WCDHHS Board Meeting Minutes
September 5, 2012
Waupaca County Courthouse
Room 1068
Waupaca, WI 54981
Members Present: Dave Neumann, Don Morgan, Elizabeth Tautges, Gerald Murphy, Jan Lehrer, Carl Kietzmann, Jim Boyer, Don Aasen
Members Excused: Dr. Steven Goedderz
Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Chuck Price, Lana Draeger, Kasey Kaepernick, Gail Yest
The regular meeting of the Health and Human Services Board was called to order at 6:00 pm by Chair Gerald Murphy.
Public Comment: None
Motion by Lehrer, second by Boyer, to accept agenda. Motion carried.
Motion by Morgan, second by Kietzmann, to approve minutes from August 8, 2012. Motion carried.
A. Personnel
1. There were no resignations or retirements.
2. Employee Update was reviewed. Interviews held last week for Behavioral Health Manager. HR is checking references.
B. Finance
1. Income Statement Overview – Heidi Dombrowski is monitoring our budget, and she feels the overall budget is on track. Once we get through this year’s budget, there will be a new format to present this report to the Board to make it more user friendly.
2. Payment Register was reviewed. Motion by Lehrer, second by Neumann, to approve bills. Motion carried.
3. Kasey Kaepernick is a Healthy Beginnings Case Manager. He is an active member in the community and serves on the Prevent Child Abuse Waupaca. He is the Chair of that group. The group recognized our agency visitation room has outdated equipment and pictures. Through that committee, he had the opportunity to write a grant for the visitation room. He received a $3,000 grant for furniture and community outreach. They will continue to seek grants for funds for that room. He is requesting permission to accept the Donation from Prevent Child Abuse to refurbish the room and make it a nice calm and nurturing room for families. Lehrer asked if he is looking to put a computer in that room. They are not working on that at this time, but would like to see that in the future. We would have to work with the County’s I.S. Committee to have equipment. Jan Lehrer suggested Kasey work with Lions and Sons of Norway. Motion by Lehrer, second by Boyer, to accept the donation. Motion carried.
C. Other
1. Gail Yest reviewed a request for an Out-of-State Travel for Terry Harrington to attend the Public Health Preparedness Summit in Atlanta. She has been the lead for our Department in Public Health Preparedness. Grant dollars will cover the cost of her attendance. Motion by Lehrer, second by Neumann, to approve the request. Motion carried.
2. 2013 DHHS Budget – There are not a lot of updates at this time. The budget will be presented at the October Board meeting. Chuck and Heidi will be meeting next week to work on the budget. Chuck will keep in contact with Jerry if he feels there should be an additional meeting prior to the October meeting.
A. Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
1. W-2 Steering Committee Meeting Minutes of July 11, 2012, were reviewed.
B. Director’s Report
1. General Update and Discussion
a. Chuck gave a group home update. Chuck and Gene will be requesting a meeting with Clarity Care to discuss the homes and concerns. Chuck and Gene are also working on cleaning up the lease with Jeff Siewert.
b. There were all staff meetings last week at WCI and the Courthouse on Speak Your Peace, training on civility. The presenter is the Chief of Police in WI Rapids.
c. Follow-up last week on Secondary Traumatic Stress training, and are planning future trainings, along with NEW Partnership.
d. We have a Social Committee of staff. This year is the 25th anniversary of the Agency, and we are looking to have a celebration.
e. Volunteer Picnic is next Friday at the Iola Old Car Show Grounds.
2. Alternate Care Budget was reviewed. Overall budget is on track. There are some high-needs kids in placements. Treatment foster care budget is running high. We are doing staff training on keeping kids out of these high-cost placements and supporting them in the community. We have no one in Lincoln Hills.
3. Mental Health Contract expense report was reviewed. We have not had many placements in Winnebago or Mendota lately, which helps this budget.
C. Announcements and Correspondence
1. 317 Vaccine Policy Change information was shared with the Board. We will be able to do immunizations for people on Medical Assistance, but not private insurance or Medicare. Linda Behm would be willing to come to a future Board meeting to give the Board more information.
Motion by Lehrer, second by Tautges, 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. Role call: Lehrer: yes; Morgan: yes; Kietzmann: yes; Aasen: yes; Boyer: yes; Neumann: yes; Tautges: yes; Murphy: yes. Motion carried.
Motion by Lehrer, second by Boyer, to adjourn from Closed Session and Return into Open Session. Role call: Lehrer: yes; Morgan: yes; Kietzmann: yes; Aasen: yes; Boyer: yes; Neumann: yes; Tautges: 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.
Motion by Aasen, second by Lehrer, to adjourn meeting at 7:12 pm. Motion carried.
Submitted by,
Lana Draeger
Office Manager
Approved by,
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