Saline County Study
Committee
Monday, December 13, 1999
Saline County Extension Office, Marshall
Minutes (unapproved)
Saline County Study Members Present: Mark Belwood, Kathy
Borgman, Wayne McReynolds, Richard Clemens, Becky Plattner,
Saline County Study Members Absent: Vince Buck, Ruthie Cramer, Marc Harris, Roy
Hunter, LeAnn Haling
Saline County Commissioners Present: Mike Dillon, Richard Pemberton
Saline County Commissioners Absent: John Stouffer
Saline County Extension Staff Present: Cynthia Crawford Gerry Snapp, Darin Starr
University Partners Present: Kathy Miller, Mubarak Hamed, Chris Fulcher, Dr. Ron
Powers
University Partners Absent: John Lory, Tom Johnson, Chris Barnett, Anna Cox
Media Present: Bob Stewart, Democrat News
Chairman Mark Belwood called the meeting to order at
7:00 p.m. The minutes of the November meeting
were approved as corrected: Darin Starr was
present at the meeting, Cynthia Crawford was not. Cynthia requested to be removed from the
committee working with Jim Scott on his presentation.
Cynthia volunteered to help with the AHP committee. Kathy Borgman requested she be removed from the
AHP committee.
Mark announced he had conversations with Velma Bacon about a
comment he had made to the State Agricultural Director about zoning and planning at a
public meeting in Saline County. Mark invited
her to make her comments known to the study group. She
was not able to attend tonight’s meeting, but sent a brief note that was distributed. The group assured Mark he had not acted in any
improper manner because everyone is entitled to speak for him or herself and he was not
representing the study group at the meeting.
Dr. Ron Powers reported on the Land Use Public Issues Forum
Committee that was formed to “develop a land use public issue forum booklet specific
to Saline County”. The committee has met
four times, identifying the land use concerns of local citizens, organizing them into
groups, and placing them in possible “policy choices.” The goal is to have the booklet completed to use
in the first L.I.F.E. classes in February.
Dr. Powers requested the study group organize 4-5 small (5-6
people each) focus groups of citizens that have not been directly involved in the process
to review the booklet and provide feedback. The
goal is to have these groups meet with Dr. Powers the week of January 10. Richard Clemens will gather a group from the pork
producers, Kathy Borgman from the Arrow Rock area, and Ruthie Cramer from the Marshall
business community. We will work towards
getting someone from Slater and Sweet Springs to gather groups. Groups are asked to meet for 1-1 ½ hrs to review
the clarity of the booklet, its language, etc., not to have the actual public issue
deliberation.
The next meeting of the Public Issues Forum Committee will be
at 6:00 p.m. on January 10, our regular meeting night.
The Study Committee will meet at 7:30 instead of the usual 7:00 p.m.
Currently Chris Fulcher, Mark Belwood, and one commissioner are
scheduled to work with Jim Scott to present a paper on our study group to the Public
Administration Theory Network at their conference this January in Florida. They welcome more volunteers to work with them.
In Tom Johnson’s absence, there was no report on contact
with the Federal Reserve Center for Rural Studies.
Cynthia Crawford reported on plans for the L.I.F.E Leadership
Fellowship program. Two groups are meeting,
one to plan content, the other to serve as a steering committee to take care of the “nuts
and bolts”. Cynthia presented an
overview of the content of the three-day leadership fellowship. It will include character development for
leadership, the public issue forum, time for personal reflection, and time to report to
the commissioners.
Study group participants are asked to serve as mentors,
attending one of the fellowship classes. The
$100 participation fee will be waived for study members; they will be asked to help
recruit fellows and will carry out designated duties as mentors. The leadership fellowship is seeking to bring
together emerging and existing leaders of the county.
Mentors to date are: February-Vince
Buck, Ruthie Cramer, and Mark Belwood, March-Becky Plattner, Kathy Borgman, and Cheryl
Zimny, April-LeAnn Haling, and May-Wayne McReynolds.
The County Commissioners are in the budget process now and will
provide the study as much support as possible. In
the previous two years, the county has provided $12,500 towards the study plus
approximately $12,500 of “in kind” services.
University Outreach and Extension committed to contributing $177,884 over
the first two years of the study. The extension of the memorandum of agreement into the
third year calls for Saline County to provide an additional $10,000. University Outreach
and Extension will provide the additional support (up to $15,000 and time of faculty and
staff estimated at $70,000) needed to complete the agreed upon work plan.
Following a break Mark Belwood showed some of the new updates
on our web page. A number of helpful links
have been added. Chris Fulcher demonstrated
the new “do it yourself” map feature. The
staff at CARES are preparing a CD ROM that will have much of the GIS data on it, making it
available to a wider audience at a quicker time frame than most modems allow. The goal is to have the CD ROM ready for the
February L.I.F.E. classes.
The Extension staff had the photos on display that were set up
for a booth as the Missouri Assembly of Counties.
Meeting adjourned 9:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Borgman, Recorder
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Last updated: October 13, 2000
