Judith Basin County Fairboard Minutes

2-5-19

Call to order by Powell Becker at 6:15 pm. Powell Becker, Jason Oltrogge, Dawnita Sampsel, Katie Hatlelid present, Charlie Hill attended via speaker phone.

The minutes from the 10-15-18 meeting were approved as presented.

Treasurer’s Report – $1445.48 left in the supply line, and $2,631.24 in the sale account.

No announcements or public comment

Old Business

Fair

- Dedication will be Dave Roen this year. Moved by Jason, 2^nd Dawnita, motion passed.

- Schedule, Katie presented the council’s recommendations, no conflicts or concerns, so approved.

- Auctioneer – Charlie will contact Shobe’s and confirm for this summer.

- Trucking – Powell will line up Polzin’s again

- Carcass Contest – Katie will get in touch with Marc King for grading again.

- Meat delivery – Powell will confirm with Ryan Polzin

- Open class supt/ exhibit hall takedown – will discuss again at the next meeting

Fairgrounds improvements

- Barn upgrades

Electric bid – Jason will check with Roger Licht and Donnie Jones about cost

Funding – We received our $5000 conditional grant from CMF, $500 from Strand Fdn, and $500 from the Stanford Scramblers to finish the new barn.

Hog barn pens – next priority, will follow up with Billie Jo on the Central Montana Panel idea

Animal numbers – beef projects are up this year, sheep, goat and hogs about the same, more small animal projects as well.

- Repair hog wash crate – Katie will check again with Dan Tresch, Jason will also look at it.

- Water line – will look at extending the wash rack line east on the fence to the new barn. Charlie has the pex tools for that pipe. Spring project.

- Pig barn hoses – Sara Stevenson turned in receipts from the sprinkler system used at the fair this year. Dawnita moved (Jason) to reimburse her from the supply line for $102.94.

- Bird net – the Stampede Club will again attempt to get the bird net up under the big pavilion this year.

- Continuous panel in pavilion – Jason suggested putting up continuous panel on the east and west sides of the pavilion to help with ease of set up for events. This will be investigated and discussed more next meeting.

Board member term renew/rollover

- Katie has a current list of everyone’s terms and dates of appointment, the three up currently are Powell, Dawnita, and Jason. All three agreed to another term.

Buyer gifts

- Buyer gifts were suggested last year, we will bring ideas to the April meeting for discussion and action

New Business

Poultry Cages – with the increase in small animal numbers the members in the projects would like to be able to leave animals overnight, and display them as the large animal members do. More discussion on what kind of cages and how to set them up will continue at the April meeting.

Barn Superintendents – currently all but the beef super are occupied, members present offered a few names to the list of possible candidates. Katie will pass on to the Council.

Grounds upkeep – Tree trimming, mowing, etc. will be on the April agenda as well.

Next meeting – April 22 @ 7pm

Meeting adjourned @ 7:20 pm

Respectfully submitted by Katie Hatlelid, Secretary