01/20/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 01/20/2025 09:31
The Bayfield County Department of Human Services is currently seeking two Bayfield County residents to serve as citizen members on the Human Services Board. The Human Services Board provides policy oversight. The Department is seeking interested community members who can advocate on behalf of Bayfield County residents who receive or need the resources and services provided by the Department. The Department seeks to include representatives from different areas of the county, currently Iron River and Barnes are represented. The Human Services Board meets approximately ten times per year in Washburn at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of the County Courthouse Annex. Meetings are generally held the fourth Thursday of the month at 4:00 p.m. There are In-person and virtual options to attend. A meeting stipend and mileage reimbursement are available.
Duties and responsibilities of committee members are included below as stated in Wisconsin State Statue 46.22 (2)(2g):
(5m) Powers and duties of county human services board in certain counties with a county executive or county administrator. A county human services board appointed under sub. (4) (b) 2. shall:
(a) Appoint committees consisting of residents of the county to advise the county human services board as it deems necessary.
(b) Recommend program priorities and policies, identify unmet service needs and prepare short-term and long-term plans and budgets for meeting such priorities and needs.
(c) Prepare, with the assistance of the county human services director under sub. (6m) (e), a proposed budget for submission to the county executive or county administrator; a final budget for submission to the department of health services in accordance with s. 46.031 (1) for authorized services, except services under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49, community-based juvenile delinquency-related services, and juvenile correctional services; and a final budget for submission to the department of children and families in accordance with s. 49.325 for authorized services under ch. 48 and subch. III of ch. 49 and for authorized community-based juvenile delinquency-related services.
(d) Advise the county human services director under sub. (6m) regarding purchasing and providing services and the selection of purchase of service vendors, and make recommendations to the county executive or county administrator regarding modifications in such purchasing, providing and selection.
(e) Develop county human services board operating procedures.
(f) Comply with state requirements.
(g) Assist in arranging cooperative working agreements with persons providing health, education, vocational or welfare services related to services provided under this section.
Interested individuals should complete the Citizen Committee Member application online at the following link: