Hey, Why Didn’t My County Board Supervisor Get Any Committee Appointments!?!

Because for a change, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi is being transparent . . . In addition to Heidi Wegleitner, John Hendrick didn’t get any either. Oddly Jeremy Levin and Jeff Pertl didn’t either. Neither did Robin Schmidt or Mike Willett. How’d your supervisor do? To some extent, not being on committees is an ok thing . . . since the committees are understaffed, ignored and constantly told they are “just advisory” – i.e. your opinion doesn’t really matter.

Some people got appointed to committees they didn’t want, others didn’t get appointed at all. What’s up with this Joe Parisi?

From last Monday from the county board staff, prior to the appointments coming out:

All,

Chair Corrigan asked me to remind members of the County Board that you continue to serve on boards and commissions until replaced (except for those who are no longer members of the County Board). Josh Wescott has indicated that the County Executive’s appointment resolution will be submitted on June 16th. Please continue to attend board and commission meetings until this resolution with new committee assignments is approved later this summer.

The County Exec’s Office reports that there are several boards and commissions for which no County Board members expressed an interest. If you have an interest in serving on one of these bodies, please contact Josh as soon as possible at Wescott@countyofdane.com. If you need additional information about the duties of each body, please see Chapter 15 of the Dane County Code of Ordinances: https://danedocs.countyofdane.com/webdocs/pdf/ordinances/ord015.pdf

The vacancies are:
AAA: Need 1 from H&HN
Community Action Commission: Need 1
Environmental Council: Need 1
Food Council: Need 1
Human Services: Need 1 at large Supervisor, 1 PP&J Supervisor and 1 HHN Supervisor.
Land Information Council: Need 1
Long Term Support Committee: Need 1 Supervisor. Also need 1 HSB and 1 AAA rep, may be citizen or Supervisor.
Solid Waste: Need 2 more: 1 City of Madison, 1 Non-Madison
South Central Library System: Need 1
Specialized Transportation: 4 Supervisor (2 City, 1 western Dane, 1 eastern Dane). Also need 1 AAA Bd rep, may be citizen or Supervisor.
Tree Board: Need 1
Youth Commission: 1 at large Supervisor, 1 HHN Supervisor

Thanks!

Karin

Here’s the appointments: (full list here, I edited out address and term of expiration)
ADRC Governing Board
Supervisor Michelle Ritt

Alliant Energy Center Commission
Supervisors Richard Kilmer, Sharon Corrigan and Paul Nelson

Airport Commission
Supervisors Dave de Felice, Dennis O’Loughlin, Mary Kolar, Maureen McCarville, Andrew Schauer

Area Agency on Aging Board
Supervisors Bill Clausius, Patrick Downing, Danielle Williams, Matt Veldran

Board of Health for Madison and Dane County
Supervisor Bob Salov

C.D.B.G. Committee
Supervisors Dave Ripp, Danielle Williams
citizen – Oscar Mireles, Cynda Solberg

City of Madison Long Range Transportation Planning Commission
Supervisor Al Matano

Commission on Sensitive Crimes
Supervisors Paul Rusk, Hayley Young

Commission on Economic & Workforce Development
Supervisors Dorothy Krause, Dennis O’Loughlin

Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Board of Directors
Supervisor Shelia Stubbs

Cultural Affairs Commission
Supervisors Mary Kolar, Paul Rusk, Matt Veldran
citizen – Ashley Robertson

Dane County Development Corporation Board of Directors
Supervisor Dave de Felice

Emergency Medical Services Commission
Supervisors Bob Salov, Maureen McCarville, Bill Clausius

Environmental Council
Supervisors Patrick Downing, Nikole Jones

Equal Opportunity Commission
Supervisors Dorothy Krause, Richard Kilmer
Citizens – Jacquelyn Hunt, Judy Whitehorse

Food Council
Supervisors Danielle Williams, Patrick Downing, Carl Chenoweth

Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors
Supervisor Matt Veldran

Human Services
Supervisors Carousel Bayrd, Ronn Ferrell, Nick Zweifel

Lakes & Watershed Commission
Supervisors Mary Kolar, Maureen McCarville, Dave Ripp, Hayley Young

Land Information Council
Supervisor Dennis O’Loughlin, Patrick Miles

Library Board
Supervisors Danielle Williams, Jenni Dye

Local Emergency Planning Commission
Supervisor Bob Salov

Long Term Support Committee
Supervisor Tim Kiefer

Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (formerly the MPO)
Supervisors Al Matano, Dorothy Krause

Monona Terrace Convention & Community Center Board
Supervisor George Gillis

Parks Commission
Supervisors Dave Ripp, George Gillis

Solid Waste & Recycling Advisory Commission
Supervisors George Gillis, Jerry Bollig, Paul Nelson, Chuck Erickson

Specialized Transportation Committee
Supervisors Dennis O’Loughlin, Matt Veldran, Patrick Downing, Michelle Ritt

South Central Library System Board
Supervisor Paul Nelson

Tree Board
Supervisor Bill Clausius
citizens – Jonathan Klaas, Ed Bartell

Veterans Service Commission
citizen – Patrick Grube

Youth Commission
citizen – Aram Donabedian, Kema Williams
Supervisors Ronn Ferrell, Nick Zweifel

Zoo Commission
Supervisor Chuck Erickson

From County Board Chair Sharon Corrigan – last Thursday, explaining what to do if you got appointed to a committee you didn’t want.

Supervisors:

Subsequent to the County Executive’s appointment memo, a number of questions have arisen regarding upcoming meetings of commissions, committees and boards. Please remember that as we consider these new appointments you continue to serve on your current committees until replaced.

Also, I have heard from some Supervisors who were appointed to committees to which they did not request appointment or to more committees than they are prepared to handle. Please let me know if you wish to decline an appointment so that we can communicate that list to the County Executive.

Thanks,
Sharon Corrigan

For those wondering, if I counted correctly here’s who got the most appointments;
Four appointments
Matt Veldran
Dennis O’Loughlin
Patrick Downing
Danielle Williams

Three appointments
Paul Nelson
Mary Kolar
Maureen McCarville
Bill Clausius
Bob Salov
Dorothy Krause

Two appoinmtments
Michele Ritt
Richard Kilmer
Dave deFelice
Al Matano
Dave Ripp
Paul Rusk
Hayley Young
Ronn Ferrell
Nick Zweifel

One appointment
Sharon Corrigan
Andrew Schauer
Sheila Stubbs
Nikki Jones
Carl Cehnowith
Carousel Bayrd
Pat Miles
Jenni Dye
Tim Kiefer
George Gillis
Jerry Bollig
Chuck Erickson

And those with no appointments . . .
Heidi Wegleitner
John Hendrick
Jeremy Levin
Jeff Pertl
Robin Schmidt
Mike Willett

There were the county executive (Joe Parisi) appointments, the county board chair appointments were blogged about earlier.