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Watonwan SWCD approves signatory authorizations, retains 2025 cost-share rates and okays two conservation contracts
Summary
The board approved 2026 signatory authority for staff on multiple grant and program agreements, left state cost-share rates unchanged, and approved two local conservation contracts: 26-CC-04 (windbreak/shelterbelt) and 26-CC-05 (conservation cover).
The board approved signatory authority for 2026, designating Dave Haler and Carrie Schultz to sign BWSR financial reports, grant agreements and multiple program documents (including Walk-in-Access and Reinvest in Minnesota programs); well decommissioning contracts require signatures from Haler, Schultz and Kyla Schlomann. The motion to approve signatory authority passed unanimously.
Board members also voted to leave 2026 state cost-share rates the same as 2025 for several conservation practices, and approved two local conservation contracts: Contract 26-CC-04 (estimated cost $8,054.92; 85% cost share up to $5,000 for practice 380 windbreak/shelterbelt) and Contract 26-CC-05 (estimated cost $1,537.20; 85% cost share $1,306.62 for practice 327 Conservation Cover). Funding source for both was recorded as FY26 Conservation Contracts.
