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All right, I will call this meeting to
order on Tuesday, July 21st at 7 p.m.

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Please stand as you are able to honor
the flag.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisibley

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» with liberty for all.

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» And Supervisor Swanson, a moment of
reflection, please.

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» Thank you, Chair Coffee.
Happy birthday to the US of A. To

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celebrate it, I'm sure Supervisor Duca
would have brought in tasty cupcakes.

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Supervisor Myin likely would have given
us a tasteful flag display. My gift is a

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promise to keep this message short.
I think most of us can agree that our

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country today is pretty divided, but
that's hardly unusual for our continuing

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experiment at 250 years young. The
American Revolution was met with a lot

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of push back from loyalists, but we got
through that period. The Civil War was

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obviously a divided time, but we've
somehow come together and most can agree

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we've we've made uh a [clears throat]
lot of progress in regarding civil

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rights, some progress.
Most of us have lived through the

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Vietnam period when there was a lot of
division in this country. I am

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cautiously optimistic we'll get through
the divided times we're in now, maybe

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during my lifetime. Closer
to home, I'm very optimistic that we as

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county supervisors together with county
employees will come together for the

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common good. As we launch into another
budget cycle, not everyone will get what

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they want, but we will continue to
provide for the needs of our county

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residents.
There is a phrase coined by a 15th

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century English poet which was
popularized by Abe Lincoln. It goes like

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this. You can please some of the people
all of the time. You can please all the

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people some of the time, but you can't
please all of the people all of the

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time.
Sure, coffee.

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» Hallelujah. [laughter]
Thank you. Um, please mark yourselves

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present if you haven't already done so.

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Then we will move to the approval.
Whoops. Make sure first of all

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» 24 present
approval of the journal of proceedings

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for June 16th.
I have a motion by supervisor

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Schumanker, a second by Supervisor
Jenkins, and um are there any

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corrections before we move on to vote on
the journal of proceedings?

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corrections or comments.

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Okay,
we will just do a voice vote then. All

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those in favor,
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and vote on the journal of proceedings
for June 16th. A yes means you approve.

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Clark.
>> Supervisor Clark.

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» Um, it's not letting me vote. I approve.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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All right. 21. Yes.
Three abstain. Oh, maybe they weren't

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here. [laughter]
All right. Thanks. That all makes sense.

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Three abstain because of absence.

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And we will go on then to public
comment. I know we have one public

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comment if you would come up Josh.

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And Josh did send an electronic um
public comment as well. And he will give

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his name and his address and he can give
his public comment.

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My name is Joshua Hill. My address is
2811 Richard Drive, Oakclair, Wisconsin.

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Um, I just like to voice some concerns
about the flock safety license plate

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readers that are currently in use around
Oaklair. Um, I believe that this system

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constitutes unwarranted
observation and tracking of the

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citizens, which I do not believe is
strictly speaking legal. Um, I believe

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it's also worth mentioning that most of
the surrounding counties have a flock

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safety transparency portal page which
has some information about how the

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systems used and how effective it is.
Um, Oaklair does not maintain that page

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at this time. So, I would like to
respectfully consider that that be

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addressed in the near future. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Is there any other public

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comment?

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Any other public comment?
You may step forward.

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Again, if you'll state your name and
your address and then you may go forward

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with your public comment.
>> Good evening. My name is Simone Thomas.

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My address as it applies to this meeting
is 309 East Lake Street, Oaklair,

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Wisconsin. My home address is in
Monomony.

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My comment today is one of gratitude.
Two years ago, I stood here with fear

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and desperation.
Today, I stand here with hope. Hope

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because as a county, I see some actions
being taken that is supportive of our

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homeless community. And for me that hope
has a name. That name is Angela Stokes.

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For the past year and a half, I have had
the pleasure of working alongside Angela

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Stokes.
Nights that I would go home and not be

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unable to sleep. I was new to my job,
didn't have all the access to the

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resources, didn't know all the names to
connect all the dots. And she walked

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into my office and I explained to her
what I wanted and what I needed and what

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I wanted to see. in a little by little,
moment by moment, in the past few months

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what we do together. I walk with two
phones. I don't know if she knows my

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work phone number because she already
has my personal phone number. We talk

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this morning at 6:40 a.m. We meet most
Thursday mornings at 7 a.m. We share

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collaborative meetings together. And at
the end of every meeting, what is near

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and dear to my heart is that we're
talking about outcomes for families. 309

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East Lake Street is a family homeless
shelter downtown that has been there for

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32 years. I have been in place now for
two years. We have a lot of work to do,

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but I am grateful for the strides that
we're making because when the police

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shows up at my door with a family and I
am full, I can call Angela Stokes. I can

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call the outreach team. When a family
shows up and the the services that they

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need are outside the scope of what the
shelter can accommodate, I now have a

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place to call. Please remember we have
homeless persons in the community and

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they need help too.
The lens I look through are the lens

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that are focusing on the newborn babies
with colostomy bags. I am looking at the

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newborn babies that do not have a chance
on their own and outside is not going to

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work for them.
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service animals that the families may
have or the emotional support animals

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that are not yet legal for some spaces
that the families may have. But now

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today I am here with hope to say thank
you very much for the support that

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you've provided Angela Stokes. Please
continue to do so and know that the work

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that is being done is absolutely
powerful. Any family that call me today,

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there's a hotel in town that there are
several families that are now calling me

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and what am I doing with them? I am
connecting them back to the county so

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that the resources that are in place can
be utilized for the people that need

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them in the way that they can get them.
I can see measurable outcomes. I am

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sorry I did not get here in time to sign
up. Please stop me when I get to my

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three minutes.
I can see measurable outcomes, but the

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most powerful part of it is when a
family says, "My God, why no one told me

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that this existed before?" Or a family
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"I can now provide for my children."

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Collaboration is what is bringing us
here today. I don't know what you do

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every day and I am grateful that I don't
need to know what you do every day, but

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I'm saying thank you and to ask you to
please continue to do so and to know

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that the person that you've put in place
to make it work is moving in ways that I

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could never possibly imagine. We have a
meeting on Wednesday evenings uh every

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other Wednesday. Um my manager of
shelter operations attends mostly. I

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will now be joining that meeting because
we now have another piece that we're

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going to be working on. You see, there's
this word we use a lot. It's called

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collaboration. And a lot of times we
don't actually know what collaboration

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means. Together at this meeting, we are
now knowing and acknowledging and using

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and able to show specific outcomes at
these meetings. Lutheran Social Services

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has been around for quite some time. LSS
gaining ground. Now we're able to start

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working together. Who's bringing all
these people together? What are you

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asking for that the people you put out
to say go and get the work done is

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pulling us all together to make it
happen. It is working. It is working. I

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am sleeping better at night. It is
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access to the resources that they need.
We need more housing.

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But I believe you know that we're
stretched thin. I am confident that you

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are going to be making the choices and
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again, I apologize. Thank you for
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our website, you'll see some family
stories. That is because I have support

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to be able to do the job. None of this
job is done alone. But today I can say

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I'll be moving into my third year with
hope and with pride because I now have

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the resources and the support of a
county that is saying we are really

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looking at taking the work to the next
level. At least that's what I am

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believing because of the support that I
am getting and the work that Angie and I

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are doing together. So thank you very
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» Thank you.

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» This moves this topic moves right into
our oral report.

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Um, Angie Stokes, could you come up
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update.

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[snorts]
And you do have a PowerPoint

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that was provided um in a separate
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You can get to that.

