Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the Personnel and Finance Committee heard presentation on amendments that passed committees and was the public’s last chance to speak on the county budget. Very few non-county employees showed up to testify. The committee votes on their recommendation next Tuesday, 11/5 and County Board votes less than a week later on Monday, 11/11. Let’s see what’s still on the table!
First, just let me say how frustrating it is that if you try to find the budget on the county’s website
If you click on Dane County’s budget, you get this
Same thing if you click on the links that come up when you google “dane county budget”. Turns out you have to look under Departments -> Administration -> then click on budget. Looks like the county broke some of the links on their website.
We are 30 days into the budget process and your time is up! My guess is most people don’t even know what is being proposed and what the choices are. The process is near impossible to follow and VERY quick. The county Board budget calendar is here. A more detailed calendar and links to amendments are here.
The county board had $800,000 left to spend before they hit the state imposed levy limits.
Here’s the video’s of the three nights:
To spare you 7.5 hours of watching video, I’ve tried to make it a bit easier to follow along. Here’s a guide to where things are at.
NIGHT ONE
The first 39 minutes are the rest of the meeting that cover the first 16 pages of this agenda. The minutes from the meeting aren’t very informative, but they are here. There was little discussion or questions except for on funding the Dane County Housing Initiative Event, the Affordable Housing Fund, charging stations at the airport and the appeal of Reallocation Request for the Printing and Services Manager. Maybe a couple others, if you’re interested in anything you can take a peek at the first 39 minutes.
The budget starts here:
The areas that this committee is responsible for are:
Personnel & Finance Oversight
- County Treasurer (pages 116-119
- Department of Administration (pages 78-115)
- Library (pages 384-388)
- Land Information Office (pages 357-360)
- Debt Service (pages 509-512)
- Miscellaneous Appropriation (pages 135-139)
- General County (pages 45-49)
The document that the page numbers are referring to is here. <- This is the link that works that you have to find in a convoluted kind of way described above. That is the Dane County Executive Joe Parisi’s Budget that is 1024 pages. While that seems like A LOT of pages, there’s a LOT of white space and surprisingly little information.
I’m amused that the minutes on the budget only say this:
Adam Gallagher presented the budget for the Treasurer’s Office.
Greg Brockmeyer presented the budget for the Department of Administration
Tracy Herold presented the budget for the Library Service.
The committee reviewed the operating and capital amendments.
That’s the official summary of the last 55 minutes of the meeting.
Highlights before the Amendments
- Departments presented their budgets
- Some discussion about departments that have not gotten their equity updates in.
- Discussion on the $500,000 generator for the City County Building in case the electricity goes out again. Also, the elevators upgrades in case the electricity goes out the elevator goes to the bottom floor and lets people out so they can leave the building.
Amendments (Starts at 1:08, this should be queued up for you)
There were three potential amendments that were presented in writing. One was in the Operating Budget (on-going annual expenses)
P&F-O-01 – by Sharon Corrigan – Department of Administration – Information Management. $85,275 “to create a new Information Management Specialist II position effective 4/1/20 in the Department of Administration-Information Management to develop applications as needed, with a particular focus on criminal justice and cross- system applications.”
Justification: “The improved capacity to use data across the criminal justice system has lead to potential solutions which rely on technology. For example, a staff team has identified familiar faces in the criminal justice system – those booked repeatedly in a short period of time. Of the 360 individuals identified, over 2/3rd are also clients of the Department of Human Services. Other communities in the country have developed booking alert systems to allow case managers to know when their clients are booked into jail, and to be available to assist to help break the cycle of reincarceration. The development of such an application and others would require on-going greater capacity in DOA-DIM. Other application development needs include an automated release of information form for the jail re- entry coordinator to streamline referrals to service agencies for individuals leaving the jail.”
Two were in the Capital Budget (one time projects that result in some sort of product being produced/purchased, etc)
P&F-C-01 – by Supervisor Dinner – Administration – Capital projects – $500,000 – “Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $500,000 to fund efforts by the Dane County Housing Authority to develop new rental housing units in Dane County and add the following provision to 2019 RES-285: “The Dane County Housing Authority is an extension of Dane County. The DCHA is poised to engage in the development of new affordable housing units. The $500,000 in funding will become available to the DCHA for one or more development projects once the DCHA has secured tax credit or other financing sources to complete the project(s).””
Supervisor Miles, the Chair of the Committee announced that Supervisor Danner wished to withdraw this motion.
