Health Care Center Board of Trustees

August 14, 2014 (46 KB)

Members present:  Henry Netzinger, Joe Fish, Tut Gramling, Terri Langer, Carol Held and Mary Ellen Murray
Absent: Bill Higgins
Others present: Kim Gochanour, Theresa Dietz, Marty Krueger, and Dennis Murray

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 Fish, second by Langer to adopt the agenda.  Motion carried.

3.  Motion by Langer, second by Gramlin to approve the minutes of the last meeting.   Motion carried.

4.  Public Comment - None

5.  Communication – None

6.  Discussion of Energy Audit with Bill McClary was postponed until next month, because Bill was not able to attend this month’s meeting.

7. Resolution was discussed.

Motion by Netzinger, second by Langer to approve the resolution commending Teresa Stemper for 36 years of service to The Health Care Center.   Motion carried

8. Discussion and consideration of program review form (mission, vision, goals, and performance measures) for the 2015 Budget.  No changes to report, the budget goes to finance committee on September 23,2014.

9.  Update of Continuum of Care – long range plan.  Kim stated the next phase of Continuum of Care is building an assisted living facility (CBRF).  Discussion followed regarding size and memory care vs non-memory care.  Questions were raised regarding the current number of locally available beds, rates, and occupancy.

10.Foundation update.  The Gazebo project plans should be ready to be presented to the full County Board at their September meeting.  Sending letters to solicit contributions, to help fund the project, was discussed.

11. Discussion and consideration of increasing the 2015 private pay rate.  The Poppy CPA report was reviewed to compare the private pay rates, of the other nursing home, in our area.

Motion by Netzinger, second by Fish to increase our private pay rate by three percent to $267.00 per day.  Motion Carried.

12. Discussion and consideration of Home Care Transition to Health Care Center. Home Health receivables and visit report by caseload were reviewed. Chair Murray requested more information regarding program expenses.  This discussion will continue next month, when full budget figures are available.

13.  Discussion of Board of Trustee Ordinance changes.

Discussion of changing the title of Superintendent to Executive Director, possible change of election of officers to the January meeting and possibly changing monthly meeting to every other month.

14.  Business Office report.   Theresa presented the vouchers and highlighted items of interest.  Operations statement and aging were also discussed.

Motion by Langer, second by Gramlin  to approve the vouchers for the month in the amount of $106,887.67.   Motion carried.

15.  Administrator’s report.  Kim indicated that the usual meetings were attended.  She discussed the previous month’s activities.  OnShift training for most of the staff has been completed.  Continue to work on the possibility of transitioning Home Care to the HCC.  Upcoming activities, including the anniversary celebration, were discussed.

16.  Public comment.  None

17.  Agenda items for next month:   More information on the Continuum of Care – information on assisted living facilities in our area, information on the energy audit, budget update, and potential transition of Home Care.  

18.  Next meeting date is Thursday, September 18 at 5:30 p.m.  

Motion by Fish, second by Gramling to adjourn.  Motion carried.

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Mary Ellen Murray, Chairperson