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NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
ST. CROIX COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BOARD
August 21, 2006 at 8:30 AM
(Board Room, St. Croix County DHHS Building, New Richmond WI)
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
REVIEW OF AGENDA
CONSENT AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING - 07/19/06 and 08/09/06
DATE OF NEXT MEETING — 09118106 8:30 AM
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS
1. Consideration of Claims and Vouchers
2. Financial Report
• Application of surplus
• Accounts Receivable - Collections update
3. Budget -most probable overview
4. Program reports
a. Nursing Home Report
• Ad Hoc Report
• Census
• IGT funding trend
b. Public Health
• Surgeon General's Report
• Insurance trends
5. Personnel Issues
• Springsted Safe manual overview
• Health officer update (appointment)
• Position request
6. Long Term Support-Long Term Care Reform
7. Family and Children's Non -primary Caregiver
8. Elert and Associates Telephone Study
9. Health and Human Services Governing Body By -laws Review
10. Strategic Planning report
11. Closed session per Wisconsin Statute 19.85 (1) (f)- Considering financial, medical, social or
personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific
personnel problems or the investigation of charges against specific person which would be
likely to have a substantial adverse effect upon the reputation of any person referred to in such
histories or data, or involved in such problems or investigations.
12. Reconvene into open session per Wisconsin Statute 19.85 (2) -return to open session.
Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County Clerk's office
by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting.
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ST. CROIX COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BOARD
August 21, 2006
The St. Croix County Health and Human Services Board met on August 21, 2006
at the St. Croix County Health and Human services /Health Center complex.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Esther Wentz, Chair
Gordon Awsumb
Leon Berenschot
Lois Burri
Tom Caflisch
Dr. Michael Kretz
Linda Luckey
Deb Rasmussen
Ronald Troyer
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Fred Johnson, Health and Human Services Director
Jennifer Pempek, Accountant /Fiscal Manager
Ron Kiesler, Mental Health /AODA Coordinator
Steve Kirt, Mental Health /AODA Clinical Services Supervisor
Kathy Dunlap, Family and Children's Coordinator
Wendy Kramer, Public Health Supervisor
Bill Van Offeren, Nursing Home Administrator
Kathy Dunlap, Family and Children's Coordinator
Malva Berg, Secretary
OTHERS PRESENT: Michelle Pietrick, Finance Director
Buck Malick, County Board Chair
Chuck Whiting, Administrative Coordinator
Cathy Lins, Development Plus
Chair Wentz called the meeting to order at 8:30 AM noting the meeting was
properly and legally publicized.
NEXT MEETING The next Health and Human Services Board meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 8:30 AM. Dr. Kretz will review
September vouchers.
AGENDA Motion A motion was introduced by Berenschot, seconded by Burri,
and unanimously adopted: That the agenda be approved as circulated.
MINUTES Motion A motion was introduced by Caflisch, seconded by Troyer,
and unanimously adopted: That the minutes of the 07/19/06 Health and Human
Services Board meeting approved with the following changes noted in italics:
Page 3, paragraph 1, sentence 6 should read as follows: The Board moved money
from the Nursing Home last year to cover DHHS deficit as well as moving money
to the general fund, so the decision was made to utilize the general fund for
working capital.
Page 3, paragraph 2, should read as follows: The fund balance at the beginning
of 2005 was (- $360,000) and it was $898,371 at the end of 2005. One of the
reasons for this excess is Mental Health inpatient purchased services were less
in 2005 than in 2004 due to fewer placements. There was an increase in WIMCR
monies received in 2005 and these monies were budgeted for 2006. A portion of
the WIMCR dollars were budgeted in the 2006 budget and will be transferred to
2006 budget.
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Page 7, paragraph 4, should read as follows: Van Offeren reported as a result
of the most recent State survey, that one of the cites went from a Level D to a
Level G. The State has verified we are doing what we are supposed to do. This
is a Class B cite with a possible forfeiture of up to $5,000 per day. There is
an option to appeal the cite. Nothing more has been received and staff will
continue to update the Board as information is received. Please see attached
grid levels of cites.
