[0:00] after the sixth grade. And she might have me come in and

[0:05] I told him you guys could always come in and just talk to the class about noxious

[0:10] weeds, so I'm on the spot for that. This coming year, so we'll see what

[0:15] happens, but it looks um

[0:19] the Camp Creek fire knock on wood, I keep thinking it's too late in the

[0:24] season that the rain that's coming this week hopefully will

[0:28] put it out, but it it'll

[0:31] come out pretty ferocious if if they don't stop

[0:35] it soon, so but it's still in the wilderness, so

[0:38] there's nothing you can do and it's um behaving itself, so

[0:43] » [clears throat] >> That's it.

[0:46] » Okay, thank you. >> Rob?

[0:49] » I also got the uh bugs for knapweed.

[0:54] I got five containers, put them out five different sites, but it's

[0:59] pretty hard to get to to spray, so see what happens and uh

[1:05] always always can use more bugs in my country.

[1:09] There's just a lot of up and down country you can't get to to spray.

[1:15] Appreciate that, for sure. >> Do the bugs live over the winter, so you

[1:20] don't have to go back up there next year?

[1:22] » They stay in the ground, don't they? >> They burrow down.

[1:24] » What roots? >> Mhm.

[1:26] » They eat the root system and the old roots or something, but

[1:29] they will go over winter sometimes. If there's a really bad winter, then

[1:33] » Yeah, but generally speaking >> Yep.

[1:39] » That's it. >> Okay, thank you. Space?

[1:42] » Just >> Is this

[1:43] » This is usual. I mean, thank you guys. It's been a a tough week here, for sure.

[1:49] Um Nothing I need to report.

[1:53] » Okay. >> Just got a notification that we're

[1:56] supposed to have a severe thunderstorm warning. Now,

[1:59] » At >> last one and everything goes down.

[2:01] » [laughter]

[2:04] » Marty, >> nothing to report?

[2:07] » Okay. >> So, I see you're on the agenda for the

[2:09] application for the next >> Yeah, it's time for us to start thinking

[2:13] about whether we want to replace Lilly's position with another intern

[2:18] and what we would like to have that intern accomplish

[2:23] while they're with us. Um my proposal is we go ahead and and

[2:30] bring in another intern and have them work on following up on the educational

[2:37] programs. Um Lilly's done a real good job getting

[2:41] stuff started. We actually have momentum in the community

[2:46] and I think now if we have the right person, we could actually get more

[2:51] people doing trailhead weed pulls, um weed pulls around the city, um get more

[2:58] involved with the Boy Scouts so that we are actually in their planning cycle

[3:04] so that they can start getting weed pulls done by their troops.

[3:08] So, I'd like to open it up for discussion so hear what everybody else

[3:12] has to say. >> Yeah.

[3:15] What what's the cost for the other intern?

[3:18] » Yeah, it's um 18,500 dollars. Um the application

[3:23] [clears throat] is currently open and I think they're wanting

[3:27] them by September 18th of this year. >> So, there's September.

[3:32] » Yeah, there's both the Big Sky Watershed Corps program that Lilly is through.

[3:36] Um they do offer other services or other um

[3:40] member positions as well such as interns which are shorter periods.

[3:45] There's also the I Corps program which is ran through the Montana State

[3:49] Department of Agriculture. Um and I believe that one for a

[3:52] full-time member from January through November

[3:55] is 8,000 or 8,400. Um, or you can hire a half member um, that's half that cost.

[4:01] Um, the difference between the programs is

[4:04] that AgriCorps members are not um, college graduates.

