Human Services Board

August 2019 Human Services Board Minutes (207 KB)

SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF HUMAN SERVICES

Meeting:                            August 12, 2019, 3:30 p.m., Room 213, West Square Building, Baraboo, WI

Members Present:           Patricia Rego, Glen Johnson, Tim McCumber, James Bowers, Brandon Lohr, Julie Fleming, Valerie McAuliffe, John Miller, Beverly Vertein

Members Excused:                            

Members Absent:                              

Others Present:                Brattset, Boesl, Box, Lori Dee, David Zeller, Tom Kriegl

Chair, Patricia Rego called the meeting to order and certified compliance with the Open Meeting Law.

Motion by Valerie McAuliffe, seconded by Brandon Lohr, to adopt agenda.  Motion carried.

Motion by Tim McCumber, seconded by Glen Johnson to approve the minutes for the previous Human Services Board meeting held on July 8, 2019.  Motion carried.

Public Comment:

None

Communications/Director’s Report:

Board Materials:  Distributed electronically.  Dan Brattset mentioned Hailey Weisert from UW Extension reported the Boys and Girls Club turned in their final reports.  The Wisconsin Counties Human Services Association (WCHSA) is hosting a free one-day board member event, scheduled at Sentry World in Steven’s Point, on Wednesday, October 16, 2019.  Board members are invited.

Business Items:

Review and Approve Monthly Vouchers:  Distributed electronically.  Stephanie Box reviewed the Monthly Voucher Report.  Motion by James Bowers, seconded by John Miller to approve monthly vouchers in the amount of $1,641,741.64.  Motion carried.  

Accounts Receivable Report:  Stephanie Box distributed and reviewed the Accounts Receivable Report for June 2019.

Approve Collection Requests:  Motion by John Miller, seconded by Tim McCumber to approve sending 34 accounts to Credit Management Control for $16,230.77.  Motion carried.

Monthly Reports:  Distributed electronically.  Stephanie Box discussed the June 2019 Volatile line report. 

2020 Budget Request:  Dan Brattset discussed the Human Services’ leadership structure changes and proposed new positions for 2020.  Dan stated the positions shifting to the Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) program are 100% reimbursed.  Dan noted seeing an increased trend for out-of-home care and increased institutions for young children; hoping in 2020, that will be constant or mitigated.  The 2020 budget request is a 1.1% increase over last year’s levy request.  Dan discussed the afterhours crisis coverage was brought in house which was previously contracted and stakeholders have been pleased with this change.  Dan announced Deputy Director Sharon Boesl is retiring in November.

Motion by Tim McCumber, seconded by Valerie McAuliffe to approve the 2020 Budget Request.  Motion carried.

Outside Agency Request Process:  Patricia Rego stated Tim McCumber requested to look at the resolution he presented for the County Board but was not reviewed.  James Bowers excused himself from the outside agency request discussion due to his wife’s involvement with Kids Ranch.  Board members discussed the difficulty making decisions for these requests outside of the budget process and places staff in an awkward position.  Tim McCumber spoke about the resolution he drafted for a process to handle the outside agency requests.  Currently, there is no process of accountability.  Dan Brattset stated there are six requests presenting in September.  Tom Kriegl talked about Administrative Coordinator Alene Kleczek Bolin’s proposal presented to the Finance Committee.  Patricia Rego stated the requests should fit the mission/vision/goals of the committee.

James Bowers stepped out at 5 p.m.

James Bowers returned at 5:03 p.m.

Julie Fleming suggested not having presentations in September and wait until a process is in place.  Dan Brattset felt the groups could still come and present.

Motion by Brandon Lohr to move the Outside Agency Request process to Finance committee.  Discussion.  Motion by Brandon Lohr, seconded by Valerie McAuliffe to amend previous motion and approve sending outside agency request process to Finance and Executive & Legislative (E&L) committees.  Ayes:  8; James Bowers abstained.  Motion carried.

Department Updates:

Discuss Potential of Unused Jail Pod for Youth Offenders:  John Miller discussed starting to look into this.  Dan Brattset stated have invested in community services and we can go many months without sending a kid to corrections.  We do use secure/non-secure detention facilities on a limited basis and our programs are designed to keep kids out of those programs.  Dan suggested more research.  Dan mentioned there is more information on the DHS web site about SRCCY (Secured Residential Care Centers for Children and Youth) treatment facility.  Many counties backed out even though they had some facilities they were going to convert to detention centers because the funding and structure they felt was not being supported by the State.  John is willing to explore options.  Dan stated part of the new model is to be a treatment-orientated facility as opposed to corrections.

Next Meeting: 

Tim McCumber stated he will be absent at the next meeting.  The next meeting of the Sauk County Human Services Board will be September 9, 2019, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 213. 

Public Comment

None.

Motion by James Bowers, seconded by Brandon Lohr, to adjourn at 5:29 p.m.  Motion carried.