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HomeMy WebLinkAbout108 Cooperative Extension (WSU)Jefferson County 2019 Budget BUDGET/PROGRAM: 108 4-H Youth & Families MISSION: 4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults. Using high quality WSU Extension and national 4-H resources, 4-H in Jefferson County equips and oversees adult volunteers and staff who provide a wealth opportunities through ongoing 4-H Clubs/Groups, After-School and School-Enrichment Programs, Teen and Civic Leadership, 4-H Challenge, and other community-supported, positive-youth-development programs. REVENUE: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Adopted 2018 Amended 2019 Request Add, Chg/<Delete>Memo Jefferson County MOA Agent 21,015 21,015 21,015 21,363 4-H Challenge Course 1,000 Addition Ask out of GF TR 1,252 Part of Additional Ask of $5010 21,015 21,015 21,015 0 23,615 0 EXPENDITURES: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Adopted 2018 Amended 2019 Request Add, Chg/<Delete>Memo 4-H Agent MOA 21,015 21,015 21,015 21,363 Program Services 500 500 400 400 Travel 846 100 852 4-H Challenge Course Facilitator 500 300 500 4-H Challenge Course Repair/Maint 500 1,000 500 22,515 23,661 21,515 0 23,615 WSU Jefferson County Extension JEFFERSON COUNTY 2019 BUDGET REQUEST STAFFING: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Adopted 2018 Amended 2019 Request Full Time-4H Agent-MOA 1 1 1 1 Clerk Hire 1 WSU Jefferson County Extension JEFFERSON COUNTY 2019 BUDGET REQUEST BUDGET/PROGRAM: 108 4-H Youth & Families GOALS FOR FY2019 1. Provide needed training for all new and returning 4-H volunteers. 2. Provide desired enrichment for all 4-H youth members. 3. Work to stabilize 4-H projects in the following areas: Horse, After School, and Challenge. 4. Reinvigorate and/or start projects the following areas: Mountain Bike, Farming/Culinary Arts, and Woodworking. 5. Grow community and volunteer support for all ongoing projects including: Know Your Government, distinct 4-H Clubs/Groups (over 30), Summer Camp, Fair, etc. These projects attract new youth members and keep current members engaged. OBJECTIVES FOR FY2019 1. In fall 2018, provide well-planned orientation(s) for all 4-H volunteers and look for ongoing opportunities for pre-existing volunteer enrichment opportunities (e.g., 4-H Forum). 2. In winter 2018-19, provide a day-long 4-H academy (“Super Saturday”) for all 4-H youth members and look for pre-existing youth enrichment opportunities (e.g., Teen Rally, 4-H events in other counties, community-based youth events). 3. Work with 4-H Regional Faculty to review current status of projects needing increased stability and make strategic adjustments as soon as possible. 4. Work with community organizations and funders to strategize and help launch new projects. 5. Work with organizations like Skillmation to recruit new volunteers and call upon more senior volunteers and support staff to help orient new volunteers. SUMMARY OF KEY FUNDING/SERVICE ISSUES: While 4-H in Jefferson County saw its first-ever, state enrollment fee ($25/youth) in the 2017-2018 4-H year, youth and volunteer enrollment numbers have continued to climb. And while our 4-H county office doesn’t benefit directly from these fees, our staff have received indirect benefits such as professional training and more streamlined state 4-H resources/support. Given these realities, the 2018-2019 4-H year will bring ongoing and increasing challenges and opportunities. Among the priority challenges/opportunities: maintaining and expanding After-School programs needed in South Jefferson County, growing teen skill- building and leadership opportunities, and honing county-specific policies and procedures that ensure safety and high-quality, experiential learning for all youth throughout all 4-H projects in our county. Jefferson County 2019 Budget BUDGET/PROGRAM: 108-Master Gardener MISSION: The WSU Jefferson County Extension Master Gardener Program delivers effective community education in horticulture and environmental stewardship to the citizens of Jefferson County through our certified volunteers. Once Master Gardener volunteers have completed training, they give back to the community by 1) delivering science- based education on topics such as vegetable and ornamental gardening, septic landscape care, noxious weed identification and eradication, home