right around there. 01:13:49
5 to 6, sweetheart, that's parcel. 01:13:50
The computer means 300. 01:13:53
Umm, that varies. 01:13:57
I'm yeah, I'm saying a different number. Would you say in 1800? That's that's what I'm projecting for 26 and we can talk about 01:13:59
that in the next agenda item. There was $2000 budgeted for this year and we've used 846 so far. It says computer maintenance 01:14:06
licensing, but that also includes photocopies and our printer. 01:14:13
And updates and things like that. Last year, if you looked at last year, it was a lot more because we updated a lot of the. 01:14:21
Computers in the department last year. 01:14:29
And the last thing is, do we pay people to write? 01:14:33
Grants or. 01:14:35
It's 6500. 01:14:38
No, that is the grants and contributions. 01:14:41
That is the $5000 you give to the town of Lebanon for the USGS station. 01:14:44
And that's $750 that we give to the farmer LED group and the 7:50 that we give to the alliance, that's what that money is for. 01:14:49
OK. 01:14:58
OK. Any more questions for the 25? 01:15:06
Hearing none. 01:15:14
26. 01:15:15
Preliminary budget and now are you, what's the plan and we can just go over the highlights today. And yeah, there's just a couple 01:15:16
things I wanted to point out to you today. We'll go in this board. 01:15:20
More depth next month. 01:15:24
But that would be the be 3 columns to your left on top it says 26 of budget entry. 01:15:26
There's basically three things that I wanted to point out here. 01:15:34
The second column from the top. 01:15:38
233,000 and 22 dollars. 01:15:41
That is our staffing grant. 01:15:44
Now that is my calculations, basically the state budget that was passed. 01:15:46
They are going to for 26 and 27 pay 100% of the first employee. 01:15:53
70% of the second and 50% of the third. 01:15:59
Which is what the statute says. 01:16:04
So my calculations. 01:16:06
Would come up to 233,000. 01:16:09
Typically, Wisconsin land and water will give us a preliminary number in the middle of August. 01:16:13
So for this year 25, you look to the column to the right, we're getting $157,234. 01:16:18
So it is a significant increase. 01:16:27
For the next two years. 01:16:29
What will happen after the next two years? 01:16:32
Nobody knows. You'll have to wait and see. 01:16:35
So that was one thing I wanted to point out. And like I said, I want to emphasize that's my calculation. 01:16:37
So we'll see what Wisconsin land and water comes up with when they give up preliminary numbers. 01:16:43
But they're just interpreting the same thing. It's the same statutory requirement, yes. 01:16:49
Yep. 01:16:54
About four light, 4 items down, there's a. 01:16:57
A pink highlighter or light blue highlighted $7000. 01:17:01
That's based off of the budget passing and we are able to purchase a new truck. This would be the cell. 01:17:05
The sale price of our existing vehicles, what I'm assuming that. 01:17:13
Estimating that'll be at. 01:17:17
And if you go down about the middle of the page, there's another highlighted item in there, $41,043. That's the. 01:17:20
Estimate that we got for from. 01:17:30
From Dodge for a pickup. 01:17:33
I have not received anything back from Chevy or Ford yet. 01:17:35
So I just put that item in there. 01:17:38
We'll see what the other two come back and. 01:17:42
What's your situation with trying to get a vehicle from the Sheriff's Department? 01:17:46
They've been able to get one. There has been, we have one. 01:17:50
That we got a couple years ago, we were. 01:17:54
Projected to get another one. 01:17:57
This year. 01:17:59
But that didn't happen. 01:18:00
Land, resource and parks were projected to get three this year and that did not happen. 01:18:03
So I'm not I've not requested another one for next year. 01:18:08
I think this so this would. 01:18:13
Replaced the new vehicle we have here in the budget, would replace the existing one, but we're going to sell. 01:18:17
Yes, no, we'd have two vehicles. We still, we still have to them. 01:18:22
And that would replace we have the pickup. 01:18:26
And we have the. 01:18:30
Explore the Explorers. The squad. 01:18:32
It would replace the pickup. That's a 2014. 01:18:34
But did you put a new transmission? No, No, no, no, no. 01:18:37
We put an alternator in the in the squad. 01:18:43
Umm no, I put a new transmission in my truck. 01:18:47
It's county was paid for that. I mean 7 grand was not fun. 01:18:53
The number for the new pickup team was a little lowest, so that's not an extended cab. 01:18:59
It is. It is, yeah. And and I had Trista. 01:19:03
Our appropriations person, she went to Ewald for the state rate. 01:19:07
And that's a state rate. That's yeah. 01:19:13
Good for you. 01:19:15
And that, that is what Dodge came. 01:19:16
I was going to say, do you have air conditioning because of the price? So how many years do you think we get out of that? 01:19:18
You think the new truck? 01:19:24
I would assume we would be able to run that for 10. 01:19:27
12 years we we put somewhere between 5 to 8000 miles on a vehicle a year. 01:19:30
15 is not out of the order, no. 01:19:42
So I do have a question. 01:19:45
That staffing grant is specific to staffing. 01:19:47
So it would not pay for the truck. However, the property tax revenue projected for budgeted for this year is 435,000, so I'll be a 01:19:52
numbers game. 01:19:58
OK, you're going to get more staff and grant. So you would you would need less. 01:20:04
Umm, tax revenue. 01:20:09
To balance the budget. 01:20:11
So you take part of that. 01:20:13
Of tax revenue that you needed to balance the budget and put that towards the truck. 01:20:15
Because the trucks not in that you didn't budget for the 41, is that it? 01:20:20
For 262626, we got extra money from the state for that. He changed the one around and then the 41 is in there. And what's the 01:20:24
left? So there's still leftover money, right? No, wait a minute. If it's for the staffing grant only, that's limited by state law. 01:20:32
You can't put that in the budget and spend it on something else. It's for staffing and we're not. 01:20:43
But what it does is it reduces the amount of tax revenue that. 01:20:51
The department needs to balance the budget. 01:20:56
Right. So you're supplementing tax revenue which is not staffing like this is to hire staff. That's what it's for either higher. 01:20:59
Or increase the salary of staff. This has been lobbied. 01:21:07
For years and years because they've been underfunding it for years. 01:21:11
