P - Present
E - Excused
A - Absent
Roll Call
P Brunner
P Kloucek
P Kopp
P Olson (Betty)
P Schaefer
P Schrempp
P Scott
P Sigdestad
P Street
P Van Gerpen
P Verchio
P Hoffman, Vice-Chair
E Vanneman, Chair
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Representative Hoffman, Vice-Chair.
MOTION: TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
Moved by: Olson (Betty)
Second by: Sigdestad
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
Secretary of Agriculture, Walt Bones, gave an overview of the Department of Agriculture. He
highlighted the top accomplishments of the Department over the last year including the fire
fighting in the Black Hills, the exemplary teamwork of the Missouri River Flooding effort, and
the Black Hills Mountain Pine Beetle effort. (Handout 2)
Secretary of Game Fish & Parks, Jeffery Vonk, talked about the new out door campus in Rapid
City, the increases and decreases in the sales of fishing, and hunting licenses, the state parks
visitation and revenue numbers, the 2011 Missouri river flood and the damage to the state parks,
the ongoing efforts to fight the Mountain Pine Beetles and concluded with the master plan for the
Blood Run Creek National Historic site near Sioux Falls. (Handout 3)
All Secretaries answered questions from the committee members at the conclusion of their
presentations.
MOTION: ADJOURN
Moved by: Olson (Betty)
Second by: Schaefer
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
Joshua Klumb