and garden pests, and water quality issues; 2) volunteering in local community, county, and state projects including: food bank gardens, habitat for humanity, schools, park and recreation board, and state parks; 3) providing program support to the WSU Extension, through office administration assistance; volunteering for 4-H, Noxious Weed, Water, and Farm Extension programs; and raising funds to support the Master Gardener Program while meeting the education mission of the program. REVENUE: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Adopted 2018 Amended 2019 Request Add, Chg/<Delete>Memo GF Position Funding 12,498 10,310 17,090 Additional EXT Ask of $5010 Master Gardener Foundation 6,402 4,000 5,000 $1252 used in MG Program MG Program Revenue 7,496 5,000 5,300 0 26,396 19,310 0 27,390 0 EXPENDITURES: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Adopted 2018 Amended 2019 Request Add, Chg/<Delete>Memo Salaries & Benefits 8,000 18,900 19,210 23,938 Raise $25. per hr Master Gardener Program 393 0 2,452 MG Travel 211 100 500 MG Training 0 0 500 8,000 19,504 19,310 0 27,390 STAFFING: 2016 2017 2018 2018 2019 WSU Jefferson County Extension JEFFERSON COUNTY 2019 BUDGET REQUEST Actual Actual Adopted Amended Request Clerk-Hire Position 1 1 1 1 BUDGET/PROGRAM: 108-Master Gardener GOALS FOR FY2019 1. Education: Deliver science-based education to Jefferson County residents through horticulture classes and outreach events. At these classes and events, Master Gardener Volunteers teach local community members to manage their landscapes in a science-based, sustainable manner using integrated pest management (IPM) methods; address environmental and social issues such as proper recycling, water conservation, and water quality protection; work to reduce the negative impact of invasive species; and increase public awareness of healthy living through gardening and the proper application of IPM techniques. 2. Local Engagement: Collaborate with local schools, government and non-profit organizations to engage 80+ trained Master Gardener volunteers in activities designed to deliver environmentally sound and research-based gardening practices. 3. Program Support: Provide volunteer support to the WSU Extension office programs. OBJECTIVES FOR FY2019 1. Coordinate the Master Gardener volunteer program through regular communication with volunteers and community partners. 2. Offer volunteer training program annually to educate and encourage volunteer involvement in local gardening and environmental stewardship programs. 3. Offer vegetable gardening classes to educate community members in the latest research-based practices for growing food and food preservation. Community members on who are eligible for social services are given 25 – 100% discounts for these classes, dependent on need. 4. Provide Master Gardener outreach/plant problem clinics in which Master Gardeners provide free science-based horticulture advice in Port Townsend, Chimacum and Quilcene/Brinnon areas. 5. Educate Jefferson County residents through free bi-monthly lectures/workshops at the WSU Classroom. 6. Connect volunteers with opportunities to support other WSU Extension Programs, including rain garden installation and maintenance, noxious weed education and eradication, administrative assistance, and teaching and mentoring 4-H youth. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Planned 2019 Plan Master Gardener Training Students / Total Master Gardener Volunteers 16/70 17/68 16/70 16/70 Plant Clinic Events / Questions Answered 28/400 53/412 52/400* 52/400 Educational Outreach Events / Public Contacts 19/2061 33/2550 33/2500 35/2500 Total Master Gardener Volunteer Hours** 5430 5264 5300 5300 *Plant Clinics are still active for 2018, therefore this is an estimate. **This represents the number of hours volunteers reported in the volunteer database, therefore it represents a minimum number of hours. WSU Jefferson County Extension JEFFERSON COUNTY 2019 BUDGET REQUEST SUMMARY OF KEY FUNDING/SERVICE ISSUES: The Master Gardener program continues to rely heavily on funding raised by the Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation. Without the support of the Foundation, the program would not be possible, especially since our overall Extension program funding was cut back in 2018. With the County funding provided, we are able to support a