P&F-C-02 – Supervisor Miles says he is now the sponsor – Administration – Capital projects – $1,300,000 – “Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $1.3 to provide funding for the Bayview Foundation redevelopment project and add the following language to 2019 RES-285: “The funding in the capital budget for the Bayview Redevelopment project is contingent upon the project securing low income tax credits and/or other financing sources to complete the project.”
This project applied for Affordable Housing plans, but it was too close to another project because of where the project is measured (perimeter of the property or center). Discussion on the project was that this was contingent on WHEDA tax credit housing. They discuss that sure there should be an amendment that the WHEDA tax credits should be obtained by June 2021 There was also some discussion about a road. Doesn’t add a lot of units, its basically major rehab/tear down of the existing building and only adds 20 some units.
NIGHT TWO
Here’s the agenda which has all the attachments.
This night is different from the first. Monday night Department Heads that fall under the Personnel and Finance Departments did their budget presentations, and based on those presentations, most committees then make recommendations. The committees presenting Wednesday night got similar department presentations earlier in the month, the committee members and other supervisors proposed amendments and the ones that passed those committees are now being presented by committee chairs to the Personnel and Finance Committee for consideration. Also, some that didn’t pass may be presented by Supervisors supporting them or members of the public may speak to them. The committee is not voting, they are just getting presentations and community input.
Zoning & Land Regulation oversight
•Register of Deeds (pages 131-134)
•Planning and Development (pages 345-356)
ZLR-O-01 – Planning – Planning and Development – $10,000 – Supervisors Wegleitner and Audet – Increase expenditures by $10,000 to fund the housing summit. Passed ZLR Committee 4-0
Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources oversight
•Land & Water Resources (pages 423-442)
•Extension (pages 443-447)
EANR Operating Amends 10-29-19
EANR-O-01 – Supervisors Clausius and Ritt – Extension – Dane County Tree Board – $1,000 – Increase expenditures by $1,000 to cover the cost of purchasing trees for the Tree Board’s participation in the annual Arbor Day tree education event. Passed 5-0 in EANR committee.
EANR-O-02 – Supervisors Ritt and Chawla – Extension – $40,500 – Increase expenditures and position authority to increase Community Food System Coordinator position #3160 from 0.5 FTE to 1.0 FTE in the Dane County Extension Department. Passed EANR 5-0
EANR-O-03 – Supervisor Ritt and Chawla – UW Extension – General – $15,000 – Expenditures be increased by $15,000 in the Dane County Extension-General budget for Extension staff and Youth Governance Program participants to work with partners to create videos for new and existing committee members related to Roberts Rules of Order and other parliamentary procedures, and the open meetings law. These videos will be completed in English, Spanish, and Hmong. The funding under this amendment is intended to be for fiscal year 2020 only. Passed EANR 5-0
EANR – C-01 – Supervisor Chawla – Land and Water Resources – $0 – to add the following provision to 2019 RES-285: “Of the funding for Yahara Clean Implementation in the Capital Budget, up to $65,000 will be allocated for a grant to purchase a compost turner and spreader at the Endres farm as part of the Yahara Pride manure composting pilot project.” Passed committee 5-0
EANR – C-02 – Supervisors Chawla, Ritt, Kilmer, Buckingham, Wegleitner, Erickson – Land and Water Resources – $3,000,000 – Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $3 million for the Flood Land Acquisition Program. Passed EANR committee 5-0
EANR – C-03 – Supervisor Chawla – Land and Water Resources – $35,850 – Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $35,850 for Agroforestry, Row Cropping Demonstration and Organic Farming Security at the demonstration farm at Silverwood County Park. Passed EANR 3-2
On this one, they let the public speak first, then the chair presented the amendments. This starts 8 minutes in and goes for about 50 minutes
Public Works & Transportation oversight
•Waste & Renewables (Solid Waste) (pages 361-383)
•Alliant Energy Center (pages 389-417)
•Zoo (pages 418-422)
•Public Works, Highway and Transportation (pages 451-481)
•Airport (pages 484-508
PWT-O-01 – Dane County Henry Vilas Zoo – ($9,500) – Supervisor Ratcliff – Expenditures are decreased to modify Henry Vilas Zoo budget request to remove 1.0 FTE Zoo Manager (M8), remove 1.0 FTE Zoo Keeper (F14), add 1.0 FTE Lead Zoo Keeper (F16) effective 4/1/2020 and add 1.0 FTE Janitor (G9) effective 4/1/2020. Passed Committee 4-1.
