Minutes
of the Board of Directors Meeting
Board members present: Dennis Wedde,
Board members absent: Sharon Hampson, Patty Krug - alt.,
Cindy Tomasello -
alt., Karen Barlett - alt.,
Meeting called to order by at
Action Items
Approval of the agenda
- Motion by
Melody Bockenfeld and seconded by Karen Witt to
approve the agenda as presented. Motion
carried.
Judy then presented Melody Bockenfeld with
a plaque to thank her and to recognize her service to WALHDAB as the most
recent Past President. Sharon Hampson
was absent however a similar plaque will be presented to her at the next
meeting she attends.
Minutes of the
Treasurer's
Report -
Treasuser's
report given.
WPHA receives $10,000 off
the top for management services. That
leavers $50,878 to be share per the MOU.
There is a 77/23 (WPHA/WALHDAB) split for the first $13,000. WALHDAB's share is
$2990. There is an 85/15 split for the
remaining $37,878 and WALHDAB's of that is $5681.70. The total for WALHDAB share is $8671.70.
Motion by Curt Nyenhuis
and seconded by Karen Witt to approve the revenue as a part of the 2006-2007
budget. Motion carried.
Discussion was held on the need for a
legal review and/or a CPA's
advice on whether regions should
report revenues as part of the state treasury for the purposes of tax
status. Motion by Jody Langfeldt and
seconded by Mary Cay Freiberg to authorize Mary Halada to move ahead on getting
2 estimates on the cost of a legal review of the relationship between regional
WALHDAB treasuries and the state WALHDAB treasury. Motion carried. The question was raised as to whether or not
regional WALHDABs have their own tax ID numbers.
NACCHO & NALBOH
conference updates -
Judy shared some handouts that she
brought back for the NACCHO conference.
She expressed her appreciation at having the chance to attend the
conference. She touched on some
highlights of the conference and talked about the conference topic which was
health equity. One of the messages that
came out of the conference was to promote the use of NACCHO tool kits in local
communities. She will do an email to all
regional representatives. Every thing is
in place for the NALBOH meeting in September.
New Business
Bylaws Revisions
- Currently
the by-laws state that the 7 voting
members of the Joint Public Relations committee from WALHDAB will consist of
the Co-Presidents-Elect and five representatives of the membership. They also state that a good faith effort will
be made to get a member from each WALHDAB region. Discussion was held that often
Co-Presidents-Elect are not as up to speed on legislative issues as they need
to be to be voting members of this committee and that it would make more sense
to have the Past Co-Presidents or a co-president appointee hold that role. The consensus of the board is that the JPA
co-chair from WALHDAB will be appointed by the co-presidents. Discussion was held on the need for a Western
Region representative the names of Jean Durch and
Richard Thoune were suggested. For now Dale Hippensteel will continue as the
WALHDAB co-chair and Patti Wohlfeil will be a non-voting member for WALHDAB.
RFP Process - Judy gave a brief
review of the process leading up to the face to face interview at our June meeting
with Eric Ostermann of Badger Bay Management.
She then reported on activities since that meeting. She spoke with Eric about his first counter
proposal. We dropped some tasks but he
did not drop his charges much. However
this last proposal on his part met with very favorable discussion. The idea of a management service was why dues
were increased and will hopefully lessen the strain in the co-presidents making
it easier to recruit people interested in running for offices. Motion by Joe Salzman and seconded by Lowell
Haugen to approve the proposal from Badger Bay Management. Motion carried with a unanimous vote. Judy will check on whether we need to
renegotiate the $2500 to WPHA for JPA management services.
Strategic Plan Review
- Dates in
plan update and some changes made. Motion by Curt Nyenhuis
and seconded by Jody Langfeldt to approve changes in dates of completion. The following changes were made: 2007 section 4/E the target date is changed
to May 2008 and 2007 section 4/A the
date was changed to
Annual Conference
Committee -
Judy brought up that a co-chairperson is needed
from WALHDAB for the annual conference in July 2008. This annual conference will be held jointly
with the NALBOH conference. The
conference will be held at Monona Terrace in
Board Membership Update
- Mary
Dorn, Public Health Officer of the DePere Department of Public Health is the new Northeast
Regional representative. Jody will get a
list to both Judy and Eric at Badger Bay Management.
Annual Ethics Report
- Judy
received a report from our lobbyist for
her and Dennis Wedde to sign off on. She forwarded it to Melody, Sharon Hampson
and Mary Halada as she was unsure what to do with it. It was regarding lobbying activities from Jan
to June of 2007. Melody was willing to
review and approve it. The report was
reviewed by Judy and Melody and approved by Melody. Judy is unsure if this is received annually
or every six months. A question was
asked about the legislative grid. Mary
Cay also asked what if any impact would be on LHD if PNCC is provided through
HMO. The answer was that there would be
significant financial impact.
Joint Public Affairs
Committee membership - See discussion under
By-laws Revisions.
Committee Reports
Joint PA Committee
- The big
topic of discussion is the budget
and the fate of the WIC program. The JFC
did not take any action and the language to move WIC into the new department
remains. Now however is the time to send
letters urging the legislators to keep WIC in DHFS. Some other topics are a pilot increasing
dental reimbursement in 3 areas of the state and adding male health issues to Badgercare such as vasectomies and STI treatments. Judy asked Suzanne O. to give an update on
the WIC situation. She is surprised at
the low key stand by counties. It will
stay in the Governor's
budget then back to JFC. Wisconsin WIC Association (WWA) does not
object to the formation of the new department just to the inclusion of WIC into
that department. Currently WIC is seen
as a positive program by participants the concern is moving into a department
with a more punitive focus might decrease participation by families who need
the help. There is a documented
increase in Food Stamp usage when the program was moved out of DWD and into
DHFS. USDA has sent letters to the state
implying that they would not fund the WIC program if it is moved but there is
no fast stand on funding; a lot of political posturing going on currently. Suzanne will get a packet out to members
including samples of letters to send regarding WIC. It is important to see that the Governor also
get these letters has he has handed off the issue to Secretary Hayden. WWA has presented their position on the move
to the Public Health Council and have been invited to WPHA to make a similar
presentation.
Joint Annual Conference
- After
Action Report for annual meeting was
distributed.
General feeling is that the conference was
a big success.
Preparedness Leadership
Group -
Melody reported that the State, LHD and
Tribal preparedness group completed their work and issued a final report. In that report a statewide framework was set
up along with general guidelines for preparedness activities. It was recommended that the committee
continue as a standing committee. Sherri
Johnson invited all member of the original committee along with opening it up
to State and consortium staff. There was
a face to face meeting in June. Dr.
Johnson is the chairperson. The group
received reports from contractors such as SLofH,
PHIN, and Orin Hammes about Human Service disaster
planning. There was some discussion
about the replacing of the WALHDAB preparedness committee being replaced by the
new committee and confusion among members of the first committee about their participation
in the new committee. Melody then
reported on a conference call from today,
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