[4:09] Um, but they seem to do all the same sort of work. We've worked really

[4:13] closely with a few of them this year, Halley and Brooke. Um, and they're very

[4:19] tenacious individuals as well. Um, so it's kind of fun to see that there's an

[4:23] alternative program that also works. They didn't want to go to college and

[4:28] and are like more interested in just like working and getting that work

[4:31] experience. Um, their position is a little bit

[4:35] different. Um, you send an application to Jasmine Shafee um, and a outlining

[4:41] what you would like that person to do and then they put that position on their

[4:45] website for people to apply to. Um, they do have

[4:50] a few positions going here for Helena locally already, but some examples would

[4:54] be like a noxious weed specialist, that's what they label it as, um, who do

[4:58] like education or outreach. Brooke currently does mapping uh, invasive

[5:03] species for the state and then works with landowners that way, whereas Halley

[5:06] does the more education side. Um, so there are some options there within the

[5:11] program itself, but it just is dependent on who you'd like to work with

[5:16] through and how much money you would like to spend with the program.

[5:20] » Okay. When is the trust fund grants due?

[5:25] » You know? >> Um,

[5:27] I think >> Jan.

[5:30] » I'll say January.

[5:36] » I'm just thinking that we should probably put in a

[5:38] trust fund grant to at least pay for half of it.

[5:42] If we go through AmeriCorps group like Who have.

[5:45] » Yeah, we could do. I think we can afford

[5:49] I mean what's our budget and what's the county reservation grants and that type

[5:54] of things that they >> Yeah.

[5:56] So, I guess my only thought on that is

[6:01] the trust fund grant falls in a weird cuz you start them in

[6:06] you they start in January. Um

[6:10] » And they don't >> And so you don't do you don't do the

[6:14] » We don't do the um >> grant fund hearings until March.

[6:19] And they don't get funding until April, May.

[6:25] So, it would be like you still have to do that, but you would have to make sure

[6:29] that you have the money to cover the costs

[6:32] if you were to get the grant or approve the grant through the Department of Ag.

[6:36] Then it would you know you'd reimburse yourself back is essentially

[6:41] what would happen. But I but yeah, don't we wouldn't want to just totally lean on

[6:46] that to pay for half. We'd still want to make sure that we budgetarily have the

[6:50] amount to pay for it if we don't get the grant.

[6:54] So, um just just just to let everybody know

[6:57] what that's sort of like we're just in like a that grant is sort of been a

[7:00] weird place for us in time frame you know cuz

[7:04] like right now we're wanting to look at doing this and then you go through that

[7:08] process, you hire them in January. You know, so like you

[7:12] » You set up the process. >> It's just everything It's just the way

[7:16] just the way the funding >> It's changed quite a bit over the years.

[7:20] » But it can change back and that's who do we need to lean on to make it more

[7:25] workable? If it's not workable, what good is it?

[7:30] » Have to be Department of Ag through the director's office.

[7:33] » Okay, that's where the change comes from.

[7:36] » Where the buck lies too. Well, they've I know that and this is just for like

[7:40] the trust fund grants through the Department of Ag. They They've Those

[7:44] used to be due in like November. >> Right.

[7:48] » Which was really hard for weed coordinators

[7:53] to apply for grants cuz, you know, they're doing the same thing like what I

[7:56] got going on, you know, you're finishing up

[7:59] then then all your reporting and then all your other all your other stuff. So,

[8:04] they tried to move it move it back so that way you're not

[8:07] messing with federal federal agreements and grants

[8:12] um as well. So,

[8:14] trying to give you a little bit of that time. So, like, you know,

[8:18] November, December you're able to work on like your trust fund grant. So,

[8:23] to apply for those. So, um

[8:26] this one would probably be an easier one to apply for than the ones that I've

[8:31] done before in the past cuz we're we're looking for help in the pay for

[8:35] educational >> Right.

[8:37] » person. So, I I don't see it being a a difficult heavy lift to do that. Yeah,

[8:42] versus trying to get somebody that wants to do a spray project and we have to do

[8:46] an EA and >> [laughter]

[8:49] » all that stuff. That becomes a very very more rigorous process and on that. So,

[8:54] that's that's fun and stuff, but this one would be a

[8:57] little bit um I would say probably maybe a little bit simpler just for asking

[9:02] for, you know, help help educational outreach

[9:05] help. That kind of thing. So,

[9:08] » So, honest opinion, which one would you Do

[9:13] you think either one's better than the other one or

[9:16] » I think they're pretty comparable and I think it just lies in who you end up

[9:21] selecting for the position. Um I don't know what the process is working through

[9:27] the Ag Corps program with the Department of Agriculture. Um

[9:30] if they place the individual for you or if you have a say in it.