PWT-O-02 – Dane County Henry Vilas Zoo – ($20,000) – Supervisor Erickson – Revenues be reduced by $20,000 for the Dane County Henry Vilas Zoo to reflect the Zoo offering scholarships for educational programs for children and youth. Passed Committee 5-0.
PWT-O-03 – Airport – $500,000 – Supervisor Wegleitner – Expenditures be increased by $500,000 to provide funding for testing and remediation of PFAS at the Dane County Regional Airport. – WITHDRAWN
PWT-C-01 – Alliant Energy Center – Exhibition Hall – $495,000 – Supervisor Ripp, Stubbs, Corrigan – Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $495,000 in the 2020 capital budget for the Alliant Energy Center for schematic designs for aspects of Phase I redevelopment, with a priority on the Exhibition Hall,based on the preliminary designs currently in progress. Passed PWT 5-0
PWT-C-02 – Alliant Energy Center – Administration – $100,000 – Supervisor Ripp, Corrigan – Expenditures and borrowing proceeds be increased by $100,000 in the 2020 capital budget for the Alliant Energy Center – Administration Division for a purchase of service allocation for continued redevelopment planning for the Alliant Energy Center campus. Passed PWT 5-0
PWT-C-03 – Public Works, Highway & Transportation – $100,000 – Supervisors Doyle and Young – Increase capital expenditures and borrowing by $100,000 to make improvements in county buildings to provide public access to private spaces to breastfeed or express milk It is anticipated that the cost of each structure is approximately $25,000. Lussier Family Heritage Center, Dane County UW- Extension, Dane County Job Center, and the Dane County Aging and Disability Resource Center are all high traffic sites and the public would benefit from making these spaces available in these county facilities. Passed PWT 5-0
PWT-C-04 – Public Works and Transportation – Add the following language to 2019 RES-285: “The department of Public Works Highway and Transportation will provide the Public Works and Transportation Committee with a report the comparing the costs, advantages and disadvantages of purchasing fully assembled highway trucks and assembling highway trucks using county labor.” Passed PWT 5-0
P&F-C-03 – Public Works, Highway and Transportation, CTH Construction – $1.275,000 – Downing – Increase expenditures and borrowing by $1,275,000 for the resurfacing of CTH G from CTH A to STH 92 in 2020. Not presented in committee.
This one starts 56 minutes into the meeting and this video is queued up for you. The amendments they talk about are in the links directly above. The discussion takes about 26 minutes
Executive Committee oversight
•County Board Office (pages 50-53)
•County Executive (pages 54-67 and 330-333)
•Tamara Grigsby Office of Equity & Inclusion (pages 68-71)
•County Clerk (pages 72-77)
EXEC Operating Amends 10-29-19
Exec-O-01 – County Board – Legislative Services – Operating Budget – $54,000 – Chair Corrigan – Increase expenditures by $54,000 to cover the cost of the County Board contract lobbying services. Passed committee 5-0
Exec-O-02 – County Board – Legislative Services – $3,000 – Chair Corrigan – Expenditures be increased by $3,000 for the Office of the County Board – Legislative Services for software maintenance to reflect increased operating costs associated with the Legistar system for HD streaming services. Passed Executive Committee 5-0
Exec-O-03 – County Board – Legislative Services – Operating Budget – $40,000 – Chair Corrigan – Increase expenditures in the County Board Office program and policy evaluation line item by $40,000 to cover the cost of a staffing study of the Alliant Energy Center, using existing data, with a focus on the use of limited term employee positions. This increase in funding is for fiscal year 2020 only. Passed Executive Committee 5-0
Exec – C – 01 – County Board – Legislative Services – Capital Budget – $350,000 – Chair Corrigan – Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $350,000 for space remodel to consolidate County Board staff and create a new meeting room. Passed Executive Committee 5-0
Exec – C – 02 – County Board – Capital Budget – $25,000 – Chair Corrigan – Expenditures and borrowing proceeds be increased by $25,000 for the Office of the County Board – Legislative Tracking System for on-going replacement and upgrades to the hardware associated with Legistar, the legislative management system. Passed Executive Committee 5-0
Wegleitner Decarceration P&F-O-02
P&F-O-2 County Board – Policy and Practice Innovation – $100,000 – Supervisor Wegleitner – Motion to increase expenditures by $100,000 in the Office of the County Board – Policy and Practice Innovation to support a decarceration planning process by retaining a consultant to provide staff support of a task force, facilitation of meetings, drafting of the report, and compensation in the form of $100 per diems per meeting and milage for Task Force members; and a provision be added to 2019 RES-284 2020 Dane County Operating Budget Appropriations Resolution:
“The Task Force shall be appointed by the Chair of the Board, in consultation with the Public Protection and Judiciary Committee and the Health and Human Needs Committee and appointees approved by the County Board and include community members with lived experience, community groups, supportive members from the judiciary, and other criminal justice stakeholders and shall serve until the plan is drafted or until August 31 2020, at which point a plan will be delivered to the County
The amendment closely follows the efforts delineated in an introduced resolution,2019 Res. 67, which calls for the county to work with a consultant to create a decarceration plan, informed by the communities most impacted by incarceration, to significantly reduce the average daily population of the jail by the end of 2025. The decarceration plan shall evaluate and make recommendations for potential implementation of the following strategies:
a. Development of 350 permanent supportive housing units within the next five years for persons who have experienced homelessness and incarceration;
b. The development of one or more culturally relevant community‐based crisis, assessment, and resource centers focused on supporting individuals in the community and diverting individuals with mental health, substance abuse, or developmental disability issues from being booked and admitted to the jail. Such a facility/program should include:
The capacity to serve as jail diversion by accepting and safely managing referrals of individuals taken into custody by law enforcement who believe (or based on prior contacts know) the individual has mental health issues; and the capacity to assess and address the immediate mental health need(s) of the individual referred by law enforcement or at subsequent points of the justice/custody process and link the individual with ongoing services and supports; the capacity to house individuals for a time period as determined by medical or health professionals; and the capacity to serve as a non‐crisis resource center for individuals and families seeking assistance in dealing with mental health issues; and interventions to stabilize persons identified as the most frequently incarcerated in Dane County and divert them incarceration;
c. Agreements with the Department of Corrections to have more persons released pending revocation investigations.
d. A racial equity analysis of all policies related to signature bonds, bail determinations, and eligibility for electronic monitoring, jail diversion programs, treatment courts, and other alternatives to incarceration;
e. A court calendar which includes initial hearings/bail hearings on weekends and holidays to reduce length of stays; and
f. IIncreasing capacity of publicly funded defense counsel to facilitate early appointment of counsel.
g.the plan shall include potential revenue sources, including but not limited to savings realized from decreasing security services staffing needs.
P&F-O-03- Office of the County Board – $0 – Supervisor Young – Kassel/Communications Intern in the Office of the County Board shall be assigned efforts which include outreach to campus/other areas where 18-24 year olds live thereby would be able to potentially serve more directly as an unofficial campus liaison
This video starts at 1:22 in the video and this is queued up for you, that discussion is about 20 minutes:
Health and Human Needs oversight
•Veterans Services (pages 342-345)
•Badger Prairie Health Care Center (pages 229-234)
•Human Services Department (pages 235-337)
HHN-O-01 – Human Services – PEI – Community Programs – $31,895 – Supervisor Knoll – Adds $31,895 in early childhood zone funding for the Sugar Creek Elementary School Family Community Outreach room serving the needs of the Verona Area School District. Not presented to Personnel and Finance Committee
HHN-O-02 – Human Services – ACS – Behavioral Health – $50,000 $25,000 – Supervisor Kilmer – Adds $50,000 to Outreach, Inc. to fund a full time staff position to work 50% on alcohol and other drug addiction (AODA) prevention, and 50% on issues of homelessness in the LGBTQ communities in Dane County. Passed Health and Human Needs 5-0.
HHN-O-03 – Human Services – PEI – Administration – $89,150 – Supervisors Buckingham and Kuhn – Adds a 1.0 FTE Community Health Specialist 2 year project position charged with developing, implementing and monitoring the 2020 DCDHS initiatives focused on community centers and mental healt.h – $89,150 effective 3/1/2020 Passed Health and Human Needs 5-0.
HHN-O-04 – Human Services – Community Programs – $85,200 – Supervisor Stubbs – Adds a 1.0 FTE Program Leader position to expand the Community Restorative Court initiative– $85,200. Passed Health and Human Needs 6-0.
HHN-O-05 – Human Services – ACS – Area Agency on Aging – $23,630 – Supervisor Kilmer – Increase senior nutrition program site management funding by $23,630 to reflect needed cost to continue. Passed Health and Human Needs 6-0.
