County Board Budget Amendments

October 21, 2019 3:52 pm

Here’s the budget amendments being considered by county committees this week! Check the links frequently for changes.

Monday, 10/21/19

5:15 PM Public Protection & Judiciary Committee***Budget*** Room 357 of the City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
– PUBLIC PROTECTION & JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 OPERATING BUDGET
– PUBLIC PROTECTION & JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET

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-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-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-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-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-O-06 – Human Services – CYF-Admin – ($1,500) – Supervisor Bayrd

Eliminate the charging of fees that parents of juveniles placed in postdispositional home detention pay for home detention services.

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.

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-C-01 – Jouvenile Court – Capital Budget – $20,000 Borrowing – Supervisor Dinner

Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds $20,000 to replace the exercise equipment for Juvenile Detention Center.

Tuesday, 10/22/19

5:15 PM Public Protection & Judiciary Committee Room 357 of the City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

– Budget Discussions and Amendments (no links on agenda) and not listed as a budget meeting? See above for information.

5:30 PM Public Works & Transportation Committee**BUDGET**1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (The Large Conference Room)
– PUBLIC WORKS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 OPERATING BUDGET
– PUBLIC WORKS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET

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.

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.

PWT-O-03 – Airport – $500,000 – Expenditures be increased by $500,000 to provide funding for testing and remediation of PFAS at the Dane County Regional Airport – Supervisor Wegleitner

Expenditures be increased by $500,000 to provide funding for testing and remediation of PFAS at the Dane County Regional Airport.

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.

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 planningfor the Alliant Energy Center campus.

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.

5:30 PM Health & Human Needs Committee CCB 201 **BUDGET**
– HEALTH & HUMAN NEEDS COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 OPERATING BUDGET(nothing in link at time of post, check back later)
– HEALTH & HUMAN NEEDS COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET (nothing in link at time of post, check back later)

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.

HHN-O-02 – Human Services – ACS – Behavioral Health – $50,000 – 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.

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

HHN-O-04 – Human Services – Community Programs – $85,200 – Supervisor Stubbs

Adds a 1.0 FTE Program Leader position to expand the Community Restorative Courtinitiative- $85,200.

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.

HHN-O-06 – Human Services – HAA – Housing and Homeless Services – $100,000 – 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.

HHN-O-08 – Human Services – Youth Justice – $30,000 – 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.

HHN-O-10 – Human Services – CYF-Youth Justice – $75,000 – 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.

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.

HHN-O-12 – Human Services – ACS Adult Protective Services – $25,000 – Supervisor Kilmer

Adds $25,000 to expand the Dane County Needle Exchange Program.

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.

“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 unitson property it controls on East Washington Ave. in the City of Madison.

6:30 PM Zoning & Land Regulation Committee City – County Building, ROOM 354 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison
– ZONING & LAND REGULATION COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 OPERATING BUDGET
– ZONING & LAND REGULATION COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET

ZLR-O-01 – Planning – Planning and Development – $10,000 – Supervisors Wegleitner and Audet

Increase expenditures by $10,000 to fund the housing summit.

Wednesday, 10/23/19

5:00 PM Board of Health Madison & Dane County Budget Committee The Atrium Community Rooms; Villager Mall 2300 S Park St, Madison WI
– PUBLIC HEALTH – MADISON & DANE COUNTY 2020 OPERATING BUDGET PROPOSAL (nothing in the link at time of post)

6:00 PM Food Council 5201 Fen Oak Drive Madison WI 53718
– Silverwood Park plan and budget amendment (no link)

Thursday, 10/24/19

5:30 PM Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee Lyman F Anderson Ag & Conservation Center **BUDGET** 5201 Fen Oak Drive – Room A/B Madison WI 53718
– This meeting will start at 5:30 pm or when the Land Conservation Committee adjourns, whichever is later.
– Public Hearing: Members of the public who wish to speak about any issue before the Environmental, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Committee are encouraged to attend this meeting. Per county board rules, you can only speak on a topic once at EANR during the budget cycle. Be sure and fill out a hearing slip so we can call on you efficiently. Speakers have 3-5 minutes each, depending on the total number of registrants.
– ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 OPERATING BUDGET (nothing in link at time of post, check back later)
– ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET (nothing in link at time of post, check back later)

5:30 PM Health & Human Needs Committee CCB 354 **BUDGET**
– HEALTH & HUMAN NEEDS COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 OPERATING BUDGET (nothing in link at time of post, check back later)
– HEALTH & HUMAN NEEDS COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET (nothing in link at time of post, check back later)

See Wednesday agenda

OTHERS

Executive

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 OPERATING BUDGET

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Personnel & Finance

PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 OPERATING BUDGET (none at the time of posting)

PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET (none at the time of posting)