July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
County switches IV-D service
Jay County Commissioners
On the recommendation of the Jay County Clerk, the Jay County Commissioners decided to make a change in the company handling child support reimbursement work.
Charles Malinowski and Sarah Rossier of Malinowksi Consulting Inc., Carmel, approached Jay County Commissioners to offer the firm’s service in handling Title IV-D child support reimbursement.
The county has a contract with MAXIMUS, but Jay County Clerk Ellen Coats said changes within that company have caused disruption in service.
“They’ve been eliminating a lot of positions we work with,” Jay County Auditor Nancy Culy also said of MAXIMUS.
Coats said the company has fallen behind in its service due to personnel changes. “They’ve done away with our caseworker,” Coats said. “We’re just a couple months behind. They’re not coming and picking up the paperwork.”
Malinowski said his company will file reimbursement claims with the state to get money returned to the county’s general fund.
Malinowski also stated that his firm would like to work with the county to develop a plan to spend the IV-D entitlement funds that the state provides, since that money is reclaimed by the state if its not used.
He suggested things like payroll might be able to be paid out of those funds.
The commissioners asked Coats if she recommended switching firms, to which she said she did. Upon that recommendation, the commissioners approved signing an agreement with Malinowski Consulting and terminating its contract with MAXIMUS.
“Time is money,” said commissioner Faron Parr. “I make a motion we proceed ASAP.”
In other business this morning, the commissioners:
•Elected officers for 2011. The commissioners voted to retain the same officers from 2010: Milo Miller Jr., president; Parr, vice president and Jim Zimmerman, drainage board president.
•Retained Bill Fields to provide animal control services to the county at a cost of $39,000.
•Signed emergency claims to disburse operating funds to Jay County Development Corporation for $43,205, $32,500 and $7,500.
•Signed an emergency claim for $100,000 to deposit to an account with First Merchants Bank for the county’s new partially self-funded health insurance program.
•Approved an emergency claim for $1,036.87 to Indiana and Michigan Power to pay for electric to the Jay County Jail. Culy said the sheriff’s budget did not have enough left to cover December’s electric bill.
•Reappointed Miller to the Eastern Indiana Regional Workforce Board.
•Approved encumbrances totaling $99,962.66 from the county general fund and $340,477.96 from other tax funds. Culy said the encumbrances are only for payroll expenses.
•Reappointed Miller to the Energize-ECI Regional Development Board.
•Were thanked by community developer Ami Huffman for the county’s role in helping Jay-Randolph Developmental Services obtain a $440,000 grant from the Office of Community and Rural Affairs.
Huffman said a grant presentation will be held Jan. 26 at the Indiana Statehouse and that construction on that JRDS expansion is expected to begin this summer.[[In-content Ad]]
Charles Malinowski and Sarah Rossier of Malinowksi Consulting Inc., Carmel, approached Jay County Commissioners to offer the firm’s service in handling Title IV-D child support reimbursement.
The county has a contract with MAXIMUS, but Jay County Clerk Ellen Coats said changes within that company have caused disruption in service.
“They’ve been eliminating a lot of positions we work with,” Jay County Auditor Nancy Culy also said of MAXIMUS.
Coats said the company has fallen behind in its service due to personnel changes. “They’ve done away with our caseworker,” Coats said. “We’re just a couple months behind. They’re not coming and picking up the paperwork.”
Malinowski said his company will file reimbursement claims with the state to get money returned to the county’s general fund.
Malinowski also stated that his firm would like to work with the county to develop a plan to spend the IV-D entitlement funds that the state provides, since that money is reclaimed by the state if its not used.
He suggested things like payroll might be able to be paid out of those funds.
The commissioners asked Coats if she recommended switching firms, to which she said she did. Upon that recommendation, the commissioners approved signing an agreement with Malinowski Consulting and terminating its contract with MAXIMUS.
“Time is money,” said commissioner Faron Parr. “I make a motion we proceed ASAP.”
In other business this morning, the commissioners:
•Elected officers for 2011. The commissioners voted to retain the same officers from 2010: Milo Miller Jr., president; Parr, vice president and Jim Zimmerman, drainage board president.
•Retained Bill Fields to provide animal control services to the county at a cost of $39,000.
•Signed emergency claims to disburse operating funds to Jay County Development Corporation for $43,205, $32,500 and $7,500.
•Signed an emergency claim for $100,000 to deposit to an account with First Merchants Bank for the county’s new partially self-funded health insurance program.
•Approved an emergency claim for $1,036.87 to Indiana and Michigan Power to pay for electric to the Jay County Jail. Culy said the sheriff’s budget did not have enough left to cover December’s electric bill.
•Reappointed Miller to the Eastern Indiana Regional Workforce Board.
•Approved encumbrances totaling $99,962.66 from the county general fund and $340,477.96 from other tax funds. Culy said the encumbrances are only for payroll expenses.
•Reappointed Miller to the Energize-ECI Regional Development Board.
•Were thanked by community developer Ami Huffman for the county’s role in helping Jay-Randolph Developmental Services obtain a $440,000 grant from the Office of Community and Rural Affairs.
Huffman said a grant presentation will be held Jan. 26 at the Indiana Statehouse and that construction on that JRDS expansion is expected to begin this summer.[[In-content Ad]]
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