WCDHHS Board Meeting Minutes
June 4, 2014
Waupaca County Industries
175 West Howard Street
Manawa, WI 54949
Members Present: Dave Neumann, Mary Kay Poehlman, Carl Kietzmann, Jan Lehrer, Jerry Murphy, Dr. Steven Goedderz, Don Aasen, Dona Gabert
Staff Present: Chuck Price, Gene Ruppert, Celeste Leider, Lana Draeger, Christie Gonwa, Terri Brooks, Shannon Kelly
Others Present for Public Hearing: Doug Raasch, Sandi Bernard, Alysha Hereau, Annette Nehring, Philip Nolan.
The regular meeting of the Health and Human Services Board was called order at 6:00 pm by Chair Jerry Murphy.
The Public Hearing was called to order at 6:02 pm by Chair Jerry Murphy. He called for anyone interested in speaking.
- Philip Nolan of the Town of Waupaca asked the Board to consider Air and Emission Recycling for the Town of Waupaca. He is a Public Health Epidemiologist, asking to consider adopting AER as a goal in the 2015 budget and develop it with a strategic objective in coming years. They have been working with the Foundry for collecting emissions, sorting it out, and putting it effectively to new markets. Fossil and fuel emission policy approved Monday. He has presented to some Towns and has upcoming presentations to others.
- Doug Raasch from Clintonville is part of the Waupaca County Advocacy Group and they have been talking about transportation. He doesn’t have relatives and wonders who they can call after hours, when needing a ride home from the hospital. He is asking for having someone on-call when people need late night rides, rather than having to wait until morning. He complimented the Board for doing a fine job of running WCI.
- Sandy Bernard is from Manawa and also a WCI employee. She spoke in support expansion of WCI for staff to effectively work with clients.
Chair Murphy closed the public hearing at 6:17 pm.
Motion by Lehrer, second by Poehlman, to accept agenda. Motion carried.
Motion by Gabert, second by Kietzmann, to approve minutes of May 7, 2014. Motion carried.
Action items
Finance
Permits - $220
Company Store/Main Office Remodeling - $32,000
Security - $20,000
Loading Dock - $24,000
Total Estimate - $81,020
These are only estimates. There will be bids requested. Gene is asking for permission to go forward with an RFP. In order to go forward with the RFP, an engineering company would need to draw up blueprints at approximately $3,800. Dave Neumann suggested the RFP include the cost of a loading dock, along with an optional proposal with one more additional loading dock. He also suggested we look at additional remodeling for possible storage and unloading. Don Aasen also suggested a possible buzzer in the loading dock area. Jan Lehrer asked if Gene had looked at grants. They have not, but aren’t sure there are such grants available. Within the last year, when WCI came under scrutiny with the audit with Sturm Foods, is when the need for security and loading docks came up. Jerry Murphy shared his concerns about the new changes and costs, along with his concern of loss of space into the lunch area with the office taking over space. He asked Gene and Celeste to monitor the future mission of WCI. Gene is asking for approval at this time to go forward with Engineering Services through an RFP. Once RFPs are received, he would come back to the Board for any recommendations. Carl Kietzmann asked if there was money. There is money from the sale of the group homes. Don Aasen questioned the commitment of Sturm Foods and the possibility of their support with remodeling. Motion by Lehrer, second by Gabert, to approve going forward with an RFP for engineering services, with the cost not to exceed $4,000. Question raised if Sturm Foods Foundation could be approached for support. Motion carried.
Advisory Committee Meeting Action
A. Minutes from EIP/FSP/COP Advisory Committee Meeting of May 15, 2014, were reviewed. Motion by Lehrer, second by Goedderz, to accept resignation of Sarah Heinrich and recommend appointment of Amie Krueger to the Committee. Motion carried.
B. Minutes from Committee on Aging Meeting of May 27, 2014, were reviewed. The ADRC Advisory Committee is recommending a County Board Member be a member of the ADRC Committee. The Committee on Aging Committee supports that recommendation. Calumet and Outagamie Counties have County Board representation. Jan Lehrer is our Board representative, however, is not a County Board member. The committee feels there would be better communication to the County Board if there was a County Board member on the committee. The Committee meets 5 times per year. Christie stated it would be good if the person would be a County Board member and also on the DHHS Board. Chair Murphy requested a review with Supervisor Koeppen and come back with a recommendation next month.
Reports to the Board
§ A consultant started last week to help develop our TCM data base system.
§ Staff have been dealing with a recent child death, which has involved staff and management. Autopsy has shown no foul play. Staff have been supported to help deal with this death.
§ Last week, a representative from Casey Family Programs visited our Department. They are in all 50 states and have a contract with the State of Wisconsin. Chuck made contact with a representative at a recent conference and talked about our Department. There is great potential for Casey Family Programs to provide support to help us move forward with some of our goals. She has stated she wants to come back to visit again, which is very encouraging to us.
§ Fiscal audit was completed this week. Chuck met with auditor today, and he stated our fiscal state is good.
§ Survey was done in our Behavioral Health Unit. Surveyor was impressed with our staff and programs. This was for Mental Health, AODA, Crisis, and Community Support Programs, and all were issued 2-year certifications. There was one citation relating to background checks no related to the services provided.
§ Chuck was nominated as Vice Chair to WCHSA Committee. He will be able to bring valuable information back to the Board.
§ With Gail Yest’s retirement, we are working on a reorganization plan with a possible action item for the next Board meeting.
b. Updated Acronyms List was shared with the Board.
Motion by Aasen, second by Goedderz, to adjourn at 7:50 pm. Motion carried.
Submitted by,
Lana Draeger
Office Manager
Approved by,
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