HHN-O-06 – Human Services – HAA – Housing and Homeless Services – $100,000 $50,000 – Supervisor Wegleitner, Kilmer, Audet, Ritt, Chawla – Increase operating budget by $100,000 for eviction prevention financial assistance for Homeless Services Consortium prevention coordinated entry providers to serve applicants who do not qualify for HUD Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) assistance.
HHN-O-07 – Human Services – PEI – Community Programs – $50,000 – Supervisor Stubbs – Increase expenditures by $50,000 and designate the funding for the Families Back to theTable, Inc., to develop an education enhancement program to target the entire family, which will include improving communication skills, conflict resolution, gang prevention/intervention and career development. Approved 4-1-1 (Veldran no, Kilmer abstained)
HHN-O-08 – Human Services – Youth Justice – $30,000 $15,000 – Supervisor Eicher – Expenditures be increased by $30,000 in the Department of Human Services – Youth Justice to fund youth mentoring in Sun Prairie through the Sun Prairie Neighborhood Navigators program.
HHN-O-09 – Human Services – Housing Access and Affordability – $50,400 – Supervisors Wegleitner, Ritt, Chawla, Audet – Adds 1.0 FTE Homeless Services Coordinator position $100,800 in partnership with the City of Madison to focus on “category 3” (aka doubled up/hotel populations. Creation and continuation of this position is dependent upon a written agreement with the City of Madison providing revenue to support 50% of the position cost. Approved 5-1 (Veldran voted no)
HHN-O-10 – Human Services – CYF-Youth Justice – $75,000 $50,000 – Supervisor Buckingham – Adds funds of $75,000 in partnership with the City of Madison to bring the Focused Interruption Coalition work up to $300,000 in 2020. Approved 5-1 in committee (Veldran voted no)
HHN-O-11 – Human Services – PEI – Prevention – $50,000 – Supervisor Young – Increase expenditures by $50,000 and designate the funding for the Rape Crisis Center to increase critical prevention work and direct client services and provide expanded outreach to marginalized survivors. Passed Health and Human Needs 6-0.
HHN-O-12 – Human Services – ACS Adult Protective Services – $25,000 – Supervisor Kilmer – Adds $25,000 to expand the Dane County Needle Exchange Program. Passed Health and Human Needs 5-1 (Veldran abstained)
HHN-O-13 – Human Services – Adult Community Services – $1,000,000 – Expenditures be increased by $1 million in the CJ Tubbs Fund for Hope, Healing and Recovery in the Department of Human Services, Adult Community Services and add language to 2019 RES-284 as provided on page 2. Passed Health and Human Needs 5-1 (Veldran abstained)
“1) The Dane County Department of Human Services (DCDHS) shall engage in a public strategic process to gather input in 2020 from a wide variety of community stakeholders and clients with lived experience on the results and recommendations from the mental health study to inform decision making about mental health services in future years. DCDHS shall report to the Board by June 30, 2020 on the themes arising from the public process and how those themes and budget and policy recommendations inform plans to competitively procure and plan for mental health services in 2021 and beyond.
2) The Chair of the Health and Human Needs Committee, in light of the over $60 million annual spending on mental health, shall place on the committee agenda monthly a report on progress on both this public strategy process and on the use and outcomes of mental health programs supported by Dane County.
3) The Department of Human Services shall develop criteria for the distribution of funds from the community center mental and behavioral health allocation focused on kids and families as well as the CJ Tubbs Fund for Hope, Healing and Recovery in consultation with the Tubbs family and with input from the following process: The Chair of the Health and Human Needs Committee shall appoint a subcommittee of at least one county board member who serves on the Health Human Needs Committee, one board member from Public Protection and Judiciary, a representative of the CJ Tubbs family (or designee if they choose), two individuals from the community who have lived experience, a former or current service provider (who is not working for a provider who will apply for the funds).
The subcommittee shall:
be appointed by December 6, 2019;
shall meet by December 20, 2019 to receive a presentation by the Department of Human Services on identified gaps in services and recommended criteria for grants;
shall hold a public hearing and approve the criteria by January 17, 2020.
The Department of Human Services shall:
Issue the Requests for Proposals for the grant programs with a due date of February 28, 2020;
Present scoring of proposals to the subcommittee for review and approval and recipients shall be announced by March 13, 2020.
Provide staff support and guidance to the subcommittee.
The subcommittee shall disband once the funds have been allocated.”
