DATE: March 3, 2005
PRESENT: Arthur Carlson, Linda Borleske, Larry Volz, Tom Bychinski, Paul Endres, Jeanne Leeck, Administrator; Lisa Buttonow, Business Office Manager, Katie Pope, Personnel Manager; Todd Liebman, Corp. Counsel.
1 . Called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Art Carlson. The open meeting law requirements were met.
2 . Motion by Borleske, second by Bychinski to adopt the amended, amended agenda. Motion carried.
3 . Motion by Borleske, second by Endres to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Motion carried.
4. Communications. None
5. Public Comment. Several employees from the FDD Unit spoke. Deb Check spoke for Sue Honer; Kari Olstadt spoke for Sherry Karstetter; Norma Chandler, Mandi Drea and Linda Peper also spoke. All were thanked for speaking and issues will be referred to the Personnel Committee.
6. Monthly donations were reviewed by Jeanne.
Motion by Volz, second by Endres to approve the monthly donations in the amount of $1,970. Motion carried.
7. Administrator's Report. Jeanne announced that the annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place this year on March 19th, at 10:00 sharp. Margaret is still taking donations of candy or monetary donations. Will be celebrating the 100th Birthday of a resident on the 13th. Our licenses were updated to reflect the movement of FDD beds to the Nursing Home. Eight beds went to the Nursing Home making our licensed beds 15 on the FDD Unit and 134 in the Nursing Home.
8. Personnel Department Report. Katie reviewed the status of job vacancies and employee recruitment activities that have occurred over the past month. Updated the board on the Attendance Policy. 30 counties were surveyed and is in the process of getting information on how the policies are working for them. Timeclock Policy Update: had conference call with Kronos and found that we are using all of the tools that are in place. Would be expensive for the county to update. In process of gathering more information.
9. Business Office Report. Lisa indicated that we are on course with revenues and doing well with the AR. Waiting for a call regarding the waiver letter. Also reviewed the vouchers for the month highlighting items of interest.
Motion by Endres, second by Borleske to approve the vouchers in the amount of $140,003.21 . Motion carried.
10. Briefly discussed the progress of the ad hoc committee. Survey in the Baraboo News was very positive so far with 84% in favor of staying in the Nursing Home business. The State has already heard the rumors that the HCC may close so are asking for more information about the progress of the committee. Is important to make the decision in a timely manner since it is hard on the residents and is taking a lot of staff time to gather information. Todd offered to give a report in writing. Would like a copy of the census by county, what is our actual loss for MA and what is the range of loss in Wisconsin. Also an updated copy of the BNR pole might be helpful.
Jeanne is working on the HCC Annual Report and in the farm portion will be reporting that the rental properties are being transferred to the Housing Authority. Cropland soil testing will have to be done the end of this year as well as bids next year. Also reporting on the FDD Unit changes and P & P changes associated with our last survey. In the Nursing Home will report on new revenue sources and that we now have Dean Care as a provider. Also will describe the extra Employee training and incentives which are now in place.
11. Next meeting - April 7, May 5 and June 2 all at 8:30 a.m.
12. Motion by Bychinski, second by Borleske to adjourn. Motion carried.
Meeting was adjourned at 10:05
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Linda Borleske, Secretary