And now they've. 01:21:16
Come close. I never heard that it was fully funded. 01:21:17
We wanted 20. We got about half. 01:21:22
What we wanted. 01:21:25
Right, right. Half. 01:21:26
It wasn't fully, but it's a big increase. 01:21:30
And. 01:21:33
I just. 01:21:35
Think we need to keep that in mind because I don't think it was meant for a truck. 01:21:36
It's not. It's not, It's not. 01:21:41
And that that's not my intention. 01:21:44
It's not. But money is fungible, right? So if you take that money and then you spend it excess on a truck, you're spending that 01:21:46
money on a truck. But I'm not. 01:21:50
Oh, OK. How are you doing that? 01:21:53
Because we are getting more. 01:21:56
State funding. 01:21:58
Projected. 01:22:00
To get more state funding to. 01:22:00
Support staff. 01:22:03
We will be needing less. 01:22:05
County tax revenue to balance the budget. 01:22:07
So. 01:22:11
That savings in tax revenue that we would be requesting less of. 01:22:12
We can request some of that. 01:22:17
To pay for the truck. 01:22:19
That is exactly what I'm saying. That's what I said. You can't do it. 01:22:21
Right, you cannot say. 01:22:24
We've got money for staffing, so that money, that extra means we have less. 01:22:26
To ask for. 01:22:32
The umm. 01:22:34
Out of the. 01:22:36
What did you say the tax funding, the revenue? 01:22:37
Right, was the same thing. 01:22:39
We're going to use the staffing to ask for less money from the county revenue and I'm like, Nope. 01:22:41
I mean, I've been in this for like 8 years. We fought hard for this and it's for staffing. 01:22:46
That's what it's for. 01:22:53
Are you saying tax revenue cannot be used to purchase vehicles? 01:22:55
Nope, I'm saying the money for staffing should go to staffing and it will. 01:23:00
I understand exactly what you're saying, but I think we. 01:23:07
You are talking about two different things. 01:23:09
I think I heard. 01:23:12
We have extra money in staffing. 01:23:14
So we only so we can reduce the amount. 01:23:16
So we can reduce the amount of revenue. 01:23:20
That is replacing. 01:23:23
The amount we request for revenue. 01:23:25
From staffing. 01:23:28
They're directly related. 01:23:29
I know people do it but like. 01:23:31
We need to talk about staffing, that's what it's for. 01:23:33
So may I understand what you're saying? You're saying that you want to keep the county? 01:23:38
Money for staffing the same, but then have more money available because the state's gonna. 01:23:42
Apply more, is that what you're saying? The state is significantly accrued if you look in the budget here on the top. 01:23:46
It says 2025 revised budget. 01:23:52
It's online, the second line down. 01:23:54
Is 157 to 34, so he didn't put the full. 01:23:57
233. 01:24:02
In first for the budget. 01:24:03
He's not including. 01:24:06
The amount and by the way, this isn't just projected, it's real. It was approved, it's in the budget, OK, it's a real number. 01:24:09
If he did the math wrong, maybe it's you know. 01:24:16
$5 off. 01:24:19
That's a real number. 01:24:20
That's to it's it's certain percent of this salary, another percent of that salary. Like this is arithmetic. You can get the right 01:24:23
number. 01:24:26
So. 01:24:30
What should be in the budget is 233. 01:24:31
Right, not 157. 01:24:35
What line are you looking at? What line should 233 be in? 01:24:37
It says 2026. Oh, you are putting it in the budget, Yes, yes, 202026. The 157 is for 2025, right? You're right. 01:24:41
So that 233. 01:24:49
Is for. 01:24:51
Staffing and that's where. 01:24:52
That's where it's bad. 01:24:54
So. 01:24:56
So the state's not going to just stop funding staffing. It's a it's a state law. 01:24:59
And if they want to change the law, they can. 01:25:04
Land and water has been very, very, very hard lobbying to get the money. 01:25:07
And it's for staffing. And by the way. 01:25:12
The more staff you have. 01:25:14
The more people can contact. 01:25:16
Right AG producers. 01:25:19
The more people that can go out and take measurements, get information. 01:25:22
That is the difference. 01:25:26
In how many? 01:25:29
How much land we have in these conservation programs? Our management program increased it by what, 1020%? 01:25:31
Was our goal right? It's gone up by 1% in 10 years. 01:25:39
They're like, well, there's only so many of us, right? 01:25:43
We can't cover the whole county. 01:25:46
Well, now we have. 01:25:48
A staffing budget. 01:25:49
To get that job done. 01:25:51
Since we're land and water conservation. 01:25:54
So I'm not saying that we're going to spend it tomorrow. 01:25:56
Right, because. 01:26:00
Because we're going to have a retirement. 01:26:02
Right, there's going to be a new person in your position. 01:26:04
So I'm not sure. 01:26:10
Is this still true that I can't remember? Did we get rid of the August rule of? 01:26:12
Adding staff. 01:26:16
Or is that still there? 01:26:18
Well, it wouldn't be adding, it would. 01:26:20
The way it is now. 01:26:22
Because the budget, Stacy. 01:26:25
Of retirement. 01:26:27
New positions. 01:26:29
Would be what you have to have. But if our budget is funded, we aren't asking the county, right? 01:26:30
There's no extra positions buzzed in here at all, but. 01:26:40
Would help clarify you and I talked. 01:26:45
Several months before. Before even. 01:26:47
New or amount your plan getting a new truck it was not. 01:26:49
It was not related. 01:26:53
You talked for several months about it and the pros and cons. 01:26:55
And so this was just a recent. 01:26:59
This was just a recent information so the discussion on the truck. 01:27:01
Actually is a separate. 01:27:06
Item right and but it was done. 01:27:07
It was he had already. 01:27:10
Correct me if I'm wrong, you'd already planned on this. I'm not saying not to get the truck, get the truck. I'm not saying not to 01:27:12
do that. 01:27:15
And and what the way John has it in in. 01:27:18
Tentatively in his budget. 01:27:22
Meets the goals of the statute. 01:27:23
How does the truck count for staffing again if we take the truck out? 01:27:28
If we take the truck out of the budget. 01:27:35
It's a separate issue. So let me ask this if you you buy the truck. 01:27:37
Is the money. 01:27:42
Still 200 and whatever 33,000 still going to be in the staffing. Yeah. So that's increased because he's getting more revenue 01:27:43
coming in. 01:27:47
From the state. 01:27:51
He's getting more revenue coming in. That's why that's increased revenue is for staff. 01:27:52
