III. OPERATIONS

1. Long range program planning should be reviewed and modified regularly to recognize changing trends and needs.

2. We encourage partnering between conservation districts and public agencies and private organizations and adoption of cooperative working agreements.

3. Whereas decisions of the State Conservation Commission (SCC) directly affect PACD and conservation districts and whereas timely information exchange is fundamental to the ability of conservation districts to properly advise and work with the State Conservation Commission and whereas each conservation district has the capability to access the Internet and E-mail, allowing communications with the State Conservation Commission to be virtually instantaneous, now therefore, beginning with the November, 1999 State Conservation Commission meeting, PACD requests that the Executive Secretary of the State Conservation Commission provide all information including draft agendas, and all supporting documents, related to the SCC agenda at least one month before SCC meetings on the Internet via the SCC's web site so that conservation districts can discuss issues at their Board meetings and have sufficient time to share their views with the SCC prior to the SCC's taking action at their meeting(s). So that this can occur in a timely fashion, the Executive Secretary of the SCC needs to ensure (require) that the SCC receives all necessary documents and information on which it is going to act so that the above deadlines can be met. (1999)

4. PACD supports the timely reimbursement of all expenses due under the terms of reimbursable grants and programs. (1998)

5. Conservation districts should be permitted to recover the cost of interest charged on money borrowed by conservation districts to fund state programs, and the cost of interest lost from funds which were not reimbursed by the state in a timely manner. (1998)

6. We support the creation of a conservation district in Philadelphia. (2006)

7. PACD encourages conservation districts to obtain adequate insurance.
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8. PACD encourages conservation districts and counties to submit the required annual audits by the established deadlines of the State Conservation Commission. (2006)

9. We support the continuation of an annual memorial service to honor deceased members of the Pennsylvania conservation district community. (2006)

10. PACD should represent the conservation districts on the USDA State Administrative Committee.