Executive & Child Support

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Wednesday, November 10, 2021 County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz and Chuck Zenner and Scott Mildbrand Members Absent: none. Other Attendees: Lester Lewis, Marie Koerner, Larry Brandl, Courtney Graff, Jessica Mudgett, Liza Daleiden and Brian Wilson-Star News. Attendees via Zoom- Andria Farrand Call Meeting to Order: Chairman Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Approve Agenda : Mildbrand made a motion , seconded by Zenner, to approve the agenda . Motion carried. Approve the minu tes of the October 27, 2021, Executive Committee meeting : Mildbrand made a motion, seconded by Zenner, to approve the minutes. Motion carried. Discuss the future of the Taylor House homeless shelter : Zenner began the discussi on, asking Mudgett and Dalei den, of Taylor County Supportive Housing, what the next step s are. They stated they are still actively pursuing grants and donation s to begin rehabilitation . They have asked Huotari for a bid on the project. There was further discussion about possibly renovating one room at a time, however, as D aleiden stated, things such as electrical and plumbing need to be done through out the house. Daleiden asked t he committee where they s tand regarding the approximately $13 5,000.00 CDBG-CLOSE grant funds the county has to pay back to the state. There was discussion among the committee members and then a motion by Mildbrand, seconded by Zenner, to pass along a resolution to the C ounty Board that the County pay the state from the Land Acqu isition account and forgive the repayment by Taylor County Supportive Housing. Motion carried. Adjourn: Zenner made a motion, seconded by Mildbrand, to adjourn the meeting at 10:24 a.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Third Floor Meeting Room Members Present: Jim Metz and Chuck Zenner and Scott Mildbrand Members Absent: none. Other Attendees: Courtney Gra ff, Brian Wilson -Star News, Brad Dahlvig -WIGM radio and Andria Farrand. Call Meeting to Order: Chairman Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 9:21 a.m. Approve Agenda: Zenner made a motion , seconded by Mildbrand, to approve the agenda . Motion carried. Approve the minu tes of the September 21 , 2021 , and September 29, 2021 , Executive Committee meeting: Mildbrand made a motion, seconded by Zenner, to approve the minutes. Motion carried. Resolution addressing the continuance of distributing CDBG -CLOSE grant money: Motion by Mildbrand, sec onded by Zenner , to discontinue the distrib ution of the CD BG-CLOSE grant funds and stop this project. Motion carried. Adjourn: Zenner made a motion, seconded by Mildbrand, to adjourn the meeting at 9:35 a.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Tuesday, September 29, 2021 Third Floor County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz and Chuck Zenner and Scott Mildbrand Members Absent: none. Other Attendees: Lester Lewis, Mi ke B ub, Larry Brandl , Courtney Graf , J essica Mudgett, Amanda Newberry, Sheldon Johnson- NWRP, Brian Wilson-Star News and Andria Farrand. Other attendees via Zoom: Liza Daleiden Call Meeting to Order: Chairman Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m. Approve Agenda: Zenner made a motion , seconded by Mildbrand, to approve the agenda . Motion carried. Discuss how to m ove forward with the tran sitional housing site now that we ’ve received an estimate from Cedar Corp: Sheldon Johnson-Northwest Regional Planning, was present to provide an update to the committee. He stated that after the purchase of the home and some administrative costs, plus the $84,000.00 Cedar Corporation will charge for architectural, that will leave approximately $75,000.00 for the rehabilitation. The estimate is $500,000.00 - $550.000.00 from Cedar Corp. If we walk away, Taylor County will be responsible to pay back what has been spent to da te w hich is approximately $140,000.00. Also, if the shelter is not completed and operational by 12/31/ 2022, Taylor County is responsible to pay back wha t has been granted. Mudgett asked the C ounty to apply for the next round of grants, the CDBG -CV grant and request $550,000.00. Johnson stated there is $16,000,000.00 available for Covid related projects on a first come first serv ed basis. He can write the grant and Mudgett stated the Taylor County Supportive Housing could pay for this application. After much discussion, it was agreed to send it to the October County Board session to decide if we will apply for an additional $550,000.00 in grant money, bringing the total to $870,000.00 for the homeless shelter. It was also agreed , since the project is on hold and the state w ill not be reimbursing for an y expenditures at this time, the Director’s salary is also on hold and will not be paid from the original CDBG grant. Update on sale of Taylor Coun ty owned “Hwy 102” property: Gra f advised the committee we’ve received a cash offer, over asking price. We will be paying a 6% commission. Adjourn: Zenner made a motion, seconded by Mildbrand, to adjourn the meeting at 2:57 p.