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Oh, somehow my
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the po try the mic again
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It's okay. We'll try to It's okay. I can
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» Okay, you can.
>> Good. I'm not really good at sitting

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still. Um, so John asked us to come and
give an update on the Housing Our

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Neighbors Planning Collaborative. I
think we were here about six months ago

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um talking about that. So, that's what
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going to give um
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background about how we got here, what
the efforts are so far, highlight some

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of our successes, and then talk about
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So, I wanted to first take a minute um
to read a um I spent some time with

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Carrie Poser. She's the executive
director of the Balance of State, which

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is the state homeless organization.
She's very wellconed and um is very good

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at telling us what will work, what's
working around the country, what's not

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working around the country um and real
kind in her feedback and sometimes

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gently scooting me in a different
direction. So Carrie um has been she's

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been real kind in meeting with me to
talk about homeless efforts in Oaklair

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previously um and then to give us
feedback on the work that we're doing.

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So what Carrie said is ending
homelessness is a challenge is

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challenging because it's rooted in
shortages, not enough affordable

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housing, limited access to high demand
services such as mental health care and

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substance use treatment, insufficient
employment opportunities, and too few

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highly trained qualified case managers.
Too often what we do have are

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well-intentioned people working hard to
help. But their efforts can be

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fragmented and siloed without centering
the voices and priorities of those

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actually experiencing homelessness.
Lasting solutions require listening to

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what people want and need rather than
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Housing Our Neighbors is a collaborative
effort that places people with lived

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experience at the forefront of planning
and decision-making. By creating an

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informed, coordinated plan with a shared
vision, aligning resources around common

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goals, and working together across
systems, we can build sustainable

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solutions that not only address
homelessness, but help prevent it. So

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when I told Carrie I had to give a
presentation, she sent me this because

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she said, "I don't actually think you
always understand the impact that this

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group is having together and the level
of collaboration that you have in

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Oaklair. That's very unusual um compared
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Um I wanted just to review kind of where
we got started. So the city county

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health department gives an assessment.
I want to tell you it's every two years.

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If Lisa was here, I would ask. It might
be every three." Um, and what the

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priorities were that were identified in
the last one in 2024 from across the

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county are alcohol misuse, poor mental
health, lack of child care and

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affordable child care, um, substance
misuse, and then lack of affordable

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housing. I bring this up because the
affordable housing, the lack of it

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contributes to homelessness in our
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Oops, too many pushes. Um, we've talked,
Angie's talked about this a lot. I think

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other people have our Alice data. So if
we look across our county, a third of

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Oaklair residents cannot afford basic
needs. That means food, shelter, child

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care, transportation. So just basically
what they need for them and their

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families to live. Um to afford a
two-bedroom in Oaklair, an apartment, a

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basic apartment, you would need to make
$21 an hour. If you're earning minimum

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wage, you would need to work 116 hours
to be able to afford an apartment

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two-bedroom. And looking at our data,
30% of renters are cost burden mean that

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they spend more than 30% of their income
every month on uh rent, utilities. The

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goal if you're budgeting is to not spend
more than 30% of of your total income on

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your living expenses.
housing.

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Um, the other thing that we shared with
you last time we were here is that

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homelessness is expensive. It's
expensive because it costs about 40

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night $40 a night in an overnight
shelter. If you do some math and you're

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there for a month, it's $1,200.
Staying in the county jail for a night

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is about $112.
The cost of a single filing for a court,

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so if I'm arrested and get charged with
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one night in an in a Winnebago or
Mandota is $1,756.

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Um, we know that this impacts folks
across the board, but oftentimes these

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costs are more associated with
individuals that do not have stable

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housing.

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So, a review of how the collaborate
collaborative started. I'll try to do

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this quick. Um, in October of 2024,
Department of Human Services, the

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chamber, and the Oaklair City County
Health Department came together to dis

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to come together to provide some
leadership around homelessness. Lots of

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great work was happening, but that work
was happening in silos. In December of

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2024, um, we brought Jim Matthew from
Milwaukee in to talk to business

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leaders, school superintendents, police,
sheriff, uh, Jonah.

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Uh the bids were there from Oaklair
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homelessness in my wa in Milwaukee by
98%.

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We're not Milwaukee. I get that a lot of
feedback that we're Oaklair, not

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Milwaukee. I know. But they did great
work and if we can steal some of those

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ideas, it will help Oaklair.
This um and then that spring, so the

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spring of 2025, we called service
providers together. WMadison had us

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helped us with a a citizen summit. We
met with multiple leaders in the

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community, multiple service providers,
um, business owners to get feedback on

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what folks felt like needed to happen in
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Oaklair. In the summer of 2025, we put a
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happened in the fall. We wrote the
report in the summer. And then since

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that time, we've been doing what that
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Um, one of the things that is very
important to our group is to have folks

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with lived experience. So, we have had
individuals who are either are homeless

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currently or have been homeless at at
our meetings um at our gatherings so

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that they could give the perspective of
what it's like to be homeless in

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Oaklair, how they became homeless, and
what would have to happen for them to

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get housing and to be stable. Our goal
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brief, rare, and non-reoccurring. We
know that you are never going to get rid

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of homelessness completely.
Circumstances happen. The goal is for

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when that happens to walk alongside
people and get them back into stable

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housing as quickly as possible.
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so we've added the city of Oaklair, the
city of Altuna. Um, there's a

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representative from Jonah on there.
There's a group in Oaklair that's

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raising money for homelessness led by
Terry Weld and Jill Christopherson

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called for goodness sakes. They sit on
there and then we have three individuals

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um in addition to the city the county
department of human services um and city

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county health department. Those are the
folks that are on there. The goal of

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that group is to provide leadership
to look at policies that are impeding um

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folks being able to get affordable
housing to look at funding and how we

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can leverage funding from local um
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government. That's the role of that
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strategy groups that are working below
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What does the report do? So, the report,
I think you maybe all got a one-page

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copy. If you want a copy, I'd be happy
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like 60 pages. It's on our website. Um
provides information on the current

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state of homelessness in Oaklair.
It gives um it we gathered feedback from

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service providers, local leaders. It
talks about what they said. Um and then

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it lists the six strategies that we
would need to do in Oaklair in order to

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get homelessness to functional zero.
One, the first one of is to align the

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system so we get all of the folks that
providing services to folks that are

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homeless moving in the same direction.
Uh Simone talked about that a little

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bit. She was really really kind. The
work that I'm doing, I'm real happy to

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be doing it, but it's a whole village
working together. There's lots of people

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doing lots of things. The second
strategy group is looking at data. So

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how do we look at outcomes to measure
our success and then use that to

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continually get better. The third one is
homeless is outreach. What we learned

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from talking to other communities
looking at where homelessness had

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decreased significantly. We needed a
street outreach team. You need a team

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that's going to go out and meet people
where they're at. Department of Human

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Services decided to take that role on.
We currently have six individuals on our

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team as of Monday. Um they sometimes are
out at 4:30 in the morning in the

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parking ramps. They are um under
bridges. They're out in parks. They uh

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two days a week are at the day resource
center. Thursday mornings they're at

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Sojer. They're at community table. I
just had the team in Fall Creek in

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Augusta. Um so they are out regularly
meeting with people where they're at.

