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Minutes of Regular Meeting
VANDERBURGH COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
(SWCD) Office, Evansville, Indiana
7:45 p.m., Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Present:                                                                                                             SWCD Personnel:
David Ellison, Chairman                                                                                       Norma Duckworth
Phil Hoy, Vice Chairman
Wayne Fehd, Member
Holly McCutchan, Member
Lauren Preske, Member                                                                                       NRCS Personnel:
Bill Jeffers, Associate                                                                                            Darrell Rice

The minutes of the July meeting were mailed to each member prior to the meeting.

                A motion was made by Phil Hoy to approve the minutes of the July 27, 2004
                meeting seconded by Wayne Fehd and carried.

Dave Ellison asked for members to read the July financial report, which showed a balance of $29,711.74 on 7-1-04, Receipts, $392.41, Debits $3,634.53 and a balance as of 7-31-04 of $26,469.62.

                A motion was made by Phil Hoy, seconded by Wayne Fehd, and carried,
                to approve the treasurer’s report as presented.

The following claims were submitted for Supervisors’ approval:
W4087 Oaks Printing, Inc. (July Newsletter)                                                             $1,081.95
W4080 V3 Consultants Ltd. of IL (Post Construction Monitoring/Barr Creek)           $2,250.00
W4081 Post Office (July Newsletter Postage)                                                              $168.06
W4082 Indiana Department of Revenue (April/May/June Sales Tax)                               $24.30
W4083 Old National Bank/Cash (Replenish Petty Cash)                                                 $29.52
NOTE: The Auditor paid the following claims
Office Depot (Office Supplies)                                                                                       $105.87
Verizon Wireless (Cell Phone Bill)                                                                                    $30.42
Vanderburgh County SWCD (Reimbursement/Postage July Newsletter)                         $168.06
Cingular Wireless (Cell Phone)                                                                                         $21.77
Bonnie Bittner (Mileage/Excel Class/Indy)                                                                      $114.24
Vanderburgh Solid Waste District (1/2 Fair Booth)                                                           $50.00
Smith & Butterfield (3 Boxes Copy Paper)                                                                       $80.70

Finance Chairman Holly McCutchan reviewed the claims stating they were in order.

            Phil Hoy made a motion to approve the claims, seconded by Wayne Fehd,
            and carried.

OLD BUSINESS:
Natural Resource Committee – David Ellison/Todd Thomas, Co-Chairpersons
Chairman David Ellison reminded members of the Daylight Farm Supply, Inc. Cooperative Research Proposal made by Brian Herr at last month’s board meeting. After some discussion:

                Holly McCutchan made a motion to approve a maximum of $2,000 a
                year for five years for the project, seconded by Wayne Fehd, and carried.

Holly updated the board on the Indianapolis Zoo Display that will be available in 2007.

Preservation/Creation Natural Areas Committee – Lauren Preske, Chairperson
No Business This Month

Farmland Preservation – Wayne Fehd, Chairperson
No Business This Month

Brown Field and Urban Land Use Committee – Phil Hoy, Chairperson
No Business This Month

Legislative Committee – John Hahn, Chairperson
No Business This Month

Finance Committee – Holly McCutchan, Chairperson
Finance Chairperson, Holly McCutchan asked for a motion to send Bonnie and Norma to the I.D.E.A. conference in October.

            Phil made a motion to allow Bonnie and Norma to attend the I.D.E.A. Workshop,
            seconded by Wayne Fehd and carried.

District Operation Committee – Bob Zimmerman, Chairperson
Dave asked for a County Commissioner Meeting report. Norma said she did not attend this month.

Board members and staff gave input into district accomplishments for a commissioners’ report.

After some discussion from board and staff who attended Sustainable Evansville’s meeting and heard Joe Tutterrow presentation it was decided to ask him to give a talk at our Annual Meeting in February.

            Phil Hoy moved to ask Joe Tutterrow to speak at the Annual Meeting, seconded
            by Wayne and carried.

NEW BUSINESS
Natural Resource Committee – David Ellison/Todd Thomas, Co-Chairpersons
No report on Construction in a Floodway was given.

Conservation and Master Farmer Committee was tabled.

Conservation Plan for Mark Schmidt and Henry Schlensker were reviewed and signed.

Lauren Preske told member and staff Sustainable Evansville Surrounding Counties Meetings will be held on

  • September 29th at 5:30 in Posey County
  • October 12th at 6:00 U.S.I
  • Warrick and Gibson Co. will be in November but are still in the planning stage.

Phil moved to co-sponsor the meeting at U.S.I. on October 12th, Wayne seconded
and motion was carried.

Preservation/Creation Natural Areas Committee – Lauren Preske, Chairperson
No New Business This Month

Farmland Preservation – Wayne Fehd, Chairperson
No New Business This Month

Brown Field and Urban Land Use Committee – Phil Hoy, Chairperson
Dave asked members and staff to refer to copies in their packets of a workshop entitled Farming on the Fringe. The workshop will be held on Friday, December 10, 2004 from 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Warrick County 4-H Center, east side of Boonville, IN

Dave also asked member and staff to refer to copies in their packets of another 2004 Land Use Update---Video Seminar on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. EST to be held at the Vanderburgh County Purdue Extension office. Session 3 will be "Planning for Rural Wastewater Issues".

Board members requested Farming on Fringe, Land Use Video Conference, Sustainable Evansville and pictures from the Conservation Tour at the zoo tonight be put on the district website and in the October newsletter.

Legislative Committee – John Hahn, Chairperson
No Business This Month

Finance Committee – Holly McCutchan, Chairperson
Holly McCutchan passed the petty cash report for reviewing and board members initials

Holly reported the state distribution to districts was electronically deposited in Old National Bank.

Holly asked member if the district could send her to a grant writing workshop that will be held in Evansville.

            Phil moved to sponsor one individual for a Grant Writing Workshop, seconded
            by Wayne Fehd and carried.

Norma reported the Blazer is having transmission problems, she will call to check with the Purchasing Agent to get a vendor list and pursue repairs when Bonnie returns from vacation.

District Operation Committee – Bob Zimmerman, Chairperson
Dave asked members to refer to copies in their packets of Amy Steeples’ (IDNR) report.

He also asked members to refer to copies in their packets of the Water Quality Specialist report, the Inspection Site Log and Mileage Log. A long discussion ensued on compliance of Urban Erosion Control on developing sites. It was decided to invite Roger Lehman to our next meeting to discuss enforcement of the Local Ordinance.

Darrell explained the Agreement for Intermittent Use of Transportation Equipment and asked the board for chairman’s signature.

            Phil Hoy moved to sign equipment agreement, seconded by Wayne Fehd
            and carried.

County employee’s time sheets were passed for review and signature.

The next meeting will be on September 28, 2004 in the conference room of the Vanderburgh County SWCD office.

Dave asked for a motion to adjourn.

            Phil Hoy moved to adjourn, seconded by Wayne Fehd and carried.

Respectfully submitted,
Darrell Rice, District Conservationist

 Minutes approved on September 28, 2004 by

David Ellison _______________________________

Phil Hoy ___________________________________

Wayne Fehd_________________________________

Holly McCutchan _____________________________

Lauren Preske_________________________________

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