HHN-C-01 – Human Services – Capital Projects – $1,300,000 – Supervisors Doyle, Wegleitner, Audet, Ritt, Chawla, Veldran – Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $1.3 million to fund a county contribution toward the Salvation Army’s efforts to develop a mixed use project including a purpose built family shelter and purpose built women’s shelter, pay-to- stay shelter, medical respite shelter, supportive services center, and residential housing units on property it controls on East Washington Ave. in the City of Madison. Approved Health and Human Needs 6-0
NIGHT THREE
The only thing left is the Public Protection and Judiciary Amendments. Here’s the agenda.
Public Protection & Judiciary oversight
- Corporation Counsel (pages 120-130)
- Clerk of Courts (pages 140-156)
- Criminal Justice- Law Clerks (pages 152-153)
- Family Court Services (pages 157-160)
- Medical Examiner (pages 161-165)
- District Attorney (pages 166-179)
- Sheriff (pages 180-200)
- Public Safety Communications (pages 201-209)
- Emergency Management (pages 210-217)
- Juvenile Court (pages 218-228)
PP&J-O-01 – Clerk of Courts – General Court Support – $42,700 – Supervisor Rusk – Increase expenditures and position authority for .50 FTE Social Worker to assist the Parental Representation Project (PRP) attorneys representing parents in abuse and neglect cases (Children in Need of Protection and Services). It is recommended that the position description clearly delineate that the SW position will work for the PRP attorneys. PP&J passed 6-0
PP&J-O-02 – District Attorney – Victim Witness – $97,500 – Supervisor Bayrd – Increase expenditures and position authority for a 1.0 FTE Victim Witness Case Manager to assist with the demand for mandated services resulting from the continuing increase in the volume of juvenile cases. PP&J passed 6-0
PP&J-O-03 – District Attorney – Victim Witness – $97,500 – Supervisor Bayrd – Increase expenditures and position authority for a 1.0 FTE Victim Witness Case Manager devoted to restorative justice approaches. PP&J passed 6-0
PP&J-O-04 – Miscellaneous Criminal Justice – Law Clerks- $2,480 – Supervisor Keifer – Expenditures be increased by $2,480 in the Miscellaneous Criminal Justice line to pay for State Bar of Wisconsin annual dues for five staff attorneys. PP&J passed 6-0
PP&J-O-05 – Miscellaneous Criminal Justice – Law Clerks – $0 – Supervisor Kiefer – Neither expenditures nor revenues be changed and the following provision be added to 2019 RES-284 2020 Dane County Operating Budget Appropriations Resolution:
“Staff attorneys will be given paid holidays for the ten standard Dane County holidays (Jan 1, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day After Thanksgiving, Dec. 24, Dec. 25, and Dec. 31).” PP&J passed 6-0
PP&J-O-06 – Human Services – CYF-Admin – ($1,500) – Supervisor Bayrd – Eliminate the charging of fees that parents of juveniles placed in post dispositional home detention pay for home detention services. PP&J passed 6-0
PP&J-O-07 – Sheriff’s Office – Administration – $6,500 – Supervisor Kiefer – Increase expenditures by $6,500 in the Sheriff’s Office – Administration for overtime to cover the cost of having a uniformed deputy at all County Board meetings. Wasn’t presented.
PP&J-O-08 – Criminal Justice – Miscellaneous – CJC – $125,000 – Supervisor Stubbs – Motion to increase expenditures by $125,000 in criminal justice-miscellaneous to engage one or more consultants to conduct a public engagement and a needs assessment for a community justice center, with on-going involvement with the project by the Criminal Justice Council – Racial Disparities Subcommittee. PP&J passed 6-0
PP&J-C-01 – Jouvenile Court – Capital Budget – $20,000 Borrowing – Supervisor Danner – Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds $20,000 to replace the exercise equipment for Juvenile Detention Center. PPJ Capital Amends 10-30-19
WHAT’S NEXT?
Tuesday night the county board Personnel and Finance Committee will meet, consider all these suggested amendments (and others?) in addition to raising many fees. The time to speak publicly in the meetings is over according to their last three agendas which contained this note “This will be the final meeting that public comment will be taken on the department budgets listed below.”, but you can always give your input at County_Board_Recipients@countyofdane.com
IMPORTANT NOTE: The agenda linked above has this note on it “AMENDMENT PACKETS WILL BE UPDATED BY 4:00 PM ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 4TH.” So we won’t know until Monday what they are considering on Tuesday.