That's money for staff. Well, it's coming from revenue stream. It's a revenue stream. It's coming in from the state. So that's 01:27:56
where he's accounting for it. 01:27:59
But it doesn't pay for all of the staff, so we're still budgeting Rep. 01:28:02
County revenue to pay for the rest of the staff, just like we're going to budget county revenue to pay for the truck. 01:28:06
They are that you are saying the same thing, right? You're. 01:28:14
That you're taking the excess staffing money for the truck. 01:28:17
If you take the truck out of the budget. 01:28:22
I'm just gonna throw hypothetical number out there. 01:28:25
That currently this year. 01:28:28
Budgeted. 01:28:31
We need $435,000. 01:28:32
Of tax revenue to balance our budget currently this year. 01:28:35
If we get an extra. 01:28:39
$75,000 in staffing. 01:28:42
Theoretically. 01:28:46
We will only need $350,000. 01:28:47
Tax revenue to balance next year's budget. 01:28:52
So instead of asking for 350,000 tax revenue. 01:28:56
We're going to ask for 370,000 tax revenue. 01:29:00
And then include a truck. 01:29:05
In the budget, right? 01:29:07
So it's not specific for the for the truck it. 01:29:09
Could be for any line item on the budget at all. 01:29:12
But you're using it to make. 01:29:16
The current budget. 01:29:18
Balance without adding staff. 01:29:20
Which was the point. 01:29:23
Of the statute. 01:29:25
The point of the statute. 01:29:27
Was to allow counties. 01:29:28
To add. 01:29:30
Staff, so I'll agree. 01:29:31
Reimburse the. 01:29:35
Counties for what they've already been paying because we added staff. 01:29:37
Without. 01:29:41
But we didn't add staff. 01:29:42
Over the years, yeah, we've been paying for the staff. Yes, we have, right? 01:29:45
So this is allowing us. 01:29:50
To not. 01:29:52
Use as much of our county money to pay for staff. 01:29:54
Yeah, absolutely. 01:29:58
It's also. 01:29:59
The significant increase. 01:30:00
To provide for staffing, So, Mr. Chairman, next year. 01:30:03
Umm, that. 01:30:07
Same 2 year biennial budget, right? We're going. 01:30:10
That we're going to be not have that same $233,000. 01:30:14
Because it'll be reduced. 01:30:19
For two years, it's a two year, it's a two year budget, but I think it actually is increasing next year. But for the county 01:30:22
budget, it's a one year budget and it will be reduced. 01:30:26
By probably about 41 grand maybe. 01:30:30
That the amount for staffing will be reduced. 01:30:34
No, so we're not. So we're holding open at 2:33. 01:30:37
The state money is actually going to go up next year. 01:30:41
In the second year of their budget. 01:30:45
So that line. 01:30:48
Will likely be, you know. 01:30:49
I don't know what the number of people at 2:33 will likely be closer to 250. 01:30:52
If we went by the idea that. 01:31:00
We we were only paying for the staff. 01:31:05
We would have been down to 1 1/2. 01:31:08
In the department. 01:31:11
So effectively this is allowing us to keep the staff we've had. 01:31:13
The. 01:31:20
The 1:57. 01:31:22
I already covered our staff. 01:31:24
But it never covered all of it. It never did. It never did. So that that's not a change. 01:31:29
It never did. 01:31:36
So this increase isn't making up for that because it never did. It's not new. 01:31:37
Covering a bigger percentage. 01:31:42
All right, so. 01:31:45
I would approve this with. 01:31:47
Concept I would not. I'm saying generally this not. 01:31:48
The way it's set out. 01:31:52
For the 233. 01:31:53
With the understanding. 01:31:54
That, uh. 01:31:57
This committee. 01:31:58
You know, we're going to have sort of a whole shake up here, right? We're going to have a department head resignation. 01:31:59
We're going to have extra money for staff. 01:32:04
Specifically, next year that number will increase. 01:32:08
He'll talk about. 01:32:12
You're gonna for your replacement right here. 01:32:14
We can talk about that. 01:32:17
Some other time, yeah. I mean, that's not really a decision. 01:32:19
Because he like it'll affect the budget, though getting a new person will affect our budget. Yeah, it's not well, it'll probably. 01:32:26
Yeah, actually will probably increase. 01:32:33
Because I am not taking county insurance. 01:32:36
So you have to assume whoever's are replacing me is going to at least have single if not family insurance. 01:32:39
So. 01:32:45
Even though the salary might be a little less. 01:32:46
It's probably going to cost you more than what it's costing now. 01:32:48
You put that in the. 01:32:51
Here I talked to Finance about that. 01:32:52
And they said to. 01:32:55
To leave it. 01:32:57
As if I was continuing. 01:32:58
And then you would make that change. 01:33:00
At the time. 01:33:02
Then we have to go back to the board and ask for an increase. 01:33:04
Yeah. 01:33:07
We have. We'll have to. 01:33:09
It would be more difficult I think. 01:33:17
Right, for the board to get like why are you budgeting for this new person they're not on and it would be more accurate, but the 01:33:19
board will be like we can't spend money you haven't bought the person we would. 01:33:24
It would go as a budget amendment. 01:33:30
If needed. 01:33:33
Because it's not 100% sure it's needed so. 01:33:34
Or whatever the action. 01:33:39
And that does the county administrator, I'm assuming set. 01:33:42
With consulting with people who would set the. 01:33:46
Salary. Is that correct? 01:33:49
As part of his budget. 01:33:51
They will also depend on the timing of the hire I suppose too, because we're assuming. 01:33:53
They're going to start January 1st, but they probably won't because. 01:33:59
Process. Are you just taking time? 01:34:03
Just like when you leave here, are you still going to be like on the county for? 01:34:05
Few months or not, when I'm done, I'm done. 01:34:09
OK. Well, that's helpful to know. 01:34:14
Thank you. 01:34:15
Six months. 01:34:19
Anything else you want to point out? 01:34:20
No, I'll have more, more definite numbers for you next month. OK, go through a little better than. 01:34:23
I just wanted to give you the. 01:34:29
The main high points was. 01:34:31
Were projected to get more. 01:34:33
Revenue for staffing. 01:34:35
And then the truck. 01:34:37
Is are the big, big items that are going to be in there? 01:34:38
Thank you for highlighting it. It's very it's super helpful. Thank you. So next month though, we need to. 01:34:41
Pass will need to make a recommendation right to. 01:34:47
