DATE: September 8, 2009, 5:30 p.m., County Board Room Gallery, Baraboo, WI
Members Present: Alexander, Bowers, Stoeckmann, Dippel, Fordham, Endres, Vertein, Sinklair, Fabisiak
Members Excused: None
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Orth, Box
Chair Alexander called the meeting to order and certified compliance with the Open Meeting Law.
Motion by Bowers, seconded by Dippel to adopt the agenda. Motion Carried.
Motion by Fordham, seconded by Bowers to approve minutes of the previous meeting with one correction. Under Item B. 2010 Budget Request : Change the motion to read. Motion by Bowers, seconded by Stoeckmann to approve the budget request in the amount of $16,784,796 and a levy request in the amount of $7,533,843 (which does not include Outside Agency requests). Motion Carried.
Public Comment
None
Communications:
Fordham spoke regarding CWCAC. At the last meeting they reviewed the flood programs. The committee decided to change their meetings to meet as needed and also meet in January of each year to review all programs. They approved a home to be built in Necedah which will house 8. They also had an employee recognition for those employees that had been there 5 to 25 years.
Business Items:
A. Review and Approval of Monthly Vouchers: Box distributed the monthly voucher report. Stoeckmann reviewed the report noting that Salary and Benefits increased $112,836.58. This was due to how the pay periods fell. Contracted Labor decreased $4,041.49 due to an overall decrease in mental health services compared to last month. Administrative increased $857,566.30 due to a payment of $849,484.00 for our Family Care contribution. Community Residential increased $15,599.47 as we had one new group home placement and we paid two months worth of expense to a provider. Community Treatment increased $10,515.45 due to paying two months worth of bills to a provider and an increase in psychological evaluations. Institutions increased $90,375.44. We were carrying a credit in previous months which has now been exhausted thus the increase in expense this month. Income Maintenance decreased $8,637.41 due to a decrease in funeral and crematory expenses. Energy Assistance increased $8,909.50 due to the addition of weatherization dollars. Accounts Receivable increased $6,731.33 due to a client having to pay for their own care back dated to January 1, 2009 as there was an increase in financial status. Motion by Stoeckmann, seconded by Dippel to approve the vouchers in the amount of $2,090,459.36. Motion Carried.
B. Review Other Monthly Reports: Box distributed the Alternate Care Statistics Report with graphs and the Volatile line reports. Both reports were explained.
C. Outside Agency Requests Presentation
CWCAC-Fred Hebert - Fred Hebert, Executive Director, handed out the 2010 Budget Presentation. CWCAC is requesting $7,500 from Sauk County. Fred Hebert went through some of the programs that CWCAC provides. He stated that the $7,500 supports administrative needs. CWCAC is benefiting from stimulus money for weatherization. They should be able to do 90-100 homes this year. Fred stated that the State of Wisconsin has a $15,000,000 SS Block Grant that they have been sitting on. Once this is distributed, Sauk County should be receiving a large portion of this.
Hope House-Ellen Allen - Ellen Allen gave the 2010 Budget Presentation. They are requesting $25,000 from Sauk County. The shelter has been full all year and they have been turning people away. The Department of Justice received stimulus money to expand the sexual assault programs. Hope House is looking for someone to fill this position. Hope House is also looking at staffing qualifications and wages as issues are becoming more complex and they need people with more skills. Only two out of five social workers are master level. They serve 800 families a year. They are going to have to address space issues in the future. They are also in need of bilingual counselors.
D. Revised 2010 Budget Request: Orth explained that Human Services was asked to cut another $50,000 from the budget. He talked about buying two vehicles for Reedsburg and one for Baraboo. Staff would use these instead of their own vehicles. There would be some sort of sign up system. Those staff that were going to be traveling a lot of miles would be required to use this vehicle. Trish Vandre from the ADRC wrote a grant to get vehicles for the ADRC. The match from the county was around $4,800.00 per vehicle. Human Services should be able to get in on this grant. Sinklair suggested that we keep the Taurus and only buy one vehicle for Reedsburg and one for Baraboo. Fordham expressed the concern for space to house these vehicles. The new tax levy request is $7,483,843.00 without outside agency requests for a total budget request of $16,734,796.00. With outside agency requests, the tax levy is $7,516,343.00 for a total budget request of $16,767,296.00. Motion by Stoeckmann, seconded by Fabisiak to approve the Hope House request in the amount of $25,000.00. Motion Carried. Motion by Bowers, seconded by Endres to approve the CWCAC request in the amount of $7,500.00. Motion Carried. Motion by Bowers, seconded by Dippel to approve the new levy request in the amount of $7,516,343.00 for a total budget request of $16,767,296.00. Motion Carried
Department Updates:
A. Southwest Family Care Alliance Update: The Southwest Family Care Alliance had a bad July as they lost $354,000.00. They now have a year to date loss of $140,000.00. It looks to be services, not care management that has caused this. They are meeting with counties to see if the functional screens were done correctly or if they need to be redone due to service level changes. In their three year business plan, they need to come up with $1,000,000.00 over the next three years for reserves.
B. Field Placement Students: We have three master level students in the social work program and two doctoral students. A few of these students will be working in the Jail Diversion Project.
C. WCHSA Meetings with DHS and DCF Secretaries: The Executive Committee meets with the two Secretaries on a monthly basis either in person or by conference call.
D. Meeting with Public Health Regarding Family Care: The Home Care Program is having financial difficulties as the MA revenue is declining. We used to refer to Public Health as we managed the waiting list. The ADRC is now in charge of that. Public Health will need to meet with the ADRC to try to get more referrals. The Southwest Family Care Alliance is looking to get a preferred provider list out. Public Health will need to talk with Southwest Family Care Alliance about becoming a preferred provider. The third thing is that we now have nurses in Family Care that are able to do some of the home care that the Public Health nurses were doing.
The next meeting of the Sauk County Human Services Board is scheduled for Monday, October 5, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.
Motion by Fordham, seconded by Bowers to adjourn. Motion Carried.
Bev Vertein