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THIS MEETING, THE LAND USE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE TO ORDER, UH, THE, UH, MEETING HAS BEEN NOTED IN THE PROPER CHANNELS.
AND PLEASE RISE WITH ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
TO START OFF, WE HAVE THE, UH, MINUTES.
UH, FOR THE LAST MEETING, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE NOTED? SEEING NONE, I WILL CONSIDER THE MINUTES PAST.
UM, THERE ARE TWO COST SHARE, UM, AND THESE WE'VE DEALT WITH BEFORE.
UM, THEY'RE LITERALLY JUST PASS THROUGHS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES, UH, PROGRAMS FOR AGRICULTURE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND BASICALLY ALL WE ARE IS THE PEOPLE THAT WRITE THE CHECKS AND MAKE SURE THE, UH, I'S ARE DOTTED AND THE T'S ARE CROSSED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ABOUT THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ELABORATED UPON? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CONSIDER THAT AS PASSED WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND TO START US OFF, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE UW EXTENSION QUARTERLY REPORT.
[a. UW Extension Quarterly Report]
MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD PLEASE, UH, ALL FOR A PREFERENCE TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS HERE TODAY.UM, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED, UH, WITH THE, WE DID A TASK FORCE IN TERMS OF THE ROLE BETWEEN WASHINGTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND UW EXTENSION AND THE EXTENSION OFFICE AND SO ON.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES MADE, AND I THINK THERE, FOR THE BETTERMENT, UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID LOSE SOME VERY, VERY HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE IN THAT PROCESS, STRICTLY BECAUSE THE POSITIONS WERE DEEMED AS, HEY, DO WE REALLY NEED THESE TODAY? AND FORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE MOVED ON TO OTHER POSITIONS WHERE THEIR, THEIR TALENTS AND SKILLS ARE BEING VERY WELL PUT TO USE.
UH, I'VE BEEN PART OF A STATE WISCONSIN COUNTY'S ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS NOW, I BELIEVE EXACTLY ON THIS THING.
EX EXPRESSING HOW CAN COUNTIES WORK BETTER WITH EXTENSION AND VICE VERSA.
HOW CAN EXTENSION WORK BETTER WITH THE COUNTIES? AND I KNOW I'VE MADE SOME COMMENTS TO JAMIE AND, AND, UH, UM, JOSH AT SOME POINT IN TIME, HEY, IT REALLY MOVES SLOWLY BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AND A, A ZOOM CALL OR WHATEVER, AND IT MAY BE SIX MONTHS BEFORE SOMETHING ELSE COMES AROUND AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION, AND IT JUST DOES MOVE SLOWLY.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY GOVERNMENT WORKS.
UH, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW LONG IT'S BEEN NOW, A YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF, UH, WE MADE THE DECISIONS BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE TASK FORCE, AND WE REPORTED THOSE DECISIONS TO WCA.
AND IT WAS ALSO WENT UP TO, UH, DEAN MARTIN AT UW, EXTENSION AT MADISON, EXPLAINING SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO MAKE CHANGES HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
AND AT THAT TIME, I KIND OF HAD THE FEELING THAT WE WERE, WE, WE FELT WE WERE KIND OF ALONE ON THIS, ALTHOUGH WE DID HAVE A GENTLEMAN FROM CALUMET COUNTY CAME IN AND TALKED TO THE TASK FORCE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE SOME CHANGES MADE AND HOW THEY HAD CHANGED THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR EXTENSION GROUP THERE.
UH, BUT AS WE HAVE FOUND OUT SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, UH, WE WERE NOT ALONE.
OTHER, THERE ARE SOME OTHER COUNTIES WHO HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. UH, SOMETIMES IT WAS, UH, IT WAS EXTENSIONS PROBLEMS. SOMETIMES IT WAS THE COUNTY'S PROBLEM, LACK OF LEADERSHIP.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE WORKING WITH THE WCA AND THE EXTENSION OFFICES IN MADISON, UH, A NUMBER OF CHANGES WERE DISCUSSED.
