Meeting Minutes

January 26, 2010

The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance at 7:00 pm.

Adoption of the Agenda — Accepted with 5 additions.

Adoption of Minutes — Accepted as written.

Treasurer’s Report — General Funds Balance: $10,579.62; Growing Greener Grants: TR36 Closed, TR40 Closed, Headwaters Closed – NMBS donated $627.12 back to MCWC, AMD Mo Creek Phase II $6633.83, MCFORE (New grant) $7,838.00.

Old Business:
Growing Greener Grant — No news.

Thank You letters and delivery of T-Shirts (Festival) — Will be delivered for Christmas

Beaver Run — Everyone is happy. Put on list to do more stream restoration.

Trout Run — Archaeologists went out. Laid out grid. Will return when they can get driving access.

Fly Ash Meeting — No news about the meeting.

Last Round of Sampling — Carl would like the weirs pulled and stored.

New Business:
Discussion on Resource Recovery Agreement — Agreement was discussed. It was decided to keep the agreement.

Election of Officers (Nominations) — Carl made a motion to retain existing officers on the ballot. Dick seconded it. Motion passed. Rich and Joan Myers were nominated as directors. Mike made a motion, Dave G. seconded. Motion was passed.

Planning for Festival — Plan to send letters asking for donations early and then send second round closer to the festival, maybe in June. Tentatively plan for August 29, 2010. Check calendars and see if August 22 or 29 would be better. CCRTA – Clearfield County Recreation and Tourism Authority could be a source for a grant. Kelly will apply for the grant for MCWC.

Spring Clean Up — April 17? Need to find possible site. Partner with Clearwater Conservancy for a site in Centre County. Contact Veolia about a dumpster.

It Is For You Contract (NMBS) — Discussed general conditions and possibly changing some wording regarding payment. Being a non-profit and getting grant money should enable us to get different terms. Discussed how contractors could get paid on time when funds come from state grants, which are usually late in arriving.

Training for Water Dogs Group — Training program set up in Tioga County to monitor drilling operations. Kelly would like to get a group together in Clearfield County to get trained people to be “out and about” to monitor drilling operations. Measure TDS – Total Dissolved Solids. Kelly will send info to be passed on to the group.

Proposed Change to Constitution — Proposed change was presented. Will be sent to all members and voted upon at next meeting.

WREN Grant — Ann will help write grant if we want. Art suggested a field trip for school students. It was also suggested to do an education piece on the Marcellus Shale drilling.

New Membership Application Time — No new members

Next Meeting — Tuesday, February 23, 2010 – 7:00 PM

Adjourn — 9:12 PM