DATE: February 4, 2008, 5:00 p.m., Room 213, Baraboo, WI
Members Present: Alexander, Dippel, Bowers, Fordham, Stoeckmann, Vertein, Endres, Horenberger
Members Excused: Fabisiak
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Orth, Brattset, Horkan
Chair Alexander called the meeting to order and certified compliance with the Open Meeting Law.
Motion by Dippel, seconded by Stoeckmann to adopt the agenda. Motion Carried.
Motion by Endres, seconded by Fordham to approve minutes of the previous meeting. Motion Carried.
Communications:
None
Business Items:
A. Review and Approval of Monthly Vouchers: Horkan distributed monthly vouchers and Endres reported that salary and benefits were down due to end of year. The Administration line was down due to mileage and supplies being down and Catholic Charities using less foster home licensing was also down. Community Living and Support was up due to more adaptive aids and 31 days in the month of January. Residential Care was up due to number of days in the month and new clients. Community Treatment was down due to Birth-to-Three being down. Institutions was down from December 2007 due to double billing in that month. Income Maintenance was up due to December 2007 being up for funerals. W-2 was up due to Child First Program payment. Motion by Endres, seconded by Bowers to approve vouchers in the amount of $1,824,921.99. Motion Carried.
B. CMHC/Netsmart Annual Conference Attendance: Horkan distributed a review of one or two staff costs to attend CMHC conference out of state (please see attached). Stoeckmann suggested to have Horkan contact Steve Pate to make him aware of training. Orth noted that there is excellent communication between MIS and Human Services on a number of projects to include: crisis and piloting several managers working from home a percentage of their time. Motion by Endres, seconded by Bowers to send no more than two staff members to CMHC conference in Orlando, Florida. Motion Carried.
C. Care Management Organization Governance Resolution: Orth referenced the Resolution (see attached) titled, Approving the Governance Structure of the Regional Care Management Organization and Authorizing Application for Care Management Organization. Orth noted the cost will be funded by planning grant funds initially. By April or May 2008, bylaws will go back to counties and a district would be formed, which would enter into a contract with the State for Care Management. Motion by Fordham, seconded by Stoeckmann to approve the Resolution "Approving the Governance Structure to the Regional Care Management Organization and Authorizing Application for Care Management Organization". Motion Carried.
Department Updates:
A. Long Term Care Redesign: Orth summarized a review of department meetings of Long Term Care Redesign. Orth spoke about a meeting with social workers and nurses which potentially will increase opportunities with the changes. Orth summarized a meeting regarding administrative and support positions and indicated job duties are under review with a focus on potential new duties. Horkan is working on fiscal details and projections. Orth further summarized a meeting with Personal Care Program staff and noted this is a program that has a history of being subsidized by direct levy dollars. Orth noted that as Care Management occurs, the CMO would take a select number of more difficult cases, but the Personal Care Program will be scaled down. The remaining clients would go to private agencies in the area. This will result in scaling down the Personal Care Program staff. Orth noted that Human Services leadership continues to meet with Personnel to discuss transitions for employees as a result of these changes.
B. Annual Report: Orth distributed the annual report (see attached) and summarized projected goals for next year to include: enhancing the crisis system billing, and enhancing community placements versus institutional costs.
C. Mississippi Valley Health Services Board Meeting: Orth reviewed the recent Mississippi Valley Health Services Board meeting attended by himself and Scott Alexander. Alexander has been nominated and accepted being secretary for this board. Bylaws were approved at this meeting and another meeting will be held some time this summer. Alexander noted that he was impressed with the facility.
D. Quality Service Review: Orth noted that the Quality Service Review (QSR) for child protective services is currently going on in Sauk County and will be for this coming week. An invitation was given to all board members to attend the summary review on Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. A number of board members agreed to come, including: Judy Stoeckmann, Paul Endres, Joan Fordham, and Al Dippel.
E. Jail Diversion Programming: Brattset reported that a work group has continued to work jointly on looking at potential jail diversion programs. This work group consists of Human Services, Sheriff's Department, and Job Center staff as well as Marty Krueger and Kathy Schauf. Leadership will continue to discuss further options for providing case management team based services to Sauk County jail inmates. The next meeting for this work group will be some time in mid March, 2008.
F. Juneau County Human Services Director Interviews: Orth noted that he has been invited to be on a panel in a consultant role to discuss the hiring of a new Juneau County Human Services Director. This has been approved by Personnel.
The next meeting of the Sauk County Human Services Board is scheduled for Monday, March 10, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
Motion by Bowers, seconded by Dippel. Motion Carried.
Judith Stoeckmann