A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS WERE PUT FORWARD, AND THAT HAS LED TO SOME CHANGES, UH, WHICH WE'RE GONNA GET INTO IN A LITTLE BIT ON THIS, THIS MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN EXTENSION AND THE COUNTIES.
UH, BUT IT ALSO HAS LED TO SOME CHANGES WITHIN OUR OWN COUNTY.
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RON JQ BISON, UH, WITH EDUCATOR, AND WE'VE ALSO ADDED ANOTHER EDUCATOR, UH, WITHIN THE COUNTY.AND, UH, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON, RATHER, UH, FROM CINDY SADE WITH OUR, OUR DISTRICT.
I DON'T, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT TERM TITLE, I'M SURE.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE.
I THINK JAMIE'S GONNA MAKE THE PRESENTATION, UH, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ALL THE NUTS AND BOLTS AND THE DEEP, DEEP DOWN IN THE WEEDS REGARDING THE MOU, UH, JAMIE WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING, WHAT'S CHANGED, THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE OTHERWISE A AS WELL AS HAVE THE REGULAR REPORT FROM, UH, EXTENSION AS TO, UH, THE, UH, REPORTS THAT I HAD REQUESTED SOME TIME AGO, A COUPLE YEARS AGO FOR MONTHLY.
AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA KNOCK THAT BACK TO A QUARTERLY.
I MEAN, THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, CHAIRMAN KELLEN'S DECISION TO MAKE, UH, BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND.
IT'S BEEN ONGOING NOW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE'RE FINALLY GETTING DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE WE GOT A DOCUMENT AND SOME TERMS AND CONDITIONS I THINK WE CAN ALL WORK WITHIN.
AND SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I JUST WANTED TO PREFACE THAT, THAT THIS IS, UH, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY IS THE RESULT OF A LOT OF DISCUSSION, NOT ONLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, BUT ALL THE WAY UP TO MADISON WITH THE COUNTY'S ASSOCIATION, WITH THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, AND IT'S ALL COMING TO A HEAD NOW AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MARY.
UM, AND ALTHOUGH, UH, A BIT UNORTHODOX, I'M REALLY A BIG BELIEVER IN EDUCATION AND, UH, UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON.
I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE AT LEAST A GRASP OF, OF WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO, UH, RATHER THAN STANDING ON PROTOCOL.
SO
UH, JAMIE, ARE YOU PRESENTING ON THIS OR ARE YOU GOING RIGHT TO CINDY? SURE.
UHHUH, I WILL HAPPILY TAKE THE MOU, UM, WHICH WE WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF SINCE WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION ON THAT ITEM.
[b. MOU between UW-Madison Division of Extension and Washington County]
NAME'S JAMIE LUDOVIC.I'M THE CHIEF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS AN MOU, WHICH WAS A TEMPLATE WORK PRODUCT FROM THE WCA STEERING COMMITTEE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UW EXTENSION AND COUNTIES.
SO WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS HAD A HISTORY, AND I BELIEVE THIS GROUP, UM, AT LEAST AT THE COUNTY BOARD OR POTENTIALLY THE COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED A LETTER THAT WE SENT TO UW EXTENSION OUTLINING SOME OF OUR CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, THE FUNDING OF THE INSTITUTES WHEN WE MADE THE CHANGES WITH OUR EDUCATORS.
ALTHOUGH THIS MOU DOES NOT ADDRESS THAT, UM, IT IS A STEP THAT THE WCA STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, BELIEVES IS, UH, A BETTER ARTICULATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP AND CLARIFIES A NUMBER OF THINGS WITH REGARDS TO THE RELATIONSHIPS.
UM, AND MANY OF THE THINGS IN THE AGREEMENT ARE PRO COUNTY, UM, AND SPELL OUT, UM, SOME THINGS IN FAVOR OF THE COUNTY.
