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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-06-2013 Health & Human Services Minutes MINUTES HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES BOARD May 6, 2013 8:30 AM Board Room, Department of Health & Human Services 1445 N 4th Street, New Richmond, Wisconsin CALL TO ORDER Vice Chair Larson called the meeting to order at 8:30 AM noting the meeting was properly and legally publicized. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Tim Hood Supervisor Present Fred Yoerg Supervisor Present Chris Kilber Supervisor Present Tom Hawksford Supervisor Absent Roger Larson Vice Chair Present Fred Horne Chair Absent Leon Berenschot Board Member Absent Lisa Ramsay Board Member Present Deb Rasmussen Board Member Present Others present: Health and Human Services Director Fred Johnson, Nursing Home Administrator Jack Williams, County Administrator Patrick Thompson, Fiscal Administrator Deb Suchla, Fiscal Director Tabitha Hanson, St. Croix Industries Administrator Clark Schroeder, Human Resources Director Tammy Funk, County Board Chair Daryl Standafer, Economic Support Administrator Ronda Brown-Anderson, New Richmond News Jeff Holmquist, Health and Human Services Administrative Assistant Colleen Linder, Aging & Disability Resource Center Program Services Specialist Renea Aeschliman, Director Provider Services Southwest Family Care Alliance Patty Koenerling, CEO Southwest Family Care Alliance Teri Buros, County Board Supervisor Agnes Ring, CEO Chippewa River Industries, Inc Dave Lemanski, Melissa Warrick, Jennell Bond, Brian Johnson, Mary C Askov, Mary Boots, Kim Dupre and Norm Matsik. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. April 1, 2013 8:30 AM The Vice Chair asked if there were any corrections to the minutes. The Vice Chair announced if there are no corrections to the minutes, they stand as distributed. RESULT: ACCEPTED PUBLIC COMMENT* A public commented pertaining to St. Croix Industries was submitted and read to the Board. BUSINESS ITEMS 1. Financial Reports The financial report through March was reviewed. Expenses are coming in under budget. Health and Human Services (HHS) and Aging are under collected at this time. The Board was informed that Aging & Disability Resource Center (ADRC) ended 2012 with a surplus that will be utilized to purchase technology/equipment for the Results Only Work Environment (ROWE). The state approved the one time usage. The necessary items were purchased in April 2013 which in turn may make the ADRC appear overspent on future month’s financial report. 2. Nursing Home Report Administrator Williams reported there is some optimism when comparing at the first quarter of 2013 to the first quarter of 2012. He stated that the nursing home is on track for an annual loss of $140,000 with depreciation included. Need to continue to work on the deficit to break even and that is the goal. Occupancy is the number one contributor to helping reach the goal. Currently the nursing home is at capacity and has been averaging 48 residents. Collections are being done consistently and timely. Upcoming events at the nursing home will be hosting a Mother’s Day event and a Volunteer Appreciation luncheon. The St. Croix Health Center was one of four to submit a Property Incentive Applicationto the state. The state should finalize their decision in mid-May and if the Health Center’s application is approved then the clock starts ticking and it will be decision time for the Health & Human Services Board and the County Board. There was a question raised regarding patient care and standards of care for patients. Information can be provided by the Director of Nursing at the next Health & Human Services Board meeting. A questioned was raised as to what has contributed to the capacity rate staying so high and the operational costs of the Health Center. Marketing of the facility, quality of care, room size and proximately to the population have all attributed to maintaining the capacity rate. Many of the operational cost savings were put into place prior to the hiring of Williams and continued analysis of expenses and monitoring occupancy will continue. 3. St. Croix Industries Financial Projections and Board Direction Board members reviewed a power point presentation pertaining to St. Croix Industries (SCI). The Board policy options presented were: 1) Transfer SCI to another agency take over operations; 2) Apply levy to SCI operation; 3) SCI Operational adjustments. Presentations were made to Board from Chippewa Rivers Industries and Southwest Family Care Alliance regarding transition of services to another agency. There was discussion about how services were transitioned, what needed to be done prior to transitioning, and what the role Southwest would play. Information was shared regarding the currently tax levy amount as well as what the operational adjustments to SCI would be. After discussions regarding all three Board policy options, a motion was presented by Hood and seconded by Yoerg to instruct Patrick Thompson and staff to begin looking at our options to transferring to another agency; a roll call vote was taken; motion passed with a vote of 5 to 1. Ayes: Tim Hood, Fred Yoerg, Chris Kilber, Lisa Ramsay, Deb Rasmussen Nays: Roger Larson Absent: Tom Hawksford, Fred Horne, Leon Berenschot 4. County Administrator's Pay for Performance Smart Goals for 2013/2014 County Administrator Thompson informed the Board the Administrative Committee is seeking input for July 2013 - July 2014 Pay for Performance Goals for Thompson. Board members should communicate with Board Chair Horne prior to May 20th. The goals should be broad strategic goals, not tasks and limited to three. 5. Health and Human Services Planning Report The Requests For Proposals (RFPs) were due April 19th. The RFP team met on April 26th to review the two proposals that were submitted. Recommendations have been made and more information will be reported at the County Board meeting. 6. Income Maintenance Administration: Affordable Health Care Act Implementation Information was shared as to how Income Maintenance workload is projected to increa se with implementation of the Affordable Health Care Act. Additional dollars are in the state budget for the implementation. Additional dollars means increasing staff. St. Croix County is part of a ten county consortium and each county has to decide as t o what role they would like to play in the upcoming transition to the Affordable Health Care Act, specifically related to increased staffing. Additional information will be shared with the Board whenmore specific funding allocations are available. . ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 11 a.m. DATE OF NEXT MEETING - JUNE 3, 2013 @ 5:30 P.M.