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AND PLANNING COMMITTEE TO ORDER IS FOUR 30.THIS, UH, NOTICE, UH, NOTICE HAS BEEN PROPERLY GIVEN BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, IN RESPONSE TO OUR OPEN MEETINGS.
AT THIS POINT, LET'S RISE AND DO PLEDGE MEETINGS.
I IGI TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
OKAY, FIRST UP, WE HAVE THE MINUTES.
UH, ANY REVISIONS OR PROBLEMS WITH THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, I WILL
[a. Minutes of July 18, 2024]
CONSIDER THEM ACCEPTED.WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, THIS WILL ALL BE KIND OF LUMPED INTO ONE.
[Consent Agenda]
JAMIE, JUST A QUICK WORD ABOUT WHAT THIS IS.SO THESE ARE CONTRACTS WITH, UH, FARMERS FOR NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANNING, UM, WHICH IS A MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE STATE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND, UM, INCENTIVIZES FARMERS TO CREATE THESE PLANS AND, AND MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA.
SO ALL OF THESE ARE STANDARD CONTRACTS WITH DONORS.
THEY'VE ALL BEEN PASSED THROUGH AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN SIGNED OFF BY JAMIE'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, PAM
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ON THIS? NO.
HEARING NONE, I, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO REGISTER OF DEEDS QUARTERLY REPORT.
MS. SHARON MARTIN AND MS. LISA
[a. Register of Deeds Quarterly Report]
ISH, I IMAGINE.CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR, THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE WOULD CALL THAT?
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING LISA ALONG SO SHE COULD KIND OF SEE SOME OF THE PROCESS.
UH, SHE RAN UNOPPOSED IN THE PRIMARY.
SO THIS WILL BE YOUR NEW REGISTER OF DEEDS.
SO LISA HAS BEEN WITH ME NINE YEARS AS OF SATURDAY.
UM, SO THE TRANSITION SHOULD BE SEAMLESS, AND LISA'S A GREAT LEARNER, AND, UH, SHE WILL JUST CARRY ON THE LEGACY.
SHARON'S GOT SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL, THOUGH, SO
SO BE NICE WHEN IT COMES AROUND TO JANUARY.
SO, BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED HER TO GET USED TO THE PROCESS AND THE QUARTERLY REPORTS AND, AND JUST BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
SO, UM, THERE ISN'T A WHOLE LOT OF UPDATES, BUT ON PAGE 10 OF YOUR, UM, ONLINE REPORT OR PACKET, JUST WANTED TO GO OVER JUST A FEW THINGS.
WITH THE FRAUD ALERT, WHICH IS A FREE SERVICE THAT WE OFFER TO THE CITIZENS, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UM, A THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS.
BY THE END OF 2025, WE HAD JUST SURPASSED THE 700 MARK.
SO WE'VE GOT IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE PUT, UM, OF THE PAPER DOCUMENTS, WHICH IS LESS THAN 20% OF OUR ACTIVITY.
WE DO STICK FLYERS IN THERE TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO CHECK IT OUT AND SIGN UP FOR FREE.
UM, THAT WAY IF A DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING GETS RECORDED IN OUR OFFICE, THEY GET A NOTIFICATION JUST TO KEEP CITIZENS MORE AWARE OF IT.
SO PASS THE WORD IF ANYBODY EVER ASKS.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT REACHING OUT TO, LIKE, TITLE COMPANIES AND HOW HAVING THEM HELP SPREAD THE WORD I HAVE AND THE FEEDBACK THAT I GET FROM THEM IS, IS HAVE YOU EVER ATTENDED A CLOSING WITH THE 25 40 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAPERS? AND, UM, WE, WE'VE TRIED IT.
UM, THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN ADDING MORE INFORMATION TO THEIR PACKETS IN CLOSINGS.
UM, FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF OUR WORK, OR 80% OF OUR WORK IS RECEIVED ELECTRONICALLY, SO IT GOES BACK ELECTRONICALLY.
SO UNLESS I START INCURRING SOME MAIL POSTAGE COSTS, THAT'S, I, I DON'T WANNA START DOING THAT.
BUT THE ONES THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO, UM, WE DO, WE HAVE IT IN THE, WE WORKED WITH, UH, THE COUNTY EXEC'S OFFICE TO PUT IT IN THE NEWSLETTER.
OTHERWISE, I DON'T KNOW, UH, JUST THE LOCAL REALTORS.
OTHERWISE MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD ALSO YEAH, WE'VE TRIED.
THERE'S A QUESTION BEHIND I'LL ADD.
UH, WE RECENTLY REDID OUR WILL AND SET UP A TRUST.
