AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF ONE FULL TIME HEALTH EDUCATOR POSITION FOR THE SAUK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT (SCHD) IN THE 2020 BUDGET PROCESS

RESOLUTION NO. _____ - 2019

AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF ONE FULL TIME HEALTH EDUCATOR POSITION FOR THE SAUK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT (SCHD) IN THE 2020 BUDGET PROCESS

[Text Box: Fiscal Impact: [ ] None [ X] Budgeted Expenditure [ ] Not Budgeted ] [Text Box: Background: Currently there is a need for an additional Health Educator in the Health Department. This request vacates the Program Specialist position costs and creates a new full time Health Educator position for the Sauk County Health Department. The Health Educator will conduct community outreach and lead various community trainings and educational events. Duties will include conducting community environmental scans, coordinating systems changes to better connect overdose survivors with support and comply with grant reporting requirements, sharpening the focus on sustaining positive outcomes via policy and environmental change. The Health Educator will help facilitate the Sauk County Partnership for Prevention and the Sauk County Overdose Death Review Team, submit grant reports when necessary, investigate future grant opportunities, and assist the Community Health Strategist in planning and implementing other initiatives within the community consistent with the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and the Community Health Improvement plan (CHIP). This position will be an experienced public health practitioner, able to help the department develop its vision of a policy-focused, data-informed, and community-driven strategic plan. A Health Educator educational background includes health assessments, environmental scans, data analysis, policy analysis and development, and coalition building. The vacated Program Specialist was budgeted for $61,956 (salary and benefits); the requested Health Educator will cost approximately $87,100, a difference of $25,144. Funded through current Tax Levy – no new tax levy fund will be used. The additional cost will be paid for through the Wisconsin Prescription Drug Overdose (PDO) grant. ]

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors met in regular session, that the Sauk County authorize the creation of one full time (1.0 FTE ) Health Educator effective January 1, 2020.

For consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on October 15, 2019.

Respectfully submitted,

FINANCE COMMITTEE                                                   PERSONNEL & INSURANCE COMMITTEE

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JOHN DIETZ, Chair                                                               TOMMY LEE BYCHINSKI, Chair

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THOMAS KRIEGL                                                                SHANE GIBSON

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JOHN “TONY” DE GIOVANNI                                          PATRICIA REGO

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KEVIN LINS                                                                          CARL GRUBER

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KRISTIN WHITE EAGLE                                                    TIMOTHY MCCUMBER

Fiscal Note: 

The 2020 budget contains adequate funding for the Health Educator position.

FY 2020

Salary for FY 2020

$59,719

Benefits for FY 2020

$27,381

Computer Equipment

Existing

Other MIS Costs (Software, wiring, etc.)

Existing

Office Furniture

Existing

Office Supplies

$0

Other Operating Expenditures

$0

Renovation/Relocation Costs

$0

Revenues (Use Negative #)

Tax Levy

($ 61,956)

Prescription Drug Overdose Grant (PDO)

($ 25,144)

TOTAL

$ 0

Office Space/Furniture: Existing office space will be utilized.

MIS Note: No MIS impact.