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BAYFIELD COUNTY
AGRICULTURE AND EXTENSION EDUCATION COMMITTEE
June 20, 2017
EOC Room, 3:30 pm
Courthouse Annex Building, Washburn, WI
Minutes
1. Call to Order
Chair Fred Strand called the meeting to order at 3:30 pm.
Members present: Fred Strand, Jim Crandall and Jeff Silbert.
Members absent: Larry Fickbohm and Brian Goodwin.
Special guest present: Karl Martin, UW Cooperative Extension Dean & Director.
Also present: Tim Kane, Jason Fischbach, Donna Ganson, Liz Lexau, Theresa
LaChappelle, Ian Meeker and Matt Cogger (3:55 pm) by phone.
2. Approval of Minutes of May 17, 2017 Meeting
Motion (Silbert, Crandall) to approve the minutes of May 17, 2017 as presented.
Motion Carried.
3. Public Comment
There were no public comments.
4. Out-of-State Overnight Travel Requests
Ian Meeker, June 11-15,2017 - Boundary Waters canoe trip.
Discussion.
Motion (Crandall, Silbert) to approve the Out-of-State Travel request for
Ian Meeker. Motion carried.
5. 2017 UW-Extension Budget Update Report
Kane discussed the 2017 budget. Fischbach brought up the phone line-
item budget amount. LaChappelle gave a brief synopsis of trying to get
Jason’s cell phone upgraded from a flip phone to a smartphone.
Discussion on the phone budget. Karl Martin noted that within the year a
plan for smartphone usage and compensation will be determined. Kane
has discussed the smartphone subject with the Bayfield County
Administrator. Since Fischbach’s position is funded in part by the State,
Ashland and Bayfield Counties, the Bayfield County Administrator wants
to make sure that the funding for the smartphone and its plan are
compensated for in part by all partners.
Karl Martin, UW Cooperative Extension Dean & Director, stated that Greg
Johl, UW-IT Coordinator, should be contacted to order the smartphone
and to set up the plan which will include data, and that the State would
pay for it.
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6. Coop Extension Reorganization Update & Discussion – Karl Martin,
UW Cooperative Extension Dean & Director
UW-Cooperative Extension Dean & Director Karl Martin gave an update
on the nEXT Generation process.
Dave Berard Berard has been named as the Northern Zone Assistant
Dean. The eighteen Area Extension Directors are to be named very
soon. Dean Karl Martin revealed that Mary Pardee, currently a CRD
educator in Polk County, has been named as the area director for our
area. She, as well as the other area directors, will start July 1, 2017.
The Dean discussed some of the pricing structure to be used for
counties. This will be based on services provided, not by the educator’s
salary. A flat rate fee structure for different county Extension positions
will be established. The decision has also been made to not to reduce
base salaries for anyone already in the system, not just tenured
employees. Tenured employees are guaranteed a position moving
forward.
In response to the question, “How will the structure affect the current
Bayfield County UW-Extension employees?”, Dean Martin replied that all
the tenured employees will maintain a position, although their positions
may change depending on the budget. Untenured educators may have
to reapply for their position, but the State is still working on that issue.
They will work with the counties to make it possible to keep everyone.
Consensus of the Committee is that Bayfield County UW-Extensions has a
talented, passionate group of people who work here. The Committee
wants to keep the educators here and have them expand on their
programming.
7. Issues and Program Ideas Discussion
There was no discussion.
8. Next Meeting Date and Time
The next meeting will be held on July 19th at 2:30 pm in Human Services
Conference Room A (if it is available).
9. Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 pm.
Minutes submitted by:
Theresa LaChappelle, Office Manager
Bayfield County UW-Extension