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Aging & Disability Resource Center-Grant County Board Meeting
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The meeting was called to order by Chair Mary Yager at 9:00 a.m. in the North Room of the
Extension in Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Attendance: Mary Yager Mary Lou Bausch John Beinborn Dale Hood Dick Kilian
Carol Beals David Fritz Carrie Bell Linda Adrian
Excused: Hans Kostrau
Others Present: Gayle Mason, John Patcle, Shirley Pink, Jan Lintvedt, Peter Esser, Margaret
Steinhart
Adrian/Bausch: Motion that we are incompliance with the open meeting law. (published via online,
our website, radio, newspaper and posted at the Grant County Administration Building) Motion
carried.
Kilian/Beinborn: Motion to approve agenda. Motion carried.
Bausch/Kostrau: Motion to approve April 20, 2011 Minutes. Motion carried.
Mary Yager opened the meeting with introductions of passed, current and new board members. John
Patcle, Grant County Board Chair presented Shirley Pink to the full county board and she was
approved to serve on the ADRC Board on Tuesday, May 17, 2011.
Mary Yager invited passed board members to share their thoughts. Pete Esser and Margaret
Steinhart state they have concerns over the state budget, Voter ID and budget cuts and reductions.
They expressed concerns about potential program reductions. Proposed staff reductions due to the
budget cuts may cause a loss in staff from DSS (Economic Support) and Unified Counseling.
Gayle Mason shared that other programs such as Transportation are impacted by the loss of
collective bargaining.
Advocacy:
Gayle stated she invited Congressman Ron Kind to this board meeting and she did not receive
confirmation of his attending the meeting today. The board requested Gayle to contact Travis Tranel
and Dale Schultz to the board meetings in the future.
SeniorCare signature pages were delivered to Joint Finance and over 80,000 signatures were listed.
Mary Lou B. shared with the board her day at the capital. She expressed concern over issues related
to hospital costs and health care for Grant County. She stated that over 700 individuals met at the
capital with there elected officials.
Reports:
ADRC Managers Report –
GWAAR Advocacy –Bob Kellerman updates—shared revenue and SeniorCare—Dale
Schultz wants to keep.
CAP on Public Benefit Programs- Southwest Family Care Alliance, Medical Assistance,
BadgerCare
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Elderly Nutrition Programs will receiver a slight reduction of $49,000 in the over all budget
proposal.
Under the proposed budget, ADRC Staff will pay their Wisconsin Retirement.
Logisticare the state MA Transportation Brokerage company will start July 1st. Gayle stated
that we have met with both DSS and ADRC Volunteer Drivers and will continue to provide
transportation for Non-MA Clients
The board also asked for clarification concerning funding for the Elderly Benefit Specialist.
Gayle explained that funding remains the same in the proposed budget. Additional staff will be
needed to handle case load during Medicare Part D. We currently have extra income in this
year’s budget to hire an LTE to help with Medicare Part D.
Gayle also reminded the board about the expected growth of seniors. She stated that in less
then 8 years over 28% of Grant County adults will be age 65 and older.
Request for out of state travel for Rita Harmon. She has asked to attend a national
transportation conference. Gayle stated she review the over all cost of the conference and if
we could R-TAP the cost of the conference.
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Approval of Vouchers—Fritz/Killian: Motion Carried
Approval to hire an LTE for Medicare Part D —Bausch/Bell: Motion carried
Approval to contract with DSS for Transportation Coordination – Hood/Adrian: Motion Carried
Other-Approval for out of state training and travel for Rita Harmon- Beals/Bell: Motion carried
Adjourned: There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 10:55 a.m. Next meeting
is June 15th at the Youth and Ag Building in Lancaster.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mary L Bausch, Secretary
cc Gayle Mason