AUTHORIZING/APPROVING THE CREATION OF ONE FULL TIME HEALTH EDUCATOR POSITION AND ELIMINATING ONE FULL TIME PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE POSITION

Committee Status:

Approved

Budget Status:

External Source

Decision Impact:

Routine

FTE Impact:

Funding Source:

Grant

Purpose

The Health Educator’s role is to provide education and coalition building funded through the WI-PDO grant that will allow first responders (law enforcement, fire and rescue, and crisis workers) and family members the opportunity for naloxone administration training and distribution.

Creating one full time Health Educator position for the Sauk County Health Department outside the budget process for the WI-PDO grant. A Health Educator educational background includes health assessments, environmental scans, data analysis and coalition building. With the initial request the department was going to use a nurse to provide education and dispense Naloxone at public meetings however, in review of the nurse practice act and state statutes, nurses are unable to dispense prescription medication. A Public Health Nurse costs approximately $93,466 annually whereas a Health Educator costs approximately $82,976 a difference of $10,424.

Background

Resolution Files:

2017_resolution_healtheducator_outside_budget_process.doc

2017_resolution_healtheducator_outside_budget_process_2.doc

3249_health_educator_jd.pdf

Budget Status (Other/External Sources):

WI- PDO Grant

Resolution Body

RESOLUTION NO. _____ - 2017

AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF ONE FULL TIME HEALTH EDUCATOR POSITION AND ELIMINATING ONE FULL TIME PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE POSITION

[Text Box: Fiscal Impact: [ ] None [ X] Budgeted Expenditure [ ] Not Budgeted ] [Text Box: Background: Creating one full time Health Educator position for the Sauk County Health Department outside the budget process for the WI-PDO grant. A Health Educator educational background includes health assessments, environmental scans, data analysis and coalition building. With the initial request the department was going to use a nurse to provide education and dispense Naloxone at public meetings however, in review of the nurse practice act and state statutes, nurses are unable to dispense prescription medication. A Public Health Nurse costs approximately $93,466 annually whereas a Health Educator costs approximately $82,976 a difference of $10,424.]

WHEREAS, “a local health officer shall administer all funds received by the local health department for public health programs” as established by Wis. Stats. §251.06(d); and,

WHEREAS, “a county board shall appropriate funds for the operation of a health department and the local board of health shall annually prepare a budget ….” as established in Wis. Stats. §251.10; and,

WHEREAS, the Sauk County Board of Supervisors approved the Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose Related Deaths (WI-PDO) Grant to train and distribute Naloxone in the community with the 2016 budget and funding exists for the next five years; and,

WHEREAS, A Health Educator’s role is to provide education and coalition building funded through the WI-PDO grant that will allow first responders (law enforcement, fire and rescue, and crisis workers) and family members the opportunity for Naloxone administration training and distribution; and,

WHEREAS, the goal of the WI-PDO grant is to decrease the number of opioid overdose related deaths and adverse events by 10% among individuals 18 years and older, In 2015, there were 12 deaths, in 2016 there were 14 deaths and in 2017 there are potentially 5 deaths year to date in Sauk County from Opioid overdose; and,

WHEREAS, the first date of Naloxone training and education will be June 27, 2017 and will be provided to county employees that may be exposed to heroin in the course of their job duties and consecutive trainings to the community at large will be scheduled throughout the grant cycle; and,

WHEREAS, a Health Educator is trained in these processes along with education on grant writing, data collection and analysis; and,

WHEREAS, in order to comply with the WI-PDO grant requirements the Health Director, Deputy Director have evaluated the program requirements and how best to meet the goals and objectives; and,

WHEREAS, the Board of Health has endorsed the creation of the Health Educator position to carry out the required functions as established; and,

Resolution No. ____ - 2017

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WHEREAS, the Personnel and Finance Committees, as established in Wis. Stats. §13.19 (4)(d) of the Sauk County Code of Ordinances, have reviewed the position request and determined that the need for the Health Educator position and funding exists, subject to the elimination of the existing Public Health Nurse position, a Health Educator educational background includes health assessments, environmental scans, data analysis and coalition building. With the initial request the department was going to use a nurse to provide education and dispense Naloxone at public meetings however, in review of the nurse practice act and state statutes, nurses are unable to dispense prescription medication, a nursing positon isn’t required; and,

WHEREAS, it would be in the best interest of the County to create one full time Health Educator position for the Health department outside the budget process; and,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors,

met in regular session, that a full time Health Educator position be created and one full time Public Health Nurse position be eliminated effective June 20, 2017.

For consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, June 20, 2017.

Respectfully submitted,

BOARD OF HEALTH

_________________________________ _________________________________

DONNA STEHLING, Chair JOHN MILLER

_________________________________ _________________________________

SCOTT VON ASTEN ANDREA LOMBARD

_________________________________ _________________________________

DR. AMY DE LONG KEN CARLSON

FINANCE COMMITTEE

_________________________________ _________________________________

TOMMY LEE BYCHINSKI, Chair KRISTIN WHITE EAGLE

_________________________________ _________________________________

MARTY KRUEGER RICHARD “MIKE” FLINT

_________________________________

ERIC PERTERSON

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PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

_________________________________ _________________________________

TIM MEISTER, Chair DAVID MOORE

_________________________________ _________________________________

HENRY NETZINGER TOMMY LEE BYCHINSKI

_________________________________

JEAN BERLIN

Fiscal Note: The 2017 budget contains adequate funding for the Health Educator position.

FY 2017 (6 mos)

FY 2018 (est.)

Salary for FY 2017

$28,313

$57,807

Benefits for FY 2017

$12,113

$25,169

Computer Equipment

Existing

Other MIS Costs (Software, wiring, etc.)

Existing

Office Furniture

Existing

Office Supplies

Existing

Other Operating Expenditures

Renovation/Relocation Costs

Revenues (Use Negative #)

WI-PDO Grant

($ 40,426)

($ 82,976)

TOTAL

$ 0

MIS Note: No information systems impact.

Requested Board Review Date:

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

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