Human Services Board elects new chair after tie, addresses 2025 year‑end deficit and staffing needs

The Marquette County Human Services Board met May 12, 2026. After an initial tied vote and a coin flip tiebreaker, the board elected Ken Borzick chair; Borzick will represent the board on Executive & Finance. The meeting set the regular board date as the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m.

Director Mandy Stanley and Financial Officer Jen Vote outlined financial and operational matters. Stanley said clinic‑position recruitment remains difficult and billing/administrative positions are open; a CPS social worker vacancy was recently filled. The board reviewed a preliminary 2025 year‑end report that showed a projected deficit (discussed with auditors and reduced modestly after accounting follow up). Stanley and Vote briefed members on a consortium‑level FoodShare quality‑control requirement: if the county consortium exceeds a 6% error rate the state may recoup federal payments, and the consortium expects to add eight positions across members for compliance work. Stanley recommended designating an experienced staff member for consortium quality oversight and backfilling that person’s local duties; the board discussed the budget and hiring implications and asked staff to bring a budgeting document showing program revenues and expenditures by program.

Program managers reported unit activity: clinical restructuring has reduced outpatient waitlists; Community Recovery Services now bills Medicaid for some services; Child & Family Services redistributed cases after an internal departure; veterans and aging units reported outreach and program activity. The board agreed to continue receiving quarterly program data and to rotate deeper dives by managers to a future agenda.