[9:34] » Absolutely. I do. >> Yeah, side of it. I don't know

[9:37] » Should you want to look into that? Just to see. Yeah.

[9:40] I mean, if we can we can do 8,000 versus 18 and kind of

[9:46] get the same product, I'd be fine with that.

[9:49] But, if it's not going to be the same apple to apple type thing, then I think

[9:52] we need to look at what we're doing and see

[9:56] how much money we'll have. Just Just on my perception of what I've seen them do

[10:01] for the Department of Ag is pretty impressive.

[10:04] » Yeah. >> I'm just going to say that right now.

[10:06] They're all very very active, tenacious as Alex explained

[10:11] it to like they're they do good stuff and they, you know, they're always

[10:15] reaching out to us. We're We're sort of lucky we have the ability to do a lot of

[10:19] the things, but, you know, we had emails that they're going to come out and

[10:24] I mean, they were looking for stuff to do to map and do all kinds of fun stuff.

[10:27] And so, that's helpful. You know, they were able to go out and help other

[10:31] counties that didn't have the kind of resources. You know, not all counties

[10:35] are created equal in that in that aspect. So, it sound like they did a

[10:39] really good job in helping build a map weeds and stuff, you know, for whatever

[10:44] person they had hired. So, anyways.

[10:48] Well, let's take a look, I guess. Take a look and

[10:52] deep dive into it a little bit more. Um, well, the watershed

[10:56] » Um, deadline's the 18th of this month. >> 18th of this

[11:00] » So, if we're going to apply for them, we pretty much have to do it in the next

[11:03] couple weeks. >> So, I guess if we applied for it, we're

[11:08] still going to take them a process to get through it.

[11:11] And if we

[11:14] » Worst case scenario, you could always resend your application. I think

[11:20] that wouldn't be the end of the world. It certainly is a a process to

[11:25] go through the whole sites.

[11:30] » Yeah, I guess we should probably go ahead and start with the application

[11:33] process just to make sure >> for the next guy version.

[11:37] » Sure. We

[11:39] end up not using it, we don't use it. >> Yeah.

[11:42] » We might have to do this sometime, but >> Do we have a deadline on the Department

[11:46] of Ag grant? >> There or a person?

[11:49] » All the >> The Ag Corps.

[11:50] » The Ag Corps, I don't know about I don't know.

[11:52] » They accept applications on a rolling basis.

[11:55] » Okay. >> Yeah. All that sort of things.

[11:58] » It'll help. >> Mhm. [clears throat]

[11:59] » Okay. Let's do that then and see where we go.

[12:03] » And we want to keep our focus on educational and outreach,

[12:08] more community support um type position where they're spending

[12:14] a lot of time with the organizations trying to

[12:17] get them active.

[12:20] » I mean, I think you could And Dave, I'm asking you this.

[12:26] Regardless, we could still put in for maybe put in for our trust fund grant.

[12:30] » Regardless of which way

[12:32] » which way you go with it. >> Exactly.

[12:35] » It'll hopefully help with costs.

[12:38] » Yeah. >> So.

[12:39] » Yep. >> I think I think those would be sort of

[12:42] sort of funny. We'd already sort of have some of the process already. All the

[12:45] information's sort of gathered just with the application process with both of

[12:48] them. >> Sort of like

[12:50] » go through that to get a because those aren't due until

[12:53] I I it's January something. >> Yeah, I think so, too.

[12:56] » Yep. Yep. >> I'm wondering if we ought to just

[12:58] automatically this year plan on applying for that grant because if we can get one

[13:04] of the Ag Corps people on a rolling basis,

[13:08] » Yeah. >> you know, if we have the money, uh we

[13:11] know we can then we can you know, bring in an $8,000

[13:16] person. >> Yeah.