UM, A COUPLE OF THOSE EXAMPLES ARE, UM, IT, IT PROVIDES THE COUNTY WITH THE OPTION ON SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE WITH HIRING AND SUPERVISING OF COUNTY FUNDED EMPLOYEES.
UM, IT IT, IT PROPELLED A CONVERSATION BETWEEN OUR AREA EXTENSION DIRECTOR, CINDY SARRC, KATIE, AND MYSELF, ABOUT SOME OF OUR FINANCING OPERATIONS.
UM, AND SO WE PLAN TO EXECUTE THIS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
SO THIS DISCUSSION IS REALLY WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET IS WHAT OUR FIRST TAKE AT WHAT WE WOULD EXECUTE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM PER SE, UM, BUT THIS IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UW EXTENSION AND OUR STANDING COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF UW EXTENSION.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU WANT IN KIND OF THE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES, YOU WEIGH IN ON THIS.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT WERE CHANGED FROM THE TEMPLATE FOR OUR COUNTY.
UM, ONE OF THE BIG ONES WAS TAKING THE VISIONING TO A BIENNIAL CYCLE BECAUSE WE JUST DID OUR TASK FORCE.
WE'RE PROPOSING NOT TO DO IT AGAIN WITH THIS RIGHT NOW, WITH THIS 26, 27 THAT WE WOULD DO IT AGAIN, UM, BEGINNING, I THINK IT SAYS BEGINNING IN 2027.
SO AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD COME BACK AGAIN WITH A FULL, IS THIS THE SERVICES WE REALLY WANNA PROVIDE AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN DEPTH WITH THE COMMITTEE
UM, SO THAT TIMEFRAME IS SOMETHING, UM, FOR SURE, IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH TWO YEARS, YOU SHOULD
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SAY THAT BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY COULD DO IT ANNUALLY.UM, IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT, UM, CHANGES SOME OF THE REPORTING TO, UH, MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE, OF THE COUNTY, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS ME, UM, VERSUS HAVING THE MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO IT WOULD BE MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH ME, AND THEN WE'RE ON A QUARTERLY ROTATION IN WASHINGTON COUNTY WHERE QUARTERLY UW EXTENSION IN FOUR H WOULD COME IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, AND THEN WE DID, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TWEAKED A FEW OTHER LANGUAGES WITHSTANDING PROTOCOL WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, BUT THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES.
A LOT OF WHAT WE HAD GOING IN TERMS OF PROCESS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY WAS GOOD.
WE HAVE A GOOD AREA EXTENSION DIRECTOR, WE HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION.
UM, WE'VE HAD GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR UW EXTENSION EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND SO WE ARE HAPPY WITH, UM, KIND OF WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.
I WILL ALSO ADD THAT THE WCA STEERING COMMITTEE THAT CAROL MARY SITS ON, UM, SUPERVISOR MARY, DID DISCUSS WHAT THEIR NEXT TOPICS WILL BE, WHICH THEY ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT INSTITUTE FUNDING AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS AROUND HOW THE FUNDING FLOWS THROUGH TO THOSE PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF THE EDUCATORS THAT ULTIMATELY END UP SERVING THE COUNTIES.
SO I KNOW I'M HERE, I KNOW OUR AREA EXTENSION DIRECTOR'S HERE, AND WE'RE, BOTH OF US ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS.
UM, FROM THE COMMITTEE, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU CARE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS? MOU AND I WOULD START IT OFF THAT, UH, I, OH, GO, UH, SUPERVISOR CONRAD VIA ZOOM.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, JAMIE'S, UH, OVERVIEW AND, AND EXPLANATION, A LITTLE HIGH LEVEL, BUT, UM, I, I JUST DO WANNA CLARIFY THE CHANGE TOO BIANNUAL.
UM, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT SOME CHECKS AND BALANCES, UH, ALONG THE WAY.
