NHSWCD_2-13-12_approved minutes
New Hanover Soil and Water Conservation District Board Meeting held at Wilmington, NC.
Meeting Number 8_ Date: _February 13, 2012
Supervisors Present: Others Present:
Dave Thomas, Chair Dru Harrison, Director
Donna Moffitt, Secretary/Treasurer Amy Long, Education Coordinator
Steve Skavroneck Kristina Fischer, Area VI Coordinator
Bill Hart, Vice-Chair
Nancy Pritchett (late)
Was this meeting held during a meal: No _
Mr. Thomas called the meeting to order at 1:05pm. The Board moved the regular monthly meeting to
the beginning of the afternoon to wait for arrival (Strategic Planning Session was
scheduled to be first).
Agenda Review: Mr. Skavroneck moved to accept the agenda as amended. Ms. Moffitt seconded the
motion; motion passed unanimously.
MINUTES:
January 23, 2012 regular monthly board meeting #7. Skavroneck and Fischer submitted
corrections ahead of the meeting. Consensus was to postpone approval until the next meeting
due to insufficient time for review of the minutes.
FINANCIAL REPORT:
Harrison presented the reports). Moffitt requested that in from now on financial
reports be sent to Supervisors by the Friday before meetings.
A. MONTHLY RECONCILIATION
Points of interest:
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County appropriation and 2 quarter reimbursement from City have been received
Land Management Account (LMA): egular checking has repaid; NHSWCD is now
holding a donation of $1500 for Eagles Island Coalition; unexpected printing cost of roughly
$100 was spent to print several copies of the Eagles Island inventory
Treasury CD has not changed.
Revenue and Expenditure Summary: on track with expenditures; there are several items in the
capital outlay category that have not yet been purchased.
Travel line item: Long has requested to attend the School of Government SWCD Training,
which was approved.
Rain Barrel update: Long included a new flier in the meeting folder to explain that Rain Water
Solutions is now having NHSWCD offer a smaller barrel, Ivy. Staff is unsure of how the
relationship or program will continue. We may be able to offer both, we may not.
Pritchett arrived (1:20pm)
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Hart suggested distributing the sale fliers in city mailings. He was told that a request
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had been made to do that, but the city public affairs officer said including non-city
generated material was contrary to city policy. He offered to discuss the issue with
Sterling Cheatham, City Manager.
The financial report was accepted for information by consensus.
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PARTNER REPORTS:
A. Division Report: Ms. Kristina Fischer commented briefly on the Area 6 meeting. There are
changes in the Area rules of procedure coming up for vote at that meeting so Supervisors should
review and prepare for those votes. Written report is in meeting folders and was distributed in email
as well.
OLD BUSINESS:
Candidates for NHSWCD Board of Supervisors:
Harrison reminded the Board that she had emailed the list of prior applicants to them. Keep
thinking about vacancies and start to consider who to invite. Filing starts in June and ends on
the first Friday of July. There are two positions available, one elected and one appointed. A
current Supervisor could ask to be switched to the appointed seat instead of the elected,. It is
not encouraged, but can be done. Active supervisors can also become Associate supervisors
to ease the transition.
Board discussion centered on timing and needs. It was agreed that time was of the essence
and that the Board needs to identify people in the community who can help further the district.
A statement of interest will be needed for candidates for the appointed position. Moffitt plans to
talk to Jack Hall at UNCW-EVS to see if he has recommendations. There are several
members in the community expected to file. Skavroneck commented that he will be better
prepared to consider candidates after the goals have been identified by the current Board in
the planning session.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
February 14 & 15: SWCD basic training at SOG Chapel Hill; Hart & Long attending
February 19: Pet Expo at Schwartz Center (11-4 for public)
February 23: Stewardship Training & Award Luncheon (12:30 lunch)
February 20 & March 12: next County Commissioners meetings
March 14: EIC meeting, 2:30
March 20: Coastal Envirothon
$25 registration due 3/16
March 29: Spring Area VI meeting (call to order 10am; )
: March 19, 2pm
Set next meeting date
Fischer shared the generic NCSWCD flyer that she brought and said that it can be customized for
each District. Moffitt commented that the flyer should be sent to county and city officials. Fischer can
customize it for NHSWCD. We will have to pay for printing and can use the Department of Ag print
shop (Fischer had a previous estimate of 100 copies for $26). Skavroneck wants to edit it and then
get it printed. Long will resend the electronic file to Skavroneck for editing.
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Pritchett reminded everyone of the February 26 League of Women Voters Face to Face with your
Legislators. Good opportunity to meet officials and talk about District issues and concerns.
Pritchett moved to adjourn the meeting. Moffitt seconded the motion; motion passed unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 1:50pm.
Recorded By: AMY LONG
Approved By: DAVE THOMAS
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TICK LIST:
Talk to Sterling Cheatam about including NHSWCD rain barrel flyer in a city mailing Bill Hart
Think about people to invite to become new supervisors all
Talk to head of UNCW Environmental Studies Department about possible UNCW people to serve as
SWCD supervisor Donna Moffitt
Provide suggested edits for the NC SWCD flyer provided by Kristina Fischer Steve Skavroneck
Review priority ranking system for the annual Ag Cost Share Strategy Plan submittal -- supervisors
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