Administration/Accountability
Provides operational training for local soil and water conservation district supervisors and staff in order for them to be in compliance with state standards and to be accountable for public funding.
Resources
District Operations:
- District Operations Manual
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Indiana SWCDs
- Chapter 2: SWCD Supervisor Duties and Responsibilities
- Chapter 3: Supervisor Requirements for Election and Appointment
- Chapter 4: Supervisor Recruitment
- Chapter 5: Funding Sources for SWCDs
- Chapter 6: Receiving, Managing and Disbursing Funds
- Chapter 7: Office Operations and Staff Requirements
- Chapter 8: Staff Employment
- Chapter 9: Legal and Liability Issues
- Chapter 10: SWCD Meetings
- Chapter 11: Annual Meetings
- Chapter 12: Developing Short and Long Range Plans for Your SWCD
- Chapter 13: Marketing and Public Relations
- Chapter 14: Key Partners to Accomplish Your Programs
- Chapter 15: Contests and Special Awards
- Links to several forms, such as those for annual reports, mileage claims, and more are also found on ISDA’s site (under “Forms” at the bottom of the webpage).
State Board of Accounts (SBOA) – proper accounting procedures:
- Approved Depositories
- Accounting and Uniform Compliance Guidelines
- State and Quasi Agencies – Uniform Compliance Guidelines Manual
Public access and open door policies; ethics, etc.
- Indiana Public Access – Handbook
- Ethics – State Ethics Commission
Role of the State Soil Conservation Board
Program Evaluation Tools:
CWI Funding Evaluation:
- Leveraging Local Funds – Instructions for Spreadsheet for Leveraging Local Funds (pdf)
- SWCD Spreadsheet for Local Funding Leveraging – 2015
Local Cooperative Working Agreement:
- Example (pdf) – check back for an update to this document