I'M SORRY, I'M TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ASSESS IT IF THERE'S, IF THINGS ARE TRULY JUST GONNA BE LOOKED AT, UM, SAY EVERY TWO YEARS, OR, YOU KNOW, AM I MISSING SOMETHING? ARE THERE SOME OTHER CHECKS AND BALANCES ALONG THE WAY, LIKE, UH, QUARTERLY OR ANNUALLY THAT, THAT TWO YEAR TIMEFRAME DOES CONCERN CONCERN ME? YES.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE TWO YEAR TIMEFRAME REFERS TO THE BIENNIAL.
THEY'RE CALLING IT A LISTEN LISTENING SESSION AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT AS A MORE INTENSIVE PROCESS FOR SOLICITING FEEDBACK.
SO THEY WOULD BE DOING THEIR OWN SMALL VERSION OF YOUR COUNTY BOARD STRATEGIC PRIORITIES KIND OF WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF EXTENSION.
SO IT IS A, A DEEPER CONVERSATION THAN THE QUARTERLY UPDATES AND THE QUARTERLY REPORTS ON THE WORK PLANS AND STATUSES.
SO IT, THAT IS ONE OF THE NEW THINGS PRO COUNTY IN THE AGREEMENT IS THEY CAME OUT AND THEY SAID, UW EXTENSION, YOU NEED TO DO AN IN-DEPTH DEEP DIVE EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? THAT LISTENS TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING, AND THEN SHAPES KIND OF OUR EDUCATORS IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, AND WE ACTUALLY JUST DID THAT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY WITH A TASK FORCE, SO WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS NECESSARY TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY AGAIN.
UM, BUT, AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE, THE FORTHRIGHT OF THAT CHANGE.
SO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DEEPER REVIEW OF THE FOUR H DIRECTION AND THE EDUCATORS THEMSELVES COMPARED TO JUST THE QUARTERLY UPDATES, THE QUARTERLY REPORTS, THOSE THINGS.
AND CINDY, PLEASE JUMP IN IF THAT'S INCORRECT, BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THAT FEEDBACK.
UM, NOW ALSO THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT WILL BE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO BE FLUID WITH THE CHANGES THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE AT ANY POINT.
THIS IS JUST MORE OF THE STRUCTURED.
WE ARE GOING TO COME FORWARD AND ORGANIZE A CONVERSATION FOR YOU EVERY TWO YEARS WHERE WE'RE GONNA, RIGHT, CINDY, CORRECT, WHERE WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? AND HOW'S THIS GOING? UM, SO THAT WAS KIND OF MORE OF THE, THE WORKLOAD COMMENTARY ABOUT HOW FREQUENTLY DO WE REALLY WANNA BE DOING THAT AS A COUNTY.
AND SO IF YOU ANSWER COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP IS ANNUALLY, LIKE WE CAN DO IT ANNUALLY, UM, WE JUST WEREN'T SURE THAT WOULD MEET THE DESIRES OF THIS GROUP.
AND, UH, FOR ME PERSONALLY, AS CHAIR, UH, I THINK IF JAMIE HAS A MONTHLY MEETING, UH, THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF, UH, BACK AND FORTH THERE.
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CONTINUE TO GET THE QUARTERLY UPDATES AND, AND WE'LL STILL KNOW PLENTY ABOUT, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON.AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS DEEP DIVE WILL JUST GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MORE, UH, FOCUS WITH WHAT, WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE FUTURE, AND IT'LL ALIGN WITH OUR BUDGET, WHICH WILL ALSO THEN IF, IF ANY ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN DO IT AT THAT TIME.
THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE CLARIFICATION, JAMIE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE OTHER CHECKS AND BALANCES STAYED IN PLACE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO, YOU'LL GET MONTHLY REPORTS, JUST LIKE YOU ALWAYS HAVE.
UH, AND THEN THE QUARTERLY IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY COME HERE, UH, WE'LL DO THAT QUARTERLY IN THE VISIONING SESSION.
UH, THE TWO YEARS WOULD, LIKE JAMIE SAID, YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.
