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2 <br /> <br />Weed Control Progress Report August 7, 2023 <br /> <br />Period from to July 7 to August 7, 2023 submitted by Stan Wolf <br /> <br />New Business: <br /> <br />Weed Office Building: The three entry doors to the Weed Office need to be <br />replaced. The door frames are rotting out and rainwater leaks in. The main entry <br />door doesn’t seal very good and has at times been hard to lock in the winter. We <br />are in the process of getting bids for replacing the doors. No bids have come in <br />as of this writing. <br /> <br />Proposed Motion: Move to replace the doors. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Monthly Report: <br /> <br />Budget Presentation: The 2024 proposed budget was presented to the County <br />Commission on July 26, 2023. The Commission approved the budget as <br />presented. A question was raised regarding the drawdown of the cash reserve <br />fund, if the drawdown continues will the mill levy need to be raised? <br /> <br />Roadside Spraying: Roadside spraying has been slow considering weather <br />conditions. The haying of I94 has begun, J&J Spraying will spray those ditches <br />in the fall. To date a total of 2082 acres have been sprayed, totaling $89,969.00 <br />in application and chemical costs. It is expected that spraying operations will <br />pick up in earnest in September. <br /> <br />Spotted hemlock: Spotted hemlock spraying has been completed in the county. <br />The Water Resource Districts have hired a contractor to spray S Hemlock in their <br />legal drains. Weed Control staff have scouted and sprayed road ditches in the <br />western townships where S hemlock was identified in 2022. Several additional <br />locations were identified including a residential development area outside of <br />West Fargo. The development has a water channel in the back yards of many of <br />the homes with S hemlock growing profusely. Mr. Wolf visited most homeowners <br />in the evening to inform the residents of the weed and how to handle it, most <br />notably not to touch or handle it. <br /> <br />Purple Loosestrife: Weed Control staff have scouted and sprayed for Purple <br />loosestrife in north Fargo several times. The Purple loosestrife continues to <br />maintain its presence in the two drains. <br /> <br />