Minutes

 

GOVERNMENTAL BODY:          WAUPACA COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND

                                                            EXTENSION EDUCATION COMMITTEE

 

DATE AND TIME:                          Monday, July 30, 2012 – 8:30 a.m.

 

PLACE:                                             Room 1037, Waupaca County Courthouse

                                                            811 Harding Street, Waupaca, WI

 

OPEN SESSION:  This meeting and all other meetings are open to the public.  Proper notice has been posted and given to the press, in accordance with Wisconsin statutes so that the citizens may be aware of the time, place, and agenda of this meeting.

 

OPEN SESSION:  This meeting and all other meetings are open to the public.  Proper notice has been posted and given to the press, in accordance with Wisconsin statutes so that the citizens may be aware of the time, place, and agenda of this meeting.

 

1.            Call meeting to order and Open Meeting Statement – Peterson

Supervisor Don Peterson called the meeting to order at 8:31 a.m.

 

2.            Roll call

Handrich, Loughrin, Peterson, Mares, Kietzmann

 

Others present:  Mike Koles, Alyson Luchini, Marilyn Herman, Greg Blonde, Penny Tank, Dick Koeppen, Kristy Seblonka

 

3.            Review previous meeting minutes

June meeting minutes were approved.  Motion:  Handrich; Second:  Mares; Motion carried unanimously.

 

4.            Review and accept Agenda  

Motion:  Kietzmann; Second:  Mares; Motion carried unanimously.

 

5.            Public Input   

Dick Koeppen provided a summary of the budget discussion at the Executive Committee, the recent NaCO meeting in Pennsylvania, and the presentation by Sandra Day O’Connor at the NaCO Convention.  Her presentation focused on bringing civics back into the classroom.

 

6.            Educator Reports

·         June Programs and Outcomes

All educators (except Blonde) provided reports at this juncture.

 

·         Educator Reports

Kristy Seblonka, interim CRD Educator in Portage County, and Mike Koles provided a presentation on a recent strategic planning process that they conducted with Portage County EMS.  Mike was asked to mentor Kristy on this project.  He explained how when you have UWEX in your county you have 800 people that you have access to in the specialist and county educator corp.

 

·         Department Head Report - Koles

Koles provided information about the UWEX portion of the budget and how we’ve been asked to budget for a 2% salary increase.  This is the first projected increase in many years.  This is just projected at this point.

 

 

 

7.            Unfinished Business

·         Fair Costs
Motion Mares, Second Handrich to have Koles schedule meeting with the Fair Board at their already scheduled November meeting to be held on November 8th.  Koles will contact Kay Hilskotter and report back at the August meeting.

 

8.            New Business
None

 

9.            Correspondence

·         Portage County EMS Director provided a thank you letter to Koles regarding the aforementioned efforts and this was cced to the committee.

 

10.        Next meeting

·         Monthly Meeting . . . . Monday, August 20, 2012 -  8:30 a.m. Room 1037                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

11.        Adjourn

Motion:  Mares; Second: Kietzmann; Motion carried unanimously at 9:18a.m.

 

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