On June 11, the Green County Board of Supervisors:

●   Urged the funding of modernization of the state’s 911 system through the Police and Fire Protection Fee Fund originally meant to update the Public Safety Answering Points since the early 2000s. 

●   Approved $50,000 in training funding for the replacement of Finance Director Julie Sachs, who is retiring Jan. 3, to provide training while Sachs is still with the county and understand the cost of the replacement director for the 2020 budget during the process in the fall.

●   Added county personnel policies which outlines which authorities oversee the hiring, termination or advisement of department heads and which investigate departments if the need arises.

●   Heard the annual Health Department report from Director RoAnn Warden, who noted a number of accomplishments, like reimplementing the home visiting grant and expansion of the lactation program, as well as working with employers to enhance breastfeeding worksite policy and wellness policies. She said the department was also able to convert the position of a departing public health nurse to a part-time environmental health specialist. 

●   Accepted the annual Human Services Department report from Fiscal Supervisor Andrea Sweeney, who noted that the children’s long-term program was “brought in house” and the move eliminated roughly 50 from a waiting list and that client services continues to keep up with the needs of a population which keeps growing.

●   Heard the annual Pleasant View Nursing Home report from Executive Director Terry Snow, who said the Friends of Pleasant View Foundation had raised more than $64,000 in special project funds. Supervisors also heard Maria Johnson, from the adult protective services division of the Aging & Disability Resource Center of Green County, speak about the county’s plans to convert a six-bed wing of the nursing home to be used for individuals with dementia that causes them to be dangerous to workers who are unequipped to deal with violent behavior.