Human Services Committee

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MINUTES
SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF HUMAN SERVICES

Meeting: September 9, 2013, 5:00 p.m., County Board Gallery, Baraboo, WI

Members Present: Scott Alexander, James Bowers, Andrea Lombard, John Miller, Thomas Kriegl, Ruth Dawson, Julie Fleming

Members Excused: Beverly Vertein

Members Absent: Mark Detter

Others Present: Orth, Brattset, Box

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

Motion by James Bowers, seconded by John Miller to adopt the agenda.  Motion Carried.

Motion by Andrea Lombard, seconded by James Bowers to approve minutes of the previous meeting.  Motion Carried.

Public Comment
None

Communications:  
Orth handed out a flyer regarding a symposium on Treatment Alternatives and Diversion in case anyone wanted to attend.     

Business Items:

A. Review and Approve Monthly Vouchers:  Box distributed and reviewed the Monthly Voucher Report.  Salary and Benefits were up due to the pay period.  Administrative was up due to Family Care contribution.  Community Living and Support were up due to CCS back increases paid.  Institutions were down in regards to Health Check and a decrease in DD and Nursing Homes.  There was also a decrease in CCI and a CCI placement ended.  Motion by Ruth Dawson, seconded by Andrea Lombard to approve the monthly vouchers in the amount of $1,822,658.33.  Motion Carried.

B. Quarterly Reports:  Box distributed the quarterly reports and reviewed Accounts Receivable, Accounts Receivable to TRIP, Human Services Aged Accounts Receivable and Human Services Aged Accounts by Funding Source.  In addition, alternate care statistics were reviewed.  There was a brief discussion on foster care regarding an increase in April 2013.  Box commented that the Volatile Line Report still appears favorable to budget, however, inpatient AODA and CCI’s are slightly over budget.  

C. Outside Agency Presentation:

1. Central Wisconsin Community Action Council:  Fred Herbert, from CWCAC briefly reviewed CWCAC programs, board membership, and budget.  Specific areas included housing for low income and seniors, the summer student lunch program (done in conjunction with UW-Extension), and weatherization programs.  Mr. Herbert noted that he would request $7,500 and this allows CWCAC to apply for state monies which are often contingent upon local funds being contributed.

2. Hope House:  Ellen Allen presented on Hope House Domestic Violence services to include services done in the community related to issues of domestic violence.  Specifically, Ms. Allen requested $25,000 as an annual contribution.  This is used for a match for a dollar for dollar state grant.

D. Revised 2014 Budget Request Proposal:  Orth reviewed changes to include physician being made a contracted employee (see attached).  Originally it was thought that this physician would be a contracted employee then it was switched to potentially being a staff employee and this physician changed his mind, therefore, the original budget information is correct as approved in August 2013.  Box distributed the final accounting report.

E. Outside Agency Request:  Motion by James Bowers, seconded by Andrea Lombard to approve CWCAC outside agency request at $7,500.  Brief discussion.  Motion Carried.   Motion by Andrea Lombard, seconded by Ruth Dawson to approve Hope House request for funding at $25,000.  Motion Carried.

Department Updates:

A. Justice System Alternative – Resolution and Training Report:  Orth spoke about the Resolution to create a committee for Justice System Alternatives.  The initial organization occurred and there has been one meeting of this committee.  The committee involved assigning duties to various departments, including Human Services to talk with other county departments about programming and potential data collection ideas.  A grant was discussed by the committee with the consensus to wait for grants in the future in that this committee is not prepared to submit a request for a grant given the immediate time lines for both the application and implementation of services.  Orth noted that it was suggested, however, that the committee co-chairs draft a letter to explain the intention of applying for a grant potentially in the next available grant cycle.  A brief discussion occurred on the TAD symposium, which was attended by a number of board members and staff.  Overall, the symposium was quite positive per attendee’s reports.

B. Family Care Member Residing in Baraboo:  Orth spoke about a letter submitted by the Department of Health Services.  This letter summarized the home in Baraboo which is operated by Dungarvin, via a Family Care contract.   This is not a Sauk County Department of Human Services placement and Orth wanted to clarify that there had been some news accounts that this was a Sauk County resident.  This is actually a Waushara County resident.

C. Regional Enrollment Networks:  Orth spoke about regional enrollment networks (see attached) and web resources provided by the state for enrollment in health care plans for those individuals that are eligible.  Sauk County Department of Human Services will assist in this process for current consumers and prospective consumers who need assistance.  There will be several Sauk County Department of Human Services staff that will have training to assist in helping the consumers.  It is the hope of Orth that other local agencies such as hospitals and clinics will provide general enrollment processes for sites of enrollment in Sauk County.    

The next meeting of the Sauk County Human Services Board will be October 7, 2013 at 5:00 P.M.  Motion by Andrea Lombard, seconded by James Bowers to adjourn.  Motion Carried.    

Ruth Dawson