AND SO AS PART OF THAT, WE GOTTA DO PUT THE TRUST PIECE ON THE DEED.
AND, UH, MY WIFE HAD SIGNED UP
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FOR THAT, AND SHE GOT THE TEXT THAT THERE WAS ACTIVITY, AND SO IT WAS REALLY SEAMLESS AND SIGNING UP FOR IT WAS EASY, EASY FOR HER.I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN FOR ME.
UM, THE NEXT ONE, PAGE 11 ARE, ARE BASIC ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF A STANDING PART OF IT.
THE, UM, IMPORTING MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS.
THERE'S ONE THAT, UM, WE HAVE ALL THESE MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS THAT WE HAD SCANNED OVER THE YEARS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH OUR LAND RECORDS VENDOR IS TO INCORPORATE GRANTOR GRANTEE, WHICH IS NAME INDEXES FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS AND MORTGAGERS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SEARCH THE PAPER INDEXES ONLINE.
SO THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THAT'LL BE, UM, A GREAT ASSISTANCE TO TITLE COMPANIES, UM, AND A GENEALOGISTS WHO DO HISTORICAL SEARCHING, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEARCH NAMES BACK TO THE 1830S THEN WHEN OUR RECORDS START.
SO IF A FAMILY IS LOOKING TO SEE IF THEY HAD RELATIVES OR, YOU KNOW, SOME PROPERTY IN OUR COUNTY, THAT'S ANOTHER TOOL FOR THEM TO USE ONLINE.
SO WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE A SEARCH THROUGH THE LAND SHARK SOFTWARE THERE? YES.
IT'S, IT'S CALLED GRAND TOUR GRANTEE THERE.
SO, UM, THE, THE THIRD ONE ON THIS PAGE IS QUALITY CONTROLLING OUR HISTORICAL ONES.
THAT'S KIND OF ANOTHER STANDING, UM, PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE TRY TO GET AT LEAST 20,000 QUALITY CONTROL, UM, NAMES AND IMAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE OUT THERE BY, UM, OUR TEAM.
AND THEY'RE ALREADY AT JUST OVER 9,500 FOR THE YEAR.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO POUND THAT OUT AND HIT THAT 20,000 TARGETS.
SO, UM, THE PAGE 12 FOR VITALS, UM, I TOOK A PAGE OUT OF OUR COUNTY CLERK'S, UM, UM, BOOK AND ALSO OFFERED A QUARTERLY, UH, SATURDAY, UM, OPTION BECAUSE IF INDIVIDUALS ARE COMING IN TO APPLY FOR PASSPORTS, MARRIAGE LICENSES, THINGS LIKE THAT, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR, UH, BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
SO WE MADE THAT SERVICE AVAILABLE, JUMPED INTO THE GAME A LITTLE LATER.
SO WE ONLY HAD ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SIGN UP.
HOWEVER, UM, THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE AND, UM, I CAN PLAN ON CONTINUING IT A COUPLE MORE TIMES.
UM, IF WE GET NO APPOINTMENTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF QUARTERS, THEN I'M NOT SURE IT WOULD BE WORTH THE EFFORT.
BUT WE, WE KEEP TRYING TO PROMOTE IT AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH IT IN THE COUNTY NEWSLETTER.
UM, LISA PLANS ON CONTINUING IT INTO HER TERM NEXT YEAR, SO, WELL, I GUESS WAIT AND SEE ON THAT ONE.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE, I KNOW I BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST QUARTERLY MEETING, UM, WE HIRED, SIMILAR TO THE BACKEND INDEXING QUALITY CONTROL THAT WE'RE DOING IN-HOUSE, WE WERE ABLE TO USE SOME LAND RECORDS MONEY AND OR WORKING WITH OUR LAND RECORDS VENDOR AND CONTRACTED THROUGH THEM TO DO ABOUT 180,000 OF THESE, UM, QUALITY CONTROL INDEXES AND DOCUMENT NUMBERS GOING BACK PROBABLY ABOUT 10 YEARS WORTH.
SO THAT'LL HAVE A GOOD CHUNK OF THAT PROJECT DONE.
UM, THEY ARE ABOUT 15,000, UM, SO THEY CAN DO IT MUCH, MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN, UM, THE STAFF CAN.
AND, UM, ALL THE MONEY USED FOR THIS PROJECT IS NOT LEVY MONEY.
SO ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OTHERWISE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO PARKS AND TRAILS QUARTERLY REPORT AND EOS UPDATE.