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk Executive Committee September 21, 2021 Third Floor County Board Room, Taylor County Courthouse Call Meeting to Order: Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m. Members Present: Jim Metz, Charles Zenner, Scott Mildbrand Members Absent: None Other Attendees: Linda Daniels, Marie Koerner, Patty Krug, Brian Wilson; Star News Other Attendees Present via video : Nathanael Brown, Liza Daleiden, Gwen Thomas, Colleen Handrick Approve Agenda. A motion was made by Zenner, seconded by Mildbrand, to approve the agenda with five items. A unanimous vote cast, the motion carried. Approve Minutes. A motion was made by Zenner, seconded by M etz, to approve the minutes of the September 13, 2021, Executive Committee meeting. A unanimous vote cast, the motion carried. Discuss and act on time away from work for employees with Covid -19 and those determined as close contacts . Marie Koerner, Human Resource Manager, was present to obtain clarification of how em ployees will be paid when off of work when sick with Covid or named as a close contact . Patty Krug, Public Health Director, stated that vaccinated individuals who are exposed are not required to quarantine if they do not have symptoms . A motion was made by Mildbrand, seconded by Zenner, to follow the Public Health guidelines and treat Covid whether a positive case or close contact the same as any other illness in regard to how employees would be paid . The employee would use benefit time and if their benefit time was exhausted, they would still follow the guidelines for being quarantined , but would be unpaid while off from work regardless of where they contracted Covid from or was named as a close contact. A unanimous vote cast, the motion carried. Adjournment. A motion was made by Zenner, seconded by Metz, to adjourn at 10:20 a.m. A unanimous vote cast, the motion carried. Secretary: Linda Daniels EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Monday, September 13, 2021 Third Floor County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz and Chuck Zenner. Members Absent: Scott Mildbrand Other Attendees: Marie Koerner, Michelle Kurth, Brian Wilson -Star News and Andria Farrand were present. Other attendees via Zoom: Courtney Graf Call Meeting to Order: Chairman Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 8:31 a.m. Approve Agenda: Zenner made a motion, seconded by Metz, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the August 17, 2021, Executive Committee meeting: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Metz, to approve the minutes. Motion carried. Review Corporation Counsel Agreement, Resolution and Budget for 2022: Graf stated that there is a proposed change to the m onthly charge for Human Services and Child Support legal services from $6,630.00 to $6,800.00 monthly. They haven’t had an increase in three years, yet they have been seei ng increases in th eir costs. Zenner made a motion , seconded by Metz, to approve the budget as presented. Motion carried. Review Child Support 2022 budget: Kurth provided the report to the committee for year end 2020 as well as her proposed 2022 budge t at $304,213.00. Kurth stated th ey have m et a ll performance metrics and once again received the Certi ficate of Excellence award for 2020. Zenner congratulated Kurth and her department. Zenner made a motion, seconded by Metz, to approve the budget as presented. Motion carried. Adjourn: Zenner made a moti on, seconded by Metz, to adjourn the me eting at 8:42 a.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Third Floor County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz, Scott Mildbrand and Chuck Zenner. Other Attendees: Courtney Graf, Larry Brandl, Kyle Noonan and Andria Farrand were present. Call Meeting to Order: Chairman Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 8:03 a.m. Approve Agenda: Zenner made a motion, seconded b y Mildbrand, to approve the agenda . Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the June 14, 2 021, Executive C ommittee meeting: Motion by Mildbrand, seconded by Zenner, to approve the minutes. Motion carried. Review and possible action on request from DHS to terminate lease of property located at W4193 State Hwy 102, Westboro, WI 54490: Graf told the committee that the individual that was on supervised release was discharged and has moved to Texas. The DHS has requested to terminate the lease early. They are paid through August and gave notice on August 12, 2021. Mildbrand made a mot ion, seconded by Zenner, to terminate the lease on September 1, 2021. Motion carried. Next was a motion by Zenner, seconded by Mildbrand, to contact a real tor to sell the house. Motion carried. Finally, there was a motion by Zenner, seconded by Mildbrand, to contact Dixon Greiner Realty. Motion carried. Courtney will get started on things and when we do receive offers, she will bring them to the Executive Committee for review. Adjourn: Zenner made a motion, seconded by Mildbrand, to adjourn the meeting at 8:27 a.