Executive Committee

Conference Call Minutes

August 25th, 2010

The Executive Committee met on August 25th, 2010 beginning at 10:17 AM by telephone conference call. Those present were Dana Darlington, Chair Paul Gies, Middle Reach; Laurie Riley Coordinator; Carie Hess, Secretary; Karl Christians, DNRC; and Jeff Tiberi with MACD .

Approval of July 26th Minutes: Karl Christians moved to accept the Executive Committee minutes as submitted Paul Gies seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously.

Financial report and approval of bill payments: The financial report and budget were read. Carie noted the changes with the addition of a travel claim for Paul Gies. Karl moved to approve the financial package as stated with the additions that included the travel claim for Paul Gies, and MRRIC travel claims.

CMR Refuge: Dana asked how the last meeting went and how members in attendance thought it was perceived. He has received some negative feedback and wanted to clarify how the meeting went. John Lacey’s report on the preliminary draft CCP was discussed and it was noted that Vicki had sent it out to the CD’s involved with the CMR. Dana felt as though this report should be given to the permitee’s. Laurie was going to do some checking with John and get an electronic copy that could be given to the public. It was thought that it might be possible to publish it on the council’s website. The committee agreed that they should check into it with John first and then go from there. Laurie updated the committee on the plans for the stakeholder group meeting and that she had received word that Barron Crawford was leaving for another job in Tennessee. Jeff Tiberi thought that the council should write a Thank you letter to Barron for the time he has put in to the CMR. The committee agreed and Laurie would write something up and send it out. Jeff also brought up writing a letter to Steve Guertin asking if they could recommend someone to the hiring team. The committee agreed and Jeff would write a letter and send it.

Quarterly Meeting Plans: The quarterly meeting will coincide with the Governor’s Range Tour in Malta September 14-15th. Laurie noted that there is a meeting in which BLM Director, Bob abbey was to speak on the 16th in Malta as well. The committee decided to have Carie send out a poll to the council members asking what day would work best. Laurie brought up that she had been contacted by Mark Oakly with the Non- source pollution division of the DEQ and that he would like to address the group. It was agreed that he would be put on the quarterly agenda it was also discussed to have the council agree on and have a position statement for some of the topics that come up at these meetings that way whoever is talking on behalf of the council has a prepared and approve statement that speaks for the whole council this to was to be added to the agenda for the meeting.

Eurasian Water Milfoil: It was noted that in recent reports Eurasian Water Milfoil has been found in the Missouri System in places such as Toston Dam and the dredge cuts below Fort Peck Dam. The committee agreed to have Laurie contact Dave Burch with the Department of Agriculture and see what the council could do to get involved.

Next Conference call time & date: It was noted that the next call should be early in the morning about 6:30 to 7 am for a start time with the harvest season in full swing. This way there is a better possibility of more members to participate.

With no additional business being brought before the Committee, the call adjourned at 11:26 AM.

Approved by unanimous vote on January 12, 2010

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Nick Schultz, Chairman

Submitted by:

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Carie Hess, Secretary