minimum amount of hours for a Master Gardener coordinator to oversee the activities of the extensive network of volunteers, but virtually no program supplies or travel is included in the budget. The partnership of the Foundation and the generosity of the volunteers helps to make unique programming like our “Growing Groceries” class possible! Jefferson County 2019 Budget BUDGET/PROGRAM: 108 Water Quality/Natural Resources MISSION: Provide local educational water quality and natural resource program development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation. Provide public involvement activities and educational programs that result in individual and community behavior changes related to water quality and natural resource stewardship. Impacts include: 1) increased awareness and knowledge of the values of natural resources and healthy watersheds, 2) direct changes in behaviors to protect or enhance water quality/quantity and natural resources, 3) trained local volunteers donating thousands of hours in stewardship activities, 4) improved decision making about county natural resources, 5) establishment of a stewardship ethic among county residents., 6) a lessened need for a regulatory approach and enforcement to protect and enhance local natural resources. REVENUE: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Adopted 2018 Amended 2019 Request Add, Chg/<Delete>Memo Marine Resources Committee Grant 76,572 60,363 47592 75,000 WDFW18 Grant 46,435 NW Straits Foundation Grant 5,135 14,570 4531 5,200 Clallam Interlocal 550 EXT Water Qulaity Programs 3,790 6,604 7,315 4,900 Stream Stewards thru WDFW18 85,497 81,537 59,438 0 132,085 0 in 2019 EXPENDITURES: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Adopted 2018 Amended 2019 Request Add, Chg/<Delete>Memo Indirect to WSU Jefferson County EXT 11,693 Salaries & Benefits 25,534 26,713 43,367 75,934 Faculty MOA 6,416 583 0 0 Supplies 42,105 21,409 2,000 10,749 Project Contract Services 4,396 7,000 27,739 Travel 2,707 594 1,827 3,985 Advertising 680 565 1,000 1,985 51,908 27,547 11,827 0 132,085 WSU Jefferson County Extension JEFFERSON COUNTY 2019 BUDGET REQUEST STAFFING: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Adopted 2018 Amended 2019 Request Clerk Hire Positions 3 3 2 3 Full Time Positions 0 1 1 1 Faculty MOA 1 1 0 0 WSU Regional Faculty 1 1 WSU Jefferson County Extension JEFFERSON COUNTY 2019 BUDGET REQUEST BUDGET/PROGRAM: 108 Water Quality/Natural Resources GOALS FOR FY2019 1. Local Engagement: Encourage broad-based County participation in the WSU Shore Stewards program and Marine Resources Committee’s projects. Engage 40 trained citizen volunteers in activities through Beach Naturalists and Stream Stewards programs, which improve local ecosystem health. 2. Protect and Restore Habitat: Coordinate projects that result in net gains in high ecologically priority productive nearshore, inter-tidal and estuarine habitats and participate in collaborative interagency efforts to ensure increases in the health and abundance of marine habitats and species. 3. Protect Water Quality: Design and implement a broad-based educational program, utilizing current best management practices and best available research to train and engage citizens in actions that protect local water quality, conserve water and improve surface water quality. OBJECTIVES FOR FY2019 1. Coordinate and staff Jefferson County’s Marine Resources Committee. 2. Offer six programs that educate and encourage volunteer involvement in local natural resource and conservation programs. 3. Continue working with partners and MRC volunteers to monitor Olympia oyster enhancement/restoration efforts in local waters. 4. Collaborate with partners to promote actions that protect eelgrass beds in Port Townsend Bay and support healthy, sustainable harvest of local shellfish. 5. Educate and work with local landowners on alternatives to hard shoreline armoring to protect land values and public resources. 6. Educate and work with local residents and landowners on voluntary programs for storm water management, natural garden and lawn care, water conservation and low impact development to protect land value and public resources. Develop local demonstration sites with willing landowners. 7. Seek funding and collaborative opportunities to develop new programs or furthering existing programs addressing water quality/quantity issues. