WCDHHS Board Meeting Minutes
August 22, 2012
Waupaca County Courthouse
Room 1068
Waupaca, WI
Members Present: Dave Neumann, Carl Kietzmann, Don Morgan, Gerald Murphy, Jim Boyer, Jan Lehrer, Dr. Steve Goedderz, Don Aasen
Members Excused: None
Members Absent: Elizabeth Tautges
Staff Present: Chuck Price, Lana Draeger, Heidi Dombrowski
Others Present: Community Member Jacob
The special meeting of the Health and Human Services was called to order at 10:00 am by Chair Gerald Murphy.
Public Comment: None
Motion by Lehrer, second by Kietzmann, to accept agenda. Motion carried.
Motion by Lehrer, second by Neumann, to adjourn into Closed Session per Chapter 19.85(1)(a), deliberating considering a case which was the subject of a quasi-judicial hearing before the governmental body. Aasen: Yes, Neumann: Yes, Boyer: Yes, Goedderz: Yes, Morgan: Yes, Kietzmann: Yes, Lehrer: Yes, Murphy: Yes. Motion carried.
Motion by Lehrer, second by Boyer, to adjourn from Closed Session and Return into Closed Session. Aasen: Yes, Neumann: Yes, Boyer: Yes, Goedderz: Yes, Morgan: Yes, Kietzmann: Yes, Lehrer: Yes, Murphy: Yes. Motion carried.
Motion by Aasen, second by Lehrer, to deny the complaint, and request amount due from the second check of $333.11 through a payment plan worked out with the DHHS. Motion carried.
2013 Financial Budget Discussion
Director Price and Heidi Dombrowski, County Finance Director, gave a preliminary overview of the budget. They have met with each Manager of the Department. Heidi stated she isn’t aware of any cuts in state or federal allocations. Expenditures in the 2012 budget look to be similar for 2013. Some of the budget amounts, such as WRS, won’t be available until September.
Economic Support – renegotiation with the State, anticipating 11% ($26,000) cut in the program. We no longer operate W-2 Program. Forward Services will be taking over the service in our consortium.
Public Health – receives many grants, programs appear stable with funding. We have a potential to receive a grant in the Sanitarian area for additional revenues.
ADRC Unit – consortium with Outagamie and Calumet Counties. Funding appears stable. .3 FTE additional hours for Volunteer Coordinator were approved by County Board.
Aging – concern over the nutrition site future funding. Working with UWEX and Health services for possible funding. Streamlining LogistiCare billing.
Family and Community Services – children’s long term support area. Heidi spending time looking at funding in this area. Some client slots require match funding. Looking to blend funding with CLTS, CPS, and Juvenile Justice.
Children and Families – out-of-home care costs, caseload concerns, comprehensive community services (CCS), alternative response, 11% ($5,000) cut to Safe and Stable Families funding.
Mental Health – change in Manager requirements. Meeting tomorrow with contracted Psychologist on mobile crisis. We have on-call workers in the mental health area 24/7. We contract with Outagamie County for a crisis hotline. Our on-call worker talks over the phone with crisis line staff or law enforcement. Decision on placement is made over the phone. We are looking to have people respond on the scene with mobile crisis. This has shown to decrease hospital costs in other counties implementing mobile crisis. Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) being looked at. Crisis stabilization looking to help with foster homes to help with children in crisis.
Waupaca County Industries (WCI) – requesting an organizational restructure, streamlining billing, addressing unfunded clients (about 20) that could receive funding through CCS.
Fiscal/Admin – develop quality insurance/quality improvement strategy. New computer program should help with improvements. Discussing the current administrative and fiscal structure with possible improvements.
Still in the works – mobile crisis, family care buyout, fiscal/administrative restructure, WCI restructure, requests/considerations for staff increases.
Strategies for 2013 – crisis stabilization, mobile crisis, CCS, The Clinical Manager (TCM), Trauma Informed Care (TIC), Organizational Effectiveness, Alternative Response, Restructuring in the Financial Unit, User Friendly Program Budget Worksheet.
We will continue to meet with Heidi and her staff on budget preparations. Next meeting is September 5, 2012, with the presentation of the 2013 Budget. Heidi is suggesting final approval of the budget be at the October DHHS Board meeting, as she will have more information in September.
Motion by Lehrer, second by Kietzmann, to adjourn meeting at 12:08 pm. Motion carried.
Submitted by,
Lana Draeger
Office Manager
Approved by.
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