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� REPORT OF MANAGEMENT The Macon County Soil&Water Conservation District was established May 17, 1943 and is a locally organized and operated unit of state government whose puipose is to promote protection,maintenance,improvement and wise use of soil,water and all other natural resources within the district boundary of Macon County. As part of the fiscal year audit the district is required to prepare a Management's Decision and analysis narrative of the financial activities of the year. In the fiscal year ending 6/30/2005,the Macon County SWCD received a$50,000 grant from Illinois EPA for watershed planning in Lake Decatur watershed. In the fiscal year ending 6/30/2006 this grant was used to purchase a multimedia projector in order to present educational programs and a pickup truck for staff use in order to complete the planning report. In the fiscal year ending 6/30/2007 this grant was used to purchase an enviroscape model to present educational programs to school children and a new copier was purchased for the office to make better copies for presentations. Illinois Deparhnent of Agriculture wrote grants with the district for$65,934.00 operations funds for fiscal year 6/30/2006 and for$77963.47 for fiscal year 6/30/2007. The district received$21,750.00 CPP funding for fiscal year ending 6/30/2006 and$10,700.00 CPP funding for fiscal year ending 6/30/2007 which the district has two years to put the projects on the ground. The Macon County SWCD has an annual grant with the City of Decahu�for the Lake Decatur watershed which amounted to$173,889.96 for fiscal year 6/30/2006 and$173,889.96 for fiscal year 6/30/2007. This grant is used to pay for staff educational and technical support within the watershed. $30,000 is allocated annually for technical support in the construction of cost sharable items which reduces the amount of sediment which flows into Lake i Decatur. The Macon County SWCD has an annual grant with Macon County to provide educational and technical support to � urban and rural landowners in the amount of$12,000 for fiscal year ending 6/30/2006 and$12,000 for fiscal year ending 6/30/2007. The district has semi annual fish stocking sales and annual prairie plant sales and netted$1578.05 for fiscal year 6/30/2006 and held only semi annual fish sales in fiscai year 2007 for net income of$672.05. Additional income for the district comes from IEPA site inspections of urban construction sites brought an additional$2,750.00 in fiscal year ending 6/30/2006 and$4,500.00 in fiscal year ending 6/30/2007. Annual operating expenses include.salaries and fringe benefits in the amount of$185,753.23 for the fiscal year ending 6/30/2006 and$170,627.07 for fiscal year ending 6/30/2007. The district tried to hold the line on operating expenses as much as possible due to the fact that there were minimal increases in income between fiscal year 6/30/2006 and fiscal year 6/30/2007. Web page expenses were$274.70 during fiscal year ending 6/30/2006 and$334.40 for fiscal year ending 6/30/2007 due to the fact of redesigning the web site. The district published the"Resource Review"2 times(January/June) during fiscal year ending 6/30/2006 at a cost of$1936.87 and the same during fiscal year ending 6/30/2007 for a cost of $1968.44 which was a slight increase because of postage. Since moving into the Macon County SWCD Foundation owned office space in October 2002,the district is required to pay rent to the foundation in the amount of$17,719.32 for district staff space for the fiscal year ending 6/30/2006 and this amount did not increase for fiscal year ending 6/30/2007. Office expense including postage and general office supplies were$3,565.52 for fiscal year ending 6/30/2006 and$2658.16 for fiscal year ending 6/30/2007 which was a decrease of$907.36 which was due to cooperative in buying supplies with NRCS. This Management Discussion and Analysis report gives you a brief overview of the income and expenses of the Macon County Soil&Water Conservation Disn-ict. Prepared by: , Linda Good,Administrative Coordinator