Sustainability at Lake Superior College

Meeting Agenda 5/1/2018

May 1^st, 2018 1:00

Student Life Conference Room

Announcements

May 9^th, National Bike to School Day – LSC’s participation

New Business

FY18, final budget items for discussion:
Current balance: $2,441.18

• Dan’s Feedbin (flowers, fertilizer) -$300
• Menards (soil, supplies) -$300
• Smart strips ($28 each) -$
• Campus countertop compost bins/bags ($29 each) -$
• Heated footrests ($45 each)
• EnergyStar refrigerator for Art Bldg ($280)
• Picnic table (many options)
• Cordless saw for trail work
• Interpretive Trail trailhead sign ($1500)
• Training/travel?

Tree planting cancelled (spread the word), Trail work this Thursday, 10:30

Garden/Grounds planning

• Tree planting canceled
• Burn contract in place
• Veg Garden Mentorship participant update

Summer groundskeeping and trails manger student employee needed

Light switch stickers

Old Business

Earth Day-successes, suggestions?

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

GreenCorps project(s) update (Chris)

• Green Office Challenge

Grounds (Danielle)

Sustainability “Focus” in Leadership Distinction

Budget

FY 18 budget balance: $2,441.18

Encumbrances to date:

• Earth Day supplies, compost bags and cookies: -271
• Shoreview Natives: -3,000
• Prairie Restorations: -1,050
• Amazon (smart strips): -275
• Amazon (pruners, compost bags for campus): -87.67
• RSPT annual membership: -330
• Menards: -300
  • Atrium soil, potting soil, landscape tools
• Mileage reimbursement: MPCA site supervisor training: -160.50
• Mileage B3 luncheon: -167.99
• B3 luncheon registration: -27.37
• AASHE annual membership: -280
• Print/postage: -36.47

Review/revise FY18 potential budget items

• Smart strips
• Energy-related requests/ideas?
• Bottle filling station for Atrium?
• Picnic table under H catwalk, or Student Life area?
• Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans, exclosures
• Sustainability kiosk: pamphlet holder, plastic bag bin
• workshops?

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