Du Page County Health & Human Services Committee met Feb. 18.
Here is the minutes provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
9:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Peter DiCianni at 9:30 AM.
2. ROLL CALL
PRESENT: DeSart, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Larsen, Tornatore
ABSENT: Renehan
County Board Member Sheila Rutledge was in attendance.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
4. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - CHAIR DICIANNI
Chair Pete DiCianni noted that HHS Member Julie Renehan was not at the meeting because she was attending a conference.
Chair DiCianni gave an update on the Medicaid parity bill that he advocated for in 2019. Chair DiCianni attended the quarterly Task Force for Autism that he chairs with Patty Boheme from Little Friends. The state appropriations are in place, but the restrictions put on the people that are administering the services are over and above what private insurance and other states are requesting. The restrictive qualifications to administer the program include being a clinical psychologist and a licensed social worker. There are 45 specialists in the state that have the combined skill sets. Mr. DiCianni is working with our sponsors, Representatives Deb Conroy and Kathy Willis, and State Senator Bill Brady, trying to resolve the issues. Illinois' Medicare Director resigned last week, adding to the challenges.
Dr. Dana Brazdziuna, the Division Head of the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Lurie’s Children’s Hospital, had brought up the barriers of the diagnosis at the Task Force, and the limited number of people that are diagnosing.
The Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) Program out of University of Illinois is training students to do the screenings and diagnosis, in an effort to get more pediatricians to do the same. Chair DiCianni’s goal is to get the LEND program into DuPage County, working with our Public Health system. One in three DuPage County children qualify for Medicaid and one in 59 children in the country have autism according to the CDC.
Chair DiCianni joined County Board members Liz Chaplin and Mary Ozog last week at the DuPage Care Center and made Valentine’s Day cards for the residents, including the brother of the longest serving resident and a baseball coach that Mr. DiCianni had in college. The coach expressed his appreciation to Chair DiCianni regarding the great treatment at the DuPage Care Center, which Chair DiCianni passed on to Ms. Chadwick and her staff.
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Health & Human Services - Regular Meeting - Feb 4, 2020 9:30 AM
RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Dawn DeSart, District 5
SECONDER: Robert L. Larsen, District 6
AYES: DeSart, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Larsen, Tornatore
ABSENT: Renehan
6. COMMUNITY SERVICES - MARY KEATING
CS Requests That Also Require Finance And/Or County Board Approval
Items 6.A. through 6.E. were combined and approved.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Dawn DeSart, District 5
SECONDER: Sam Tornatore, District 1
AYES: DeSart, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Larsen, Tornatore
ABSENT: Renehan
A. FI-R-0066-20 RESOLUTION -- Acceptance and Appropriation of the Income Eligible Retrofits Program FY20 - Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 1555 - Community Services - $293,870.
B. HHS-CO-0005-20 HHS-P-0146A-19 - Amendment to Resolution HHS-P-0146-19 (Intergovernmental Agreement Contract 3709-0001 SERV) Issued to PACE Suburban Bus Service to provide transportation services to income eligible persons and persons with disabilities, for the period August 1, 2018 through November 30, 2019, through Ride DuPage for Community Services, to increase contract by $87,772.03, resulting in an amended contract total of $1,148,634.03 an increase of 8.27%.
C. Change Order -- HHS-P-0287A-19 Amendment to Resolution HHS-P-0287-19 (Purchase Order 4173-0001-SERV), issued to Healthy Air Heating & Air, Inc., to provide mechanical weatherization labor and materials under the FY20 Weatherization Program, additional incentive funding received from Resource Innovations for the Income Eligible Retrofits Program, to increase the encumbrance in the amount of $126,222.58, resulting in an amended contract total not to exceed $1,192,876.58. (WEX Grant funded)
D. Change Order -- HHS-P-0286A-19 Amendment to Resolution HHS-P-0286-19 (Purchase Order 4172-0001-SERV), issued to Healthy Air Heating & Air, Inc., to provide architectural weatherization labor and materials under the FY20 Weatherization Program, additional incentive funding received from Resource Innovations for the Income Eligible Retrofits Program, to increase the encumbrance in the amount of $60,968.63, resulting in an amended contract total not to exceed $473,203.63. (WEX Grant funded)
E. Change Order -- HHS-P-0014A-20 Amendment to Resolution HHS-P-0014-20 (Purchase Order 4369-0001-SERV), issued to Chicago United Industries, Ltd., to furnish, deliver, and install Energy Star appliances for the FY20 Weatherization Program, additional incentive funding received from Resource Innovations for the Income Eligible Retrofits Program, to increase the encumbrance in the amount of $18,168.07, resulting in an amended contract total not to exceed $66,263.07. (WEX Grant funded)
7. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - MARY KEATING CDC Requests That Also Require Finance And/Or County Board Approval
Items 7.A. and 7.B. were combined and approved.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Robert L. Larsen, District 6
SECONDER: Grant Eckhoff, District 4
AYES: DeSart, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Larsen, Tornatore
ABSENT: Renehan
A. HHS-R-0067-20 RESOLUTION -- Recommendation for Approval of the Substantial Amendment 1 to the 2019 Action Plan Element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County Consolidated Plan.