[13:17] » I agree with that, I think. Until the trust fund decides to say no

[13:21] to us, I think we keep doing that and go that route. See where we go.

[13:26] » But >> I mean, they don't fund things forever,

[13:28] so. >> No.

[13:30] » Did you want to talk about um

[13:33] sharing some um this person with

[13:37] uh like the uh weed commissioner Montana NWCP

[13:44] Uh we talked about that just briefly. >> Yes, so that is an option with Big Sky

[13:48] Watershed Corps. Um given the the cost, a lot of nonprofits or the conservation

[13:53] district in the past or other organizations

[13:56] find a partner organization that they're comfortable with that maybe they overlap

[14:01] with a little bit in their mission. And then there is opportunity to to share a

[14:06] member. Um you want to make sure that your goals are aligned um and then also,

[14:12] right, you're setting really clear expectations ahead of time with that

[14:17] partner and on A, what what's going to happen, you know, as far as when do you

[14:23] have this member, what are they going to work on

[14:25] for you versus them, time frames, etc. But it that is an option to um

[14:31] to assist with the cost if if there is a partner that you'd like to potentially

[14:35] reach out to. >> Does um extension do that? Do you know?

[14:39] » Um they they could. I mean, I they would

[14:42] they would certainly be a qualifying um organization if they were interested and

[14:48] um had the funds to do so.

[14:50] » Yeah. >> I think too, just just one thing to

[14:52] throw out there for consideration as you make the choice, um just thinking

[14:56] through what you intend to have this member do, is that something that would

[15:00] be beneficial from a four-year degree or not? Um and not that it necessarily

[15:03] would, but just something um just a factor in, you know, or or is

[15:08] there something, you know, where on-the-job experience or some of that

[15:12] stuff is is perfectly acceptable um from an education perspective or outreach

[15:18] component.

[15:20] » Yeah. Yeah, I think that'd be a good idea. I

[15:23] mean, we could probably look at some other organizations, too, but

[15:27] it just seems to me that extension would be a perfect fit if they could do

[15:30] something, but

[15:35] I guess as far as the weed district's concerned, we go ahead and

[15:38] apply, get things rolling.

[15:42] You should have everything at least for the Big Sky watershed.

[15:46] Shouldn't be that difficult, I wouldn't think, to redo what we just had last

[15:50] year, so that seemed to work out pretty well, so

[15:56] Yeah. >> I I I think I'm following it. So, like,

[15:59] would Would the conservation district be a could be a partner or

[16:02] » Mhm. >> They could. Yeah, absolutely.

[16:05] I think the conservation district in the past, when I used to be involved with

[16:08] this program, um, teamed up with like the Lake Helena watershed group, and I

[16:14] think there might have even been like a trifecta, or something that like three

[16:18] people came in to to share one member. Perfect, but that member was housed, I

[16:21] think, at the conservation district. >> I could see the education I think they

[16:27] they'd like to pursue that, too. >> Yeah.

[16:30] Yeah, I think so. I mean, there's probably some more possibilities out

[16:34] there than we're thinking about, but I'm not sure, so.

[16:38] Okay. Okay. Um,

[16:43] so, September 8th, um, UQC is meeting again,

[16:48] final time, I guess, um, supposedly. Um, I just got this today before I came.

[16:54] I'll I'll send you guys a copy of it, but this is the draft bill for

[16:59] um, what they've proposed to send in to legislature, see if anybody's going to

[17:05] carry this bill. I I believe, um,

[17:09] UQC will

[17:13] probably support that bill. Yeah. We We're still working on the whole

[17:19] funding issue of it. Um but that's going to be a separate one

[17:23] anyway. So, um

[17:27] Anyway, uh for right now, it's changes quite a bit from the biggest

[17:32] change in there is that we wanted to have the the commission shall

[17:39] um fund a weed coordinator and

[17:43] we've got blowback from Mako one and that. So, what we're going to do is keep

[17:46] it as a main um

[17:50] A big change in there is for all of the revegetation plans that if somebody's

[17:54] going to do a project that they have to have the weed plan in pri- in hand

[17:59] before they get started on their project.

