Health Care Center Board of Trustees

September 5, 2013 (24 KB)

Members present:   Art Carlson, Joan Smoke, Henry Netzinger, Bill Higgins, Terri Langer, Joe Fish and Mary Ellen Murray

Others present: Theresa Dietz, Marty Krueger, Kim Gochanour, and Diane Gade

1.  Meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Chair Murray and certified compliance with the open meeting law.
2.  Motion by Smoke, second by Langer to adopt the agenda.  Motion carried.
3.  Motion by Netzinger, second by Carlson to approve the minutes of the previous meeting.   Motion carried.

4.  Public Comment – Art announced that he and Lorraine will be here on the 18th to entertain at 1:30 p.m.

5.  Communication – Art brought in the plaques which should be placed in the Community Room to recognize those who purchased a stained glass window.  Kim said that Bill had them to put up when he had time.  Fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Alliance on September 18th at the Pizza Ranch in Reedsburg.  The event will be from 4:30 – 8:00.  It will be a tip night with a raffle.  All are invited to attend and if you can work see Kim or Marty.  Also that week on the 19th is the Kick-Off for the United Fund.  We will be there with a booth and again all board members are invited to attend.

6.  Kim updated the board on the 2014 budget.  Budget is complete and changes and highlights were discussed.  Changes are due to adjustment to debt service recording, refined vacancy factor and a possible supplemental payment increase.  Overall our budget should be down from last year.  Kim attended the administration review and no problems were noted.  Our capital outlay amount is up from previous years due to planned computer upgrades.   

7.  Joe Fish discussed the “Gazebo Project” with the board.  Some bids were received and plans discussed.  This information will be taken to the Foundation Board for further discussion and recommendations.

8.  Future plans for the HCC site were discussed.  Monies have been put into the 2014 budget for a pro forma so that more information can be gathered for future discussion.

9.   Business Office report.   Theresa presented the vouchers and highlighted items of interest.    Operations statement and aging were also discussed. 
Motion by Netzinger, second by Smoke to approve the vouchers in the amount of $103,765.22.   Motion carried.
 
10.  Discussion of increasing the 2014 private pay rates.  After discussion it was decided to increase the rates. 
Motion by Carlson to raise the private pay rates by 2%.  Motion failed for lack of a second.
Motion by Fish, second by Netzinger to raise the private pay rate for 2014 by 4%.    Motion carried.   Chair Murray and Joan Smoke opposed.

11.  Kim presented a brief report on her visit to Dunn County regarding their upcoming move to new facilities.  They have three separate buildings with 3 different licenses, and 3 Directors of Nursing.  Could pose many management issues.  Was a very interesting visit. 

12.  Administrator’s report.  Kim attended the normal meetings during the month of August.  Kim indicated that we were chosen to receive a grant to purchase I-pods for resident use.  Our QAPI team has completed the staff survey and we generally did fine.  Some issues were discussed.  The results were made available to staff and small work groups have formed to look for solutions to some of the issues.  

Chairman Krueger mentioned the September 18th fundraiser at Pizza Ranch.  All were invited to attend. 

13.  Public comment.  None

14.  No new agenda items were discussed.  

15.  Next meeting date is Thursday, October 10 at 5:30 p.m.
Motion by Carlson, second by Langer, to adjourn.  Motion carried.

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Mary Ellen Murray, Chairperson