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<br />Weed Control Progress Report September 4, 2018 <br /> <br />Period from August 13 to Sept 4, 2018 submitted by Stan Wolf <br /> <br />New Business: <br /> <br />Pickup truck sale: Cass County Weed Control has recently purchased and set <br />up a one-ton truck to haul water and pull the trailer with the UTV sprayers. The <br />¾-ton pickup that was replaced by the one-ton truck is no longer needed and can <br />be sold. Valley Water Rescue, a regional volunteer rescue operation, is in need <br />of a pickup to pull their boat and equipment trailer. Cass County Commission <br />has expressed interest in purchasing the pickup for Valley Water Rescue. In <br />previous Weed Board meetings, there was a consensus to approve such a sale, <br />provided it would be a legal sale. There was also consensus that this would be a <br />good use of the public’s property and the sale amount would be $13,000. The <br />Cass County State’s Attorney’s office has researched the possible sale directly to <br />the County Commission and determined that the law would allow such a sale. <br />Attached is the State’s Attorney’s opinion. <br /> <br />Proposed motion: Move to approve the sale of the ¾-ton pickup to the County <br />Commission for $13,000. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Monthly Report <br /> <br />Contractor Spraying: The contractors will be starting their fall spray program in <br />September. The goal will be to cover all of the county and township roads. To <br />date a total of 3158 acres have been covered costing $123,401.00. <br /> <br />Canada thistle stem mining weevil: The US Fish and Wildlife Service released <br />several containers of Canada thistle stem mining weevils in the Wildlife <br />Management Areas near Alice. One container of CT stem mining weevils was <br />given to Cass County Weed Control in return for future releases of Canada thistle <br />rust in the WMA’s. Cass County Weed Control released the CT stem mining <br />weevils in a CRP pollinator planting on Lynn Overoes’ property north of Kindred. <br /> <br />Poster: The Cass County Extension office assisted in developing a poster in a <br />similar format as the floor display. The poster highlights the responsibilities and <br />services provided by Weed Control. The poster is being posted on community <br />bulletin boards across the county. <br />