Page 7, paragraph 8 should read as follows: Luckey asked if a full report
regarding the Nursing Home would be given to the County Board in August. It
was the consensus the report should be delayed until September.
MINUTES Motion A motion was introduced by Kretz, seconded by Troyer, and
unanimously adopted: That the minutes of the 08/09/06 Health and Human
Services Board meeting approved with the following change: Rasmussen did not
receive notification of the meeting until after the meeting time so did not
attend meeting.
STRATEGIC PLANNING REPORT Cathy Lins was present to review the planning
activities that have taken place for strategic planning and to give an overview
of the Health and Human Services strategic plan. A steering committee
consisting of Dr. Kretz, Wentz, Kirt, and Johnson was formed. She said the
planning process follows five steps: 1) Setting the direction, 2) Assessing
the environment, 3) Identifying issues, strategies, and priorities, 4)
Developing and implementing the strategic plan, and 5) Monitoring and
evaluating performance. Trend data was reviewed, community members were
interviewed and staff were polled with 93% of staff participating. Two Board
members participated. DHHS has a reputation for strong /quality service. A
vision statement was developed, which is "Quality health and human services for
everyone by everyone." The agency can't do everything with the resources
available and will need to compliment other services to move forward.
Diversification of funding will be needed in the future. There are grant monies
available. Grants are for a limited period of time but then county levy needs
to be utilized or other grants found to sustain or move the program forward.
Accounts receivable monies need to be maximized. The report suggested community
volunteers be utilized to expand the reach of the department programs. An
annual report should be completed at least yearly to assess where the strategic
plan is, with updates on the plan a couple of times a year. The next step is
to develop an action plan for the next four to five years.
CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS Health and Human Services Board member Kretz
reviewed the vouchers.
Motion A motion was introduced by Kretz, seconded by Luckey, and
unanimously adopted: That the following vouchers be approved and be made a
part of the supplemental minute book:
Human Services vouchers 79472 through 79477, dated July 20, 2006 in the
amount of $21,404.96.
Human Services vouchers 80497 through 80528, dated August 03, 2006 in the
amount of $56,292.15.
Human Services and Nursing Home vouchers 79336 through 79449, dated July 20,
2006 in the amount of $127,346.51.
Human Services and Nursing Home vouchers 79450 through 79477, dated July 20,
2006 in the amount of $21,664.24.
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Human Services and Nursing Home vouchers 79760 through 79833, dated July 27,
2006 in the amount of $464,810.49.
Human Services and Nursing Home vouchers 80133 through 80221, dated August
03, 2006 in the amount of $240,546.82.
Human Services and Nursing Home vouchers 80885 through 81063, dated August
10, 2006 in the amount of $282,205.44.
Human Services and Nursing Home vouchers 81064 through 81242, dated August
10, 2006 in the amount of $216,740.26.
Nursing Home vouchers 81243 through 81276, dated August 10, 2006 in the
amount of $17,563.54.
Human Services, Workshop, Public Health, Social Services vouchers 435 through
464, dated July 25, 2006 in the amount of $353,776.62.
Human Services, Workshop, Public Health, Social Services vouchers 465 through
496, dated August 08, 2006 in the amount of $361,884.89.
Human Services and Nursing Home vouchers 457 through 488, dated July 27, 2006
in the amount of $171,858.46.
Human Services and Nursing Home vouchers 489 through 520, dated August 10,
2006 in the amount of $163,362.13.
Nursing Home vouchers 447 through 456, dated July 18, 2006 in the amount of
$8,125.43.
Workshop vouchers 85 through 90, dated July 25, 2006 in the amount of
$9,355.96.
Workshop vouchers 91 through 96, dated August 08, 2006 in the amount of
$11,348.98.
FINANCIAL REPORT Pempek distributed the following Health and Human Services
financial report for January through June. She mentioned CFS is a grant funded
program for which we have not yet received $87,000 in grant monies. There has
been a change in administration charges. All supply charges were changed to
one supply line to better track costs.
