St. Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation District 1942 Old DeKalb Road, Canton, NY 13617 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES For June 19, 2014, 7:40 PM Board Members Present: Robert Andrews, Jr. (Chairperson) Arriving at 7:52 p.m., Ben Stauffer Fred Morrill (Treasurer) Arriving at 7:52 p.m., Tom Nichols (Secretary) Arriving at 7:40 p.m., Clark Decker, Ed Hadlock, and Dan Parker. Board Members Excused: None. Staff Present: Dawn Howard (Manager), Raeanne Dulanski (Assistant Manager), and Liz Gallup (Secretary/Treasurer). Staff Members Excused: Matt Brown (Forester). Kent Frary, NRCS; Bob Brower, NYS SWCC. Guests Present: I. Call to Order by Vice Chair Stauffer. II. Minutes of the Previous Meeting: made by Decker, seconded by Motion to approve the May minutes, Parker approved by all. III. Treasurer’s Reports: made by Hadlock, seconded by Motion to approve May Treasurer’s reports, Decker approved by all. IV. Reports NRCS Kent Frary – Frary reported that they have completed the application process and have now received pre-approvals for 27 of the 28 high priority contracts. This means that there is money to fund the contracts and to draw up the final contracts. Dulanski has been working on this with Frary. It is rare to have this many approved from one County and the remaining contract may still be approved. Of the 38 contracts submitted for approval from the FOT, 27 of the approved contracts came from St. Lawrence County. Dulanski has the first one ready for the landowner’s signature and the remaining landowners will be ready in the coming weeks. 7:45 Nichols entered the meeting There were ten Agricultural Conservation Easement Program applications (previously WRP) submitted from the FOT and nine of them will be moving to the next step in the process. Eight were from St. Lawrence County. June 27th is the deadline for ranking these. Deadlines seem very optimistic and may need to be extended due to software glitches and other problems with processing. Frary reported that Gregory Kist will be starting as the new NY State Conservationist in the next few weeks. NYACD Tom Nichols and Clark Decker –
St. Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation District 1942 Old DeKalb Road, Canton, NY 13617 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES For June 19, 2014, 7:40 PM Board Members Present: Robert Andrews, Jr. (Chairperson) Arriving at 7:52 p.m., Ben Stauffer Fred Morrill (Treasurer) Arriving at 7:52 p.m., Tom Nichols (Secretary) Arriving at 7:40 p.m., Clark Decker, Ed Hadlock, and Dan Parker. Board Members Excused: None. Staff Present: Dawn Howard (Manager), Raeanne Dulanski (Assistant Manager), and Liz Gallup (Secretary/Treasurer). Staff Members Excused: Matt Brown (Forester). Guests Present: Kent Frary, NRCS; Bob Brower, NYS SWCC. I. Call to Order by Vice Chair Stauffer. II. Minutes of the Previous Meeting: Motion to approve the May minutes, made by Decker, seconded by Parker approved by all. III. Treasurer’s Reports: Motion to approve May Treasurer’s reports, made by Hadlock, seconded by Decker approved by all. IV. Reports NRCS – Kent Frary Frary reported that they have completed the application process and have now received pre-approvals for 27 of the 28 high priority contracts. This means that there is money to fund the contracts and to draw up the final contracts. Dulanski has been working on this with Frary. It is rare to have this many approved from one County and the remaining contract may still be approved. Of the 38 contracts submitted for approval from the FOT, 27 of the approved contracts came from St. Lawrence County. Dulanski has the first one ready for the landowner’s signature and the remaining landowners will be ready in the coming weeks. 7:45 Nichols entered the meeting There were ten Agricultural Conservation Easement Program applications (previously WRP) submitted from the FOT and nine of them will be moving to the next step in the process. Eight were from St. Lawrence County. June 27th is the deadline for ranking these. Deadlines seem very optimistic and may need to be extended due to software glitches and other problems with processing. Frary reported that Gregory Kist will be starting as the new NY State Conservationist in the next few weeks. NYACD – Tom Nichols and Clark Decker