WCDHHS Board Meeting Minutes

December 4, 2013

Waupaca County Courthouse

Room 1068

Waupaca, WI 54981

Members Present: Elizabeth Tautges, Carl Kietzmann, Gerald Murphy, Don Morgan, Jan Lehrer, Don Aasen, Dr. Steven Goedderz.

Members Excused: David Neumann, Mary Kay Poehlman

Others Present: Chuck Price, Lana Draeger, Linda Behm, Gail Yest, Connie Abert, Kathryn Goel, Alisha Haase, Jennifer Brickey, Mandy Welch, Heidi Dombrowski

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

Chuck introduced two new Managers. Kathryn Goel is our Community Behavioral Health Unit Manager. Alisha Haase is our Ongoing Supervisor in child protection. Alisha worked with our Department from 2005-2007 in juvenile justice, and has been with Outagamie County since that time.

Motion by Lehrer, second by Morgan, to accept revised agenda. Motion carried.

Motion by Lehrer, second by Goedderz, to approve minutes from November 6, 2013. Motion carried.

Linda Behm, Connie Abert, and Gail Yest gave a presentation on the 2013 Community Needs Assessment. Linda was involved with the Health Assessment twice before in 2004 and 2008. Linda recognized a number of people who were instrumental in completing the assessment, with special acknowledgements to Terry Harrington and Mary Ellie. We are mandated to complete the Community Needs Assessment every 5 years. Hospitals are required to do an assessment of their service area every 3 years. ThedaCare is the primary provider in Waupaca County, so they are leading this project with assistance of our Public Health area. New London Medical Center chose obesity as their problem area. Riverside Medical Center chose alcohol and drug as their area, separating the two into two separate problem areas. Linda shared the various public statistics used as resources for the data. The County Health Rankings Report was used to determine factors to review. The rankings were also used to compare our neighboring counties. Waupaca County ranks in the third quartile, between 37-54. The lower the ranking, the healthier our county. In morbidity ranking, we went from #60 in 2012 to #42 in 2013. Our overall health ranking was #50 in 2012, this year we are #43. We came up with the same priorities as the two hospital groups as #1-mental health, #2-alcohol/drug, #3-obesity, #4-finances, #5-access to care. We exceed the state in physical unhealthy days, intentional injury hospital days, and youth who seriously considered suicide. The suicide rate in Waupaca County is very high. We have had 10 suicides so far in 2013. Goal: Reduce stigma of mental health and increase access to mental health services in Waupaca County. Mental health is related to many medical illnesses. Key strategies were identified to break down the stigma of mental health, strategies still needed, and strategies scientifically supported. There is no age group identified to outreach with the suicide attempts. January 23 is the next coalition meeting. Anyone is invited to those meetings. Connie Abert reviewed the County and community action plan. The Center for Disease Control has put out some incentives for counties to look at the environment in which people live. We were charged with environmental health assessments. From 50-75 assessments were completed across the county in the business sector. Nutrition, activity, and smoking are the major areas affecting health. They will continue working with the seven school districts within the County. The medical community will begin asking questions of people about mental health needs. Chair Murphy complimented Linda, Gail, and Connie for their collaboration.

Chair Murphy requested to revise the agenda for the Closed Session at this point in the agenda.

Motion by Lehrer, second by Kietzmann, to adjourn into Closed Session. Roll Call: Lehrer: Yes; Morgan: Yes; Kietzmann: Yes; Aasen: Yes; Goedderz: Yes; Tautges: Yes; Murphy: Yes. Motion carried.

Motion by Lehrer, second by Tautges, to adjourn from Closed Session and return into Open Session. Roll Call: Lehrer: Yes; Morgan: Yes; Kietzmann: Yes; Aasen: Yes; Goedderz: Yes; Tautges: Yes; Murphy: Yes. Motion carried.

Action Items

Personnel

Resignation of Ashley Boucher and retirements of Nancy Wick and Linda Behm were shared with the Board. Linda was recognized by the Board for her contributions to the public health field for her years of service to Waupaca County.
Employee Update was reviewed.

Finance

Income Statement was reviewed. The budget is on track at this time.
Payment Register was reviewed. Motion by Lehrer, second by Kietzmann, to approve bills. Motion carried.

Other

McKinley House narrative was reviewed. This Committee made the decision to sell Beacon House and retain McKinley House. Chuck went to Public Property Committee to talk about Beacon House. Clarity Care’s President and Chief Financial Officer were at the Property Committee to express their interest in purchasing Beacon House. Clarity Care expressed interest in also purchasing McKinley House. The houses have been appraised. Beacon House is appraised at $119,000; McKinley is appraised at $79,000. We would like to include equipment in the home with the purchase. Clarity Care is looking at two options with Beacon House – install the sprinkler system or change the home to a 4-bed adult family home, which doesn’t require a sprinkler system. Motion by Kietzmann to sell both homes to Clarity Care for $200,000, second by Lehrer. Kietzmann withdrew his motion. Motion to Aasen, second by Lehrer, to pass the sale of the homes on to Property Committee. Motion carried.

Reports to the Board

Director’s Report

General Update and Discussion – Organizational effectiveness communication plan was shared with the Board. There are 3 more meetings. Chuck would like to bring some of the staff to present to the Board. The front lobby is currently being painted. In the spirit of the holidays, there is a hallway decorating contest going on. The halls will be judged on Monday by Dick Koeppen, Mary Robbins, and Judge Huber. Kasey Kaepernick wrote a successful grant that will be used to paint murals in hallways.
Alternate Care report was reviewed. We will be looking for better reports to better identify children in out-of-home care and how funds are being spent.
Mental Health report was reviewed.

Announcements and Correspondence

2014 Meeting Schedule was shared with the Board

Jerry wished all a super holiday season, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year. He will not be at the January meeting; Jan will chair.

Motion by Aasen, second by Lehrer, to adjourn at 8:15 pm. Motion carried

Submitted by,

Lana Draeger

Office Manager

Approved by,

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