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MINUTES
COUNCIL ON AGING AND DISABILITIES
December 8, 2017 8:30 AM
St. Croix County Services Center - Rm 171 & 172
1752 Dorset Lane, New Richmond, Wisconsin
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived
Tom Coulter St. Croix County Supervisor Present
Dave Ostness St. Croix County Chair Present
Paulette Anderson St. Croix County Supervisor Present
Mary Ellen Brue St. Croix County Council member Present
Maureen Brunner St. Croix County Council memberr Excused
Virginia Drath St. Croix County Council member Present
Patricia Jonas St. Croix County Council member Excused
Laurie Pelnar St. Croix County Council member Late 8:47 AM
Alfred Schrank St. Croix County Council member Present
James Schreiber St. Croix County Vice Chair Present
George Zaske St. Croix County Council member Present
Others present were Brad Beckman, ADRC Administrator; Fred Johnson, HHS Director; Jo
Anne Friedell, Adult Protection Social Worker and Bonnie Edlund, Adult Protection Social
Worker.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. November 10, 2017 8:30 AM
Chair Ostness asked if there were any additions or corrections that needed to be made to the
minutes from November 10, 2017. Since there were none notes, Chair Ostness stated the
minutes will stand as written.
RESULT: ACCEPTED
PUBLIC COMMENT
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. Adult Protective Services Presentation
Bonnie Edlund and Jo Anne Friedell introduced themselves to the Council and provided
their employment history. They provided statistics regarding the number of Adult
Protection referrals made since 2008. The number of referrals have increased over the
years and with a redesign of the current unit in the past year has decreased slightly. They
work closely with the staff within the ADRC as well as many other Health and Human
Services units.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
2. Financial Reports
Dr. Haug reported the reports remain in line with the budget. The ADRC revenue is still
low due to timing of claims, but otherwise look in line with the projections for the year.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
3. Nutrition Advisory Council December Meeting Review
The most recent meeting was held in Hudson earlier in the week. The Nutrition Advisory
Council reviewed the 3rd quarter statistics, discussed the Home-delivered meal program
trends, the offsite visit to a Pierce County restaurant model, and the other topics on the
agenda. The next meeting will be held on February 14, 2018 in Baldwin.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
4. Information and Assistance Specialist/Options Counselor Update Sheet
Council members reviewed the November 2017 Information & Assistance Update Sheet.
In the month of November there were four enrollments into Inclusa and one
disenrollment; there were two enrollments into Care Wisconsin and one disenrollment;
there was one enrollment into IRIS and one disenrollment. The number of calls tend to
increase during the holiday season when family visit their loved ones.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
5. Out of County and Weekend Senior Center Transportation Requests
There were no out of county and weekend Senior Center Transportation requests.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
6. 2018 Aging and Disability Resource Center events & Council on Aging and Disabilities
meeting dates
Council members were provided with a handout laying out the events that the ADRC will
be hosting or involved in throughout 2018.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Some topics that were mentioned by Council member for future agenda items were a
presentation by the Managed Care Organization; discussion on the shortage of personal care
workers; information on depression and services for individuals.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Beckman informed the Council the ADRC staff provided an orientation to new Council member
Maureen Brunner and Patricia Jonas. He also announce that the new part-time Disability Benefit
Specialist, Laruel Feldt, started on Monday, December 4.
Beckman highlighted the Virtual Dementia Tour that was held early November in Hudson. An
article was in the local newspaper and WCCO was present and ran a story.
Chair Ostness provided the Council members with a copy of the power point that was presented
at the County Board meeting earlier in the week regarding the Transit subcommittee.
ADJOURN
Meeting was adjourned at 9:41 a.m.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting for the Council will be held on January 12, 2018