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August 16, 2005 Non-Traditional Funding for Certification Programs
2005 North American Pesticide Applicator Certification and Safety Education Workshop
Non-Traditional Funding for Certification Programs
Gary Fish – Maine Board of Pesticides ControlJack Peterson – Arizona Department of Agriculture
August 16, 2005 Non-Traditional Funding for Certification Programs
Budget Woes
• Is this what the cube next to you looks like?
• Layoffs and attrition with no money to fill vacant positions
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The Sea of Red
• Has your budget followed the path of the federal budget?
• Or maybe even worse?
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Budget Outrage
• Have you thought about meeting with an anonymous source to discover the answer to your dilemma
• Did he/she tell you to “Follow the money”
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Enter… The Answer Men
• We have all the answers
• NOT!
• But you have provided us with a few to share
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Hair Brain Schemes
• In Maine we’ll try anything– Lottery tickets– License plates– Tax check-offs– Container
surcharges
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Lottery Ticket
• Introduced to our current legislature– 52% of funds for BPC – 45% for UMCE– 3% for Maine IPM
Council
• Estimated to bring in $750,000
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Cash for Trash
– Went to the Veterans & Legal Affairs Committee instead of Ag Committee
– No real testimony against it, but Lottery Commission had reservations because of an existing ticket for the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund (MOHF)
– Voted ought not to pass by the committee
– If the MOHF decides to drop their ticket we will re-introduce the bill
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License Plates
• Loon license plates for wildlife and parks funding (80,000 plates/year) Around $1 million
• Recently approved Maine Ag Tag, must get at least 2000 orders before they will be issued for MAITC program. $10/plate will go to MAITC
• How about a new IPM - PSEP plate?
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Tax Check-off
• Maine has the Chickadee check-off
• Averaged around $80,000 annually, currently only around $50,000
• A voluntary tax check-off on the Maine income tax return
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Container Surcharge
• Jim Dill’s original proposal in 2003 was to add a 20 cent surcharge on each container of home use pesticide product purchasedshown by a sticker added to each container
• This proposal is coming back, but without the sticker and only a 15 cent fee. Fees would be assessed directly on the purchaser at the point of sale and sent to the State Revenue Service to distribute to us
• Estimated to bring in over $1 million in Maine
• Would be apportioned in a similar way as the lottery funds
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Purpose
• Generate discussion to help states manage decreased funding levels
• Survey on listservs SLA’s and CES’s– Responses 31
• 14 SLA• 1 Canadian• 1 EPA• 15 CES
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Fees
• Charging or Raising – Postage – Training – Development fees with materials– Materials – License fees – certification,
business, pilots
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Fees Cont’d
– Fee for live training– Per CEU hour fee– Increase registration fees– Fees for exams, duplicate
licenses, expedited license processing
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Effects
• Combining
• Laid off – done less
• Internships
• Better coordination with others to cover PSEP topics
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Cooperation
• Coordinating with industry – pay for facilities, snacks, mailings etc.
• Use industry materials for small categories anti-fouling paints, sewer root control
• Cooperate with other states• Cooperate with CES• Leverage relationships of location – some SLA’s
at Universities – use their expertise• Use available funding to pass on – growing
funds pass on money to help with training
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Other
• Legislation to raise fees• Self Funding – Maine,
Virginia, PA• Able to regulate fees
through regulation• Additional EPA grants
Show us the money!
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Other Cont’d
• Not including the extras – workbooks no brochures which enhance $3/ = $600/yr
• Web site expansion – more self help
• Reduced printing• More things electronically
available• Lesser venues• Less customer service• Innovative learning – Minnesota
Can technology save us?
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Other Cont’d
• Using outdated materials• Less classes being held• Computer based testing and
on-line licensing• Structural Agencies – Termite
Action Reporting Form – TARF
• Dedicated fund – penalties, late fees – non-reverting
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Other Cont’d
• Expand audience– Contracting with
organizations– Cost recovery
• Sell legislature – more state money – more state priorities vs. federal
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Other Cont’d
• Improvise
• Pesticide control bake sales
• Celebrity field equipment wash. Bring in your hi-boy or blast sprayer, and we'll give it a good scrub!