AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF ONE FULL TIME HEALTH EDUCATOR POSITION FOR THE SAUK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT (SCHD) OUTSIDE THE 2019 BUDGET PROCESS

Currently there is a need for an additional Health Educator in the Health Department.  This request vacates the Program Specialist position costs and creates a new full time Health Educator position for the Sauk County Health Department.

The Health Educator will conduct community outreach and lead various community trainings and educational events. Duties will include conducting community environmental scans, coordinating systems changes to better connect overdose survivors with support and comply with grant reporting requirements, sharpening the focus on sustaining positive outcomes via policy and environmental change. The Health Educator will help facilitate the Sauk County Partnership for Prevention and the Sauk County Overdose Death Review Team, submit grant reports when necessary, investigate future grant opportunities, and assist the Grants Manager in planning and implementing other initiatives within the community consistent with the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and the Community Health Improvement plan (CHIP). This position will be an experienced public health practitioner, able to help the department develop its vision of a policy-focused, data-informed, and community-driven strategic plan.

A Health Educator educational background includes health assessments, environmental scans, data analysis, policy analysis and development, and coalition building. The vacated Program Specialist was budgeted for $61,956 (salary and benefits); the requested Health Educator will cost approximately $87,100, a difference of $25,144.  Funded through current Tax Levy – no new tax levy fund will be used.  The additional cost will be paid for through the Wisconsin Prescription Drug Overdose (PDO) grant.

Fiscal Impact: [  ] None   [ X] Budgeted Expenditure    [  ] Not Budgeted

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by that the Sauk County Health Department be authorized to create one full time (1.0 FTE ) Health Educator effective October 16, 2019.

For consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on October 15, 2019.

Respectfully submitted,

BOARD OF HEALTH COMMITTEE

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DONNA STEHLING, Chair                                                  GLEN JOHNSON

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JOHN MILLER                                                                      SCOTT VON ASTEN

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DIANE REINFELDT                                                             KIANA BEAUDIN

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KEN CARLSON

FINANCE COMMITTEE                                                   PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

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JOHN DIETZ, Chair                                                               TOMMY LEE BYCHINSKI, Chair

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THOMAS KRIEGL                                                                SHANE GISON

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JOHN “TONY” DE GIOVANNI                                          PATRICIA REGO

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KEVIN LINS                                                                          CARL GRUBER

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KRISTIN WHITE EAGLE                                                    TIMOTHY MCCUMBER

Fiscal Note: 

The 2019 budget contains adequate funding for the Health Educator position.

FY 2019

FY 2020 (est.)

Salary for FY 2019

$59,980

$59,980

Benefits for FY 2019

$16,372

$16,372

Computer Equipment

Existing

Existing

Other MIS Costs (Software, wiring, etc.)

Existing

Existing

Office Furniture

Existing

Existing

Office Supplies

$0

$0

Other Operating Expenditures

$0

$0

Renovation/Relocation Costs

$0

$0

Revenues (Use Negative #)

Tax Levy

($ 61,956)

($ 61,956)

Prescription Drug Overdose Grant (PDO)

($ 14,396)

($ 14,396)

TOTAL

$ 0

$ 0

Office Space/Furniture: Existing office space will be utilized.