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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - 2006
SUMMARY Total
OF REVENUES Budget Jan -June Balance %
Administration 925.134.00 925.866.33 (732.33) 100.1%
ACDAServices 649,146.01 331,209.33 317,936.68 51.0%
Long Term Support 17,542,262.00 9,813,585.91 7,728,676.09 55.9%
Mental Health 2,909,086.00 1,757,712.55 1,151,373.45 60.4%
Family & Children's 3,120,265.00 2,178,507.94 941,757.06 69.8%
SED 216.000.00 245,569.48 (29.569.48) 113.7%
Public Health 1,537,680.00 765,039.68 772,640.32 49.8%
Economic Support 1,010,360.00 574,481.74 435,878.26 56.9%
General Relief 15,000.00 7,537.00 7,463.00 50.2%
Coordinated Services 260,403.00 92,982.66 167,420.34 35.7%
REVENUES HUMAN
SERVICES PROGRAMS 28,185.336.01 16.692,492.62 11,492.843.39 59.2%
SUMMARY Total
OF EXPENDITURES Budget Jan - June Balance %
Administration 925,134.00 502,615.88 422,518.12 543%
Alcohol -Drug Abuse 649,146.01 324,767.05 324,378.96 50.0%
Long Term Support 17,542,262.00 8,348,003.63 9,194,258.37 47.6%
Mental Health 2,909,086.00 1,441,781.39 1,467,304.61 49.6%
Family & Children's 3,120,265.00 1,514,115.27 1,606,149.73 48.5%
SED 216,000.00 29.004.00 180.608.00 13.4%
Public Health 1,537,680.00 754,331.08 783,348.92 49.1%
Economic Support 1,010,360.00 510,349.17 500,010.83 50.5%
General Relief 15,000.00 2,939.78 12,060.22 19.6%
Coordinated Services 260,403.00 63,858.65 196,544.35 24.5%
EXPENDITURES HUMAN
SERVICES PROGRAMS 28,185,336.01 13,491,765.90 14,687,182.11 47.9%
Excess Rev over Expenses S 3,200.726.72
Percentage of Budget: 49.98
`WIMCR revenues recorded
$ 3,200,726.72
Revenues above include state
advances Jan - May 06
$ 3,200,726.72
Pempek distributed the following Nursing Home report for January through
June. Per patient day (PPD) has been added to the report for better
tracking. $93,802 in IGT funds have been received so far this year. Pempek
indicated no salary increases have been included in the following numbers.
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ST CROIX HEALTH CENTER
OPERATIONS REPORT
Jan - June 2006 Jan - June
2006 BUDGET ACTUAL DIFFERENCE PPD
CENSUS 66 68 2
OPERATING REVENUE:
MEDICARE $ 629,623.05 $ 545,165.02 $ 84,458.03 87% 3.76
MEDICAID $ 2,609,616.07 $ 1,086,997.55 $ 1,522,618.52 42% 9.13
PRIVATE PAY $ 547,475.00 $ 421,205.00 $ 126,270.00 77% 14.4
RATE APPEALS - ACTUAL $ 14,824.00 $ - $ 14,824.00 0%
ALL OTHER SOURCES""" $ 220,453.00 $ 124,484.36 $ 95,968.64 56% 1.04
TRANSFER FROM CONTINGENCY $ - $ - $ - 0
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE $ 4,021,991.12 $ 2,177,851.93 $ 1,844,139.19 54% 28.33
OPERATING EXPENSES:
DAILY PATIENT SRVICES $ 3,363,410.47 $ 1,737,164.15 $ 1,626,246.32 52% 17.50
SPECIAL SERVICES $ 274,458.35 $ 132,067.42 $ 142,390.93 48% 1.33
GENERAL SERVICES $ 1,169,758.41 $ 554,753.14 $ 615,005.27 47% 5.59
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES $ 527,734.19 $ 256,015.47 $ 271,718.72 49% 2.58
UNASSIGNED: $ - 0.00
DEPRECIATION( °UBASED) $ - $ - $ - 0.00
OTHERS (INS-WC- CAP ITAL- UTIL) $ 373,372.00 $ 373,372.00 0% 0.00
Utilities $ 65,707.43
Workers Comp, Computer Tech $ 194,039.60
Insurance $ 56,542.00
$ 316 ,289.03
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $ 5,708,733.42 $ 2,996,289.21 $ 2,712,444.21 52% 30.18
NET FROM OPERATIONS $ - $ (818,437.28) -6.61
(COST OF DOING BUSINESS PRIOR TO
APPLYING LEVY & OUTSTANDING REV)
EXTRAORDINARY REVENUES
OUTSTANDING RATE APPEAL REV $ 14,824.00 $ - $ 14,624.00 0%