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Planned 2019 Plan Beach Naturalists/Stream Stewards classes / volunteers 16/24 16/50 11/45 11/45 Surface Water Education events/ outreach* 5/100 4/200 4/200 4/200 Shore Stewards member #/ public contacts 275/60 300/160 300/120 300/120 Marine Resources Committee volunteer hrs/ outreach contacts 123/638 1200/500 1250/500 1250/500 SUMMARY OF KEY FUNDING/SERVICE ISSUES: No substantial changes in services, however the Stream Steward volunteer training and engagement program will be operated out of the WSU Clallam County Extension Office. The volunteer training will be held in Blyn, which will be accessible to residents from both counties. This change is due to grant funding for the program that we received in 2018 and continues through 2019. The grant funding will make it more financially accessible to residents ($25 instead of $150), as well as provide more staff time for volunteer coordination to engage volunteers stream restoration projects in the region. Jefferson County 2019 Budget BUDGET/PROGRAM: 108 Noxious Weed Control MISSION: To serve as responsible stewards of Jefferson County by protecting the land and resources from the degrading impact of noxious weeds required for control by state law. REVENUE: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Adopted 2018 Amended 2019 Request Add, Chg/<Delete>Memo GF 85,000 Quinault Indian Nation 1,000 JC Public Works 9,000 2019 Contract Pending PUD 25,000 25,000 2019 Contract Pending City of Port Townsend 2,500 2,500 2020 Contract Pending NOSC/NCNWCB 4,360 Fee Assessment 141,799 147,800 147,600 147,717 Reserve forward 20,000 232,159 147,800 147,600 47,500 184,217 0 WSU Jefferson County Extension JEFFERSON COUNTY 2019 BUDGET REQUEST EXPENDITURES: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Adopted 2018 Amended 2019 Request Add, Chg/<Delete>Memo Salaries & Benefits 100,995 107,298 120,212 84,777 Supplies 2,000 400 400 Educational Supply/Outreach 18,500 6,800 500 500 Other Services 0 791 1,800 1,800 Professional Services 14,500 3,800 1,800 38,000 Travel 2,300 8,000 5,000 3,000 Postage WSU Indirect Costs 19,852 15,868 18,000 41,835 JC Assessment Fee 1,478 1,476 1,478 Reserve 12,827 Adding to Cash Balance 2018 Forward 158,147 144,435 149,188 0 184,217 WSU Jefferson County Extension JEFFERSON COUNTY 2019 BUDGET REQUEST STAFFING: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Adopted 2018 Amended 2019 Request Full-Time 1 2 2 1 Clerk Hire 1 WSU Jefferson County Extension JEFFERSON COUNTY 2019 BUDGET REQUEST BUDGET/PROGRAM: 108 Noxious Weed Control GOALS FOR FY2019 1. Control – upon contract, recruit and direct crews to control noxious weeds in specific locations 2. Education – provide educational materials and workshops for landowners and organizations regarding noxious weed identification and control 3. Coordinate – assist in the implementation of weed control activities across several organizations, both private and public to ensure the most effectively weed control management is taking place 4. Training – provide training on noxious weed identification and control to public agencies as well as private landowners 5. Survey – find and record noxious weed species throughout Jefferson County and provide information to stakeholders about the temporal and spatial dynamics of noxious weed plant populations OBJECTIVES FOR FY2019 1. Elimination or drastic decrease of specific noxious weed populations on public and private lands through MOU’s with public agencies 2. Better planning and implementation of weed control measures on all levels across Jefferson County 3. Decrease of noxious weeds in Jefferson County due to citizen awareness and understanding of noxious weed issues and control options PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: 2016 Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Planned 2019 Plan Noxious weed infestations controlled 40 40 200 300 Volunteer/Contacts* 60 100 150 150 Roads/Miles Surveyed/Weed Sites Controlled 600 600 300 300 SUMMARY OF KEY FUNDING/SERVICE ISSUES: The Jefferson County Noxious Weed Control Board’s goal is to achieve a stable, long-term program that can deliver a consistent noxious weed control service to the citizens and public agencies of Jefferson County, while continuing to develop and maintain partnerships with various agencies.