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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTFF MEETING
TO: Tom Dorsey, Chairman
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Ron Lockwood, LTS Coordinator
Long Term Support Unit
DATE: March 4, 2002
COMMITTEE TITLE: Long Term Support Planning Committee
MEETING DATE: THURSDAY, March 21, 2002
MEETING TIME: 1:30 P.M.
MEETING LOCATION: Board Room at Human Services Center
New Richmond
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
ADOPTION OF AGENDA:
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES:
DATE /LOCATION OF NEXT MEETING:
AGENDA: (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
OLD BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS:
1) Financial Report
2) Variance & Purchase Requests & COP High -Cost Requests
3) Nursing Home Relocation requests.
4) Request for 24 CIP II slots
5) Consider need to make cuts in the CY2002 budget due to loss of state revenue
sharing funds as proposed by Governor McCallum
6) Aging Department Report
7) Approve COP Plan update for CY2002.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE:
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT:
Copies to: County Clerk's Office
Committee Members
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LONG TERM SUPPORT PLANNING COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
March 21, 2002
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Robert Boche, James Craig, Keith Gregerson, Fern Johnson, Ray Mealey, John
Mortensen, Robert Palewicz, Marguerite Sumner, Wanda Viellieux, and Marge
Wolske.
MEMBERS EXCUSED: Bruce Bayer, Richard Peterson and Glenda Zielski
MEMBERS ABSENT: Francis Schaffner
STAFF PRESENT: Ron Lockwood, LTS Coordinator
Meeting called to order by Chair Ray Mealey at 1:35 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Quorum present
Adoption of Agenda: Motion to adopt agenda by John Mortensen, second by Marguerite
Sumner. Motion carried.
Previous Minutes: Motion to accept previous meeting minutes of January 10, 2002 by
Robert Bocke, second by Robert Palewicz. Motion carried.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 1:30 P.M. in board room at
Human Services Complex, New Richmond.
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Financial Report: Report of LTS Unit program expenses for the period January through
December 2002 was presented. It was noted that expenses are reported monthly on a
cash basis and consequently costs may appear to increase dramatically at yearend as
many early CY2002 costs get accrued back to the year in which expenses were incurred.
CIP -2 program does exceed the budget because additional CIP -2 loan slots were
awarded this month for CY2001. Such an award reduces COP -W costs and increases
CIP -2 costs. The net effect is to reduce the local match requirement for COP -W by
$130,000. BIW costs exceeded the budget. But because BIW is fully financed by the
State and Federal government there will be no cost to the county.
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March 21, 2002
Variance and Purchase Requests: Motion by Robert Palewicz, second by Keith
Gregerson to approve high -cost request for home furnishings for a waiver participant who
relocated from a nursing home to his own apartment. Motion carried.
Nursing Home Relocation Requests: Motion by Marge Wolske, second by Marguerite
Sumner to support request for permanent COP -W resources of. $33,091 for person
wishing to relocate from a nursing home to the community. Motion carried.
Request for 24 GIP -2 slots- Motion by Wanda Viellieux, second by Robert Boche that LTS
Unit staff should apply for 24 CIP -2 slots that would represent the 24 nursing home beds
currently banked by St. Croix County. Motion carried.
Consider Ned for CY2002 B udg .t Cuts Staff presented options regarding full and
partial implementation of new CIP -2 slots generated by banked nursing home beds.
Options A and B are attached to the minutes. Motion by James Craig, second by Robert
Palewicz to select Option A and fully utilize COP -W local match savings to serve persons
on the COP -W wait list. Motion carried.
There was also consensus that cuts should be made in the areas of administration and
other indirect costs before cutting direct services to individuals in need.
Aging Department Report _ Marge Wolske reported that April 21 -27 is National
Volunteer Week. In the year 2001, the Department on Aging had 318 registered
volunteers donating 22,479 hours to help maintain aging services. Figured at the
Department's part-time staff rate of $7.10 per hour, those volunteers saved the County
$159,600. That's more than the Department's annual allocation from the County.
The Department's Benefit Specialist just received recognition for getting $65,000 in
hospital bills waived for a low income, disabled senior with cancer, whose medical
insurance had been terminated when the patient became unable to work.
As the first step in the 2003 -2005 Aging Plan, St. Croix County seniors were surveyed
regarding what they believe to be the most important issues facing older people today.
The top 5 priorities, in order, are:
• Provide help with the high cost of prescription medications.
• Add more serving days to the elderly nutrition program.
• Provide more home health care.
• Provide more transportation to long- distance medical appointments.
• Provide more affordable housing for low and moderate income seniors.
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John Mortensen invited members to the Senior Celebration sponsored by the Department
on Aging, to be held May 9 at the Faith Community Church in Hudson.
Motion to Adjourn: Motion to adjourn at 2:50 p.m. by Marge Wolske, second by John
Mortenson. Motion carried.
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Submitted by: Ron Lockwood, LTS Coordinator
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