% OF OUTSTANDING IGT REV $ 377,000.00 $ 93,802.00 $ 283,198.00 25%
00 ALLOCATIONS( %BASED) $ 1,309,742.30 $ 652,770.00 $ 656,972.30 50%
TOTAL OUTSTANDING $ 1,701,566.30 $ 746,572.00 $ 954,99430
NET FROM ALL SOURCES $ (71.865.28
PERCENTAGE SHOULD BE 49.98%
Potential Salary Increases:
$16,856 - $50,567 annual projection
APPLICATION OF SURPLUS Pietrick indicated the County's unwritten policy for
excess budget funds is to apply surplus to the next year's budget. Surplus
funds in the Nursing Home in 2005 were used to make Health and Human Services
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whole and the rest was put in the county funds and applied to the fund balance
of the next year to lower the levy. It was questioned why the surplus funds
were not used to fund families on waiting lists. The services provided to
clients on the waiting list do no go away when the calendar year is up and not
all years have surplus funds.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE- COLLECTIONS UPDATE The ECHO updates are in a test file
now. A custom report may be needed and Pempek is working with sales and
technical support. Child Support has tax intercept in place and this is being
investigated for Health and Human Services. Administration will continue to
monitor the progress on receivables.
BUDGET -MOST PROBABLE OVERVIEW There were problems with getting accurate
employee information in the budget software so this report is not available.
It is hoped this will be corrected soon. The report will be forwarded to Board
members as soon as it is available. Pempek indicated Nursing Home numbers
should be done by the end of this week.
The Board recessed from 9:45 to 9:50 AM.
AD HOC REPORT A Nursing Home report will be presented to the County Board on
September 21. Implementation of WIPFLI recommendations regarding staffing have
been made. Goal setting issues and mandates /unfunded mandates will be
discussed in the report, also the recent incident in the Nursing Home. Malick
questioned what it would cost to place those residents the county must care for
in alternate placement. Van Offeren indicated the County is not fully
responsible for funding any current resident in the Nursing Home. All
residents in the Nursing Home are funded by private pay, Medicaid, Medicare or
private insurance. Admission is determined by the facility's ability to care
for the resident not ability to pay. Van Offeren reported there has to be a
very just cause to deny admission to the nursing home. The report will be
presented to the Health and Human Services Board on 09/13 before presenting to
the County Board. Copies of the O'Keefe report will be made available to new
Health and Human Services Board members.
The current census in the Nursing Home is 67.
IGT FUNDING TREND Johnson informed the Board of the IGT (Intergovernmental
Transfer) Funding received in the past:
2001 $856,000
2002 766,000
2003 708,000
2004 706,000
2005 552,000
It is hoped that the funding trend will stabilize. The Nursing Home budget
includes $377,000 in IGT funds for 2006.
SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT The six major conclusions of the Surgeon General's
report were distributed to Board members last month, which include the
following:
1. Millions are still exposed to secondhand smoke.
2. Secondhand smoke causes disease and death in non - smokers.
3. Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at risk for SIDS, asthma, ear
infections and other respiratory symptoms.