[18:02] Which makes sense instead of doing after the fact stuff.

[18:06] So, and there's quite a quite a list of people

[18:10] that we've put into there that need to have those.

[18:14] It's just not a generalization anymore. It's specific to

[18:18] some specific people. So, hopefully that'll

[18:21] um So, that may increase workload a little

[18:24] bit, too, but we'll see how it goes. Um

[18:28] but I'll send this out to you guys so you can take a look at it.

[18:31] Um I think we're on like 3:00 on next Tuesday afternoon, something like

[18:37] that. So, we'll see where it ends up, but I

[18:41] » Did your um draft include making her

[18:46] asking the counties to have a program in each county, yes, even if it's shared?

[18:51] » Right. >> Okay.

[18:53] » Yeah, just a little bit stronger language than what it used to be because

[18:55] it said that they could like two counties or counties could do

[19:01] could share a coordinator, anyway. And

[19:07] we just strengthened that a little bit to say that they

[19:10] they need to have some kind of program in place because we've got three or

[19:14] three counties right now that don't have any coordinator at all.

[19:18] Which is pretty sad. So,

[19:22] especially in some of those smaller counties where they don't have such a

[19:25] big weed infestation anyway. If you get somebody out there doing it, you won't

[19:28] have a big weed infestation instead of waiting until

[19:32] all hell breaks loose and then you got

[19:35] » Do you know how fortunate we are to live in Lewis and Clark County

[19:39] and be efficient people, the government, the way things

[19:43] are run. I'm just I talked to some of the other county commissioners and then

[19:47] it's all like, "Really? You guys do that? How do you?"

[19:50] And I'm just >> Common sense, huh?

[19:53] » Well, one of the things we have is CIP, you know?

[19:57] And people are

[20:00] they don't have it in in Cascade County. And so, their

[20:05] budget's always a mess. Our budget is pretty darn predictable

[20:09] because And so, just

[20:13] Thank you, God, for letting me live in Lewis and Clark.

[20:15] » [laughter]

[20:18] » Yeah, I agree with you. >> Yeah.

[20:21] » Okay, that's all I really had. I'll let you guys know what happens on the night

[20:25] on the 8th, but I'm pretty sure EQC is going to run with

[20:30] this draft. And we'll see where it goes, but

[20:34] » Do you know who might carry it? >> It'd be one of them out of there,

[20:39] probably Curdy or somebody like that, I would imagine.

[20:44] Um, I did have a went to my 50th high school reunion a couple weeks ago

[20:51] and one of the

[20:54] women girl women that used to be a schoolmate,

[20:59] she married Tom McGillvray, who is Senator Tom McGillvray.

[21:04] Got to play golf with him for nine holes. Got to see her. I had to bring my

[21:07] cart with me. So, he's on board now.

[21:11] » [laughter]

[21:15] » So, um actually he's supposed to come this

[21:17] month and play some golf with me. So, that

[21:19] we'll stop more weeds. But, >> Maybe taking getting a golf cart and do

[21:23] a weed >> Yeah, weed tour. Yeah,

[21:26] I'm sure. Okay,

[21:29] uh no public comment, no public here. >> And um the one more discussion item.

[21:33] » Okay. >> Um the after trail head?

[21:36] » Oh, yeah. I meant to say that. >> Yeah, okay.

[21:40] » Yeah, Lily was tentatively planning it for

[21:44] uh September 17th. >> Yep, September.

[21:47] » And yeah, and she was wondering if there was

[21:51] a specific time that might work best for anyone that was um going to come out or

[21:56] could come out to it. Um so, it would be

[22:01] two weeks from tomorrow. Um I think we were thinking maybe later

[22:06] in the day, like around 3:00 to 5:00 or 3:00 to 4:00.

[22:11] Um but, just wondering if any time works or anything specific.