[b. Parks & Trails Quarterly Report/EOS Update]
JAMIE, ARE YOU TAKING THAT? UM, YES.I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING IN THE, IN THE PACKET YOU WILL SEE THE, HOPEFULLY SEE THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE HERITAGE TRAILS MOUNTAIN BIKE BACK NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND YOU SAW THE GLACIER HILLS LAKEFRONT LAST NIGHT AND THE TC ENERGY PROJECT IN HOMESTEAD HOLLOW, UH, PIPELINE IS STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN OCTOBER.
SO YOU WILL START TO SEE SOME MORE SIGNAGE AND, UM, PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THAT, UH, RESTORATION PROJECT AND THAT PRAIRIE, UM, HAPPENING.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE EXPECTED TIMELINE OF THAT PROJECT? HOW LONG SHOULD THAT TAKE? UM, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, UH, AFTER NOVEMBER 1ST THIS YEAR, THE LOGAN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THEY'RE CLEARING TREES.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, AND THEN IT'S 2026 AND THE PROJECT WILL BE 2026.
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THEY DON'T, THEY, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US A VERY SPECIFIC WINDOW BECAUSE THAT IT'S KIND OF AS THEY GO.BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS MAXIMUM LENGTH.
NOW IS THIS THE ONE WITH THE HERITAGE TRAILS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR THE GLACIER? UH, THE, THIS ONE WAS HOMESTEAD HOLLOW.
THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE PIPELINE EASEMENT THAT WAS, UH, TRANSACTED RECENTLY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE RESOLUTIONS.
UH, WE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE COUNTY BOARD AND UW EXTENSION BUDGETS.
[c. 2024 Resolution: Resolution Amending the County Board and UW-Extension Budgets]
UH, ARE YOU ON THAT, JAMIE? UM, YES.I THINK, UH, OUR AREA EXTENSION EDUCATOR, CINDY CIRCADIA AND I ARE GONNA TAG TEAM THIS.
UM, SO I'M GONNA START AND GO THROUGH JUST SOME, SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE IN THIS PACKET, AND THEN I WILL BE TURNING IT OVER TO HER AND ASK HER TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER PERSPECTIVE ON THE KIND OF THE ENHANCED FOUR H PROGRAM.
SO FIRST I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET IS A NET ZERO.
WE ARE TAKING THE BUDGET FROM THE COUNTY BOARD AND PUTTING IT BACK IN UW EXTENSION.
SO IF YOU RECALL, OR YOU WERE HERE DURING BUDGETING, THERE WAS A SYMBOLIC BUDGET AMENDMENT MADE THAT TOOK THE AUTHORITY OF THE UW EXTENSION BUDGET, MOVED IT TO THE COUNTY BOARD, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS THE INTENT AND EVERYBODY FELT LIKE IT MADE VERY GOOD SENSE FOR THIS DISCUSSION TO COME BACK THE FULL COUNTY BOARD.
IT IS VERY, IT TOUCHES A VARIETY OF COMPONENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO THEREFORE, IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY IT'S WITHIN BOTTOM LINE BUDGET CONTROL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S CONTRACTED POSITIONS.
HANG ON ONE, JIM, I NEED, I GOTTA TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS BEFORE WE GO ON.
UH, CALL FOR A MOTION ON THIS RESOLUTION.
OKAY,
SO I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
SO THERE WAS A TASK FORCE THAT WAS CONVENED.
I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO A TON OF DETAIL ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
UM, THE TASK FORCE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING UW EXTENSION.
THIS, THIS RESOLUTION INTENDS TO BRING SOME CLOSURE TO THAT CONVERSATION.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE TWO, WELL IT'S PAGE 26, YOU HAVE THE EXISTING STATUS QUO, ONE 30 CON 1 36 CONTRACT WITH UW EXTENSION.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE PROPOSED 1 36 CONTRACT TOTALING ONE 70,000, UM, WHICH IS A SAVINGS.
UM, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHICH POSITIONS WOULD BE PROPOSED TO BE, TO BE MAINTAINED AND WHICH ONES WOULD BE NO LONGER IN THE 1 36 CONTRACT.
SO THE CHANGES ARE THE ELIMINATION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXTENSION EDUCATOR, THE ELIMINATION OF THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND RELATIONSHIP EXTENSION EDUCATOR.
BOTH OF THOSE EDUCATORS ARE CURRENTLY VACANT AND HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME.
THE REGIONAL AG EDUCATOR CROPS THAT IS MAINTAINED, THE REGIONAL AG EXTENSION EDUCATOR DAIRY, THAT IS ELIMINATED.
HOWEVER, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TASK FORCE WAS TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND CONTINUE THAT.