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The reason that's important is because
the best place to build relationships is

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when you go to folks rather than
expecting them to come to you. None of

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the work that we do can be done without
relationships. Recovery happens best in

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the context of relationships.
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so it's much easier, frankly, to keep

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folks home than it is to try to get them
into another housing situation when they

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become homeless. The fifth is affordable
housing. Um, Oaklair is a lack of

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affordable housing. I think everyone is
probably well aware of that. And then

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the sixth one is community engagement.
So, how do we get natural supports in

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place and get folks connected to their
community? So, those are the six

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strategies. Um, we've been real
purposeful in starting those off one at

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a time.
I can talk a little bit about that

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later. It's real important. What does
the report not do? Um, it does not um

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what tell
it it does not tell people what to do. I

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have been never been successful in my
life walking into a room and telling

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people what to do. Uh, I've had much
more success walking into a room asking

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people what they need and then listening
to that carefully and trying to respond

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to that. So, it's important to know.
Lots of people have given a lot of

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feedback that they're afraid we're going
to come and tell them what to do. And I

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think after a year and a half of doing
the work. I don't get that question very

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much anymore. Um, and the flexibility,
we have flexibility in the schedule, in

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the plan. So, when our strategy teams
are meeting, if things come up and they

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need to to pivot to meet those needs,
they're able to do that. We are not

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looking to repeat past or current
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We really carefully listen to folks
about what had happened previously and

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what worked and then we are building
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Uh what's going well? So I did this
PowerPoint a couple days ago. We had 57

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folks in housing at that time. We
currently today have 61 folks in

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housing. Um 98% are staying in housing.
I have two individuals who are still

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working with but for a variety of
reasons needed to not um needed to not

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be where they are at. Um, so we are
still working with them and we'll get

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them back in housing, but we're at about
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Um, 26 of those are children. We have
case conferencing every morning and my

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team tells me about the children that
are on the streets, the pregnant moms

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that are on the streets, living in the
forest, living under the bridges. Um,

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two, all but four of those folks, so of
the 61, 57 came right off the street.

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four was a a family of two a partner and
uh two children who were going to be

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evicted and needed to get somewhere
else. So, we were able to get them in a

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hotel over the weekend and then get them
into a another place on Monday. Um this

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is important. A shelter Simone does a
fantastic job and it's hard to go into

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shelter when you're a family. So, we've
been able to take two families and and

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deflect them away from shelter, get them
uh from the street into housing. That

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was not done alone. Simone helped with
that. Um Bridget with the police has

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been super super helpful. So, it's been
a team to make that happen. Um we have

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172 folks that we are working with. So,
um 172 folks that are actively homeless.

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I will tell you this morning at case
conferencing we had 26 people in cars we

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checked in with last night. So every day
that number seems to be growing. Um

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» I referenced there the by name list. One
of the things that we were told is you

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need to keep track of the folks that are
homeless. We have a state system called

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coordinated entry. Not everybody is
interested in being on there. So in

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order to figure out the scope of the um
challenge we're working with, we need to

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keep a separate list. So that's what
we've been doing. Um our outreach team

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has made connections. We work real
closely with the Oaklair uh police

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department. We've talked to the Fall
Creek Police uh police department,

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Augusta Police Department, made contact
with Fairchild. So, we're working really

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hard with law enforcement. We work um I
meet regularly with the Oaklair PD and

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then neighborhood services with the city
of Oaklair. Oaklair is the place that we

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have the majority of our homeless folks.
Um but I will tell you that is not

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unique. We had an a call a couple weeks
ago from the Fall Creek Police that

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asked us to come and work with a
individual that was in a bathroom in a

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park living there. We met with the
Augusta police and they were able to

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share some folks that were living in the
woods without electricity or running

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water. Um so it's not just in Oaklair,
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Um as I said earlier, we have specific
places where we go each week. That's

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been helpful because um our partners
will know where we're at and can find

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us. I had an one of my team members
today was at the day resource center and

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she said I left three times Angie. Um so
she walked out the door two individuals

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that were homeless asked them for help.
She went back in came out same thing

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different people went back in came out
same same thing. So um I would tell you

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that our our team is well respected in
the community. Folks know where to go to

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get help and um they're they're coming
to find them. We have individuals as I

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said relationships are key here. So we
have individuals that we have been

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working with for nine months. In the
beginning they didn't want to talk to

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us. We didn't put any pressure on them
but we kept approaching and now we have

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a number of folks that are just starting
to work with us because they trust that

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we are there to help them and listen to
them.

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Um we have lots of referrals that come
in from community partners. I get a lot

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of calls every day. Can you help with
this? Um can you help connect a person

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with this? So I think one of the things
that we noticed in the beginning is we

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had a lot of individuals doing
individual work and I would say now we

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have a lot more folks working
collaboratively together.

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Um
we have made contact with all of the

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hospitals. So we've met with Marshfield
in conjunction with city county health.

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We've met with Mayo and we've met with
North Lakes. Um I think we haven't I

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think we've been emailing with the free
clinic but haven't actually met with

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them.
Uh we have a case conferencing, Simone

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alluded to that, that happens every two
weeks. So we bring about 15 service

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providers together to talk about who's
doing what for who, what can we do to

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support each other. Um that came off a
release of information. So one of the

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the pieces when we talked to Lacrosse
about what they were doing down there,

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they said, "You need a release of
information." So folks that are working

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with us, sign a release of information.
That way they don't have to tell their

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story over and over and over. We have
the information so I can call Simone. we

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can talk about what what the family
needs. We can figure out how to make

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that happen and then the person that the
that that family trusts the most can

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help get them what they need and um and
get them their support.

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Uh sober living has been fantastic. We
work closely with Oaklair Sober Living.

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Um, we have some individuals that need
help with substance misuse. And then we

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also are working real closely with um,
his name is Adam and I cannot remember

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the name of the sober living facility he
runs, but he's spectacular. Um, and then

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we started, one of the things we noticed
is rent in Oaklair is high. So, we did

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some work to figure out what could we do
to provide housing that's more

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affordable. So, um, I happened to be at
a conference. I met a woman. She does

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shared housing. So what we have started
to do with the help of Sharon is um

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master lease some apartments where we
are the the landlord for those and then

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we can make the rent is much cheaper. So
rather than paying you know $1,200 for

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rent we can pay not we the people can
pay $500 for rent. Um it's helpful also

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with community. So our team goes in um
meets with sometimes daily with

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individuals. We set up house rules and
then it helps people also have community

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because being homeless is very very
isolating

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um challenges. We have more people aging
into homelessness. So at our case

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conferencing ADRC comes to that um they
are noticing more and more uh firsttime

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elderly homeless. So they're on fixed
income. Someone has bought the property

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that they've been living in for 30
years. Rent is going doubling. They no

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longer can pay that. um more folks
becoming homeless later in life that

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have disabilities. We have a number of
individuals on the street that are in

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wheelchairs, have walkers. Um Lisa from
the Day Resource Center called me the

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other day and there's a gentleman who's
blind.

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So, we we just have a lot more people
that are first-time homeless, old, and

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have disabilities.
Um we have a lack of case management

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locally. It's not that what we have
isn't good. It's that we don't have

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enough folks to walk alongside people.
What people need is somebody to listen

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to them to help them access resource and
get them connected. That's that's mostly

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what folks need.
Um lack of affordable housing, which I

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said lack of transitional housing. So,
if you are coming out of jail, if you're

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coming um out of if you're frankly
coming out of the hospital after

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surgery, we have a number of individuals
that we supported that have had to have

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surgery in the hospital. there's nobody
to discharge to. You're getting

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discharged to the street from back
surgery, from hip surgery. Um, so that's

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a challenge. Um, continued lack of
understanding of who is homeless. I

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talked to Sojuna regularly. Lucas
regularly has 20 plus individuals that

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are working part-time or full-time that
are staying in shelter. We have um an

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individual our team is working with. He
rides his bike 10 miles to work every

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day back and 10 miles back and forth and
he doesn't have enough money for

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housing. You can't save up if you make
if you don't make much money saving up

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for security deposit. I was talking to a
landlord today. He wants security

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deposit uh first two months rent and
last month's rent. So he wanted four I

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probably just did that math wrong, but
he wanted four four months rent. So, he

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needs $2,600
that if you don't make that much in two

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months, you certainly can't save that
much money. Um, a long list of items.