[22:19] » Yeah, and we were we were working with Jenny and Roger on doing a uh

[22:25] county countywide um email for volunteers if anybody that might be

[22:30] interested in coming to help us pull some weeds. So,

[22:34] um Yeah, so we're working with with what

[22:38] » Earlier that day. >> I I talked something about isn't

[22:41] something 4-H should get behind. And during the fair, I talked to one of the

[22:47] ladies who works with 4-H. Oh, yeah, we have program.

[22:51] But, couldn't

[22:55] weed pulling be incorporated into their program? Do they

[22:59] How would we get them to cooperate with this?

[23:02] » We would work with the extension agent. Um

[23:05] I don't recall if Alyssa is still there. I haven't been on um

[23:11] the fairgrounds or the MSU extension's website as of late.

[23:15] Uh but yeah, it's just working with her cuz she oversees that local program.

[23:19] Um so we can definitely get them involved.

[23:22] The Adopt-a-Trailhead is um really geared towards the adoptees

[23:27] hosting and participating. Um and trying to have community outreach by including

[23:32] other people. So yeah. So the board adopted this trailhead

[23:37] along with um FWP and um Bridger Creek Parkland Trust. Yeah,

[23:42] so last time a few people showed up with Bridger Creek Parkland Trust and Montana

[23:46] Wild is right there. Um so we're hoping that people will come out this time.

[23:51] » Could we get flyers out? There's a lot of people that walk those trails. Yeah,

[23:56] if we could get flyers where they could see it or get it on a radio spot or

[24:02] » Yeah, we do have um a flyer from last time so we can just reprint it with the

[24:07] updated date. Um and then it will go out in the September

[24:11] newsletter that Lily will be doing. Um about 120 subscribers to that currently,

[24:17] I think. Um and then we can have her post some

[24:20] flyers around as well. >> What about the trail ends?

[24:25] » Mhm. >> Needless

[24:27] » Yeah. That's where they start.

[24:31] We actually >> Go ahead, Mark.

[24:33] » We actually had several people talk to us while we were

[24:36] um down on our knees crawling through the

[24:39] to the weeds. So

[24:42] » Yeah, there's some great um locations out there to put some signage.

[24:47] » We were talking about we If we don't have our spray crew to assist like we

[24:51] did last fall, um would an evening time be more effective potentially to get

[24:55] other volunteers or just gathering thoughts on what you all

[24:58] think about um what what the best time would be for a fall pull.

[25:05] » I think later today is probably makes more sense. It doesn't interfere as much

[25:09] with work because this is a the 17th is what else? Thursday?

[25:17] » That's right. We're sort of thinking like

[25:19] like to start the week like start pulling weeds between, you know, 3:00,

[25:23] 4:00, 5:00, you know, so you can find 5:00 to 6:00.

[25:27] You know, 4:00 5:00, something like that. So that way people, you know,

[25:31] hopefully, you know, thinking of anybody from the county wants to participate,

[25:34] they can sort of you know, spend that time at the end of

[25:38] the day and then be able to go home after that kind of kind of thing versus

[25:42] doing it on the lunch break or something like that.

[25:47] » Is there a school that's that we've been working with that we

[25:52] could drop with probably not enough time for them to

[25:55] plan.

[25:58] » Yeah, that would be a whole working with their superintendent, I

[26:02] would assume, and then working with the teacher and then finding a bus and Yeah,

[26:07] that would >> Do you realize that

[26:11] the county has a separate superintendent than the city?

[26:16] And she is way more friendly to our

[26:22] more country school situations. >> And that woman is a problem-solving

[26:27] center.

[26:29] » So, have you contacted her? >> No, each

[26:33] each school outside of here has their own superintendent. So, we've reached

[26:38] out to Lincoln and Augusta in the past. But yeah, not fully here yet.

[26:43] » Um Canyon Creek, Warren,

[26:47] Wolf Creek. They're those are the country schools and I'm thinking that

[26:52] those kids are more likely to be aware of weeds than

[26:59] the city kids. >> I think yes, I agree. Yeah. Working with

[27:03] the community locally, um

[27:06] specific to Helena, since this is a Helena trail, might be a little easier

[27:11] than trying to identify areas out there like the kind of quick area.

