WCDHHS Board Meeting Minutes
March 6, 2013
Waupaca County Courthouse
811 Harding Street, Room 1068
Waupaca, WI 54981
Members Present: Dave Neumann, Jan Lehrer, Jerry Murphy, Elizabeth Tautges, Carl Kietzmann, Mary Kay Poehlman, Don Aasen
Members Excused: Don Morgan
Members Absent: Dr. Steven Goedderz
Staff Present: Chuck Price, Lana Draeger, Jim Fassbender
The regular meeting of the Health and Human Services Board was called to order at 6:03 pm by Chair Jerry Murphy.
Public Comment: None
Motion by Lehrer, second by Neumann, to accept agenda. Motion carried.
Motion by Lehrer, second by Kietzmann, to approve minutes from February 6, 2013. Motion carried.
A. Personnel
1. Resignations/Retirements – Motion by Lehrer, second by Tautges, to accept retirement of Carol Hudziak, with regrets. She would have been employed with Waupaca County for 38 years this summer. Motion carried.
2. Employee Update was reviewed.
B. Finance
1. Director Price reviewed the Income Statement Overview. There isn’t much to report for 2013 yet, but for 2012, we are currently in reconciliation of accounts. A few weeks ago, we were about $500,000 in the red. As of yesterday, we are working on reconciliation, and it looks as though our budget will be close to breaking even, possibly in the black.
2. Payment Register was reviewed. Questions were raised on payments to W A L C and Department of Health Services. These will be reviewed and reported back. Motion by Neumann, second by Lehrer, to approve bills. Motion carried.
C. Other
1. EIP/FSP/COP Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes of January 17, 2013, were reviewed.
a. Motion by Tautges, second by Poehlman, to recommend the appointment of Sarah Heinrich to the Committee to replace Amie Krueger. Motion carried.
b. 2013 Family Support Program Plan needed to be updated and approved by the Board. Motion by Lehrer, second by Aasen, to approve the changes to the plan – Shannon Kelly replaced Vicki Gehrke, and the waiting list is now 6 months to 1 year, rather than the previous wait time of 1-2 years. Elizabeth questioned the use of the iPods or iPads. These are used for therapy services to various clients. Motion carried.
A. Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
1. Transportation Coordination Committee Meeting Minutes of January 17, 2013, were reviewed. Closing of the RFP for transportation was in February. The state is currently reviewing the RFP’s. LogistiCare is not being considered. Elizabeth questioned the use of vehicles by Brown Cab.
2. Committee on Aging Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes of February 5, 2013, were reviewed.
B. Director’s Report
1. Director Price reviewed his Issue Briefing Sheet on significant events that took place over the past month. Chuck was hired one year ago today.
2. Alternate Care Out-of-Home report was reviewed. The report shows the number of children in various placements. We are looking at these placements closely.
3. Mental Health Contract expense report was reviewed. Greg Thousand will be working on CCS services and how we can provide services differently at Gateway. We are also looking at mobile crisis.
C. Announcements and Correspondence
1. 2012 United Way 2-1-1 Annual Report Snapshot was reviewed with the Board.
2. Our next meeting is scheduled for April 3. Chuck will be out of the area and questioned whether we should change the meeting date. It was decided the next meeting will be April 8.
Motion by Lehrer, second by Neumann, to adjourn into Closed Session per Chapter 19.85(1) (f), Preliminary consideration of investigation of specific personnel problems. Roll call: Lehrer-yes, Kietzmann-yes, Aasen-yes, Poehlman-yes, Neumann-yes, Tautges-yes, Murphy-yes. Motion carried.
Motion by Poehlman, second by Lehrer, to adjourn from closed session and return into open session. Roll call: Lehrer-yes, Kietzmann-yes, Aasen-yes, Poehlman-yes, Neumann-yes, Tautges-yes, Murphy-yes. Motion carried.
Motion by Aasen, second by Lehrer, to adjourn meeting at 7:20 pm. Motion carried.
Submitted by,
Lana Draeger
Office Manager
Approved by,
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