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So, we have lots of lists. We put lots
of people on lots of lists. If you spend

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a lot of time with me, I understand we
need lists. They irritate me because I

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think our function should not be to put
you on a list. So, we have people on

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lists that don't come off of lists. We
have housing lists. The city has a

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housing list. The county has a housing
list. We have a coordinated entry list.

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very few people get housing out of those
lists. Um, our homeless numbers are

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growing. Um, our systems are built on
the assumption that folks have a level

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of stability in order to access
services. So, we run CCS. It's really

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hard if you're homeless to meet all of
those requirements if you do not have

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stable housing. Um, and then we have and
I I really appreciate when people call

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00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:47,240
us for help. We have a lot of folks that
need a lot of help. So um that's that is

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a challenge every day.

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Um so that's kind of individually how
things are going from a system

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perspective. Our system we have an
executive team as I said the the role of

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that executive team is to look at
policies to look at funding. It it's not

421
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to push down directives. It's to listen
the other way. We have a leadership team

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that we have not pulled together yet.
The leadership team will consist of the

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leads of the strategy teams. we don't
have all our strategy teams in place. Um

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and then we have a communications team
just coming together that will be led by

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the city county health department. Um
strengthening outreach. I talked about

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that a little bit. We started a street
outreach team. We called together all

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the other folks that are doing outreach.
So we called um Vivant Health was there.

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Oaklair PD was there. Workforce
Resources was there. Chipo Valley Street

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Ministry was there. Um
Department of Workforce Development was

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00:33:37,919 --> 00:33:43,120
there. So we we all the people that are
out in Oaklair doing outreach, we called

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them together to say like let's do the
work together. We'll figure out who has

432
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:51,440
what resources and how we can best share
those. Uh community engagement. This is

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run by a woman with lived experience who
spoke to the uh board a couple months

434
00:33:53,679 --> 00:34:00,960
ago and Paul Cvites um truly wonderful
human in Oaklair. Um and they're looking

435
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:04,720
at what can the community do? So how do
we get natural support? So if you're

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00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:11,440
homeless and you're 60 years old, how
are you accessing the senior center? if

437
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:15,440
you um are 23 and and want some
recreation, how do we get you connected

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00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:18,639
with the YMCA? How do we get folks that
are homeless or at risk of being

439
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:22,879
homeless connected with people that have
housing? Um and how do we build those

440
00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:26,240
natural supports? So, if you have a
social worker right now or peer support

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00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:30,000
specialist, they can pull away and you
have natural supports in place.

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00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:33,200
Preventing homelessness, that group,
Simone is leading that for me with Ryan

443
00:34:31,919 --> 00:34:39,040
Graham who works for the balance of
state that is starting in August.

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00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:42,560
um ensuring affordable housing. Rey, I
talk a lot of people into a lot of

445
00:34:40,240 --> 00:34:46,800
things. Rey is actually starting to lead
that with me. Um not the strategy,

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00:34:44,879 --> 00:34:51,760
unless you want to. Um but we're
starting with a a housing assessment. We

447
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:56,560
had an assessment done in 2023 that gave
us some information, but we've done a

448
00:34:53,919 --> 00:35:02,320
lot of building in Oaklair um and missed
a a big demographic of aging uh folks

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00:34:59,839 --> 00:35:07,200
and folks that need um less expensive
housing. So, we're starting with that.

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Um, sharing data strategically. I think
Angie and I shared that we were able to

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get $440,000 from the Pablo Foundation.
Part of that was to hire a data analysis

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that could look at our data um locally,
could figure out where our work

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00:35:19,604 --> 00:35:24,000
[clears throat] where we could lean into
our work that things were going well and

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00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:27,119
then where we would maybe need to to
find some improvements. So, that person

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is starting and they will lead that
again with the health department. And

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then the last one, aligning the system.
Um, we're trying to do some of that work

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00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:41,040
now. That team has not yet started.
Uh, what happens next? We're bu

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00:35:39,599 --> 00:35:45,839
finishing the governance structure. This
is not my favorite thing to do, so um

459
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:50,640
it's not been super timely, but um we're
finishing that up. And then um our

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00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:55,359
strategy teams will continue to meet.
Our data will be added to our website.

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00:35:53,119 --> 00:35:58,480
We collect a lot of data right now. I
don't have the skills to put that all

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00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:04,240
together and then upload it into the
website. And then we will continue to

463
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:09,520
get folks housed and provide them with
supports and services that they need for

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00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:15,599
stability. Our goal is to get folks into
housing that they can afford. So we're

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um working with individuals. They have a
plan. The plan includes increasing

466
00:36:17,839 --> 00:36:24,320
employ increasing uh income. That's the
number one social determinant for for

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00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:28,480
health is financial stability. So we're
working with DWD workforce resources. I

468
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:32,079
just met with Goodwill. They have a
program that they're doing that they

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00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:34,480
piloted they they brought it to fruition
on the eastern side of the state that

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00:36:33,359 --> 00:36:39,599
they're bringing to the western side of
the state. So really trying to get um

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folks into a position where they can
afford their own housing.

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00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:48,400
Who's involved with our work? I mean it
takes a village. We have lots and lots

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00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:53,680
of folks. We have some church groups. We
have um as I said all of the community

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00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:57,520
um service providers that are coming
together. Um we have some I get emails

475
00:36:56,079 --> 00:37:02,320
from community members. what can I do to
help? Usually I tell them to join a

476
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:06,000
strategy team. So um the goal is if you
want to contribute, we will find a place

477
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:10,640
for you to do that based on your
interest and your best skill set.

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00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:14,200
Sorry I talked a lot and fast. I'd be
happy to answer questions.

479
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:22,079
We there are going to be quite a few
questions. My head's just swimming.

480
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:28,320
There's so much information here. We'll
start with um Supervisor Wilkey, please.

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00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:32,160
Angela, you've built a lot of
credibility with this board and

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00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:38,640
community. And I've been very impressed
over time that you you do more than just

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00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:44,000
talk nice things, okay, and collect data
and all that stuff. You actually do

484
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:49,440
hands-on and get in the trenches and try
to make a difference. And we're seeing

485
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:55,760
that. Um, I say that I think it's
extremely important that you be able to

486
00:37:51,839 --> 00:38:01,280
share with us, especially seeing we're
moving into the budget process. Okay. In

487
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:09,280
fact, the administrator is going to
follow you and he's going to advise us

488
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:14,480
that uh we exceed our money by $655,000.
So that means cuts are coming of some

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00:38:11,599 --> 00:38:21,920
kind. I think it's important for you to
express to us if not now in the near

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00:38:17,599 --> 00:38:28,320
future specifically what not to cut okay
in your opinion and what do we need to

491
00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:34,640
bolster up that might in the long run uh
save money as as we move into this

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00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:42,640
budget if you can't answer that now I do
think you need to answer the ask what

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00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:45,760
what are you asking from this board.
>> Well, I I didn't actually come here to

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00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:50,880
ask for anything. I mean, I have asked
John John can probably recite what they

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00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:55,119
are. Um, we we need some more folks on
my team. I like I'm significantly

496
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:59,760
concerned that I'm burning people out.
Um, we have an ability to get more case

497
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:04,240
managers through a Medicaid waiver
program that we're not taking advantage

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00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:07,920
of. I would recommend we do that. Um,
>> you put those asks in to John

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00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:09,119
» to the budget.
>> Yes.

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» Yep.
>> Okay. Um, so I mean I can speak for

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00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:20,800
human services. The more we can do
preventatively,

502
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:24,320
we have folks right now in um in higher
levels of care. So we have folks like in

503
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:29,119
in group homes that don't need to be
there, but there's no other housing

504
00:39:25,599 --> 00:39:36,079
available. So I can get them out of that
and it will it will save money in the

505
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:41,839
end. So, um I I understand that human
services isn't a business, but what I

506
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:47,839
will tell you is if we kept up with
consumer need, we wouldn't be in crisis.

