Familiar Faces?
A.k.a. "frequent flyers" . . . people with mental illness and substance abuse issues that are in and out of jail on a regular basis. (335 people with more than 10 stays in 3 years) What does the Criminal Justice Council think should be done?
County Week Ahead
F-35s impact on housing, Board of Health Immunization policy, lake management quarterly report, creating universal access center and more.
Week of January 6th, 2020
Dane County is getting feedback on how it provides mental health services, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is talking transit and the search for a new superintendent for the Madison public schools continues.
How Did the Air National Guard Respond to Madison’s Comments on F-35s?
How did the Air National Guard respond to the over 6,000 comments made by the public during the comment period for the Draft EIS? I'm not impressed.
Updates on Madison/Dane County homeless services amid COVID-19
Homeless services are not subject to the state and Madison/Dane County Public Health orders limited gathering to 10 or more people, instead, homeless people are being forced to congregate to get life sustaining needs met - food, shelter, etc.
Dane County Board to discuss public comment rules for the next two years tonight
The Executive Committee and county board staff made quite a few changes to how the public can give input to the county board. I'm encouraged by the changes so far.
Public Health responds to Alders and Supervisors
I feel like its a bit of a non-answer and unsatisfactory. They say they can't get the data and they agree with some parts of the letter.
Dane County Week Ahead 11/29/21
A handful of meetings on this quiet last week of the month, beginning of December.
Dane County Week Ahead 3/7/22
Full week with full agendas, opioid overdose alert, lakes/flooding updates and complaints from staff of color in two departments caught my attention.
County Week Ahead 12/21/20
5 meetings all on Tuesday this week.
Madison City, Schools and Dane County Week Ahead 3/29/31
I'm late, but you didn't miss much, MMSD and Dane County have no meetings this week. City only had 2 yesterday . . . and 12 the rest of the week. Spring break, I guess.
Dane County Week Ahead 3/27/23
Only 4 meetings scheduled this week - no meetings Wednesday or Thursday