UM, THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE UW EXTENSION AND THE DAIRY EDUCATOR ARE THAT OUR QUARTER PERSON HAS BEEN TAKEN BY ANOTHER COUNTY.
AND SO THERE ISN'T AN EXISTING OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT BACK BECAUSE WE HELD IT VACANT DURING THE CONVERSATIONS.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE THAT, DO THOSE DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET IN ANOTHER WAY TO SUPPORT OUR 59 DAIRY FARMS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THEIR EDUCATION.
SO, UM, THAT IS NOT IN THERE, BUT IT IS SORT OF A, IT'S KIND OF A SEPARATE POINT THAT WE DO DO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WAS HOPEFUL TO BE MAINTAINED.
THE POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT EXTENSION EDUCATOR, UH, HALF A PERSON, THAT POSITION IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED AND THAT POSITION IS PROPOSED TO BE ELIMINATED AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE POSIT, THE FOUR H EDUCATOR THAT IS MAINTAINED.
UM, AND THEN THE MARKETING SPECIALIST IS MAINTAINED IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN THERE IS AN ADDITION OF A 100% FUNDED FOUR H EDUCATOR AND
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THAT PROPOSAL FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE FOUR H EDUCATOR.I'M GONNA ASK IN A MOMENT, CINDY, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
WE'VE TALKED TO AND MET WITH MARINE, MARINE PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE WITH A VARIETY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, HARTFORD AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
WE'VE DONE A GOOD AMOUNT OF RESEARCH ON THE BULLET POINTS YOU SEE ON PAGE 23 ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE OUR FOUR H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TO BRIDGE THAT GAP IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO THAT.
'CAUSE THE LAST POINT I THINK THAT IS WORTH MENTIONING TO THE GROUP AND CALLING ATTENTION TO IS THAT THERE IS SOME SAVINGS IN THIS BUDGET.
HOWEVER, YOU SEE THAT IT'S A $0 TRANSACTION AT THE END OF THE DAY.
THAT IS BECAUSE THE REMAINDER OF THE MONEY OR ANY SAVINGS IN 24 AND 25 ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE CARRIED OVER AND KEPT FOR CHANGES WE ARE EXPECTING TO MAKE IN THE FACILITIES AREA.
SO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WE ARE, WAIT, WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR A BUILDING OUT AT FAIR PARK.
UM, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF NEEDING TO RENOVATE OFFICE SPACE, EITHER AT WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR PARK OR, UM, POTENTIALLY AND OR POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT MARINE PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
SO THEY ARE PUTTING IN A NEW AUTOMATION, INNOVATION AND ROBOTICS AREA.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGIES THAT GOES ALONG WITH THOSE CLUBS.
SO THAT IS WHY YOU DO NOT SEE A DECREASE IN THE LEVY SHOWING UP BECAUSE IT'S MAINTAINED FOR FACILITIES AND THE RENT BEING PAID TO THE PAC IS, IS KEPT RIGHT NOW AS KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER.
SO COME THE 2026 BUDGETING, WE SHOULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER IDEA OF WHAT ONGOING COSTS WOULD BE IN THOSE AREAS WHERE WE MAY, MAY SEE SOME SAVINGS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DID GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF LOOKING AT EACH LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET WITH LESS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THE TRAINING BE? WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THIS BE REFLECTED? AND SO THERE, THERE WAS A SMALL, THERE IS A SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY LEVY.
UM, BUT AT THIS POINT WE ARE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CAPTURE IT AND WE HOLD IT FOR PROGRAM STARTUP AND POTENTIALLY FACILITY COST NEEDS TO RELOCATE AND REBRAND KIND OF THE ENHANCED FOUR H PROGRAM.
UM, SO, UM, AND THEN YOU SEE, YOU SEE THE HANDOUT THAT'S CALLED WASHINGTON COUNTY FOUR H PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT.
AND I THINK THAT A KEY PIECE OF THIS IS REALLY THAT THE INTENT OF THE SECOND EDUCATOR IS TO REALLY ENHANCE OUR EXISTING FOUR H CLUBS AND THEIR MEMBERSHIP, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME DEPTH AND SOME ROBUST, UM, AN INJECTION OF RESOURCES INTO WHAT WE ARE PROVIDING THERE.
AND ALSO WORK ON STANDING UP KIND OF NEW CLUBS IN THE POST-SECONDARY PATHWAYS AREA, WHICH IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM OUR TASK FORCE, AS WELL AS WHAT WE ARE HEARING AS A GAP IN THE COMMUNITY FROM A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAVE ASSEMBLED A LIST, OR I HAVE ASSEMBLED A LIST THAT I HAVE SHARED WITH, UM, CINDY RELATED TO THE CONTACTS, THE PRINCIPALS, THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, THE WORKFORCE GROUPS THAT WOULD BE ENGAGED, UM, IN POTENTIALLY STANDING UP A A SPECIFIC WORK PLAN AT THIS POINT.