507
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:54,160
And crisis is very expensive. So, if we
can get folks before they need to go to

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00:39:50,640 --> 00:40:00,320
Winnebago or Modota, that will be a
budget savings. Um it's challenging

509
00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:05,839
right now because we have a level of
crisis that we're dealing with and we

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00:40:01,839 --> 00:40:13,760
need to do preventative work. But um I
had an an individual a couple weeks ago

511
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:19,200
that got picked up by the police and
then went to um the Institute of Mental

512
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:23,760
Disease and got re-released to the
shelter there. I have no reason to

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00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:27,760
believe that that individual will not be
in the same crisis in two weeks going

514
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:32,480
back to that
very expensive care. So, if I could if

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00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:36,960
if I had the ability to get them in
housing right now, which we're starting

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00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:42,079
to, I mean, um the work takes a lot of
relationship building with landlords. Um

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00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:45,359
I have a landlord that usually doesn't
respond. He's a private landlord till

518
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:48,560
like 10:30 at night. Um and then when he
responds, he wants to, you know, he

519
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:54,720
wants to know what's going to be
helpful. Um, so if we can get folks

520
00:40:52,079 --> 00:40:58,800
earlier, we will save money in the end.
Um, so I I'd say preventative things

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00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:02,400
don't cut them.
>> Okay. Thank you. Just as long as John

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00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:06,560
got your asks.
>> Yeah, John John knows. Yeah, he's he's

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00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:11,599
knows what I want. I'm pretty assertive.
So So is Angie.

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00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:16,560
» He raised his eyelids. Tells me he
>> Thank you. We will have Supervisor

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00:41:13,839 --> 00:41:20,800
Russell followed by Supervisor Pagonus.
Supervisor Russell.

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00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:25,520
Thank you, Chair Coffee. Um, two
questions. Uh, you mentioned that there

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00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:29,839
are policies that are sometimes
impeding. Um, could you just give an

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00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:34,720
example of that? And then the other
thing is I was wondering if the outreach

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00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:39,200
workers are visible to the community. Do
they wear identifiable clothing or

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00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:44,319
something or how does that work that
people know who they are?

531
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:49,040
» So, no. Um, word of mouth. Um, I would
say that's how people know who they are.

532
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:52,480
Um, I mean I don't have a budget for
clothing. So, and frankly I'm not going

533
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:56,720
to spend money on clothing for my staff.
Um, so I mean I guess if I was directed

534
00:41:55,200 --> 00:42:02,960
I would, but that's not what I'm gonna
choose to spend money on. Um, so

535
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:07,680
no, there's not clothing. And I'm sorry,
what was your second?

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00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:15,599
» Just examples of policies that um are
being looked at or you view as impeding

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00:42:11,599 --> 00:42:20,960
» um the assistance. Um
well, for example, Western Dairland gets

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00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:26,400
federal funding. So they can only work
with folks when they come off of a list

539
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:30,560
if the people have have chosen to go on
the list. So we have individuals that

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00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:34,400
have higher needs that for whatever
reason don't want to go on the list that

541
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:37,119
they can't work with. It's not a it has
nothing to do with Western Dairland and

542
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:41,599
whether they're impactful or not. It has
to do with with that list that's tied to

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00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:45,520
federal federal money.
um

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00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:50,160
policy like we expected before we had a
street outreach team, we expected people

545
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:53,200
to come to us if lots of people don't
want to come to Department of Human

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00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:55,839
Services because most people don't have
fantastic thoughts about what we're

547
00:42:54,480 --> 00:43:01,599
going to do with their family when they
do. So, it was important that we went

548
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:08,880
out and met people where they're at. Um
we have we have I I all the time I talk

549
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:13,359
to my staff about this. We have um
policies that say, you know, you need to

550
00:43:11,119 --> 00:43:16,800
attend this meeting at this time. If
you're homeless, it is you are trying to

551
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:20,960
figure out how to not be sexually
assaulted, how to stay warm, how to find

552
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:24,720
food. You aren't going to likely
remember that at 2:00 you need to be at

553
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:30,160
human services so you can do an
assessment. We had an individual um I

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00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:33,280
think about every single day I was
happen to be in the lobby. He came in,

555
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:38,400
he said, "I need treatment and I need it
right now." and our response was, "Can

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00:43:35,599 --> 00:43:42,400
you come back on Tuesday at two?" If we
had a system that responded, if you're

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00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:48,800
wanting to get sober, that is usually a
real narrow window. Um, so if we can get

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00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:52,480
on that, um, I mean, my staff knows if
if you need something, here's how you

559
00:43:50,319 --> 00:43:56,880
can 15 ways you can find me. I need to
know why you need something, but I can

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00:43:53,920 --> 00:44:03,119
sign a wreck for that if we have a, you
know, a if we know that it's going to be

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00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:08,079
preventative and lead to a good result.
So those kinds of things. We make a lot

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00:44:05,359 --> 00:44:12,240
of rules and then we expect folks to I'm
all for rules, but we often times make

563
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:17,760
the rules and they're prohibitive for
folks getting what they need. We also

564
00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:21,839
don't listen. We have this is what you
can have. Like we we design a system. We

565
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:27,280
designed supports for the people that
are not in front of us. And so um we

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00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:30,960
have to think about what people tell us
and oftentimes we want to tell them what

567
00:44:29,119 --> 00:44:36,560
they need.
>> Thank you. I made a mistake. Um,

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00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:41,119
Supervisor Gabo, you are next. And then
Supervisor Pagonus.

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» Hi, Angie. Thanks. Yeah,
>> for what you're doing. Um, I mean, it is

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00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:50,960
a multiaceted issue that we're facing.
And there's I know we're seeing

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00:44:49,359 --> 00:44:54,560
» about 100 people a day at the day
resource center and probably close to

572
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:59,839
300
um unique individuals per month and uh

573
00:44:58,240 --> 00:45:05,440
trying trying to get them help. But when
you when you're you're talking about the

574
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:11,359
57 or um I'm sorry 61
people

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00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:14,720
that have housing, what what kind of
housing are they getting? Is it is it

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00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:18,960
transitional? Is it long-term? Is it
sober houses? Is it all the above? And

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00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:23,200
and how are you
>> how how are they uh

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00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:26,880
» is it all paid for by
>> the most it's not paid for by us. Um

579
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:32,480
very little of it right now is paid for
by us. By us I mean the county. Um lots

580
00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:36,800
of time what folks need is like can you
just like the first person that we the

581
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:40,800
first person that we housed came into
homelessness um had a falling out with

582
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:46,000
her with a family that was co-signing on
a apartment and had no idea what to do

583
00:45:43,359 --> 00:45:50,000
was staying at Sojourer so had money to
pay for rent. So that was the first

584
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:54,640
person that we got into housing. The
second person um had a little bit of

585
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:59,520
rent. So, we had a community member who
um was running uh so we have some good

586
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:04,000
community not we have community members
who are running some houses that have

587
00:46:02,079 --> 00:46:11,280
just rooms in them. So, we were able to
match that. Um we h so we uh it's a CSL

588
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:14,560
house I believe Sarah Lightoot owns
those. We've been able to work with her

589
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:19,599
to get folks into those. Um Aaron
Brewster owns a a house so we've had

590
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:22,960
folks get in with there. We have working
with some landlords just mostly what it

591
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:27,520
is to be real honest with you is
somebody walking alongside and helping

592
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:31,359
and then checking on them every now and
then. We have recently because of the

593
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:35,440
Pablo dollars
um and the Pablo dollars come with you

594
00:46:33,119 --> 00:46:39,520
have to house the hardest 20 people in
Oaklair. So we've gotten folks that have

