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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBuilding Facilities 07-07-10 NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY — THE BUILDING FACILITIES LONG -TERM PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE July 7, 2010 9:00 a.m. Room 1281, Government Center Hudson, WI CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF AGENDA ACTION ON PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES: June 2, 2010 DATE OF NEXT MEETING — August 4, 2010 OLD AND NEW BUSINESS 1. Status of Phase II of Planning Study 2. Review of Hennepin County Work from Home Project 3. Status of Ongoing Building Projects 4. Items for August Agenda ADJOURN (Items may be taken in different order) ** Additions /Changes /Corrections Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County Clerk's office by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting. 6/29/2010 11:08 AM Approved Minutes of Meeting ST. CROIX COUNTY — THE BUILDING FACILITIES LONG -TERM PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE July 7, 2010 9:00 a.m. Room 1281, Government Center Hudson, WI CALL TO ORDER — The Meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman Rebholz. ROLL CALL - Members present: Roger Larson, Daryl Standafer, Gene Ruetz, Fred Horne, Esther Wentz, and Roger Rebholz Others Present: Administrative Coordinator Chuck Whiting, Building Services Director Art Tobin, Health and Human Services Director Fred Johnson, Nursing Home Director Frank Robinson, Dave Simons from SEH, and Human Resources Administrator Tammy Funk. APPROVAL OF AGENDA — Standafer moved to approve the agenda, 2 by Ruetz. Carried unanimously. ACTION ON PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES: June 2, 2010 — Ruetz moved to approve the minutes of June 2, 2010, 2nd by Wentz. Carried unanimously. DATE OF NEXT MEETING — August 4, 2010 OLD AND NEW BUSINESS 1. Status of Phase II of Planning Study — Simons reviewed a presentation summarizing the status of the study so far. He reviewed options that have been discussed over the past several months, including whether an advantage exists to capitalize on Medicaid reimbursement rates to build a new health center and move HHS operations into the existing health center building. Simons concluded this would not be an advantage and stated a new HHS building and retaining the existing health center would be the most cost effective option. He reviewed improvements to the health center that can be made. He asked for discussion and consensus on his conclusions. Discussion on Medicare reimbursement options. Discussion about advantages to retaining the existing health center and making some improvements. Discussion about financial implications of different options. Robinson favored retaining the existing facility and making upgrades to enhance revenues. Discussion on future trends favoring nursing home care and assisted living. Simons reviewed the status of the HHS building. Discussion about issues of location for a new HHS building and related issues. Discussion on building needs and pros and cons associated with location options. Discussion about options for court services for Family and Children services. Discussion about how to best utilize existing space in County buildings. Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County Clerk's office by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting. 8/4/2010 10:32 AM Discussion about the New Richmond location for HHS. Consensus that the New Richmond location is the optimum location. Simons pointed out that committing to a New Richmond location narrows the options the County needs to consider going forward, and moves the County closer to a viable action. Discussion about next steps. Simons reviewed the status of meeting tasks within SEH's designated work. He reviewed the work left to be done in looking at the Hudson and Baldwin County facilities. Robinson reviewed care opportunities in the health center that could be done with certain facility improvements. Opportunities exist where current health center support services such as food prep and laundry could be shared with an assisted living facility. He also reviewed adult daycare options. The Committee discussed next steps. Existing space use needs to be looked at as should offsite work options. Tobin reviewed records retention options. Simons to present a summarized version of his presentation to the County Board on August 3. 2. Review of Hennepin County Work from Home Project - Johnson, Whiting and Funk reviewed the Hennepin County off site work program that may reduce the need for physical workspace. Discussion about how and when the County could further consider this work approach. Consensus of the Committee to continue to pursue this option. Discussion on the timeliness of this effort relative to determining building size. 3. Status of Ongoing Building Projects — Tobin reviewed the work being done on the AgCenter building roof in Baldwin. He noted his department is replacing 30 cameras in the jail. Highway is fixing some potholes in the parking lot in New Richmond. He reviewed the water usage in the New Richmond facilities now that meters have been placed in the buildings. He also is looking at electric usage metering for the New Richmond facilities. 4. Items for August Agenda — Ruetz noted the Fair starts in Glenwood City in two weeks. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 11:37 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Roger Larson Secretary Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County'Clerk's office by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting. 8/4/2010 10:32 AM