Human Services Board Meeting

hsbminutesoct2011.pdf (24 KB)

MINUTES
SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF HUMAN SERVICES

Meeting: October 10, 2011, 5:00 p.m., County Board Gallery, Baraboo, WI

Members Present: Alexander, Bowers, Stoeckmann, Dippel, Lombard, Vertein, Fabisiak, Sinklair,

Members Excused: Fordham

Members Absent: None

Others Present: Orth, Box

Chair Alexander called the meeting to order and certified compliance with the Open Meeting Law.

Motion by Lombard, seconded by Fabisiak to adopt the agenda. Motion Carried.

Motion by Dippel, seconded by Lombard to approve minutes with corrections. Paragraph 9.b., Stoeckmann would like the word structures changed to empowerment. Joan Fordham had also submitted changes, which were made. Motion Carried.

Public Comment
None. A student was present from Reedsburg High School (Quincy Kissak) was sitting in to listen to the meeting as she belongs to a skills group.

Communications:
None

Business Items:

A. Review and Approval of Monthly Vouchers: Box distributed the monthly voucher report. Box reported an increase in Salary and Benefits of $280,070.57 due to how the pay periods fell. Administrative had a decrease of $884,250.02 due to paying the annual Family Care Contribution last month and we did not have that expense this month. Community Living and Support had a decrease of $35,766.11 as we paid a couple the annual contract to River Valley High School and an expense to Community Home Medical which we did not have this month. Community Residential had an increase of $20,563.58 due to increased CBRF expenses and a new foster home placement. Institutions had an increase of $47,214.55 due to Mendota/Winnebago increased expenses this month and an inpatient stay at UW Hospital which we did not have last month. Motion by Lombard, seconded by Fabisiak to approve vouchers in the amount of $1,463,109.75. Motion Carried.

B. Settlement Agreement Approval: A settlement amount of $15,000 was reached. No vote is needed from the Board if they are all still in consensus that we should take the settlement. Orth will sign the agreement.


Department Updates:

A. 2012 Budget Proposal: Human Services was not asked to take any additional cuts.

B. Income Maintenance Program: The ten consortia have been formed and the applications have been submitted to DHS. WCHSA and members of the consortia are working on the contract with DHS. They feel the contract is very one sided. They are working with Andy Phillips to draft a contract from the consortia perspective. This contract will be sent off at the end of the week to DHS. Some of the issues are that the statutes state there should be mutual agreement between counties and DHS, but the current contracts take that away. If this goes through, they will work with DCF to redraft those contracts as well. Recourse if DHS does not accept the contract: consortia will go to DHS and say they will not operate the IM Program.




C. Consideration and Discussion of TMG Ad Hoc Committee Options List: Orth started by reviewing the options with the Board. Short explanation of each option ensued. Option 1: Stoeckmann explained that currently there is no TQM and that the functional group would meet more frequently. Option 2: Facilitator for the group, but not authority over the group. Option 3: Division Leader would have authority as long as board supports it. Administrative role instead of Facilitator role. Option 4: Maintains functional group but develops nine person combined board. Option 5: Stoeckmann stated that she felt the chairs were supposed to meet three times per year with functional group but have no authority. Questions and discussion followed. Concerns discussed included “turf protection” administrative and other efficiencies and the complexity of the rating process using the Options Scoring grid. Most of the questions and discussion focused on the differences between the options that require administration or governance changes and those that do not. Orth then lead the Board through an explanation of each of the ten scoring criteria. Several clarification questions were asked by Board members. Several Board members expressed a preference for discussing the options with the TMG Ad Hoc Committee rather than just rating the options. Orth and Alexander encouraged Board members to write any comments they have on the scoring sheet. Finally, Board members agreed to fill out the Options Scoring Grid, but asked to be allowed to take it home with them and complete and return by the end of the week.

The next meeting of the Sauk County Human Services Board is scheduled for Monday, November 7, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.

Motion by Lombard, seconded by Fabisiak to adjourn. Motion Carried.




Andrea Lombard