Do the same thing for Ext 2 right day for next every department next month recommendation. 01:34:53
From the committee. 01:35:00
I have to leave so sorry guys. 01:35:10
I think we're almost done, right? 01:35:12
You got a couple things. 01:35:14
See you OK. 01:35:17
All right. Thank you, John. Yep. Have a good evening. OK. 01:35:18
Move on to approve second quarter reimbursement request for wildlife damage program. 01:35:21
Yeah, that's for $13,592.05. 01:35:26
That was a worksheet worksheet in there, right? 01:35:31
Yeah, OK. 01:35:33
Need a motion to approve? 01:35:35
The. 01:35:38
Reimbursement. 01:35:40
Move to improve the reimbursement request for wildlife damage. OK, so we have Dale is the first in the second. 01:35:42
Bill, a second, any further discussion or questions about this, somebody really do. 01:35:49
Those in favor signify by approving say aye aye. Those opposed. 01:35:55
Located unanimously passed. 01:36:00
OK. 01:36:03
Next we will do. 01:36:05
Request for staffing grant. 01:36:08
Yeah, that's for the 157,000. 01:36:10
Whatever it was under $57,234. 01:36:14
Motion to approve the request for the staffing grant. 01:36:21
I move. 01:36:25
You guys want? 01:36:28
Through the video. 01:36:38
How long is this one? 01:36:40
It's a six minute 1. 01:36:42
Last time we had like. 01:36:45
Last two times we went till 11 and now it's 1007 so. 01:36:47
Watch it, I mean. 01:36:50
OK, we were an hour later in the last two meetings. 01:36:52
So anyway, I just thought you guys know that I'm on the extension committee for the state and I. 01:36:58
And so I told them they should really make videos for about extension like distance they should. And they are, they're doing it 01:37:03
now. They are good for you, so. 01:37:07
So they are there in the process of making some because to instruct. 01:37:11
Committee members on how to manage the. 01:37:16
Extension. 01:37:18
So this is what you do. 01:37:20
Short story I said short. This presentation is designed to provide you. 01:37:22
As a member of the Land Conservation Committee. 01:37:27
With information about county land and water resource management plans. 01:37:30
Each one of Wisconsin, 72 counties. 01:37:35
Has a land and water resource management plan. 01:37:39
These plans are required by Wisconsin law under Chapter 92 of the state statute. 01:37:42
The plans are approved by the Wisconsin Department of AG Trade and Consumer Protection. 01:37:48
Having an approved plan affords benefits to the county. 01:37:53
Including eligibility for grant funding through the state's Soil and Water Resource Management Grant program. 01:37:57
These grants provide funding for county conservation staff and to cost share conservation practice installation on private land. 01:38:04
Each one of the 72 county plans includes an assessment of the county's unique soil and water resources. 01:38:14
The plan also includes an assessment of the condition of these resources. 01:38:21
As part of the planning process, local conservation priorities are identified. 01:38:26
And conservation goals for the county are established. 01:38:31
The goals and priorities are informed by the resource assessment. 01:38:35
As well as through consultation with other conservation partners. 01:38:39
A local citizen advisory committee is also appointed to help guide the development of the plan. 01:38:43
A citizen advisory committee must be reflective of a broad spectrum. 01:38:49
Of public interests and perspectives. 01:38:54
Although each one of the county plans is unique, there are a number of key components that must be included. 01:38:57
The required plan contents are described in detail in State Administrative Rule. 01:39:04
ATC, P50. 01:39:10
Some select components in each plan include. 01:39:12
A strategy to encourage compliance with the state's soil and water conservation standards, known as the Agricultural Performance 01:39:16
Standards. 01:39:20
And a description of how the county can support compliance with these standards. 01:39:24
A work plan for the county that is based upon a reasonable assessment of available funding and staffing resources. 01:39:29
The plan must also identify how the county will implement the plan, including identification of the programs. 01:39:36
And regulations that will help with this implementation. 01:39:43
The plan must also identify opportunities to monitor and evaluate the progress in implementing the plan. 01:39:46
And must also include an information and education component related to the land and water conservation needs and priorities. 01:39:53
The plan is an important piece of your county's conservation program. 01:40:03
With an improved land and water resource management plan. 01:40:07
The county remains eligible to receive. 01:40:10
Grant funding through the Department of AG, Trade and Consumer Protection. 01:40:13
Through the Soil and Water Resource Management Grant program. 01:40:17
Also known as the Swarm grant. 01:40:21
Through this grant program, the county receives funding for conservation staff. 01:40:24
The county also receives funds to cost share conservation practices. 01:40:29
On private land. 01:40:33
And to support nutrient management planning. 01:40:35
The work planning completed as a part of the Land and Water Resource Management Plan guides the county's conservation efforts. 01:40:38
To achieve the goals of the plan. 01:40:45
The work plan includes the planned activities for the year. 01:40:47
And the anticipated outcomes. 01:40:51
The plan and the annual work plans help. 01:40:53
The county to prioritize the conservation workload. 01:40:56
Finally, the plan also helps you show progress in meeting your conservation goals. 01:40:59
Each year, the Land Conservation Committee is required to submit an annual report. 01:41:05
On conservation activities and accomplishments. 01:41:10
This annual reporting provides information that helps to show statewide progress. 01:41:13
In achieving conservation goals. 01:41:19
Once a land and water resource management plan is completed. 01:41:22
And approved by the Land Conservation Committee. 01:41:26
The plan is presented to the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Board. 01:41:29
This board reviews the plans. 01:41:33
And makes a recommendation for approval. 01:41:35
To the Department of AG, Trade and Consumer Protection. 01:41:38
Following the board recommendation. 01:41:42
The county usually takes the plan to the full local county board for adoption. 01:41:44