WE BELIEVE WE WOULD BE, UM, WE, WE SHOULD HIRE THE PERSON, UM, AND THEN PROCEED WITH THAT WORK, WHICH IS WHY THE PROPOSAL IS IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, AND, AND THOSE BULLETS ARE, ARE REALLY I THINK THE POINTS TO HIGHLIGHT CLUBS THAT CULTIVATE A HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE BY FOSTERING CRITICAL THINKING AND STEM ACTIVITIES, INCREASING ACCESS TO CAREER EXPLORATION FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS THROUGH AWARENESS BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT REGIONAL WORKFORCE NEEDS, PROJECTS THAT ENHANCE PARTNERSHIPS THAT INCREASE SPECIFIC SKILLS, IMPLEMENTING CAREER PATHWAYS THAT EXTEND THE VALUE OF FOUR H THROUGH LADDERING OPPORTUNITIES WITH COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, EMPLOYERS.
THAT ONE WAS FEEDBACK FROM RA PARK WHO SEES A GAP IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AGES WITH SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING.
UM, AND THEN PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT UTILIZE COMMUNITY FACILITY ASSETS FOR OUR YOUTH.
AND SO THERE WAS A BIG DISCUSSION AROUND SOME OF THE, THE NEW LABS GOING IN AND HOW WE CAN BRING ACCESS TO THAT TO OTHER CLUBS AND KIDS.
AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE, ARE IN THIS REALM AS WELL.
AND SO THEY ARE KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AND AT VARYING LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UM, DOING SOME OF THIS WORK.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK CINDY IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING WITH REGARDS TO, UM, SPECIFICALLY, OR MAYBE IF YOU CAN COMMENT ON HOW THE PROPOSAL HAS SYNERGY WITH SOME OF WHAT FOUR H
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IS CURRENTLY LOOKING TO DO AT THE STATE LEVEL? YEP.SO, SO THIS, UH, SECOND FOUR H POSITION WILL WORK, UH, WITH DEVELOP STEM CLUBS, UH, LOOKING FOR A VOLUNTEER JUST LIKE WE DO ANY OTHER PROGRAM AREA.
AND THEN OF COURSE, RECRUIT MARKET YOUTH TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT.
THEIR PLAN OF WORK WOULD BE THE FOCUS ON POST-SECONDARY PASS PATHWAYS.
HOW DOES THIS PROJECT GET YOU A JOB IN THE FUTURE AND THAT JOB EXPLORATION? UH, YOU KNOW, IN STEM, UH, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A ROBOTICS CLUB, UH, BUT THE NEW PERSON WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO ENHANCE THAT EVEN MORE WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER OF US? I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT HERE, UM, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT, HOPEFULLY NONE OF THIS IS A COMPLETE SURPRISE AND WE'VE SEEN PIECES OF THIS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE? JUST RE-REVIEWING THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT.
GIVE YOU TIME TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
SO, UH, THAT IS, UM, I MEAN IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT VERY CONCISELY,
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET ANSWERED.
DO WE THINK WE GOT IT
YEAH, THIS 24, 25 BUDGET, THERE'S PLACEHOLDERS IN THERE AS WE'RE STILL FIGURING, THEY'RE STILL FIGURING SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING OUT.
UM, SO AT 20, THE NEXT BUDGET WOULD BE PROBABLY WHERE WE'RE REALLY GOING TO END UP SETTLING ON WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE BUDGET CYCLES AFTERWARDS.
BUT I DO THINK THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE 1 36 CONTRACTS GIVES YOU AN IDEA WHERE, BECAUSE WE ARE PAYING MORE FOR THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT FOUR H EDUCATOR THAN THE ELIMINATION OF TWO OF THE CO-FUNDED POSITIONS.
SO THE SAVINGS THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT, IT WAS 1 95 TO ONE 70, SO $25,000 IN THE 1 36 CONTRACT, BUT THEN FEWER BODIES, SO FEWER TRAINING DOLLARS, FEWER IT DOLLARS.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S A HUGE SAVINGS, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS MORE, UH, MORE DIRECTED IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE SHORT TERM.
