Sustainability at Lake Superior College

Meeting Agenda 4/14/17

Student Life Conference Room

Announcements

City Nature Challenge, April 14-18

New Business

GreenCorps application update

• Electricity, plug load, and smart strips

Integrating Sustainability: curriculum and campus– workshop in June

Earth Day planning for April 25^th (Tues)

• Org invites
• Other updates, loose ends?

Spring wildflower seed purchase (motion needed ~$150)

Spring planter flowers, compost, mulch (motion needed Dan’s Feedbin ~$200 remaining encumbered)

New Recycling/Waste signs

End of Year Reporting (FY17)

Priority planning for FY18, Council work plan.

• 3-5 goals, may cross-benefit individual and Div. goals

Last purchase orders (May 1 deadline to encumber)

Old Business

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

Budget

Encumbrances to date:

• Annual AASHE dues: -280
• Boreal Natives (fall-spring maintenance): -$600
• Boreal Natives (fall maintenance): -$200
• Human Svs Dept (plastic bag removal-annual): -$280
• Menards -$341.71
• Dan’s -$100
• RSPT Annual dues: -300
• Amazon (heated foot rests, max/min thermometers): -499.80
• Clear System Compost Collection Bins x5: -338.61
• IOS (Earth Day supplies): -264.33
• Amazon (groundskeeping tools, aprvd August 2016): -149

Supplies balance: $550

• Reprint interpretive trail signs (ShelDon ~$250)
• Spring seed ($150)

Equipment balance: $515

Conference balance: $1600

Travel balance: $1300

Purchased Svcs balance: $390

BALANCE as of today: $ 4,822.56

Review/revise FY16-17potential budget items (carryover FY15-16 list)

• Reprint interpretive trail signs (ShelDon ~$250)
• Bottle filling station for Atrium?
• Water filters for bottle filling stations?
• Picnic table under H catwalk, or Student Life area?
• Additional bike rack for main entrance?
• Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans, exclosures
• Sustainability kiosk: pamphlet holder, plastic bag bin
• spring workshops?

Next Meeting

May 5th