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SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
MEETING NOTICE/AGENDA

COMMITTEE:         HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

DATE:                     Monday, January 8, 2024                             TIME: 4 P.M.

PLACE:                   County Board Room 326A, West Square Building, Baraboo, WI  53913

A quorum may be present consisting of members of the Aging & Disability Resource Center and Veterans Service Office Committee; Board of Health; Economic Development Committee; Executive & Legislative Committee; Extension Education, Arts & Culture Committee; Finance Committee; Health Care Center Board of Trustees; Highway Committee; Human Services Board; Land Resources and Environment Committee; Law Enforcement & Judiciary Committee; Personnel & Insurance Committee and Property Committee.  No governing body will exercise any responsibilities, authority, or duties except for the Human Services Board.  It is possible that a quorum on county board members will be at this meeting to gather information about a subject over which they have decision-making responsibility.  This constitutes a meeting of the County Board pursuant to State ex rel. Badke v. Greendale Village Board, 173 Wis. 2d 553, 294 n.w.2d 408 (1993), and must be noticed as such, although the County Board will not take any formal actions at this meeting.  It is also possible that there may be quorums of other County Board Committees present, although those committees will not take any formal action at this meeting.

REASON FOR MEETING:                            REGULAR

SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION:

1.             Call to Order and Certify Compliance with Open Meeting Law

2.             Adopt Agenda

3.             Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting

4.             Public Comment

5.             Communications/Director’s Report

a. Board Materials

6.             Business Items

a. Discussion and Action to Approve Monthly Vouchers

b. Accounts Receivable Report

c. Discussion and Action to Approve Collection Requests

d. Monthly Reports

e. Discussion and Action to Approve 2024 Agency Rates

7.             Next Meeting

8.             Adjournment

COPIES TO:

Patricia Rego                                      James Bowers                                       Co. Clerk
Valerie McAuliffe                               Cliff Thompson
Joan Fordham                                     
Joel Chrisler                                        Jessica Mijal
Jake Roxen                                          Stephanie Box
Delmar Scanlon                                  

DATE NOTICE MAILED:               January 4, 2024

PREPARED BY:                             Human Services

Any person who has a qualifying disability that requires the meeting or materials at the meeting to be in an accessible location or format should contact Sauk County (356-3269 or TTY 608-355-3490) between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, exclusive of legal holidays, at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting so that reasonable arrangements can be made to accommodate each request.

PDF icon Human Services Board Minutes - January 8, 2024 (48 KB)

MINUTES
SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF HUMAN SERVICES

Meeting:  January 8, 2024, 4 p.m., County Board Room 326A, West Square Building, Baraboo, WI

Chair, Patricia Rego called the meeting to order and certified compliance with the Open Meeting Law at 4:05 p.m.

PRESENT: Patricia Rego, Valerie McAuliffe, Delmar Scanlon, James Bowers, Cliff Thompson, Joan Fordham, Jake Roxen; EXCUSED: None; ABSENT: None; Via Zoom: Joel Chrisler

Others Present: Jessica Mijal, Stephanie Box, Nicole Rachuj

Motion by Delmar Scanlon, seconded by Valerie McAuliffe, to adopt agenda.  Motion carried.

Motion by Valerie McAuliffe, seconded by James Bowers, to approve the minutes for the previous Human Services Board Meeting held on December 11, 2023.  Motion carried.

Public Comment:   

None.

Communications/Director’s Report:

a. Board Materials: Distributed electronically.
Jeana Funk, Economic Support Manager is planning to join the February meeting with updates on the public health unwinding.

Crisis services transition on 1/1 to Northwest Connections.  Problem solving is being addressed as they occur.  The largest transition is with our Jail.  The Crisis Manager will be returning in February and attending to those details.

Upcoming Legislative breakfast is at the end of January.  Brent Miller, Administrator, has asked all directors to look back over the last 10 years to see differences then versus the present.

Upcoming training: the Human Resources Department has put together a series of Leadership trainings. The entire Human Services Leadership team will be attending these over the next six months.

Telecommuting continues to be a benefit for our department and will continue.  Agreements with eligible staff have been signed.

Jessica discussed the attachments for Wisconsin County Human Service Association (WCHSA) and encouraged all board members to look at them.  Any questions can be directed to Jessica.

Business Items:

a. Discussion and Action to Approve Monthly Vouchers:  Distributed electronically.  Stephanie Box reviewed the Monthly Voucher Report.  Motion by Valerie McAuliffe, seconded by Cliff Thompson, to approve monthly vouchers in the amount of $2,896,453.24.  Motion carried.  

b. Accounts Receivable Report:  Distributed electronically.  Stephanie Box reviewed the Accounts Receivable Report for November 2023.  Year to date have sent 97 accounts to Credit Management for $142,355.89 and 73 accounts to State Debt Collections for $85,512.35.  Revenues received year to date: Credit Management $4,920.59 and State Debt Collections $18,766.38.  Trip revenues received is $19,508.57.  No hardships have been authorized to date.

c. Discussion and Action to Approve Collection Requests:  None this month due to staff on leave.

d. Monthly Reports:  Distributed electronically.  Stephanie Box discussed the November 2023 Volatile Line report.

e. Discussion and Action to Approve 2024 Agency Rates:  Stephanie reviewed and discussion occurred.  Motion by Valerie McAuliffe, seconded by Jake Roxen, to approve the 2024 Agency Rates.  Motion carried.

Department Updates:

None.

Next Meeting:  The next meeting of the Sauk County Human Services Board will be  February 12, 2024, at 4 p.m. in County Board Room 326A.

Motion by Valerie McAuliffe, seconded by Joan Fordham, to adjourn at 4:27 p.m.  Motion carried.