UH, SO IN TWO YEARS, WE'LL, WE WILL COME IN AND WE'LL FACILITATE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL AS OUR COUNTY, UH, PARTNERS, SO WE CAN GET A REALLY A, LIKE YOU SAID, DEEPER DIVE.
OKAY, SUPERVISOR MARY? YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
UH, I AGREE TOTALLY WITH, UH, WHAT MS. SARTY HAS SAID, AND JAMIE AS WELL.
AND I ENDORSED A TWO YEAR PROJECT BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL, VERY CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CURRENT EXTENSION TEAM, AND I THINK IT'S VERY OPEN AND HONEST AND CANDID BACK AND FORTH.
WE GOT A PROBLEM, HEY, WE GET IT FIXED.
AND THE SECOND POINT IS, MANY TIMES IF YOU'RE GONNA START INITIATING A NEW PROGRAM, IT CAN TAKE A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS BEFORE YOU KNOW IF IT'S EVEN REALLY WORKING.
AND SO YOU, YOU CAN'T, YOU DON'T WANNA START A PROGRAM AND THEN SIX MONTHS LATER SAY, WELL, THIS ISN'T HAPPENING.
WELL, WE HAVEN'T GIVEN IT TIME TO WORK ITSELF OUT.
I THINK THE TWO YEAR PROGRAM IS A VERY LOGICAL TIMING FOR THIS.
IT'S ALSO GONNA RUN INTO OUR, OUR RUN IN WITH OUR, OUR BIENNIAL BUDGETING SITUATION.
UH, AND JUST IT GIVES US TIME TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS. AND LIKE I SAID, IF WE'VE GOT A QUESTION NOW, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF INNER COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH AS IT IS.
UH, CINDY, ANYMORE ON THAT? NOPE, I'M READY TO DO THE REPORTS WHEN YOU'RE READY.
UM, SO ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THE MOU AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? NO, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND WE WILL MOVE BACK TO, UH, THE UW EXTENSION QUARTERLY REPORT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I'M HERE BECAUSE KELLY, JOHN IS NOT HERE.
SHE'S OUR NEW FOUR H UH, UH, EDUCATOR.
UH, SHE HAD HAD, WAS HAD AN ACCIDENT.
SO, UM, SO I'M GONNA GIVE A LITTLE BIT AN OVERVIEW.
SO QUARTERLY, UH, YOU GET SOME NEW, UH, DOCUMENTS AND YOU'LL SEE KELLY'S PICTURE AND YOU'LL SEE RON'S PICTURE, UM, ON IT.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU QUARTERLY.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE MONTHLY REPORTS.
THIS IS A NEW WAY, UH, TO REPORT THAT'S HIGHER LEVEL.
IT REALLY TALKS IN THIS ONE, IT TELLS WHAT SHE'S DOING.
SHE'S GONNA INCREASE, UH, UH, THE CAREER EXPLORATION FOR YOUTH AND PARENTS THROUGH AWARENESS OF BUILDING, UH, ACTIVITIES, UH, REALLY THAT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN THE STEM CAREERS.
SO THAT KIND OF TELLS YOU, UH, WHAT HER FOCUS, THE PRIORITIES WILL, WILL BE.
UH, SHE STARTED JANUARY 2ND, AND, UH, SHE'S ALREADY BEEN IN THE ROLE IN A DIFFERENT ROLE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO SHE'S GAINED SOME KNOWLEDGE, UH, FROM THIS, THE LITTLE BIT OF NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT SHE STARTED, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, UH, WHERE THEY SAW THE GAP SO FAR.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A MARRA PARK, WEST BEND, UH, FAIR PARK, WASUM.
UM, AND THEN SHE'LL SEE SHE HAS SOME OTHER ONES THAT ARE COMING UP.
IT'S JUST, THIS IS JUST A SMALL LIST.