Once the county board adopts the plan, the county notifies the department. 01:41:50
Finally, approval will then be made by the Department of AG, Trade and Consumer Protection. 01:41:55
This plan approval is good for 10 years. 01:42:01
Five years after the plan is approved. 01:42:05
The county will be asked to meet with the Land and Water Conservation Board again. 01:42:07
To review progress in implementing the plan. 01:42:11
The Land and Water Conservation Board has developed guidance documents detailing the requirements of presenting a plan for 10 year 01:42:15
approval. 01:42:19
And for presenting A5 year review. 01:42:23
These guidance documents include a list of questions regarding plan, implementation and accomplishments that the county should be 01:42:26
prepared to address. 01:42:31
At least one member of the LCC is requested to attend both of the presentations to the Land and Water Conservation Board. 01:42:36
As Land Conservation Committee members. 01:42:45
You have a very important role in the development and implementation of the county's Land and Water Resource Management Plan. 01:42:47
As a committee member, you will be asked to help guide the development of the plan. 01:42:54
And to consider attending the Land and Water Conservation Board meetings. 01:42:59
To support your county conservation department. 01:43:03
In addition, each county is asked to develop and submit an annual work plan. 01:43:06
And to report annual accomplishments. 01:43:11
We hope this presentation helps you understand a little more about the county Land and Water Resource Management Plan and the 01:43:15
importance of this plan to your county's conservation program. 01:43:20
Please get in touch with us in the Bureau of Land and Water Resources at the Wisconsin Department of AG, Trade and Consumer 01:43:27
Protection. 01:43:31
For additional information. 01:43:35
Or for help with your planned revision. 01:43:36
Questions. 01:43:44
When do you do the annual plan? 01:43:45
The annual work plan. 01:43:51
I'll come up later this fall as you get as we get ready to submit the. 01:43:53
The grant applications for next year. 01:43:58
During the following year and the annual report. 01:44:01
Can you include that in a packet? 01:44:05
Yep, absolutely. 01:44:07
Probably September. 01:44:10
The. 01:44:12
Land water plan that they're talking about, they've already set up our date for our five year review, which is. 01:44:15
February of 20. 01:44:21
And I was kind of surprised that they that they. 01:44:24
Made dates that far out but. 01:44:28
Is they captain? 01:44:31
Land, Water. 01:44:33
Net state landline, yes. 01:44:34
Who reviews it? 01:44:39
They will there. Well, the entire board will have a review of it. We'll we'll publish something and send it there. 01:44:42
And then? 01:44:50
Put a PowerPoint together. 01:44:51
And I think. 01:44:53
Larry, did Larry Bischoff go with me on that one? I believe he did. 01:44:56
Yeah. So Larry and I went in there and we presented to the board and they asked a few questions and. 01:45:00
That was that. 01:45:05
OK, discuss possible research project on the Dodge County's airport farm. 01:45:11
I don't have anything new. I tried getting a hold of Will last week and we did not get together. I don't know if he's heard from 01:45:18
anybody. I am aware of two people asking for information. 01:45:25
But the last time I talked to Will, it didn't sound like either one of them were going to put in a proposal. 01:45:32
I don't know if we'll received anything since. 01:45:37
The deadline is August 1st. 01:45:40
I have been in contact with Brian Fields from the highway as far as the. 01:45:43
Current. 01:45:48
Rental agreement and we've been making some changes in there as far as nutrient management plans and things like that, if it goes 01:45:50
back out to bids like the normal process. 01:45:54
So we've been talking on that. 01:46:00
I guess one big, big concern that Brian has is since we've been now doing this. 01:46:03
Who is responsible for the farm now? Is it going to go back to the highway? 01:46:08
Continuing to have the rental agreements, is it going to shift to our department? 01:46:13
So. 01:46:18
Yeah, that's kind of something that. 01:46:18
One way or another needs to be decided. 01:46:20
I would say it's likely going to shift here. 01:46:23
Yeah, we talked about that several months ago and that's what we said, since there are conservation practices involved like. 01:46:25
Frank Fields has no idea what. 01:46:32
To do that. 01:46:34
So you're gonna reach out to these people and tell them, hey, the August 1st deadline is coming. Or, you know. 01:46:35
Yeah, I'm gonna continue to try to get hold of Will and. 01:46:41
Because he's been in contact with both of them. 01:46:44
So and I don't e-mail list. 01:46:48
For people at least that are in the programs. 01:46:51
It went you went out to. 01:46:55
It got put on the county. 01:46:57
County website. 01:47:00
It uh. 01:47:01
Got sent out through the farmer LED group. 01:47:02
It got sent out through UW Extensions newsletter and there was a mention of it in my last newsletter that we sent out our 01:47:05
quarterly newsletter. So that's that's how the information got out. 01:47:10
The current. 01:47:16
Renter. 01:47:17
Received a personal phone call to make sure that he understood that this was going on. So if he doesn't have those. 01:47:19
Avenues to get that information. He was aware of it. So right, I'm not looking at the current renter. If he was that interested he 01:47:28
would have contacted you already. So I'm talking about like. 01:47:32
Those are nice, broad, general things that it may happen to go to the website. They'll see it if they happen to read the 01:47:36
newsletter, like not everyone is read. 01:47:39
I'm saying like. 01:47:43
At either your. 01:47:45
Discretion or one of your staff right to pick out like. 01:47:47
Twenty of the most people that are in the location. 01:47:50
Or 10. 01:47:54
And send out. 01:47:55
Specifically that this is an opportunity you can. 01:47:58
You know, we've got bids. 01:48:02
If you don't contact people, we're not going to get anybody on August 1st. 01:48:04
OK, so I'm just talking about one last. 01:48:07
Shot an e-mail to people and say here's the thing. 01:48:09
You can just put a link to the website. 01:48:14
You know, but. 01:48:16
Otherwise, you know this is busy season, right? 01:48:18
There they're all working. 01:48:20
If you don't send an e-mail. 01:48:23
OK. 01:48:27
OK. Any more discussion on the county? 01:48:31