595
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:44,800
been homeless for 10 years that have you
know multiple felonies, multiple things

596
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:51,119
um into shared housing. We have, I
think, eight of those filled with um 12

597
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:57,839
more coming up here. We are paying for
part of that with um with the Pablo

598
00:46:54,800 --> 00:47:02,480
dollars. Um we have we were able to get
some opioid dollars. So, we have I just

599
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:08,000
did the report for that today. For any
individual, we haven't paid for more

600
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:11,520
than two months of their rent. Um,
so mostly it's been working with

601
00:47:09,359 --> 00:47:16,400
landlords, figuring out who will take
who, and then helping people get

602
00:47:13,839 --> 00:47:22,240
connected and then getting just having a
checkup with a caseworker. We have had

603
00:47:19,839 --> 00:47:27,040
some referrals to C CCS, some referrals
to CSP, um, but not at the rate that we

604
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:30,240
have had people getting into housing
with services. They just haven't needed

605
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:35,599
that level of care.
>> Yeah. I guess what I'm asking is they're

606
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:41,440
housed now. Mhm.
>> Um hopefully they were in house. Is

607
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:44,800
there like a definition of what housed
means?

608
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:45,839
» It just that they're in they're in a a
>> stable

609
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:47,200
» Yes.
>> Okay.

610
00:47:46,319 --> 00:47:50,640
» Yeah.
>> Okay. Thank you.

611
00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:57,119
» Yeah.
>> Good questions. Supervisor Piconus.

612
00:47:53,280 --> 00:48:00,800
» Um thank you, Madam Chair. Um Angie, I
have two questions that might be

613
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:06,480
related.
>> Okay. Um, one question is that there's

614
00:48:03,359 --> 00:48:11,680
been some discussion in the past about
homeless people from other communities

615
00:48:09,599 --> 00:48:17,119
coming into Oaklair
>> because of resources.

616
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:21,920
» Do you have a means or a way of
determining the the homeless people

617
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:24,800
you're working with or the other groups
you're working with if they know where

618
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:28,160
they're coming from?
>> So, what we one of the things that we

619
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:31,599
were asking because Lacrosse did this is
um where's the last place you had

620
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:35,839
housing? And if the last place was in
Oaklair, I did not pull that tonight.

621
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:39,920
Um, look, I can I remember the guy from
the Cross telling me it's 78% of folks

622
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:46,079
originate that are homeless in the cross
um are currently still in the cross. I I

623
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:51,920
don't um it's not that Oaklair doesn't
have some good resources, but

624
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:59,520
there's other places that have other
resources also. Um so we do get folks

625
00:48:55,920 --> 00:49:02,960
dropped here. I my team will tell me um
that's not what they're telling me

626
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:06,720
regularly. So I could figure that out
for you.

627
00:49:03,839 --> 00:49:12,319
» So then in terms of working with the
balance of state which is encompasses

628
00:49:10,720 --> 00:49:17,040
65
68

629
00:49:13,359 --> 00:49:23,040
» counties. Um, is there movement among
the counties through the balance the

630
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:30,559
balance of state? And I know that's a
HUD program, but is that are the

631
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:34,800
homeless people moved among the counties
through balance of state? Would we be

632
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:37,440
getting We would actually So, that's a
great question to ask me. We actually

633
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:42,240
are moving more people out of the county
because of that. So, we have better luck

634
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:46,400
getting luck is the wrong word. we have
betters

635
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:51,280
outcomes getting folks with actually
Westcap which is Chipua counties north

636
00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:54,800
of us. So when you go on to the
coordinated entry you have the option to

637
00:49:53,119 --> 00:49:59,200
say like I would be willing to move to
Milwaukee rine Madison Wasau. So, we've

638
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:02,800
been able to get more folks actually
housed through that in other counties

639
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:06,400
because they have more affordable
housing options.

640
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:08,079
» And you do that through the balance of
state.

641
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:11,440
» Oh. Um,
>> or through a

642
00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:14,640
» We do that through the agency that the
that gets the balance of state funding,

643
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:16,640
I guess, would be the best way to say
that.

644
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,800
» Okay.
>> So, balance of state doesn't house

645
00:50:18,079 --> 00:50:24,800
anybody.
>> No, but they help. They help. Yes. Okay.

646
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:30,240
But I think that answers my question. So
just in summary,

647
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:33,599
the people who are unhoused in Oaklair
County are likely from Oaklair County.

648
00:50:33,119 --> 00:50:39,119
» Correct.
>> Okay, that's all I That's my question.

649
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:42,119
» Thank you. Are there any other
questions?

650
00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:50,040
Lots of passion. Thank you.
>> You're welcome. Okay, got that.

651
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:50,040
» Thanks.

652
00:50:51,920 --> 00:51:01,040
We'll go on with the budget timeline
and many of you I want to thank for

653
00:50:58,240 --> 00:51:05,839
coming to the six o'clock um meeting
that director Schmansky put forward. I

654
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:10,720
know for me I have to keep listening to
it over and over again and get it to get

655
00:51:08,079 --> 00:51:14,920
it in my brain. So I appreciate all
opportunities to do that.

656
00:51:15,915 --> 00:51:17,935
[snorts]

657
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:39,200
Okay. Um, thank you. Um, I just wanted
to give a quick update on the 2027

658
00:51:36,559 --> 00:51:43,599
budget process. Um, the initial request
came in at the beginning of July and as

659
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:47,520
Supervisor Wilkey, I'm going to share
kind of that that gap that we're looking

660
00:51:45,119 --> 00:51:52,559
to to make up and then kind of go over
some of the next steps in our budget

661
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:58,160
process.
Um, so Supervisor Wilkkey said, we have

662
00:51:55,200 --> 00:52:05,760
about a $655,000
gap between the requests for county tax

663
00:52:02,559 --> 00:52:10,400
levy and what we are projecting to have
available. Um to give you some frame of

664
00:52:08,559 --> 00:52:15,839
reference, my first year here year that
number was 5.2 million and last year it

665
00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:21,760
was 1.0 million. So we're moving in the
right direction as far as that as far as

666
00:52:18,559 --> 00:52:25,599
that goes. Um some of the assumptions
that we have built into this budget so

667
00:52:24,240 --> 00:52:31,520
far and we're going to get new
information as we go along. Um we have

668
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:35,440
that a net new construction number of 1
and a.5%.

669
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:39,920
um we'll get the final well the
preliminary number will come out July

670
00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:46,400
31st. So we'll update our projection
then. Right now it's about 414,000 at

671
00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:49,920
that that one and a half%. So um if net
new construction comes in above one and

672
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:54,319
a half% it'll help us close that
$655,000

673
00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:59,760
gap. If it comes in less then you know
we're going to have to find additional

674
00:52:56,319 --> 00:53:05,599
additional funds. Um we budgeted
preliminary $14.8 8 million in sales

675
00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:12,400
tax. Um that's that's less than we
collected in 2025, but if you remember,

676
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:17,200
there was um an exemption for utilities
for residential customers in the summer

677
00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:23,839
that got put in the state budget. And I
am just starting to get the first um

678
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:26,720
comparison. So I got to compare the
month this year compared to the month

679
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:30,559
last year. and I want, you know, one
more month where I can do that to see

680
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:36,000
what that trend is to get a better
estimate of um what the impact of that

681
00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:41,280
is going to be. So, we'll update that
number. Um and then we have uh

682
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:47,760
investment income of 1.5 million. That
is the funds that um Glenda manages, the

683
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:52,880
the county treasurer manages um you know
keeping our funds um in our state local

684
00:53:50,319 --> 00:53:59,760
government investment pool earning about
3 um 5%.

