SPRING CREEK REGION COOP. WEED MANAGEMENT AREA

AGENDA

GENERAL MEETING

6:30 P.M. December 13, 2005

NDF Fire Station #1 Spring Creek, Nevada

Minutes

 

 

Present:  Karen Smith, Greg Pyatt, Jerry Rahn, Mary Rahn, Jill Wilkinson

 

“Holiday” cookies and candy were nibbled on.

 

Meeting Call to Order

The meeting was called to order a 6:30 pm by President Mary Rahn

 

Approval of Minutes

The minutes from the 8/17/2005 meeting were reviewed.  The motion was made by Jerry to accept the minutes as written, seconded by Karen, approved unanimously.

 

Financial Report

Karen reported a balance of $2,083.08 in the checking account.

            Opening balance           $887.43

            Less the expenses        -$10,883.76       (5 checks- see itemized Expense statement)

            Deposits                       +$12,079.41      (3 deposits - see itemized Expense statement)

            Ending balance             $2,083.08

The Nevada Dept. of Ag grant account has $2355.98 remaining.  Jill sent the final request for funds December 12; the funds must be spent by the end of 2005.

We received the NRCS $10,000 grant and have paid Basin Tree Service.

The motion was made by Jill to accept the financial report as submitted, seconded by Jerry, approved unanimously.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• SCA rehired Rod Mothershead to spray weeds next year.  Greg was not sure if this was solely for noxious weeds or all weeds.
• SCA has budgeted $3,800 in matching funds to use towards a grant Jill has applied for.  The grant would cover treatment of the SCA Rifle Range/Campground/Marina.  Jess Gilbert is willing to do the work.
• The long anticipated Fighting Invasive Weeds, A Northeastern Nevada Landowners’ Guide to Healthy Landscapes binder is available.  Kent needs volunteers to bring boxes from Reno.  Greg will draft a thank you note to UNR.
• Jill handed out copies of the NDOA 2005 grant summary and explained how she keeps track of the information we submit.  She has kept intricate records that are searchable by weed species, area treated and other factors.  Way to go Jill.
• Karen reported highlights from the NWMA meeting held in October.

Susan Lisapor, Senator Reid’s Rural Representative, commended Jill for her efforts in raising weed awareness and fighting weeds on the ground.  She stated that Nevada CWMAs will receive $100,000 in 2006 from a recent bill which has cleared the appropriations stage.  (It was noted that this amount may have been impacted by the need for funding the war in Iraq). 

Dawn Rafferty reported the State of Nevada will have $300,000 in grants for CWMAs in 2006 ($100,000 from the Senate bill and $200,000 USDA Forest Service).  Additionally there is $100,000 from the NV Assembly for abatements.

 

PUBLIC COMMENT:

There were no public comments.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

Action Item:  Discussion and Approval of spending the remaining 2005 NDOA funds.  We have spent our money wisely this year.  Some items that were purchased did not require as much money as we appropriated and other budgeted expenses just didn’t fall into place.  As a result NDOA has given us flexibility in spending our remaining funds. 

 

Funds already spent:

PO Box rental fee                      $58.00

NWMA conference fee               $150.00

Cost to attend NWMA conference     $108.78

Slide reproduction                     $41.71

Office/display                           $40.00+-

USPS                                       $7.90

Reimburse Kim S for Woad labor   $134.75

Website                                    $144.00

                                                $685.14

 

Authorize Kim to purchase the following:

Backpack sprayers (2@150)       $300.00

Blue dye (10 gal)                       $350.00

Surfactant (8 gal)                       $130.00

2-2.5 gal sprayers (4@30)          $120.00

Escort (32 oz.)                          $736.00

Gloves for volunteers                ____?__

                                                $1636.00