Project this. 01:48:34
Airport. 01:48:36
OK, down to committee, reports Lake Sinnissippi. So I will start. 01:48:38
The last commissioners meeting was on July. 01:48:44
8th And the Commissioners passed a motion recommending the budget for next year for 26 we have to for annual meeting. 01:48:48
It's a $13,000 increase over. 01:48:57
The previous year and that has to do with our lake management activities. 01:49:01
Coming up. 01:49:04
Commissioners made final revisions to the annual newsletter that was already just mailed out. 01:49:07
There's two major things happening. 01:49:13
The committee reviewed a presentation from Hay and Associates that. 01:49:15
A day referred to on Lakes Mississippi channel. 01:49:20
Dredging. 01:49:23
Study that will be given at the annual meeting. 01:49:24
And that's, that's looking at about a $500,000 project there. 01:49:28
The study addresses the navigational concerns that's on the Northside of the lake going up towards Horican. 01:49:33
And they're getting quite a bit more traffic going up there, especially with Hurricane having concerts every Wednesday. 01:49:39
In their City Park there and so a lot of boats are going through there now. Kind of cool. 01:49:45
Actually so. 01:49:49
And then the other one is a shoreline mapping project that I've been talking about for a. 01:49:52
For a while, but that's included in the budget. 01:49:56
The other thing? 01:50:00
The commissioners were updated about the LSA and Rock River rescue efforts and to kind of time with what you said, Bill, they they 01:50:02
looking at the system as a whole, the Rock River. 01:50:07
And so they're looking at stocking fish. 01:50:12
In conjunction with. 01:50:14
Watertown. 01:50:17
And so a lot more game. 01:50:18
And so the LSA is is really the. 01:50:21
Partner of LSID, he might say, and they they're raising money to increase our. 01:50:26
The amount of fish that we stock in Lake, Ms. 01:50:33
Last year we did $9000. 01:50:36
Also, I'm going to be going up and talking with. 01:50:39
A couple years ago, the extension. 01:50:42
Had a grant for conservation. 01:50:45
It's a conservation grant for for fish stocking and so. 01:50:49
That goes through. 01:50:52
Land and parks. So I was going to contact him after this meeting. 01:50:55
For increasing. 01:50:59
Consideration We did get a grant from them about. 01:51:02
23 for fish stockings. So that is something I am working with the county with separately as. 01:51:05
As my lsid. 01:51:10
Patton is on. 01:51:12
So, and that's really about it from. 01:51:13
Lakeside, Mississippi. 01:51:17
Judging is exciting. 01:51:18
We have it is the most exciting thing. 01:51:20
We're talking about a huge amounts of money. 01:51:23
I mean, do you expect it to be 3 feet deeper, 4 feet deeper, 2 feet deeper? 01:51:25
Like what do you expect? 01:51:30
When it's well, it's about four feet now. 01:51:31
I don't know if there's a very specific number. 01:51:36
Range, right? Do you know what that is? I would. 01:51:39
I don't know for sure, but I would think 8. 01:51:42
And that double I think at least in that. 01:51:44
Umm, in that bottleneck right there is what we total we would like. I think in that. 01:51:47
That bottleneck, and then they're also changing. 01:51:53
It they're also changing the route of the boats, it's going to be east and West as opposed to coming up from the South. It's going 01:51:57
to be like a curve. 01:52:02
And so. 01:52:08
I don't. Not that the engineers say I. 01:52:09
I don't know how. 01:52:12
That works for flowing of sediment on the bottom, but that's what that's the plan. 01:52:13
So yes, it is a huge year for us. 01:52:17
And we'll see what happens with the. 01:52:21
What the membership? 01:52:23
Votes so. 01:52:25
So all right, next umm. 01:52:29
Beaver Dam. 01:52:32
The Lake District is performing a sonar mapping of the lake with about 3/4 completed. 01:52:34
And that's getting a sonar. 01:52:39
Mapping of the depths. 01:52:41
The lake bottom and the amount of vegetation. 01:52:42
And that has gone to the. 01:52:46
State Water DNR water quality group to let us know what else we need to look at for them. 01:52:48
We have a couple days that will probably want to see more detail on. 01:52:54
But this is a. 01:52:58
And piece of information needed to. 01:53:00
Look at the hydrology. 01:53:03
To move the sediment around. 01:53:05
And also the vegetation. 01:53:07
How much? 01:53:08
Plant life is there to support the game fish. 01:53:09
We are using the number of volunteers here because we. 01:53:14
As many people as possible. 01:53:18
To become accustomed with the lake and learn the real facts. Get their feet wet if you would. 01:53:20
So they can tell their neighbors to what they're saying. 01:53:25
We. 01:53:30
District and DNR water quality to the point. Interstate survey of Trestle Bay. 01:53:32
Arthur and I went out and did the field work for a day. He's taking that back to his office now. 01:53:37
It will generate a map of Trussell Bay. 01:53:42
And the. 01:53:45
Amount of vegetation and type of vegetation. 01:53:46
And they are 250 Bay. 01:53:49
Hey, Quebec. 01:53:51
Back in 2010. 01:53:54
A car barrier at Rakes Bay was damaged and removed. 01:53:56
We had a meeting out there with DNR fishery. 01:54:00
And water quality. 01:54:04
To look at the site. 01:54:05
A part of it is still there, most of is gone. 01:54:07
To determine what we should do. 01:54:10
To replace that, what's required? 01:54:13
The fishery is no longer interested in getting a general permit for that. 01:54:16
So the individual permit to the Lake District. 01:54:20
To replace that. 01:54:23
So this is probably a 2026. 01:54:25
2027 project. 01:54:28
In 2026, getting the research on it. 01:54:30
On the trestle. 01:54:33
On the barrier. 01:54:35
Barrier. Sorry. 01:54:36
Have been totally funded by the district. 01:54:37
Now we're going to try to get some surface water grants on it. 01:54:40
And spread it around. 01:54:43
It's not inexpensive what we have thus far for pricing. 01:54:45
Is a DNR favorable to allowing not you to? 01:54:49
Yes, they'd like to see it done. 01:54:51
We're asking them to use the engineering data from 2010. 01:54:54
To avoid those engineering costs. So we're seeing if they'll be able to do that. 01:54:57
So do the Pike corner rates bait just spawn? 01:55:02
The Pike do. They're supposed to. 01:55:06
What's happening now is the rough fish, the Buffalo in the carp. 01:55:08
Are dominating that Bay. 01:55:12
