North Central Health Care facility in Wausau. Image courtesy: NCHC/ Marathon County
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — Those who oversee North Central Health Care are not recommending any changes at the top as Interim CEO Jill Meschke continues to run the day-to-day operations of the facility.
“She is interested and willing to continue serving in the role,” said Marathon County Administrator Lance Leonhard. ”
During a special meeting on Friday, the North Central Community Services Program Board recommended sticking with the current leadership team while adding a full-time accounting and grant manager position at the recommended base salary of $85,000.
“That person would really be the point person across the organization for grant management and reporting and also work with leaders to seek out opportunities for grants. As you all know, we are always chasing grants in this organization,” said Leonhard.
Both Leonhard and Marathon County Board Chairman Kurt Gibbs noted that depending on the number of grants that the person can help NCHC win, their salary could pay for itself.
Leonhard added that his current recommendation is to not post for a full-time, permanent CEO for now. “When you think about considerations moving forward consistency is a big one, and Jill gives us that.”
He also noted that bringing a new accounting and grant manager on board would allow her to have “more bandwidth” to take care of other things in the day-to-day operations of the facility. “We could go and get someone external, but that’s going to take time, energy, and effort that I think is better spent addressing some of the internal needs that Jill and the rest of the executive team and staff will be able to identify.
“My suggestion would be moving forward and continuing with what we have,” added Leonhard.
He says he’s also giving Meschke and the rest of the team leaders at NCHC freedom to come forward if they see a need for extra staffing so the board can address it.
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Gibbs agreed, and with the rest of the board in consensus, the recommendation will go on to the Marathon County Board of Supervisors at a later date. “This is the approach that we utilize, and the full board will make that decision,” said Gibbs.
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