4. Secondhand smoke has immediate effects on coronary arteries.
5. There is no risk -free level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
6. Exposure to secondhand smoke is not eliminated by ventilation.
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Dr. Kretz distributed potential specific responses the Board could make in
response to the Surgeon General's report. A DVD entitled Breathe Easy 2006 was
shown to members. Dr. Kretz prepared a power point presentation entitled
Stopping the Harm regarding preventing exposure to secondhand smoke. Dr. Kretz
pointed out that 19 states are totally smoke free in public places. Several
municipalities, counties, villages in Wisconsin have gone smoke free in public
places. LaCrosse County went smoke -free in 2003. Dr. Kretz indicated it is the
Board's duty to prevent exposure to secondhand smoke. Dr. Kretz pointed out
increased health care costs and its affect on government budgets and ultimately
the taxpayer due to secondhand smoke. Awsumb said a policy should be developed
within the Board's statutory authority and not go into people's homes.
Communication will be held with LaCrosse County as to enforcement of their
policy. Also, work will be done with the Tobacco Coalition and St. Croix
County Public Health to develop a recommendation to bring back to the Board to
present at the next meeting.
POSITION REQUESTS Administration is requesting a 50% PHN (Public Health
Nurse) position be increased to 100% position. The associated cost of this
increase is approximately $35,200 which would come from county levy and
possibly Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC) funding, which is unknown
at this time. Public Health is a population -based service. The State average
for Public Health is 2.3 professional staff /10,000 population. St. Croix
County is at 1.6/10,000. This increase in PHN time had been approved two
previous years and then taken out of the final budget.
Motion A motion was introduced by Kretz, seconded by Rasmussen, and
unanimously adopted: That the Board approves increasing a 50% PHN position to
100% at a cost of approximately $35,200 as part of the 2007 budget process and
forward to the Finance Committee.
Administration is requesting to fill an Economic Support position at 100 %. The
position already exists within the organizational structure. The cost of this
position is approximately $51,000 with half of the position being federally
funded and the other half from levy or ADRC. We have been informed there will
be monies available for Economic Support from ADCR due to the LTC reform but
the amount is unknown. Current caseloads in the unit are over 500 per worker.
With LTC, the Economic Support Specialists are the only staff who can enroll
all of the new clients. In the event LTC is not implemented, this position will
not be filled.
Motion A motion was introduced by Kretz, seconded by Rasmussen, and
unanimously adopted: That the Board approves filling a 100% Economic Support
Specialist position at a cost of approximately $51,000 as part of the 2007
budget process and forward to the Finance Committee.
Administration is requesting a 100% Medical Records Technician Assistant
position. This position already exists within our organizational structure. The
cost of this position is approximately $52,800 to be funded by levy dollars.
The department is not able to keep up with the increased demand for medical
records needs due to county growth and increased cases. Some LTE contracting
has been done but has not been sufficient. Kiesler proposed UWRF interns spend
a portion of their internship in Medical Records.
Motion A motion was introduced by Kretz, seconded by Rasmussen, and adopted
with Luckey voting no: That the Board approves filling a 100% Medical Records
Technician Assistant position at a cost of approximately $52,800 as part of the
2007 budget process and forward to the Finance Committee.
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Kiesler presented a realignment in Mental Health and Coordinated Family
Services (CFS) to better meet unit demands due to more time needed in mobile
crisis and also more time needed for CFS. Currently Mental Health is
contracting 14 hours /week (35% time) with the jail for anger management and
other training. That time would be put back in clinic hours due to demand for
clinical services and Mental Health staff would assist the Sheriff's department
to locate contract services from an outside vendor by January of 2007.
Reorganization summary hand out provided to the Board.
HEALTH OFFICER UPDATE (APPOINTMENT Johnson said Charlotte Sortedahl is
recommended for the Health Officer /Public Health Coordinator position. Wentz
and Berenschot participated in the interview process from the Board. Johnson
will give a brief background of her education /experience when she is introduced
to the County Board in September. Administration requests Board approval of
Sortedahl as Health Officer /Public Health Coordinator to meet the requirements
of 251.03 (2).
Motion A motion was introduced by Berenschot, seconded by Troyer, and
unanimously adopted: That the Board approves appointing Charlotte Sortedahl as
Health Officer /Public Health Coordinator and to forward to the full County
Board to meet the requirements of 251.03 (2).
