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2 <br /> <br /> <br />Weed Control Progress Report February 1, 2021 <br /> <br />Period from Dec 8, 2020 to February 1, 2021 submitted by Stan Wolf <br /> <br />New Business: <br /> <br />Election of Officers: The chair and vice chair officers are elected for a one-year <br />term; election of officers is required at the start of the year. <br /> <br />Action: Hold election of officers. <br /> <br /> <br />NDWAN: The North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network operates remote <br />weather monitoring stations and provides up to the minute weather conditions via <br />web connection. The contract sprayers and Weed Control staff utilize the stations <br />within Cass County to determine weather conditions before and during spraying <br />operations. In previous years, the Weed Board has granted $500 to NDWAN to <br />help cover the costs of operating the remote weather stations. <br /> <br />Proposed Motion: Approve a $500 sponsorship grant to NDWAN for the Fargo <br />station in Cass County. <br /> <br /> <br />Weed Seed Free Forage JPA: The Weed Board has entered into a Joint <br />Powers Agreement with the North Dakota Department of Agriculture for <br />inspecting for Weed Seed Free Forage hay lands. The present agreement <br />expires on April 30, 2021. A renewal agreement has not been offered for 2021 <br />as of this date. Typically, the renewal is sent out within 30 days before expiration <br />requiring the signature of the board chair. Upon renewal the board has assigned <br />the weed officer to conduct the inspections for the board. <br /> <br />Proposed Motion: Move to renew the Joint Powers Agreement with the North <br />Dakota Department of Agriculture for inspecting Weed Seed Free Forage and <br />assign the weed officer as the WSFF inspector. <br /> <br />Weed/Vector Vehicle Building: Vector Control is planning to insulate and heat <br />their shop area this year. They are looking at heating with natural gas which will <br />involve trenching a gas line to the building. If that were to happen, we might <br />have the opportunity to have a gas line trenched to the Weed Control Office <br />building for a gas furnace. <br /> <br />Action: Discussion the merits on installing a gas line to the Weed Office building <br />for a future heating source. <br /> <br /> <br />