WCDHHS Board Meeting Minutes
July 3, 2013
Waupaca County Courthouse
811 Harding Street
Waupaca, WI 54981
Members Present: Jerry Murphy, Carl Kietzmann, Elizabeth Tautges, Jan Lehrer, Dave Neumann, Mary Kay Poehlman, Don Aasen, Don Morgan, Dr. Steven Goedderz.
Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Lana Draeger, Chuck Price, Christie Gonwa
The regular meeting of the Health and Human Services Board was called to order at 6:00 pm by Chair Jerry Murphy.
Public Comment: None
Motion by Lehrer, second by Aasen, to accept revised agenda. Motion carried.
Motion by Kietzmann, second by Poehlman, to approve minutes from June 5, 2013. Motion carried.
A. Personnel
1. Judy Deschler has resigned as Economic Support Specialist.
2. Employee update was reviewed with the Board. Director Price gave a review of current interviews and new hires.
3. Chris Machamer is requesting to hire an LTE due to staff turnover, increase in caseloads, and anticipated workload increase. FoodShare Bonus money is available to fund the LTE position. Judy Deschler is willing to help out by working in the late afternoons when she is done at her other job. Motion by Morgan, second by Lehrer, to approve the LTE request as proposed. Motion carried.
B. Finance
1. Income statement was reviewed by Director Price. To date, we are on track with the budget. We are at about $170,000 more revenue than we expected. Jan asked about the follow-up on Rawhide discussion from last month. Chuck is working on a presentation for the future. Don questioned White Pine Consulting. We are the pass-through agency where we get an administration fee for the program. The state provides the total funding for the CST program. We were about $179,000 in the black for the 2012 budget.
2. Bills were reviewed. Motion by Lehrer, second by Neumann, to approve bills. Motion carried.
C. Other
1. MTM Contract – Christie Gonwa, ADRU Manager, was present to review the MTM Contract. MTM is the company that is replacing LogistiCare for medical transportation. We have been contracting with LogistiCare to provide volunteer drivers. The proposed rate structure for MTM is different than with LogistiCare. They will not agree to the IRS mileage rate. We get $.03/mile from LogistiCare for administration. We are asking MTM $.04/mile for administration to cover the IRS payment. MTM has issued a contract to us, but there are so many unknowns, and we don’t know much about the company. They are from out of State, same as LogistiCare. We lost $15,000 last year in the program. Advantage for us to provide the service with MTM is to maintain our drivers who have done a very good job for us. Disadvantages are we don’t know their history and their procedures in following through. Christie reviewed options to providing the service and funding for any possible shortfalls, using our volunteer drivers. We have a short window of time to make decisions on this program, as MTM is scheduled to take over the program August 1. MTM has not yet hired drivers in Waupaca County. Our volunteer drivers could be hired. Drivers must go through the same procedures with MTM as with LogistiCare. Carl asked if we could go back to providing the service as in the past. We no longer can provide the medical assistance mileage. For existing drivers, we need to make sure their background checks are current. For those on medications, we will need information from their physician on the medication and ability to be a driver. We aren’t allowed to choose our own company, as MTM was awarded the State contract. If we don’t contract, they take over the full transportation program. This is for non-emergency medical transportation. We still have our volunteers for our other transportation. It is unknown how many drivers would sign on with MTM. Motion by Poehlman, second by Tautges, to not go with MTM. Discussion held on impact of clients and any loss of funds. Motion carried.
A. Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
1. EIP/FSP/COP Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes of May 23, 2013 were reviewed.
2. Committee on Aging Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes of May 28, 2013 were reviewed.
B. Director’s Report
1. General Update and Discussion
a. Many interviews have been taking place. We are excited about the positions we have filled. There has been a high level of stress in the agency lately. It is felt that it is due to workloads, the number of turnovers, and refilling positions, in additional the number of initiatives we are working on.
b. For the August meeting, we will be bringing in more information on restructuring positions for better workload coverage.
c. For August, we are hoping to bring in preliminary budget information.
d. Our grant application for the Children’s Trust Fund was denied. There were 24 applications and we came in 3rd. It was hoped that we could use the funds for an additional position.
e. The next WCHSA meeting will be July 19 at the Safari Steakhouse. Contact Lana if interested in attending.
2. The overall budget for Alternate Care for children in out-of-home care is getting better. Two juveniles were discharged from costly institutions.
3. We are continuing to work on the Mental Health budget. Since Greg left, Chuck will work on this budget more closely. The Governor’s budget is including additional funding for mental health, including expanding of Comprehensive Community Services.
Motion by Aasen, second by Lehrer, to adjourn at 7:03 pm. Motion carried. Next meeting is August 7.
Submitted by,
Lana Draeger
Office Manager
Approved by,
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