SO THE TOP ROW GAPS, THE WORKFORCE GAPS, THAT, THAT WHAT SHE'S FOUND TALKING TO, UM, MARRA PARK AND WEST BEND HIGH SCHOOL WAS IN MANUFACTURING AND HEALTHCARE, AND WE ALREADY KNEW THAT GOING IN.
SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE REST OF HER NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UH, COME OUT.
AND THAT'S WHEN SHE'LL BE DOING SOME PROGRAMMING.
UH, WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR MONTHS TO DO IT.
SHE'S ALREADY IN THAT PROCESS OF LOOKING AT WHERE SHE CAN DO SOME, UM, PROGRAMMING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SHE'LL BE AT THE NEXT, UH, QUARTERLY MEETING.
UM, SUPERVISOR KELLY, IF I MIGHT.
UM, IF YOU SEE IN KELLY'S REPORT, AND I, I'M JUST GONNA INTERJECT HERE THAT SHE DID MEET WITH MARIN PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
UM, WE ARE, UH, THE PREVIOUS REV RESOLUTION, IF YOU'LL RECALL, AT THE COUNTY BOARD WHEN THE, UH, WHEN THIS WAS ADOPTED.
AND WE MADE THE CHANGE TO THE SECOND FOUR H EDUCATOR.
WE ALSO INCLUDED SOME MONEY FOR FACILITIES TO LOOK AT RELOCATING THE OFFICES OF OUR UW EXTENSION FOUR H.
UM, WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS, UM, AND WORKING TOWARDS WITH MARIN PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE ON PUTTING TOGETHER
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A LETTER OF INTENT.AND SO THAT IS A, A CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GROUP WAS AWARE OF THAT EARLY.
UM, WE DON'T, WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, BUT I DO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE TAKE THAT BACK, TALK ABOUT IT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AT ALL, PLEASE REACH OUT, UM, DIRECTLY TO ME TO DISCUSS.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO, UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT DIRECTION.
RON JACOB, BISON, FOUR H EDUCATOR.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK HEADS UP AS OUR, UH, YEAR STARTED OFF REALLY IN OCTOBER-ISH.
UH, THE NEW YEAR FOR FOUR H STARTS, UM, IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER 1ST IS WHEN CHARTERS ARE ALL DUE.
WE HAVE, UH, 16 CLUBS AND 20 COUNTY WIDE PROJECTS.
THAT'S REMAINS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH FOR NEW CLUBS, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT, UM, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT MODELS OF CLUBS SUCH AS AFTER SCHOOL OR IN SCHOOL CLUBS.
UM, WE WERE AT, UH, TODAY WE'RE AT 530 YOUTH LAST YEAR AT CLOSING WE'RE AT 5 46, SO YOU'RE 16 YOUTH OFF.
UH, WE EVEN HAD, WE HAD A MOM AND TWO KIDS ACTUALLY IN THE OFFICE TODAY TALKING ABOUT HOW TO JOIN FOUR H.
SO WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET 16 AND REMAIN THE SAME.
AND THOSE NUMBERS CAME IN LAST YEAR, REALLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SECOND AND OR THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
UM, OUR TOP PROJECTS, WE KNOW THAT SHOOTING SPORTS IS ACTUALLY THE LARGEST IN THE STATE, UM, WITH OVER 200 KIDS IN THAT, UM, CLOTHING JUMPED, UM, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
CLOTHING THAT SEWING, UM, IT SOUNDS KIND OF QUIRKY, BUT AS A PROJECT, AS A HOBBY, UP TO 30 KIDS, WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY RECRUIT SOME MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT OUR CLOTHING PERSON.
AND CROCHETING ACTUALLY JUMPED TO FROM 40 TO 50 THIS YEAR.
SO THAT SOUNDS KIND OF QUIRKY.
UM, PHOTOGRAPHY IS ALSO IN THE TOP FIVE AS WELL.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, UM, BUT THOSE CAN BE REAL REVEALED SOMEWHERE, UM, DOWN THE ROAD AS NEEDED.