THE FOCUS ON, WELL I'M, I'M THINKING BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE NEXT, NEXT BUDGET WE, ARE WE EXPECTING THAT TO RECEIVE MORE FEEDBACK OR DIFFERENT FEEDBACK FROM THE STATE AS FAR AS JUST OVERALL, HOW ARE THEY MAKING ANY CHANGES OR STILL ARE WE ANTICIPATING MUCH COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE? RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT YOU'RE, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD A, A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS TWO MEETINGS AGO AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THERE ARE, THERE IS, THERE IS TURMOIL, A BIT OF TURMOIL BETWEEN THE COUNTIES AND THE STATE UW EXTENSION OFFICES AND HOW THE FUNDING WORKS AND HOW THAT WHOLE SYSTEM IS BUILT.
THERE IS A TASK FORCE WORKING ON THAT FROM WISCONSIN COUNTY'S ASSOCIATION.
THERE IS, THERE IS KIND OF A, AN IS TOPIC THERE.
UM, AND I WAS TRYING TO SEPARATE THAT WITH THIS FOUR H PROPOSAL UNDER THE CURRENT UW EXTENSION STRUCTURE.
SO THIS PROPOSAL WORKS WITHIN THE CURRENT, THE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
AND THEY HAVE, UM, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE AGREED RIGHT THAT WE, WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER FOUR H EDUCATOR AS LONG AS WE PAY FOR IT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, THEY HAVE NOT AGREED TO CO-FUND THAT AT THIS POINT.
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THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHANGES TO HOW THEY, THE FUNDING FORMULAS OR THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE UNDER, YOU KNOW, CAN WE CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF UW EXTENSION, BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS CHANGE UNDER THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.SO WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY CHANGES TO THAT IN 2026, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T EXPECT IT NECESSARILY.
UM, BUT I WOULD EXPECT, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'LL BE KEPT IN THE LOOP, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE DAIRY EDUCATOR.
SO WHAT HAPPENED THERE IS THAT CAME VACANT.
WE HELD IT VACANT 'CAUSE WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A TASK FORCE AND DODGE COUNTY OPTED TO TAKE 50% OF THE POSITION.
SO NOW IT, UNLESS WE A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED ONE, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US WITH THE DECLINING DAIRY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE KIND OF STUCK, UM, WITH THAT.
WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF BENEFITS FROM OUR MARKETING PERSON AND OUR CROPS PERSON AS IT RELATES TO KEEPING OUR FARMERS LOOPED INTO OTHER DAIRY EDUCATION IN THE AREA.
UM, AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE MAINTAINING THE MARKETING PERSON AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ELEMENT SO THAT THAT PROGRAMMING IS SPREAD, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY HERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS RELATES TO THIS RESOLUTION OR NOT, BUT YOU WERE, YOU CITED, OR YOU ALLUDED TO THAT TWO MEETINGS AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING THAT THERE WAS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE THEY WOULD NEED A OFFICE SPACE OR, UH, MEETING SPACE OUT AT THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, BUT NOW WITH THE TALK COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, MARINE PARK POSSIBLY SHARING SOME SPACE THERE WAS THAT, DID I CATCH THAT RIGHT? SO WE ARE LOOKING TO RELOCATE UW EXTENSION FOUR H BECAUSE IT'S PRIMARILY FOUR H AND CROS.
SO IT'S A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, UM, SOME ROTATIONAL PEOPLE.
IT ISN'T A LOT OF BODIES TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
OUR, THE PRIMARY DISCUSSION HAS BEEN CENTERED AROUND THE WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR PARK AND CONFERENCE CENTER, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGY WITH A IS AND SOME OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THERE AND SHOOTING SPORTS IS OUT THERE AND THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A, A CONNECTION THAT WE CAN SEE MAKING A LOT OF SENSE.
UM, THAT SAID, THERE IS NOW ALSO, SO PART OF OUR, OUR FOUR H ROOTS IS SOME OF THESE CLUBS WHO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE FAIR PARK.
UH, THE VISION FOR SOME OF THE NEW CLUBS IS AROUND THIS AUTOMATION, INNOVATION AND ROBOTICS LAB AND THAT SPACE, RENTING THAT SPACE AND BEING IN THAT ARENA AND, AND MARINE PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGES HAS INDICATED THAT THEY DO HAVE SPACE THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.
I THINK WE WERE AWAITING A LITTLE BIT FOR THIS CONVERSATION AND A LITTLE BIT FOR THE FAIR, THE TIMELINE OF REALLY DIVING INTO WHAT, AND THE GRANT APPLICATION WHERE WE APPLIED TO BUILD, UM, AN EXPANSION FOR THE FOUR H OFFICES OUT AT FAIR PARK, THOSE THREE THINGS WHICH WILL CULMINATE IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.
AND THEN REALLY DIVE INTO WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR A LOCATION.