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Monday, June 14, 2021 Third Floor County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz, Scott Mildbrand and Chuck Zenner. Other Attendees: Courtney Graf, Joe Svejda, Larry Brandl, Brian Wilson-Star News, and Andria Farrand were present. Call Meeting to Order: Chairman Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 2:01 p.m. Approve Agenda: Mildbrand made a motion to approve the agenda, seconded by Zenner. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the May 13, 2021, Executive Committee meeting: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Mildbrand to approve the minutes. Motion carried. Purchase of the Bauer property: Graf provided an update to the committee on the purchase of the Bauer property. The contract stated that specific buildings needed to be removed from the property, prior to closing on June 15, 2021. Attorney Bill Gruenwald, who is representing Bauer has suggested an additional 30 days. Motion by Zenner, seconded by Mildbrand, to extend the closing date 30 days. Zenner then amended his motion, seconded by Mildbrand, to extend the closing date to July 31st to give them extra days to get it done. Motion carried. Adjourn: Zenner made a motion, seconded by Mildbrand Zenner to adjourn the meeting at 2:09 p.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Thursday, May 13, 2021 Third Floor County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz, Scott Mildbrand and Chuck Zenner. Other Attendees: Ray Soper , Catherine Lemke, Larry B randl, Don Wat son-Star News , and Andria Farrand were present. Call Meeting to Order: Chairman Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 1:34 p.m. Approve A genda: Zenner made a motion to approve the agenda , seconded by Mildbrand. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the February 18, 2021 Executive Committee meeting: Motion by Mildbrand, seconded by Zenner to approve the minutes. Motion carried. Employee mask mandate: There was discussion among the commi ttee regarding the mask mandate and the fact that people have all had the opportunity to get the vaccinat ion if they were interested. The Health Department is going to discontinue the vaccination clinics as o f June 4th as attendance has declined, and the vaccine is available at Aspirus and Walmart. Motion by Mildbrand, seconded by Zenner, m asks will be opti onal for a ll Taylor County employees and visitors effective June 1, 2021. Motion carried. County buildings capacity : The county building s are current ly being rented with a 25% capacity and conference rooms have posted limits. After some discussion, and since there is no longer a statewide mandate, there was a motion by Zenner, sec onded by Mildbrand to go back to full capacity in the county buildings, including those rented at the fairgrounds, effective June 1, 2021. Motion carried. Adjourn: Zenner made a motion, seconded by Mildbrand Zenner to adjourn the me eting at 1:42 p.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Thursday, February 18, 2021 Third Floor County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz, Scott Mildbrand and Chuck Zenner. Other Attendees: Judge Ann Knox-Bauer, Lester Lewis, Marie Koerner, Patty Krug, Brian Wilson- Star News, and Andria Farrand were present. Call Meeting to Order: Chairman Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. Approve Agenda : Zenner made a motion to approve the agenda , seconded by Mildbrand. Motion carried. Approve the m inutes of the January 5, 2 021 Executive C ommittee meeting and the February 5, 2021 Joint Executive and Personnel meeting s: Motion by Mildbrand, seconded by Zenner to approve the minutes. Motion carried. Re-opening of the main entrance: There was discus sion among the committee members, as well as Judge Knox-Bauer and Patty Krug. The fact that the COVID numbers are tre nding down, and the courts will be going back to in person again, the committee felt it was time to open the doors to th e public without monitoring them. Zenner made a motion , seconded by Metz, to open all County Buildings, with 25% capacity at any public events held at County buildings, on April 1, 2021. Motion carried. Adjourn: Zenner made a moti on, seconded by Mildbrand Zenner to adjourn the me eting at 1:26 p.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk Joint Executive and Personnel Committee February 5, 2021 Third Floor County Board Room, Taylor County Courthouse Call Meeting to Order: Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. Members Present: Jim Metz, Charles Zenner, Scott Mildbrand, Rollie Thums Members Present via GoToMeeting video: Tim Hansen, Lester Lewis Members Absent: None Other Attendees: Linda Daniels, Marie Koerner, Jennifer Strama, Melissa Lind, Patty Krug, Mike Bub Other Attendees Present via GoToMeeting video : Ben Stanfley, Colleen Handrick, Cheryl Ketelhut, Liza Daleiden, Michelle Kurth, Peggy Kellnhofer, Diane Zuleger, Rose Thums, Judge Ann Knox-Bauer, Jake Walcisak, Andria Farrand, Jen Meyer, Brian Wilson; Star News Approve Agenda. A motion was made by Thums, seconded by Mildbrand, to approve the agenda