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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMeth Advisory Committee 11-29-06 i NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY METH ADVISORY COMMITTEE November 29, 2006 — 3:00 P.M. ST. CROIX COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER — ROOM 1281 1101 CARMICHAEL ROAD, HUDSON WI 54016 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING DATE OF NEXT MEETING OLD AND NEW BUSINESS 1. Review Goals and Strategies 2. Drug Court / Drug Court Coordinator 3. Survey Results Report 4. Group Membership 5. Upcoming Events 6. Dates and Time of Future Meetings I ADJOURN (Items may be taken in different order) ** Additions /Changes /Corrections i I i i Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County Clerk's office by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting. I 11/21/2006 3:11 PM St. Croix County Meth Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes, November 29 2006 Chairman Esther Wentz called the meeting to order at 3: 15 p.m. Esther Wentz — verbal roll call Members Present: Esther Wentz, Denise Gunderson, Tom Hennes, Linda Robertson, Tom Catflisch, Steve Kirt, Dennis Hillstead, Ed Thurman, Ann Davey, Joanne Sprain, Eric Johnson, Dave McQuillen, Bill Cranmer (a County Board Supervisor). Absent: Katie Deatherage, Doreen Rivard Adoption of Agenda —The motions were make to approve the agenda and the motions were carried. Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 @ 3pm in Room 1281, St. Croix County Government Center. There will be no meeting in December. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS SURVEY RESULTS I . Ed reviewed the results of the " Methamphetamine Survey" filled out by St. Croix County employees. There were 180 responses. • Seventy -seven percent of the respondents said they could benefit from receiving information about methamphetamine. *Two-thirds of respondents said they would like information on all aspects of the drug as defined in the survey, i.e., information on the drug's effect on the individual, the effect the manufacturing of the drug has on the environment, information on treatment options and information on what the meth problem costs the county. *Most said they would attend a "brown bag" lunch presentation. *Fifteen percent said that meth had impacted someone close to them. More responded yes in the Health and Human Service Department. Steve said that employees in the Human Service Dept. are more aware of meth and its effects where other employee groups may not have that kind of understanding of the problem. It was decided that the wording of this question i.e. "what is close" is ambiguous. • Steve said less than half of the total number of employees filled out the survey. *Dave said one of the reasons for the poorer return may have been that the employees did not have the privacy to will out the survey. 2. Esther asked who and what would be presented if they had a % hour "brown bag" presentation. Steve suggested two or three loops of various video presentations with an opportunity to ask questions. Someone suggested that there be a separate lunch place for each department such as the cafeteria. 3. Other ideas were discussed: *Linda suggested emailing Eric's power point presentation to county workers. Eric said he could email it over the intranet. Esther said not all employees have access to the intranet. •Dave suggested preparing a new power point presentation specific to St. Croix County (i.e. Here is the problem in St. Croix County, this is how your recognize it and this is what you can do about it). He said this would create more interest. He said the video or the intranet presentation should be 10 -15 minutes long and have someone available if questions arise. Perhaps Doreen and her aunt Mary could provide the information and Katie could do the power point. Steve would be the contact person if the audience had questions. • Someone suggested asking Jamie Swiontek if we could use her PowerPoint presentation on Meth or ask her if she would help us develop another. Jamie is the teacher who gave this presentation to teach her 8 1h grade students in River Falls. •Joanne said she would like use a PowerPoint to target prevention at the new "Strengthening Families" program sponsored by UW_Extension and the Somerset Schools. *Denise said the presentations should include help resources and information for parents. • Bill said that Hudson Cable Co. has a camera and taping facilities for a film. •Conclusion: Eric said the PowerPoint he has could be tweaked until someone is willing to create a new one. This will be sent out on the intranet. DRUG COURT /DRUG COURT COORDINATOR 1. There were 32 applications. 2. The Interview Committee has made their selections and will interview next week. MEMBERSHIP OF METH ADVISORY GROUP 1. There is a need to add volunteer members to this committee. 2. Katie has a newborn and cannot make monthly meetings but is more than willing to work on things at home or do "one off' projects. 3. Linda can not attend meetings on Monday 4. Denise, Tom H and Joan each have a person they will ask to join. UPCO MING EVENTS 1. MADAM activities for Oct/Nov *Meth information, buttons, posters, newsletters and a T -shirt were sent to a 7th grade teacher in Kentucky. Her class was invited to email MADAM with questions. •MADAM set up their display and handed out information at WITC on November 16 because three people in recovery were speaking on Meth. •MADAM is inviting community and school libraries to have their display set up for a week at a time beginning in January. *Packets of back issued newsletters were sent to jails and out patient treatment facilities in 14 western Wisconsin counties inviting them to be on our newsletter mailing list. *Three more NA books and three meditation books were donated to the Polk County jail for their NA program. Also, two AA books, a Jewish recovery book, two meditation books and a Just for Today meditation book were donated to the library. *The support group has been moved to the Bean Bag Coffee Shop in New Richmond. It is on Tuesday nights from 7 -8pm in their private meeting room. •Madam is currently working a project with River Falls Partnership for Youth. The project is called "Methamphetamine Abuse in Western Wisconsin." • An email was received from a business person in Winnebago, Minnesota requesting ideas for anti -meth T- shirts. He has a business printing shirts. Several business people in his area want him to print t -shirts so give to their school. *There are now three signs in St. Croix County. All are around Star Prairie and Somerset. One more is going up on Hwy 65 between Star Prairie and New Richmond. 2. STRENGTHENING FAMILIES is a free program for BOTH parents /caregivers and youth ages 10 -14. It's a 7 sessions beginning Jan. 8 th at the Somerset Middle School. The sponsors are UW- Extension and Somerset Schools. Adjourned at 4:00 pm. Respectfully Submitted Linda M. Robertson