B. HHS-R-0068-20 RESOLUTION -- 2020-2024 Draft Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development (ConPlan) and 2020 Annual Action Plan, Dupage County Consortium – FIRST READING - Acceptance of the 2020-2024 Draft ConPlan (Public Comment Period) and 2020 Annual Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) HOME investment Partnership (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs to qualify and receive HUD grant funds.
8. DUPAGE CARE CENTER - JANELLE CHADWICK
A. DuPage Care Center Requests That Also Require Finance And/Or County Board Approval
HHS-P-0056-20 Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Pan-O-Gold Baking Company, for assorted sliced breads, rolls and buns, for the DuPage Care Center, JTK Administration Building and JOF Building Cafe's, for the period March 1, 2020 through February 28, 2021, for a contract total not to exceed $29,600.00, per renewal option under bid #17-238-GV, second of three one-year renewals.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Robert L. Larsen, District 6
SECONDER: Dawn DeSart, District 5
AYES: DeSart, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Larsen, Tornatore
ABSENT: Renehan
B. DuPage Care Center Requests for Parent Committee Final Approval
Items 8.B.1. and 8.B.2. were combined and approved on a roll call vote.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Dawn DeSart, District 5
SECONDER: Robert L. Larsen, District 6
AYES: DeSart, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Larsen, Tornatore
ABSENT: Renehan
1. 2020-42 Recommendation for the approval of a contract purchase order to Midwest X-Ray, Inc., for professional on-site diagnostic healthcare (ultrasounds, x-rays, holter monitoring, etc) for the period March 30, 2020 through March 29, 2021, for a contract total not to exceed $15,000.00, per bid #20-008-CARE.
2. 2020-43 Recommendation for the approval of Northern Illinois University, for the LeadingAge of Illinois Annual Conference and Expo, for the DuPage Care Center, for a total not to exceed $7,475.00.
9. BUDGET TRANSFERS
Items 9.A. through 9.D. were combined and approved.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Robert L. Larsen, District 6
SECONDER: Sam Tornatore, District 1
AYES: DeSart, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Larsen, Tornatore
ABSENT: Renehan
A. Budget Transfers -- DuPage Care Center - To transfer funds to cover various final invoices for FY19 - $48,744.
B. Budget Transfers -- DuPage Care Center - To transfer funds to cover final year FY19 invoices for Collective Bargaining Services - $21,823.
C. Budget Transfers -- DuPage Care Center - To provide funding to pay for DuPage County Health Department Recreation Therapist Services to be provided to the DuPage Care Center in County FY19 - $5,940.
D. Budget Transfers -- Community Services - Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) - To cover insurance, mileage and travel in FY19 - $55,113.
10. INFORMATIONAL
Items 10.A. through 10. D. were combined and accepted and placed on file.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Robert L. Larsen, District 6
SECONDER: Dawn DeSart, District 5
AYES: DeSart, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Larsen, Tornatore
ABSENT: Renehan
A. Grant Proposal Notifications -- GPN #015-20 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Community Services - $300,407.
B. Grant Proposal Notifications -- GPN #014-20 HOME Investment Partnership Program - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Community Services - $1,662,767.
C. Grant Proposal Notifications -- GPN #013-20 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) - U.S. Department of Housing and Urbank Development - Community Services - $3,814,372.
D. Grant Proposal Notifications -- GPN #017-20- Income Eligible Retrofits Program FY20 - Resource Innovations - Northern Illinois Utilities -Community Services - $293,869.13
11. RESIDENCY WAIVERS - JANELLE CHADWICK
12. COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE - MARY KEATING
Mary Keating, Director of Community Services, stated the Trump Administration released their proposed 2021 budget last week, which is not binding, but proposes elimination of the CDBG,
Home Affordable Housing Partnership, CSBG, LIHEAP, and Weatherization programs. This is not the first administration to propose elimination of the funding. The programs all have strong support in Washington, D.C. In the past, the programs have all been reinstated through the congregational appropriations process. Ms. Keating will work with Sheryl Markay to get information to the Legislative Committee for support. The elimination of programs would be a significant portion of Community Services, including funding we provide to nonprofit agencies and municipalities, leaving Senior Services, the Family Center, and some rental assistance programs. Mr. DiCianni stated we should notify our partnering agencies and get this on the Legislative Committee agenda so we can all act together to reach out to our representatives in Congress.
13. DUPAGE CARE CENTER UPDATE - JANELLE CHADWICK
Janelle Chadwick, Administrator of the DuPage Care Center, stated there is currently a shortage of medical masks. They are not concerned about the Corona Virus or the SARS Virus but influenza is still a factor. The masks predominantly come from China and the Care Center has been on a lengthy backorder. The Care Center has about 55 boxes secured. When they place their order on February 20, although under a contract, they will be able to order only 75% of their typical quantity for their vendor to accommodate all of their contracts. The Care Center has looked to other sources and is looking into the N95 respirators, which fit tighter and filter tinier particles, but have limited success. They are also considering silk and other materials they could use in the event they need to fabricate their own masks. Nasal filters were discussed but ruled out as the mask keeps the hands off the T-Zone. Member Larsen suggested the Care Center contact the DuPage County Health Department for additional inventory.
14. OLD BUSINESS
15. NEW BUSINESS
16. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:48 AM.
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