SO WE HAVE NOT YET MADE A DECISION, UM, BUT WE, IT COULD BE FAIR PARK, IT COULD BE FAIR PARK AND MPTC, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND VET WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT, THAT HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED.
NOT TRYING TO ADD MORE TO THE CONVERSATION, BUT HAS, UH, HAS, UH, UWWC BEEN CONSIDERED FOR ANY SPACE WITH THAT? IT IT HAS, IT HAS NOT.
UH, IT'S, I'M JUST THINKING BEFORE WE BUILD NEW AT THE FAIR PARK, OBVIOUSLY, DEPENDING ON WHICH CLUBS OR HOW THEY UTILIZE IT, BUT, UM, WE GOT 200,000 SQUARE FEET THERE, SO I'M JUST THINKING OF HOW WE CAN FILL IT.
YEAH, I, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT'S A A GOOD POINT.
UM, AT SOME POINT WE'LL HAVE TO REALLY DRILL INTO WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GONNA BE COLLECTIVELY.
WE JUST KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER IS NOT WHERE WE WANNA KEEP THESE THREE OR FOUR OFFICES.
UM, AND THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS FOUR H UTILIZES A LOT OF THE MEETING ROOM SPACE AT THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER.
A LOT THE CLUBS USE THAT SPACE.
UM, AND SO IT'S ALSO, AND THAT WAS PART OF THAT IS PART OF THE, AT LEAST THE GRANT ENVISIONING ANOTHER CLASS DIGITAL CLASSROOMS, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THERE IS THE ELEMENT OF WHERE DO THOSE COMMUNITY CLUBS MEET? UM, DO THEY ALL TRANSITION TO FAIR PARK? DO THEY, SOME COME OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE AND DEPTH FOR ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT TAKE PLACE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SO WE'RE KIND OF CONSIDERING THOSE THINGS IN THE SHORT TERM.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, SO WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY RASH DECISIONS.
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OKAY.UM, YEAH, I'M CURIOUS, OTHER COUNTIES, ARE THEY ALSO MOVING TO, YOU KNOW, A FOUR H STEM INDIVIDUAL WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS? ARE, ARE WE TRAILBLAZING, ARE WE LIKE FIFTH OR 10TH OR
I KNOW BROWN COUNTY ACTUALLY, UH, EXTENSION OFFICE IS HOUSED IN THEIR, UH, UW GREEN BAY, AND IT'S IN A STEM INNOVATION CENTER.
UH, SO THEY DO ROBOTICS, THEY DO 'EM IN THE SCHOOLS.
UM, SO OTHER, OTHER COUNTIES ARE, YEAH.
I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT TOO.
UM, WHEN WE WERE AT A CEDAR LAKE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, UM, EVENT, JUST, OH, JUST YESTERDAY.
RESEARCH JUST YESTERDAY, UM, ONE OF THE BARRIERS THAT A FARMER MENTIONED TO, UM, INDIVIDUALS, SOME FARMERS SWITCHING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT USING A COVER CROP, UM, AND NO-TILL WAS THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM THE EQUIPMENT OR UTILIZE GPS SYSTEMS. AND SO I'M, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THAT ME, YOU KNOW, FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION OR LIKE THE CHILDREN OR THE GRANDCHILDREN OF THE FARMERS, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING TOO THAT THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, END UP, YOU KNOW, LEARNING TOO, I WOULD THINK THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. BUT, MM-HMM.
SO HOPEFULLY THESE, YOU KNOW, YOUNGER GENERATIONS WON'T HAVE THAT BARRIER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT IN FLUX ON THIS.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL PLANNING A LOT OF THINGS WITH EXTENSION.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE A LOT OF THINGS OUT.
UM, BUT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS, UH, THAT THE COUNTY'S PRIORITY IS FOUR H.
AND, UH, AND WE ARE, UM, WHILE I WISH WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT OF, OF HELP, UH, FROM EXTENSION WITH THAT, I, I AM TOTALLY FINE AND GOOD WITH, UH, DOING A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, FOR ANOTHER FOUR H EDUCATOR, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT REALLY, UH, IS VERY BIG IN OUR COUNTY.
UM, AND WHEN I GO TO THE FAIR, I WAS AT THE FAIR ALL WEEK, AND, UH, I SEEN, AND, AND, AND THIS COULD BE JUST KIND OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE, UM, THAT THERE'S, SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS A LITTLE LESS, UH, FOR, UH, FOUR H EXHIBITING THAN WHAT THERE HAD BEEN PREVIOUS.
AND I, AND I'M NOT SURE THE REASON WHY, BUT, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE A HEALTHY AND ROBUST FOUR H IN OUR COUNTY.