So we estimate there's a hundred carp. 01:55:14
Per acre there. 01:55:16
And you got two or three Pike per acre trying to get up past them. 01:55:18
Two or three. 01:55:23
Per 100. 01:55:25
Wow, so a tough little Pike. 01:55:26
That's based on the actual catch at Russell Bay in October. 01:55:31
2024. 01:55:36
165,000 lbs of fish were taken out. 01:55:37
Of that Bay. 01:55:40
250 acre back. 01:55:42
The Beaver Dam Lake District annual meeting is on August 9th at 9:00 AM. 01:55:47
At the Beaver Dam High School. 01:55:53
We will have the DNR present their. 01:55:55
Fish plan for the coming years, the next three years. 01:55:58
And water quality. 01:56:01
And we'll have University of Wisconsin to be around present their. 01:56:03
Activity thus far this year. 01:56:06
And where they plan to go for the balance of the air. 01:56:08
The B ram. 01:56:13
Association will have their annual meeting on August 23rd. 01:56:14
9:00 AM at the Randolph. 01:56:18
Meeting room. 01:56:21
So if you have some time to send one or both of those. 01:56:25
The uh. 01:56:28
District 1 should be interesting with the DNR presentation. 01:56:29
I'm sure be a lot of questions and answers after it. 01:56:34
So please attend if you wish. 01:56:38
What are you looking to get out of that DNR presentation? 01:56:41
I'm looking for the community to express to them. 01:56:45
Their opinion of their plan. 01:56:48
And what's your opinion? 01:56:50
My opinion? 01:56:52
It's ineffective. 01:56:54
OK. 01:56:55
For some reason they just. 01:56:58
Locked the curb. 01:57:00
Same for Sinnissippi St. They just. 01:57:02
Just don't seem interested, right? 01:57:05
I have not found another state DNR or program that matches what they're proposing. 01:57:08
For Beaver Dam like. 01:57:14
So if there's a reference, I haven't found it yet. 01:57:18
Bill also wrote a new for the newsletter for Lake Santa Fe, building a letter our BOTA. 01:57:25
Column about carp. 01:57:31
Because we have the same, it's exact same. 01:57:33
We we want that too. 01:57:36
We don't. They don't allow it. 01:57:38
They don't allow the harvesting. 01:57:40
Contract fishing ended in 2017. 01:57:42
And the Iowa State study says every 2.7 years your car population will double. 01:57:45
And I think we're seeing that. 01:57:51
Videos of the conservationist Bay. 01:57:53
Shows a massive amount of spawning. 01:57:56
And there are two spawning seasons now. 01:57:59
Early and late. 01:58:01
But we're seeing more frequency and more density. 01:58:04
Of responding. 01:58:07
It's a it's a big issue when you're trying to increase your other fish. It's like it's real. It's impossible. 01:58:10
To naturally spawn and be what I like. 01:58:19
And competition of carp. 01:58:23
Well, the bluegills would go after the eggs and the fingerlings. 01:58:25
So without the natural spawning reproduction of the bluegill. 01:58:29
The population going down and down every year. 01:58:33
But yes, so the. 01:58:36
Cover over their spawning circles. 01:58:38
The Stones. 01:58:40
So they can't go back, then drop their eggs and. 01:58:41
And bring the fish out. 01:58:43
That's what we've been putting. We've been putting bluegill in every year. I was gonna ask. 01:58:46
Would can the lakes super bad right now because of the heat right so all this algae is out there but but. 01:58:50
Can bluegill survive in? 01:58:57
What the lake is now? 01:58:58
Yes, we're putting 4000 into Trussell Bay. 01:59:00
To hopefully keep that clean with the recent. 01:59:03
Removal. 01:59:06
And we're putting 15,000 the lake itself. 01:59:07
To hopefully be a predator to the catfish and the. 01:59:10
Carp keep that those both. 01:59:14
Both populations down a little bit. 01:59:16
But 15,000? 01:59:20
6800 acre lake is kind of a drop in the bucket. That's two per acre. 01:59:22
But in the Bay, it's a little more concentrated. 01:59:29
Trying to get the little ones. 01:59:33
Correct. 01:59:34
Key Jail. 01:59:37
OK, I finally got to attend a meeting for the last two months. I missed him. 01:59:40
They met on July 10th the Lake District. 01:59:43
And some of the highlights, the Fox Lake. 01:59:46
Wastewater Department. 01:59:49
Reported of a large increase of flow from the Lake District system. 01:59:52
So the firm that. 01:59:57
Lake District hires MCO. 01:59:59
Is going to check that out where it could possibly be coming from? 02:00:01
So the annual weed treatment. 02:00:05
For Lake homeowners took place the first week of July. 02:00:07
33. 02:00:11
Lake homeowners applied for treatment and 30 of them were treated. 02:00:12
For weeds. 02:00:17
The audit. 02:00:20
From what kind of wells and Van Worth was completed? 02:00:21
And the annual goose roundup. 02:00:25
From the wildlife damage. 02:00:27
Control people took place and he gathered up 250 geese. 02:00:29
So MCO. 02:00:38
And their regular plan, there's a company that. 02:00:39
The district is hired to oversee their wastewater system. 02:00:42
Is gonna. 02:00:46
Upgrade the phase converters. 02:00:47
The frequency drives that. 02:00:49
Power these. 02:00:52
Lift stations. 02:00:53
Those are still the original equipment that was in. 02:00:56
These motors are larger so they require three phase power. So you have to have phase converters because. 02:01:01
Three phase power is not available so. 02:01:08
They did look into. 02:01:11
Asking Alliance what it would cost to provide three phase power to just two stations. 02:01:13
It was just under $300,000. 02:01:18
Probably going to stay with the frequency drives. 02:01:21
So. 02:01:32
Fox Leak is looking at a different way of. 02:01:34
Doing the bottom of the lake rather than dredging, they're looking at the nano bubblers. 02:01:36
OK, I've mentioned that before. 02:01:41
So they looked into. 02:01:43
A large one. 02:01:45
A lake sized unit. 02:01:48
And. 02:01:51
The cost of it? 02:01:53
Would be about $1,000,000. 02:01:54
And with maintenance up to 6 to $700,000 a year. 02:01:56
So I don't know what's nano bubbles again. I know he said it, I forgot. 02:02:00
It's a machine that injects. 02:02:05
Oxygen. 02:02:08
Read it though at the bottom of the lake. 02:02:09
And it's been found that it will will. 02:02:12
Make the sediment hard. I don't exactly know how it works. Some of it is actually ozone. It is an oxygen. 02:02:15
There was a project on on Lake Mead that was very successful, but. 02:02:24
Lake meat is tiny compared to Fox Lake so. 02:02:27
It's not really apples to apples. 02:02:30
So they wouldn't try to make it deeper like. 02:02:34