SO I THINK WE'RE ON TRACK AS FAR AS OUR NUMBERS GO.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT ARE REALLY DEVELOPING IN THE NEXT, WELL, IN THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF TO UH, UH, NEXT MONTH, I'M DOING AN OFFICER TRAINING TONIGHT, WHICH IS CALLED OFFICER TRAINING PART TWO.
IT'S NEW, IT'S BASED ON, UM, UM, EACH OFFICER WORKING WITHIN THEIR CLUB AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AS OPPOSED TO LEARNING WHAT THEIR POSITION IS IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TRAINING.
SO IN OCTOBER THEY GO PRESIDENTS OVER HERE, VICE PRESIDENTS OVER HERE, HISTORIANS OVER HERE.
THEY LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEIR JOB IS.
THEY ACTUALLY GET A CHANCE TO DO SOME TEAM BUILDING, BUT THEY'RE GONNA REFLECT ON HOW'S IT GOING IN YOUR POSITION, WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED? IS EVERYTHING YOU DREAMED OF, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALSO, CAMP IS ROLLING OUT, SO WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE OF CAMP FROM LAST YEAR FROM 74 CAMPERS TO 104.
UM, THE, THE ENERGY IS SUPER HIGH.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TEENS WHO WANT TO BE TEEN STAFF.
SO THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE OUT NOW.
WE'LL BE DOING APP, UM, INTERVIEWS IN THE NEXT MONTH.
THEY COMMIT TO ABOUT 16 HOURS WORTH OF TRAINING, UM, BEFORE CAMP STARTS ON JUNE 11TH.
SO THAT'S A, IT'S KIND A BIG PROJECT.
IT'S NOT THE, IT'S NOT THE ONE AND DONE.
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE PEOPLE THINK FOUR H IS CAMP AND AND FAIR, BUT REALLY THOSE ARE REALLY LIKE 10 DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR.
SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE OTHER, UH, WEEKS IN THE YEAR FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, I'M ALSO ENGAGING, UM, TEEN YOUTH IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.
ONE IS SOMETHING CALLED TEEN CONNECT.
OUR HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH ARE REALLY THE YOUTH THAT START GETTING ENGAGED IN A LOT MORE SOCIAL AND PEER ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, UM, AS THEY GO INTO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE DOING SOME SOCIAL ACTIVITIES TO PULL THEM IN AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN BE MENTORS TO THE YOUNGER YOUTH AND REALLY VALIDATE THEM AS UM, SMART LEADERS WHO CAN INFLUENCE THE YOUNGER ONES AS WELL.
SO IT'S PULLING THEM BACK INTO, I'M NOT WANNA SAY THE FOLD, BUT SAYING THERE'S A PLACE FOR YOU TO CONTINUE ON IN YOUR, UM, IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.
AND AFTER THAT IT'S REALLY A LOT OF VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, UM, THE MANAGER PART OF ME IS DOING, MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE GETTING BACKGROUND CHECKS, GETTING TRAININGS DONE SO THAT WE CAN BRAG THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE READY AS WELL AS SAFE AND READY TO SERVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO, UM, GIVING THEM RESOURCES AND GOING AROUND AND SEEING THEIR CLUBS AND SEEING WHAT THEY NEED FOR JUST LIKE THAT MICROMANAGING THING.
LIKE HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH YOUTH WHO AREN'T GETTING ALONG? HOW
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DO YOU DEAL WITH PARENTS WHO AREN'T GETTING ALONG? UM, WHAT TEACHING TOOLS DO YOU NEED? UM, THAT ARE HOT TOPICS.AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOUR H CURRICULUM AND LESSON PLANS THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE.
IT'S JUST GETTING THEM TO THE VOLUNTEERS.
SO YOUTH, UH, ENROLLMENT, VOLUNTEER ENROLLMENT, YOUTH MANAGEMENT, VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT.
I KNOW I DO THIS ALL THE TIME IN ONE BREATH, SO, UM, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GO WAYNE CRUSADERS, YOU ALWAYS DO THE HOG PROJECTS.