UM, SO MAKE SURE THAT I WANNA SEE THOSE PROJECTS AT THE FAIR.
AND I, I WANT TO SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, WAYNE CRUSADERS, MY PARTICULAR FOUR H GROUP, UH, UH, CONTINUE TO DO ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY DO.
SO, UM, I THINK THE COUNTY IS SETTING THE RIGHT PRIORITY HERE.
UM, THE OTHER STUFF, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE HAVE IT? WELL, TO ME IT MAKES SENSE PROBABLY AT THE FAIR PARK OR CERTAINLY WITH THE ROBOTICS TEAM.
AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY INTERESTING GOING FORWARD.
UM, MAYBE AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF IDEAL TOO.
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE FOR, UH, WITH EXTENSION IT'S ABOUT EITHER EDUCATION, UH, IN, IN THE FARM AND, AND WHAT WE DO ON FOUR H AND OR EDUCATION IN ROBOTICS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING IN A PUBLIC BUILDING.
YOU KNOW, ON A, ON A GOVERNMENT CAMPUS, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE CLOSER TO WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WHEN YOU'RE AT THE FAIR PARK OR AT TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
SO WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT IN THE FUTURE.
BUT FOR NOW, UH, I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER EDUCATOR AND, UH, CONTINUE WITH THAT.
WITH, UH, WITH NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE.
[d. 2024 Ordinance: to amend Sections 15-24 and 70-29 relating to: Land Information Council and Powers and Duties]
ORDINANCE, UH, TO AMEND SECTIONS 15 THROUGH 24 AND 70 THROUGH 29, RELATING TO LAND INFORMATION, UH, MEMBERSHIP.SORRY, MY COMPUTER IS NOT BEEN BEING VERY KIND TO ME TODAY.
IT KEEPS CUTTING OUT AND DOING ALL STUFF.
YOU MAY HAVE TO STEP UP TO THIS MIC.
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US WITH HIS TAILS OF, UH, HOW HE'S GONNA FIX THIS.UM, WHAT THIS DOES IS IT'S REALLY JUST A CODE CHANGE.
A LOT OF IT IS CLEANING UP LANGUAGE, BRINGING IT MORE IN LINE WITH, UH, WHAT'S PRESCRIBED IN STATE STATUTE.
UM, IT CHANGES SOME OF THE TITLES IN OUR, IN OUR CODE TO MATCH, UH, THE STATUTORILY REQUIRED ROLES OF A COUNTY, RIGHT? SO INSTEAD OF USING OUR JOB TITLE, WE DESCRIBE THE ROLE THAT STATUTE LAYS OUT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER CHANGE IS THAT IT'S BRINGING THE NUMBER OF, OF PEOPLE ON THE, ON THE COUNCIL FROM 12 DOWN TO THE STATUTORILY PRESCRIBED EIGHT.
UM, I, I THINK THE COMMITTEE REPORT DOES A GREAT JOB, UM, THAT, THAT ERIC HAD WRITTEN.
UM, I THINK THE ONE THING WE WILL MISS, MOVING DOWN TO EIGHT IS THE SYNERGY YOU GET JUST BY GETTING ALL THOSE FOLKS IN ONE ROOM, UH, AND TALKING ABOUT IDEAS, TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE.
BUT WE'VE GOT OTHER PLANS FOR HOW TO DO THAT, AND WE DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO MANDATE OURSELVES TO DO IT.
WE CAN, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT ON OUR OWN.
UM, SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE EXTENT OF MY PRESENTATION ON THIS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE SUPERVISOR? KELLY? CAN WE GET IT FIRST AND, OH MY FAULT.
I CAUGHT IT THE LAST TIME AND MISSED IT THIS TIME GET A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MOTION BY SUPERVISOR BRIMORE, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CONRAD, WE'VE HEARD THIS, WE'VE HEARD THE DEAL.
AND, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DAHL? OKAY, SO THIS IS JUST A CODE CLEANUP.
UM, SHOULDN'T BE A, A HUGE ISSUE.
UH, IT SHOULD PUT US BACK IN LINE WITH STATE, UH, REQUIREMENT.
UH, WE'VE SEEN THIS ABOUT A BILLION TIMES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SO, ALL RIGHT.
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL, UH, FOR THIS SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A I AND ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
AND I STILL DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER.
ACTUALLY, COULD YOU, COULD YOU TWO SHARE SOME YOU COULD SHARE? YEAH, YOU GUYS GO AHEAD.
I, I CAN GO BACK TO THIS 'CAUSE I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY DONE.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2024 AT 4:30 PM THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.