Regional Council Meeting
December 9, 2002
H. Richard Adams Conference Center 

Vice Chairman Larry Lackey opened the meeting.

Larry introduced Pat Sobrero of the State Council. Pat briefly discussed the council plan.

Howard Simmons discussed Legislative Day, which will be February 26^th in Jefferson City. Howard reported that there are 13 new State Senators and 13 new State Representatives and that MECCLC would have people there talking to the newly elected Senators and Representatives to let them know how important extension funding is.

Tony DeLong and Sandy Stegall distributed handouts and discussed Local Council Development.

Mark discussed the new web page and asked for input on it usefulness.

Mark discussed the budget and how it stood as of 12-30-02. There are 56 vacant positions.

Mark and Tony reviewed a handout that discussed revenue generation.

Mark discussed regional staffing and distributed handouts. It was approved that he could move forward on the Howard County Livestock position.  Following Mark’s presentation, Larry asked about getting groups together to discuss different options.

A motion was made by Sherry Kempf to discuss re-staffing at the next council meeting. Don Schnieders seconded the motion and it passed following a vote.

The meeting adjourned at 9:40 pm.