685
00:53:57,359 --> 00:54:07,040
Expenses. So built into this budget
already are a 2% cost of living

686
00:54:03,119 --> 00:54:11,040
adjustment in January and a 2% um
midyear increase in July. That was

687
00:54:09,839 --> 00:54:15,119
something that was discussed with the
committee on finance in budget and was

688
00:54:13,119 --> 00:54:21,680
sent out in that initial budget guidance
earlier this year. Right now we are

689
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:27,760
assuming a 10% increase in um health
insurance and we're going to have a much

690
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:32,720
better estimate of that um in August. We
moved to a self-funded model last year.

691
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:38,880
Well, instead of paying every month for
somebody's health insurance to security

692
00:54:35,599 --> 00:54:46,559
health plan or you know, United Health,
the county is paying the bills and has

693
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:53,040
purchased insurance to help us um
you know, cover high cost um claims. um

694
00:54:51,119 --> 00:54:58,800
with the thought with that is you can
change how people get care and help bend

695
00:54:56,400 --> 00:55:02,559
the the cost curve and not get those
increases

696
00:55:00,559 --> 00:55:07,280
year over year and deliver deliver care
differently. Um and we're going to get

697
00:55:04,240 --> 00:55:12,319
some um initial numbers from our actuary
on on how we are are doing with that as

698
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:16,720
claims continue to come in. And then one
other thing that's that changed with

699
00:55:13,839 --> 00:55:22,720
this budget, um we had the criminal um
CJS department that was dissolved

700
00:55:20,079 --> 00:55:27,200
earlier this year. So now pieces of that
are being moved across the county. Um

701
00:55:25,599 --> 00:55:32,079
for example, the coordinator is now
going to be in administration.

702
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:36,960
The um community service is now in the
district attorney's office and we are

703
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:43,599
looking at potentially moving some of
the stuff that was done by the community

704
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:50,000
transition center to human services with
cost savings for the county.

705
00:55:48,319 --> 00:55:55,920
I know this is this is small but this
just gives you an idea by by function of

706
00:55:52,720 --> 00:56:04,200
government um what the requests were and
the change yearover-year in those

707
00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:04,200
in those functions

708
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:15,760
and then next steps. So what's coming up
next? um and you're going to focus on

709
00:56:13,839 --> 00:56:19,760
the items there in blue because that's
where you get involved in the process.

710
00:56:17,839 --> 00:56:25,520
So, right now my department is going
through the budget requests and um kind

711
00:56:23,119 --> 00:56:29,440
of doing a detailed review, making sure
that we have a tool that we use to

712
00:56:27,119 --> 00:56:34,319
calculate wages and benefits. Does that
match what you have in your budget? And

713
00:56:32,240 --> 00:56:40,000
those type of of items, looking at the
variances, did you put in an extra zero

714
00:56:36,319 --> 00:56:43,839
in a a line item or something like that?
Um, in July and August, the department

715
00:56:42,720 --> 00:56:48,799
heads are going to meet with
administrator Johnson, um, Director

716
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:54,000
Ecman from human resources, and myself,
and we are going to go over their budget

717
00:56:51,599 --> 00:56:59,359
requests. Um, during those meetings,
that's where we're going to come up with

718
00:56:55,520 --> 00:57:05,200
that um the what we need to do to close
that that $655,000

719
00:57:02,079 --> 00:57:09,760
gap. As part of the budget guidance, we
asked departments to come up with a plan

720
00:57:07,359 --> 00:57:17,599
that would potentially eliminate how ask
them if you had to eliminate 5% of your

721
00:57:13,599 --> 00:57:22,079
county levy ask, how would you do it? Um
so we're going to be reviewing those

722
00:57:19,040 --> 00:57:28,880
plans and then kind of coming up um with
a you know a comprehensive plan. Um, I

723
00:57:25,839 --> 00:57:33,440
would ask that if you would like to know
what a department is doing that you

724
00:57:31,760 --> 00:57:38,559
would reach out to the the department
head directly and ask about that. Um,

725
00:57:36,559 --> 00:57:44,160
because lots of those plans are not
going to um come to fruition and a lot

726
00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:49,920
of them do, you know, a lot of
departments their only um

727
00:57:47,359 --> 00:57:54,079
their only cost is personnel. So it
could potentially involve um personnel.

728
00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:58,480
So just you know if you would like to
talk about a 5% plan with the department

729
00:57:56,559 --> 00:58:05,599
please reach out to the department head
um directly.

730
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:11,680
Okay. So in August and September
departments are going to review their

731
00:58:08,799 --> 00:58:15,599
budgets with the oversight committees.
um oversight committee does that I know

732
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:20,000
we have some new board members and that
might be a a term that you haven't heard

733
00:58:17,359 --> 00:58:24,799
before but it's just the the departments
that report to a board right so my

734
00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:28,960
committee is finance and budget the
county treasurer the county clerk and

735
00:58:26,799 --> 00:58:32,400
finance report to finance and budget so
that's what we call our oversight

736
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:37,040
committee um so we're going to be
reviewing those with the oversight

737
00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:40,799
committees in late September um John's
the or this county administrator's

738
00:58:39,119 --> 00:58:44,640
recommended budget is going to become
available able in that that printed

739
00:58:43,119 --> 00:58:50,000
format.
And then in October, the oversight

740
00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:54,319
committees are going to review the
recommended budget with their

741
00:58:51,680 --> 00:58:59,920
departments and then those oversight
committees can recommend changes. So,

742
00:58:57,359 --> 00:59:05,520
okay, we'd like to see this done
differently, right? Administrator

743
00:59:02,079 --> 00:59:11,920
Johnson proposed um eliminating this. we
would like to eliminate this instead as

744
00:59:08,799 --> 00:59:15,520
an as a as an example. So oversight
committees are going to do that in

745
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:20,960
October and then in that kind of that
last week of October early November um

746
00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:27,440
committee on finance and budget is going
to get together and put together its

747
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:32,480
recommended budget. Um, so they're going
to consider the the changes proposed by

748
00:59:29,839 --> 00:59:38,960
the the committees and then their own
ideas and put together their recommended

749
00:59:35,119 --> 00:59:46,400
budget which then moves to the county
board for deliberation um on November

750
00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:50,680
10th and then November 12th in the
afternoon if needed.

751
00:59:51,040 --> 00:59:57,200
So that's what's um coming up with the
the budget.

752
00:59:54,960 --> 01:00:00,200
Any
questions?

753
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:12,880
Oh, we're coming up with questions here.
Supervisor, good boy.

754
01:00:11,440 --> 01:00:23,720
» Oh, yeah. Jason.
>> Yeah. I hope this isn't wasn't uh

755
01:00:18,079 --> 01:00:23,720
shared already, but we did we end 2025

756
01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:28,319
» ahead?
>> Yes, we ended 2025 significantly under

757
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:30,960
budget.
>> Significantly under budget.

758
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:37,119
» Yes.
>> So

759
01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:41,359
what do we does that carry over then for
this year? How is that figured in?

760
01:00:39,119 --> 01:00:45,920
» Yeah. So I mean I think what we'll do is
as we're working with departments we

761
01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:50,880
will analyze why we were under budget
right did we underestimate a revenue and

762
01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:56,400
can we potentially increase that that
revenue in the next budget. Um for

763
01:00:53,599 --> 01:01:00,160
example I know we looked at utilities um
last year and you know we had been under

764
01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:04,960
budget in utilities for the past few
years and we were able to reduce reduce

765
01:01:02,559 --> 01:01:10,880
that that budget. So, that's how we're
going to to um

766
01:01:08,720 --> 01:01:13,040
go forward with that type of that type
of information.

767
01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:20,079
» Thanks.
>> Good question, Supervisor Zuck.