with four items. A unanimous vote cast, the motion carried. Remote Work. Several department heads were present to discuss current and future plans and issues regarding remote work for employees of Taylor County. Melissa Lind and Jennifer Strama from the Information Technology Department and Mike Bub, IT Committee Chair, explained the computer issues when working remote and answered questions regarding the VPN availability, TCM, employees working remotely sharing what is currently available and laptop expenses for remote work of Human Serv ices employees. Also discussed were the possibility of bringing employees back to work, as well as, being prepared for disasters in the future and the county’s response to handling a disaster where remote work would be needed to keep county functions working. After much discussion, no action was taken on the agenda item, but the IT Department was asked to come back to the IT Committee and Finance C ommittee with a budget for what might need to be done to have a feasible plan for the future of Taylor County. The current amount of computers available to Human Services will continue as is. Adjournment. A motion was made by Zenner, seconded by Mildbrand, to adjourn at 1:53 p.m. A unanimous vote cast, the motion carried. Secretary: Linda Daniels EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Tuesday, January 5, 2021 Third Floor County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz, Scott Mildbrand and Chuck Zenner. Other Attendees: Mike Bub , Michelle Kurth, Marie Koerner, Pat ty Krug, Larry Bran dl, Jake Walcisak, Brian Wilson-Star News, Brad Dahlvig-WIGM, and Andria Farrand were present. Call Meeting to Order: Chairman Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. Approve Agen da: Zenner made a motion to approve the ag enda, seconded by Mildbrand. Motion carried. Approve the minu tes of the November 2, 2020 and November 25, 2020 Executive Committee meeting: Motion by Mildbrand, seconded by Zenner to appro ve the m inutes. Motion carried. Resolution in support of increa sed child support funding : Michelle Kurth, Taylor County Child Support Administrator was present to address the committee. She stated the resolution is requesting an increase of $4 million dollars, for 2021-2023, throughout the state. It has already been signed off by about 20 counties. There was a motion by Zenner, seconded by Mildbrand, to approve the resolution. Motion carried. Update on Covid -19 vaccin e: Patty Krug, Taylor County Health Dep artment Direct or, was present to give an update on the Co vid-19 vaccine. She stated t he health department is still working on their training and getting registered to administer the Covid vaccine. She did advise that one of the County ’s long-term care facilities’ residents and staff ha ve already recei ved the vaccine, and another is sc heduled to receive it next week. Walgreens and CVS have a contract with the state to go to such facilities to administer the vaccine. Aspirus Medford has also started immunizing their staff members. Patty shared a handout of the 3 phases of the vaccine roll out, and we are i n Phase 1A, which includes health care workers and long-term care staff and residents. No action taken. Broadband project: Mike Bub, Taylor County Broad band Comm ittee Chair, was p resent to address the com mittee. He stated the Broadband Committee has sel ected a vendo r for the middle mile network, WanRack. He also had several questions for the Committee. 1. Who should sign the contract w ith WanRack? It was agreed th at Jim Metz should sign the contract. 2. Who will be responsible for the network going forward? Who will monitor WanRack? Who is the c ontact person? Is this a new role for t he county? These questions were raised, giving the committee some examples of the things that will n eed to be decided , but no action taken. It was s uggested that Russell Berg, cons ultant to the Broadband Committee take on this role , d ue to his expertise. Bub said they w ould discuss further a t the Broadband Committee meeting on January 7, 2021. 3. We need to provide WanR ack a plac e to store their equipment during the construction of the network. Bub will talk to Ben St anfley and J oe Svejda to possibly use space at the Highway Department and Fairgrounds. Bub will reach out to other committee chairs and department heads to coordinate efforts as the construction gets underway, as all will definitely need to work tog ether to make this pr oject a success. Bub is also planning to have a PR event around the contract signing, with news media present as well as Senator Petrowski, Representative Edming and Mark O’Connell of the WCA. He also feels it important for the f ull County Board to be present sinc e it was a unanimous decision to mo ve forward with building the network. The venue and date have not yet been deci ded, but before the end of January is preferred. Likely to be in conjunction with a county board session. Adjourn: Zenner made a moti on, seconded by Mildbrand Zenner to adjourn the meeting at 11:47 a.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk