AGENDA
                                                                         Dewey County Conservation District
                                                                         Board of Directors Special Meeting
                                                                         306 S. Broadway, Taloga, OK 73667
                                                                                 8:30 A.M.  March 11, 2026

                                        March 5, 2026 meeting was canceled and rescheduled special meeting for March 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM

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1.    Call to order-regularly scheduled meeting in accordance with the Open Meeting Law, Title 25 O.S. Sections 301 and following as           amended
2.    Discussion and possible action on regular minutes from February 4, 2026
3.    Speech contestants: Makenzi Hamil-Division II, and Kamon Fisher, Division I, giving speeches to the board
4.    Discussion and possible action on employee timesheets, payroll worksheets, for February 2026 
5.    Discussion and possible action on payables, claims, and financial statement for the period ending February 2026
       a)    Regular Salary Claim
       b)    Land Management Division Expenditure Statement
       c)    Renew policy for Surety Bond
       d)    OK Program 27 claim: Kelly Chain, Virgil Murray, and Kurt Murray 
6.   Proposed Executive session 
Possible discussion and approval to vote to enter into an executive session pursuant to Oklahoma Statutes, Section 307 (B)(1) of Title 25 to review applications for hiring a NRCS Shared Technician and selected applicants for interviews.
      a.    Vote by the district on whether to hold an executive session
      b.    Designation of attendance of any additional persons
      c.    Return from executive session
      d.    Announcement of Compliance Statement
      e.    Board votes on possible actions, if any
7.    Discussion and possible action on NRCS Shared technician position process 
         A.    Select two board members with alternate for interview committee 
         B.    Select days and time period to set up interviews
         C.    Employment offer if applicable 
8.    Discussion and possible action to approve local priorities
9.    Discussion and possible action on Oklahoma State Cost Share 28 program
            •    Is the conservation district participating in the current program year
            •    Director participation 
            •    Designate the district representatives
            •    Designate technical representative 
            •    Approve practices the district will offer 
            •    Approve the cost share rate (%) and maximum rate
            •    Develop application ranking sheet 
            •    Set application period and advertising locally 
10.    Discussion and possible action on Emergency Drought Cost Share Program (ED4)
            a.    Review of program guidelines
            b.    Approval of funded applicants
            c.    Unfunded alternatives
            d.    Denied applications
            e.    Allocation log
11.    Discussion and possible action to add a wire gate in the south end of Barnitz 14 for Terryl Zerby 
12.    Discussion and possible action on scheduling out the Jujubee project
13.    Discussion and possible action on Memorandum of Understanding between Dewey Co CD and Major Co CD
14.    OCC training takeaways February – 1099-MISC Excel & CSV Upload
15. Reports
         a.    District Directors 
         b.    Cedar Eradication Technician 
         c.    District Manager
         d.    NRCS

16. Consideration and possible action on New Business (Under the Open Meeting Act, this  
       agenda item is authorized only for matters not known about or which could have not been  
        reasonably foreseen before the time of posting the final agenda) 
17. Public Comment (Each speaker will be limited to 5 minutes) 
18. Adjournment
 

                                                                       Next regular meeting April 1, 2026 - 8:30 AM​

       

All items on this agenda, including but not limited to any agenda item concerning the adoption or approval of any resolution, contract, agreement, or any other item of business, are subject to revision or amendment, including additions and/or deletions, without exception. Any revision or amendments will be limited and rationally related to the topic of the agenda item. The Board may defer, strike, continue, table, and/or refer any agenda item to its chief administrative officer, staff, attorney, and/or refer back or appoint a committee for the purpose of gathering more information the Board may need to take action on any agenda item at a subsequent special or regular meetings of the Board.   ​​​​​​​

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