Management Information Systems Committee Meeting Minutes


DATE: August 10, 2005

The MIS Committee was called to order at 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, August, 2005, by Chair Stoeckmann. Members present were: Gaalswyk, Krueger, Netzinger and White.

Motion to adopt agenda by Netzinger, seconded by Gaalswyk. Agreed on by committee.
Motion carried.

Motion to adopt minutes by Gaalswyk, seconded by Krueger. Agreed on by committee.
Motion carried.

Communications - None

Review of 2006 Budget Requests - Pate handed out the outline of all the budget requests. Budget is up 8%. Most of this increase falls into the computer support and maintenance categories. There are no big projects in the budget. Discussion followed. Motion to move budget forward for administrative review by White, seconded by Gaalswyk. Agreed on by committee.
Motion carried.

Resolution to upgrade KRONOS - Pate explained this is for the Timekeeper at HCC. $20,000 needs to be put into the sytem. Pate has discussed with Personnel to utilize this county-wide. The new system will allow supervisors to print out reports. Motion to move resolution to County Board by Krueger, seconded by Netzinger.

Health Care Center Software Evaluation - Pate sent out survey to Wisconsin Association of County nursing homes and that was then forwarded to nursing homes throughout the state. Pate discussed the results he received - 11 counties responded. Pate will contact these nursing homes for more specifics. In the meantime, Melyx is being evaluated in terms of these questions: What are the costs, and should there be an upgrade applied. Proposed a time study in Business office on the downtime of tasks performed because of inadequacy of software. Kreuger asked what the % of successful submissions were - Pate said that this info. Is not available. The next meeting will take place in October and Buttonow will be prepared to begin the time study and Pate will provide more information from other nursing homes.

MIS Dept. Update -

Motion to approve vouchers by White, seconded by Gaalswyk. Agreed on by committee.
Motion carried.

Next meeting scheduled: September 14th, at 5:00 p.m.

Motion to adjourn by Netzinger, seconded by Gaalswyk. Agreed on by committee. Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted: Rose White, Secretary