[27:14] » Yes. >> To then host a future pull your share

[27:16] event. It's a really good idea. >> I think as we as we continue to host

[27:20] this, that's certainly something we could consider for spring. Um we will

[27:24] with a little bit more time to plan and and potentially get a an educator that

[27:28] might be uh willing to do that.

[27:32] » How easy are the weeds to identify in the spring?

[27:36] I mean, I identify them. I look at the flower, but they don't flower

[27:40] in April. >> Right.

[27:42] I mean, April. I think we we might just need a little bit more time to try to

[27:46] pull it at school. >> Okay.

[27:48] » Two weeks probably should be quite I don't know.

[27:51] We can get there, I think, in the future.

[27:53] » When I see Helena's time, I mean, I think that's

[27:56] » Good. >> It's a long

[27:57] » Yeah, probably. >> Ooh, there it is.

[28:00] » Just got some flyers. I'll see if we can keep I got the other one.

[28:03] Here we go. One. Yeah, we'll be talking about it at the farmers market as well.

[28:08] Yes. >> Hey, we can get the the school-age child

[28:11] care camp that runs in the summer. >> Oh, yeah.

[28:14] » They got transportation. I think we just bus all those kids down there and have

[28:18] them pull weeds. >> We're having a school.

[28:21] » Yeah. >> I'm going to

[28:23] » We need to get some We need to get some fence.

[28:25] » Yeah. >> Keep them out of the lake.

[28:28] » Right. >> [laughter]

[28:29] » I'll have more Chevron.

[28:34] » Okay. Where's Lillian, did you say?

[28:36] » She is on vacation visiting the family. >> Got you.

[28:39] » Yeah, it's a back to Missouri today. >> All right, we'll let her take a break.

[28:45] » [laughter] >> But I will get flyers going.

[28:49] I think that I can start even distributing some.

[28:51] » Okay. >> Yes.

[28:54] » Okay. Uh so, the next meeting is for the 16th

[28:57] at 3:00. Um assuming that we have

[29:02] a quorum. Yeah, check before that.

[29:05] You want to >> Yeah, Mike already said he won't be

[29:07] there, so that's So, that's one.

[29:11] » Um I'm not sure. I'll make sure I reach out

[29:15] to Neil again. Turn on P has a class at that time. I don't want to I think so I

[29:19] think he was at a conference at the last one. So, something to do with the

[29:22] beginning of school >> Right.

[29:24] » starting. >> So,

[29:25] » Um anyways, yeah. >> Okay. Yeah, see if we can

[29:29] put it together. If not, Um right now, we only have two new

[29:34] cases. Um we only have two new cases.

[29:38] Um but, that's we still have a

[29:41] the three that we sent to that we'll be sending on compliance to as well, so

[29:47] » Yeah. >> Five five plus 18

[29:50] 18, so I think that's six. Six cases possibly on the next

[29:57] on the next board meeting. >> Okay.

[30:00] So,

[30:03] the next meeting after that is October 7th, which you

[30:08] weed control association is going to meet in Libby.

[30:11] And having a fall weed coordinator meeting up there at that time, so

[30:16] It should be a I got to go to that, but it should be able to get online and be

[30:21] here for 7:00. >> I'm also a board member, but I'll see

[30:26] I'll see what we got. >> Okay.

[30:27] » I'll see what I got going on. And what we got going on here.

[30:33] » Okay. Uh any other thing for the next meeting, anybody?

[30:39] Okay. >> Um it'll be here again, and then mostly

[30:43] just non-compliant stuff, I suppose. Okay.

[30:48] I need a motion to adjourn. >> So moved.

[30:51] » And adjourned. Thanks, guys.

[30:55] » Did Nellie get a chance to go through my edits?

[30:58] » She did, yes. She's done all of the edits. And and she's sending out

[31:03] sections of it, including multiple people on there, and but I didn't make

[31:07] corrections on this. So, it's it appears that the the

[31:12] Department of Agriculture has sent that

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