They wouldn't dredge, it just be a matter of making it hard. 02:02:37
Then it gets hard, it connects so it does come back. Supposedly it would back the bottom so it would actually increase the depth 02:02:39
of water. It would just like compacting the bottom. 02:02:43
How far does it go down? 02:02:48
Do you know the contacting? What effect? Like is it a foot or? 02:02:50
About that, I would say, well, that's pretty good. 02:02:54
OK, but then it would stay? 02:02:56
In theory. 02:02:59
So would you move it around different areas of the like? 02:03:02
Use the same. 02:03:05
Mechanical. I think it's. It slowly spreads as you use it. 02:03:06
So you don't have to move it around. 02:03:10
In theory. 02:03:12
How are you going to get the? 02:03:15
Maintenance, how you gonna get over half a million every year? 02:03:16
For maintenance, yeah. 02:03:19
So. 02:03:22
So they agreed to partner with the Fox and preservation to. 02:03:30
To spend $2000. 02:03:33
To install. 02:03:36
Toy side toys I didn't Pellets. 02:03:38
By two coverage to capture phosphorus. 02:03:41
And. 02:03:46
They're also going to have a teams meeting with Sawyer and Anna. 02:03:48
For a bioreactor possibilities. 02:03:51
They had they reached out with some interest in the bioreactor. 02:03:56
If if they might have interest in the site that it would work at. 02:04:01
So we're going to have our like state engineer. 02:04:05
Explain that because we don't deal much with bioreactors, but. 02:04:09
There are a few across the state. 02:04:14
There are a few passes state. 02:04:16
You could mention that if you could, but. 02:04:17
They have to get a land order involved first, but they don't have. 02:04:20
So yeah, that's the main thing, because if we're going to work through our CS, we would have to. 02:04:23
Landowner to work with. 02:04:30
Also, it's connected with phosphorus, just warm, but nitrogen, isn't it? Yeah, it's more nitrogen, but I think. 02:04:34
So it's removing it. 02:04:43
Is that exactly? 02:04:45
Yeah, it's in the water. 02:04:46
Or designed to set up at like a culvert. 02:04:48
You're gonna get some flashy water flow through. 02:04:51
How I understand that it treats it? 02:04:56
Oh, at the entrance. 02:04:59
At that pace point and then downstream it's effects. 02:05:00
So a culvert or a child more effective in a tile, isn't it? 02:05:05
Yeah. 02:05:08
Either or. 02:05:09
So I'm gonna learn this as much on Wednesday as I'm gonna talk about so. 02:05:11
So moving on, Paul Perkins are resigned from the board. He's just too busy, so it looks like. 02:05:18
Well, we appointed Liz or say to take his place, but the election is going to take place at the annual meeting, which is going to 02:05:25
be August 2nd. 02:05:28
At 8:30 AM. 02:05:32
And the last thing this wasn't. 02:05:37
This meeting, that was meeting before. 02:05:39
And our lake management plan who was done by ECO, that's what did it. 02:05:41
You are. You are. Yeah, that's it. You are. 02:05:45
They've had a lot of. 02:05:49
Changes in their. 02:05:53
And the new staff just hasn't been as forthcoming as the old staff. So there's been some issues and some billing questions, so. 02:05:55
It's kind of. 02:06:01
Going in the wrong direction. 02:06:03
That's all I have. 02:06:07
OK. 02:06:08
Under Upcoming events John. 02:06:11
Yeah, the farmer. That group has their planting covers seminar tomorrow. 02:06:13
The 29th. 02:06:19
South of town on Bill Noses farm that starts about 5. 02:06:20
Yeah, starts at 5:00 PM. 02:06:24
They'll have. 02:06:26
Evening meal afterwards. 02:06:27
Southern Tourism Jefferson County September we should be getting. 02:06:32
Registration forms coming out soon so. 02:06:37
Once I get them, I'll. 02:06:39
Shoot an e-mail out to you and. 02:06:41
Seagull is interested in going. 02:06:43
Remember the date on September 4th? 02:06:45
We drive out together then like we did. Yeah, we can. Yeah. OK. 02:06:49
I did get a letter after the agenda was posted you guys. It's just informational purposes only. 02:06:54
Village of Neosho on August 1st will be draining the Neosho pond so they can do a inspection of the dam. 02:07:01
They may have to replace some of their stop logs. 02:07:08
So OK. 02:07:12
OK. Next meeting date we have August 25th. Is that good with everybody? 02:07:15
I can't make it, but that's fine. 02:07:27
And my son's getting married. 02:07:29
That's good reason. 02:07:33
It's no big deal. 02:07:35
OK. 02:07:36
The August 25th at 8:30 AM. 02:07:39
Any items for? 02:07:43
Future What about? 02:07:44
For future items, the well testing of that we can have them come to the county board meeting in August. Is that our plan? 02:07:45
That's what I would like him to do. I sent him an e-mail Friday. I didn't hear back so I'm gonna try to get hold him this week 02:07:51
yet. 02:07:54
How does that tie in with our budget? Like he's got a couple options, right? Did you just get the middle 1? Is that for our 02:07:58
budget? 02:08:01
Right, Yeah. And that's something we'll discuss next month. You'll have the options to figure out what you want to do. If you want 02:08:04
to continue as is, you want to reduce it, you want to stop it all together, those basically the three options. 02:08:10
Didn't we do that? And we'd all talked about like doing the reduced? 02:08:16
Plan that he had talked about it, but no, I don't think any decisions were made. He didn't, he didn't have it yet. No, he didn't 02:08:20
have numbers. 02:08:23
We talked about he's gonna come back. Yeah. And the numbers he gives us won't be exact either. They're going to be estimates from 02:08:27
him after we agree to something, then they'll work the contract together and then they'll come up with actual numbers. 02:08:34
OK, so. 02:08:41
When so is he going to come to the county board in August then? 02:08:42
That's what I want him to get to present to the county. Will he have numbers for the county board then? 02:08:45
I'm hoping so. OK, yeah. 02:08:51
Yeah, well, we'll have to get it first so we can put in the book. Right, right, right. Yeah. And I don't think. 02:08:54
Because the county board. 02:09:00
It'll be a Rep. It'll be a recommendation from from you to the county board budget. 02:09:03
Yeah, I understand that. 02:09:08
OK. All right. Anything else for future agenda items? 02:09:11
If not, I will call the meeting adjourned. We completed our agenda. Thank you everybody. 02:09:15
So this would be. 02:09:24
August 2nd they stop in and see you guys. 02:09:25
August 25th. 02:09:28