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Committee forwards 2025 provider contracts, two job descriptions and retirement resolution to County Board
Summary
The committee approved forwarding four 2025 provider contract modifications and approvals, authorized two new HHS job descriptions (a grant-funded recovery services coordinator and an economic support supervisor), and approved a resolution recognizing a long-time employee's retirement; all items will be considered by the full County Board.
The Richland County Community and Health Services Standing Committee voted to forward four provider contract actions and several personnel resolutions to the full County Board for final approval.
Health and Human Services Director Patricia (Trish) presented the contract items the committee had not reviewed previously because of the county's procurement policy thresholds. The four contracts the department asked to forward were Diane's AFH (adult family home used in CCS placements), Haley Schneider (contracted advanced practice clinician), URNF Counseling and Driftless Counseling (providers in the CCS program). Patricia said the Driftless Counseling contract required an increase; the modified contract figure listed in the materials was $1,500,000. Stephanie, a department staffer, explained that CCS expenditures are reimbursed and that most of the money paid to providers through CCS is recovered by the county through the program's funding mechanism.
Committee members asked for clarification on how much of the contracts were supported by reimbursements and which elements, if any, required county levy. Patricia said most CCS-related payments are reimbursed; Diane's AFH includes room-and-board costs that come from placement funds, and Haley Schneider's contract is funded through a mix of billing sources and partial reimbursement. Stephanie described the clinician contract as partially reimbursable through Medicaid and insurance billing and said a percentage of certain services was reimbursed (she referred to "82-something percent"). The committee clarified that none of the contracts required a direct county tax-levy allocation beyond placement room-and-board costs where applicable.
The committee then considered two new job descriptions. Trish reminded members that earlier in the year the committee had supported the concepts for both positions: a recovery services coordinator (grant-funded; to connect people with AODA services; position would sunset with the grant) and an economic support supervisor (to provide supervision for a 13-worker unit). Both job descriptions had been built into the department's 2025 budget, and Patricia said the economic support supervisor would not require county levy beyond the existing allocation. The committee voted to forward the job descriptions to the County Board with a recommendation for approval.
Separately, the committee approved a resolution recognizing the retirement of Kathy Dobbs, who Patricia said served the county for more than 37 years across multiple offices and had been part of HHS for 13 years. Committee members praised Dobbs's institutional knowledge and service.
After motions and seconds (movers and seconds are not named in the transcript), the committee recorded voice votes in which members said "aye" and forwarded all items to the County Board for final action.