SPRINGSTED OVERVIEW Johnson presented a summary of how the Springsted study
was conducted. He indicated skill level was important in affecting points in
other categories. There are nine separate categories that are pointed. Johnson
gave an example of pointing. Whiting explained the position administrative
workgroup is made up of the highest paid positions in St. Croix County with
county positions to be reviewed once a year at budget time. Considerable time
has been spent with the committee on pointing. It is possible a new pay grid
will result from this study.
LONG TERM SUPPORT -LONG TERM CARE REFORM Johnson distributed a copy of the
preliminary county contribution for Long Term Care Reform. When LaCrosse
County started with Family Care, their contribution was approximately 22% of
their basic county allocation. According to this document, St. Croix County's
contribution would be approximately 150% of our basic allocation. Johnson said
this number is being negotiated. Two implementation workgroups are moving
forward in our consortium. One workgroup is focusing on a shared governance
structure between the counties and the private providers, while the other
workgroup is focusing on the private provider taking on the role of primary
provider and risk bearing agency (Community Health Partners), while the county
would focus on the role of running the Aging and Disability Resource Centers
(ADRC). Long Term Support will budget for 2007 the same as 2006 as
implementation of Long Term Care Reform has been pushed forward into next year.
FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S NON - PRIMARY CAREGIVER Starting 10/01/06 according to
Act 232 child protection investigations no longer need to be done for non -
caregiver child abuse allegations. Law enforcement will be primary and Family
and Children's will assist in investigations when asked. Dunlap reported this
will not impact Family and Children's caseloads very much.
ELERT AND ASSOCIATES TELEPHONE STUDY Elert and Associates completed a study
regarding updating the New Richmond phone system. Manufacturer technical
support for the current New Richmond telephone system ended in December of
2005. No upgrades have been made to the current system since it was installed
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in 1990. The study recommends upgrading the County Government's telephone
system and extending services to New Richmond Department of Health and Human
Services. By connecting with Hudson's system there would be one single
telephone system to maintain. Also, toll calls would be eliminated between the
two facilities and for county residents to call either facility from Hudson or
New Richmond. Administration is recommending the capital outlay plan be
modified to include $110,000 to upgrade the telephone system.
Motion A motion was introduced by Troyer, seconded by Berenschot, and
unanimously adopted: That the Board approves adding $110,000 to the capital
outlay budget for upgrade of the telephone system.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES GOVERNING BODY BY -LAWS REVIEW Will be delayed until
the September meeting.
Motion A motion was introduced by Caflisch, seconded by Kretz, That the
Board enter closed session per Wisconsin Statute 19.85 (1) (f)- Considering
financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of
specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems or
the investigation of charges against specific person which would be likely to
have a substantial adverse effect upon the reputation of any person referred to
in such histories or data, or involved in such problems or investigations.
Roll call vote:
Esther Wentz -yes
Gordon Awsumb -yes
Leon Berenschot -yes
Lois Burri -yes
Tom Caflisch -yes
Dr. Kretz -yes
Linda Luckey -yes
Deb Rasmussen -yes
Ronald Troyer -yes
Nine yes, motion passed.
The Board entered closed session at 12:05 PM. Whiting, Pempek and Malick
remained in the meeting.
Motion A motion was introduced by Troyer, seconded by Caflisch: That the
Board reconvene into open session per Wisconsin Statute 19.85 (2).
Roll call vote:
Esther Wentz -yes
Gordon Awsumb -yes
Leon Berenschot -yes
Lois Burri -yes
Tom Caflisch -yes
Dr. Kretz -yes
Linda Luckey -yes
Deb Rasmussen -yes
Ronald Troyer -yes
Nine yes, motion passed.
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The Board reconvened in open session at 1:17 PM.
Wentz asked if there were any other issues to bring before the Board.
Wentz adjourned the meeting.
Time: 1:17 PM
Chair:
Attest:
(secretary)