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Bayfield County Land Conservation Committee Meeting
August 22, 2007
LCD CONFERENCE ROOM
Present:
Committee: David Good, Bucky Jardine, Jim Beeksma, Marco Bichanich, Pete Tetzner
Staff: Butch Lobermeier, Dave Schultz
Call to order: David Good called the meeting to order at 9:02 A.M.
Minutes: Motion by Bichanich / Beeksma to approve the May 18, 2007 meeting minutes. MC.
Motion by Beeksma / Bichanich to approve the July 20, 2007 $-County Minutes. MC.
Wildlife Damage Program
Motion by Jardine / Bichanich to set the the 2007 Claims Deadline for November 10. 2007. MC.
Motion by Beeksma / Bichanich to approve the APHIS bear trapping contract for $13,650. MC.
Motion by Jardine / Beeksma to sign the WDP / Bayfield County Plan of Administration (POA). MC.
Discussion on fenced deer and elk operations. Schultz will research the requirements to pay claims for losses
on these kinds of operations.
2006 Audit
Lobermeier reported on the progress being made on the audit. Plans are being made to close out all dormant
grant accounts this summer by using the balances on current projects that meet the goals of the specific grants.
Motion by Bichanich / Tetzner to proced with closing out the grants as per the auditor’s recommendations.
MC.
Reorganization Update. Lobermeier reported on the progress being made toward completing the reorg. The
Annex will be completed about mid-September. Preliminary asset division has been done by staff. Much more
work than anticipated to keep the process moving forward. All the staff of former ABDI are working well
together to share the added workload.
Motion by Jardine / Bichanich to resend copies of all pertinent documentation to DATCP to reaffirm the
Bayfield County commitment to implementing its new structure. MC.
Update on 2007 Lobermeier reported that the reimbursements went in to DATCP last week. It appears that all
counties have met the DATCP requirements for reimbursement of staffing and cost share expenditures.
2008 Budget Proposal LCC reviewed proposed budget that is built around the addition of an Administrative
Support position to support field activities in the LCD. LCC consensus was to support the third position and the
budget to support adequate operations. Suggested raising Mitigation Revenue somewhat in anticipation of
increasing workload. Possibility of using an LTE or contracted person was discussed.
Motion by Beeksma / Bichanich to forward the 2008 Budget Proposal Draft to the County Administrator. MC.
AIS Transport Ordinance Update The ordinance will be on the agenda of the next County Board for approval.
This ordinance will make it Illegal to drive down the road with aquatic plants on your boat in Bayfield County.
CREP Update Lobermeier passed around a notice of a CREP meeting being called by DATCP to discuss the
future of CREP in the ABDI area. Meeting will be held in Ashland, likely at the DNR station. DATCP
requests that at a minimum the LCC Chairs attend. D. Good is planning to attend. Maybe Bichanich.
Rename the Bayfield County Land Conservation Department
Motion by Bichanich / Beeksma to rename the department to: The Bayfield County Land and Water
Conservation Department to better reflect the activities the LCD is involved with. MC.
Conservationist Report 2005 Bayfield County Audit reconciliation has been submitted to DATCP. No
confirmation yet as to acceptance.
Staff are installing conservation practices every day.
Zoning mitigations and shoreland plan requests are increasing.
Working out the details of the reorg. is consuming much staff time for all the counties.
LCC Member Training conducted by WLWCA and DATCP will be held in Rhinelander November 8, 2007.
All LCC members will try to attend.
Other Business as Authorized by Law: None
Next meeting Date: Friday, September 21st, 2007 at 9:00 A.M.
Adjourn: Motion by Bichanich / Beeksma to adjourn at 11:54 A.M. MC.