I'LL SEE THEM TONIGHT AT THE OFFICER TRAINING TOO.
WE'LL GO TO UH, ACTION ITEM, UH, 2024 RESOLUTION C CONSIDERATION FOR THE CONTINUATION OF FUNDING
[c. 2024 Resolution – Consideration for the Continuation of Funding for the Conservation & Heritage Grant Program ]
FOR THE CONSERVATION.UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PRIDE MOORE, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CONRAD VIA ZOOM AND DISCUSSION WHO'S ON THIS? UM, I CAN TAKE IT IF YOU OKAY, PLEASE.
SO IF YOU RECALL, UM, THE COUNTY BOARD IN THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THE CONSERVATION HERITAGE PROGRAM AND THE HEART AND HOMESTEAD PROGRAM, UM, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AT THE COUNTY BOARD ABOUT THE DESIRE TO UM, HAVE MAYBE SUNSET RESOLUTIONS AND TIE THE HEART AND HOMESTEAD PROGRAM TO INVESTMENT INCOME AND MAYBE TIE THE CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE PROGRAM TO THAT REVENUE STREAM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COME BACK TO THE COUNTY BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND SO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT ADVANCED THE SUNSET RESOLUTION FOR THE HEART AND HOMESTEAD PROGRAM AND THIS IS THE OTHER ONE COMING TO THIS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS KIND OF A RESOLUTION ABOUT THE CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE GRANT PROGRAM THAT WOULD PLACE IT BACK ON THE AGENDA IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE RES SUNSET RESOLUTIONS OR THE TWO OF THEM SO FAR ARE ALIGNING AT THAT KIND OF THAT SAME TIME SO THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK TOGETHER.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT IN CONSIDERATION OF IF YOU WERE THINKING THAT WAS TOO SHORT OR TOO LONG OR YOUR COMFORT WITH WHAT'S WRITTEN IN THESE SUNSET RESOLUTIONS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
UH, SO THIS WILL ALIGN WITH THE, UH, WITH THE BIANNUAL BUDGET THEN AS WELL, CORRECT? I MEAN WITH WHEN IT DOES THIS ALIGN IN A BUDGET YEAR WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK? SO IT WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA DURING THE CALENDAR.
IT W IT, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN THE BUDGETS, RIGHT? SO IT WILL BE IN THE 26 27 BUDGET, UM, THAT COMES FORWARD FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE THIS SUMMER, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN AL, THE COUNTY BOARD CAN ALWAYS CHANGE IT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION, UM, BECAUSE YOU GUYS AUTHORIZE THE OPERATING BUDGET.
UM, BUT THIS RESOLUTION IN PARTICULAR, UH, BASICALLY SAYS THAT IT WILL COME BACK FOR A FULL DISCUSSION OUTSIDE, SEPARATE THAT IN 2032 ON OR ON OR BEFORE THAT MEETING, UM, OR IF THE REVENUE FALLS BEFORE BELOW $40,000.
SO IT'S KIND OF A SEPARATE TO PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THE PROGRAMS, REALLY TALK ABOUT THEM IN DEPTH AND KIND OF GO BACK TO THE CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO IT'S LIKE A TRIGGERING MECHANISM, UH, SHOULD IT FALL BELOW THE $40,000 THRESHOLD, THEN IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY COME BACK.
WE COULD DECIDE AT THAT POINT WHETHER WE WOULD CARE TO CONTINUE IT OR FIND AN ALTERNATE FUNDING SOURCE.
SO WE WOULD DISCUSS THAT AT THAT TIME.
SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAS THAT.
UH, ANY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON THIS.
ANY OPPOSED? AND THE RESOLUTION PASSES AND SEEING IS, UH, EVERYTHING, IT LOOKS ALL COMPLETE HERE.
I WILL UH, SAY THE NEXT MEETING DATE IS FEBRUARY 20TH FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND I CONSIDER US ADJOURNED.