768
01:01:16,559 --> 01:01:27,839
» Thank you, Chair Coffee. Um the original
request that have come in is $655,000

769
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:35,680
less than anticipated revenue.
>> Yep. So it's also correct then that

770
01:01:33,040 --> 01:01:39,200
capital is not part of that. This is
operational money only. Correct.

771
01:01:37,599 --> 01:01:40,960
» Yes. This is operational money.
>> Thank you.

772
01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:45,040
» Good question.
>> Mhm.

773
01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:50,640
» Is there any confusion about that at all
between operational budget and capital

774
01:01:48,240 --> 01:01:57,200
budget? This would be a good time to ask
that question if you have.

775
01:01:54,000 --> 01:02:01,799
Okay. I think they've got that. Good.
Any other questions or comments?

776
01:02:02,799 --> 01:02:07,160
Thank you. Thank you.

777
01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:15,680
We will now have the county
administrator update by administrator

778
01:02:12,799 --> 01:02:22,160
Johnson. Um you will notice several
topics here. Report central budget

779
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:26,040
timeline FTE committee review order
outside of budget.

780
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:49,680
Sorry. There we go.
>> Good evening. Um, I'll be as brief as

781
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:54,559
possible. And it was good question from
Supervisor Gabo about 2025. That's um

782
01:02:52,799 --> 01:02:59,119
the first thing that I wanted to talk to
the board about tonight was um report

783
01:02:57,440 --> 01:03:03,040
central.
So I think it's very important that you

784
01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:07,520
understand where all our annual reports
go and where you can access them. And

785
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:11,359
one of the goals that we'll be focusing
on from a training and education

786
01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:16,079
standpoint is accessibility for
materials that are out there. We'll

787
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:19,200
continue to do that maybe quarterly, but
um you'll see emails from Samantha.

788
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:23,119
You'll probably see an email showing
some icons on your iPad. what do those

789
01:03:21,119 --> 01:03:26,720
do? How do they help you? We're going to
continue to do that and keep messaging

790
01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:32,160
that so you get familiar where you can
access documents uh related to our

791
01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:37,839
operations and especially finance and
year end reports. So if you uh look at

792
01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:44,160
the screen here uh here's our website.
So, what's really important as the last

793
01:03:40,480 --> 01:03:48,240
annual report came in from um DHS to
access that and read that you can go

794
01:03:45,839 --> 01:03:54,480
under government
and then go over to report central here.

795
01:03:51,359 --> 01:03:58,960
Oh, it's not showing it. Oh, I'm sorry.
Oh, there it came up.

796
01:03:57,039 --> 01:04:04,799
So, you see where the report central is
here. There it goes. So, right from the

797
01:04:01,839 --> 01:04:08,960
website, it's public accessibility. You
can go to it. You click on report

798
01:04:06,319 --> 01:04:14,920
central.
Apologize for the delay. Um, we'll

799
01:04:11,359 --> 01:04:14,920
switch over here.

800
01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:22,559
» I think it's behind her.
>> Oh, yeah. Thank you.

801
01:04:20,160 --> 01:04:25,839
So, then you go to report central. Here
is where you see everything that's

802
01:04:24,319 --> 01:04:29,920
happening. And there's two years. So, if
you wanted to look at um pick on our

803
01:04:28,319 --> 01:04:33,280
sheriff a little bit. So, the sheriff's
department. Let's go down to the

804
01:04:31,119 --> 01:04:37,920
sheriff's department.
And we go down alphabetically to

805
01:04:36,240 --> 01:04:43,440
sheriff. If I click on the drop- down
arrow, there's these reports. I click on

806
01:04:40,559 --> 01:04:48,559
annual reports. You can look at 2024
information and 2025.

807
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:54,640
So, it's that's really what we want you
to to utilize is is this documentation,

808
01:04:51,440 --> 01:04:59,599
this accessibility um to look back,
review what's happening. So, in 2025,

809
01:04:56,799 --> 01:05:02,799
our departments have all reported
and to save time and instead of

810
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:05,839
everybody coming here and giving an
annual report, this is where you would

811
01:05:04,240 --> 01:05:09,680
go and look at it. And then if you have
questions, my ask is that, hey,

812
01:05:08,079 --> 01:05:12,880
administrator Johnson, you know, hey,
John, we've got a question. Send that

813
01:05:11,280 --> 01:05:17,520
through our office and we'll help you.
We'll help direct that. Anything

814
01:05:14,559 --> 01:05:20,000
operationally that's maybe unique that
way department heads, you know, they've

815
01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:24,160
asked me, it's like, you know, if you
can bring questions through your office,

816
01:05:21,440 --> 01:05:27,119
that would help keep things organized so
they don't drop the ball and forget to

817
01:05:25,520 --> 01:05:30,799
get back to a supervisor. But that's the
type of example where, you know, I want

818
01:05:29,119 --> 01:05:37,520
to help with you and any questions you
have. Um, so please use report central.

819
01:05:34,240 --> 01:05:42,960
Um the last report from department of uh
human services is there under annual

820
01:05:39,359 --> 01:05:49,200
reports. You can see their 25 report. Um
you you just click on the link and it'll

821
01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:53,839
download and then there you go. So
the quarterly reports I'm just going to

822
01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:58,400
go back here. Um one thing that I really
want to focus on for for everybody for

823
01:05:55,839 --> 01:06:02,079
for a reporting standpoint is annual
reports. We used to do a lot of

824
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:05,680
quarterly reports. What I'm having
departments do now is focus on good

825
01:06:04,079 --> 01:06:10,000
outcomes and measurable results in their
annual report. You still get the

826
01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:16,240
financial reports. So if you go down
underneath um quarterly reports, you can

827
01:06:13,680 --> 01:06:22,880
see the financials too from every
department. Um so whatever interest you

828
01:06:21,200 --> 01:06:26,640
may have, if you want any help, please
reach out. We will help you find the

829
01:06:24,559 --> 01:06:30,880
information, but it's all there. That's
the easiest way to go to it to to start

830
01:06:29,119 --> 01:06:34,559
looking at potential questions. If a
constituent says, "Hey, what happened in

831
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:37,039
this area?" You can go here first or
just reach out and we can find out for

832
01:06:35,839 --> 01:06:41,119
you, too. But I just want to make sure
you know that that information is

833
01:06:38,319 --> 01:06:47,599
available.
Any questions on that?

834
01:06:45,119 --> 01:06:53,839
So more to come for training as far as
you know how you access information

835
01:06:49,440 --> 01:06:57,359
access information from your um iPads.
Uh and then you know where we house

836
01:06:55,920 --> 01:07:00,400
things. You know we also have a county
board SharePoint site. We have a lot of

837
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:04,480
information out there. So we're going to
try to normalize that. Your expense

838
01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:10,160
reimbursements for travel, where can you
get those? Um all that type of thing.

839
01:07:06,880 --> 01:07:16,960
We'll continue to work on that. So,
any questions or

840
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:21,599
» I don't see any questions yet?
>> Um, Director Sami went over the budget

841
01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:24,720
timeline. Did a great job. I I think
it's very important as we talked to our

842
01:07:23,520 --> 01:07:28,240
department heads. We just recently had
our department head meeting where we

843
01:07:25,839 --> 01:07:31,680
went over the timeline as well. Um, to
make sure when they present to their

844
01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:34,319
committee, their standing committee
oversight committee, they're going to

845
01:07:32,720 --> 01:07:38,319
continue to do it the way they have done
it. We're not saying they have to go

846
01:07:36,160 --> 01:07:41,920
through line item by line item, but we
want to make sure every standing

847
01:07:39,520 --> 01:07:46,720
committee uh is familiar with what their
budget request was and then later on in

848
01:07:43,760 --> 01:07:49,920
the year in October um the changes.
Obviously, there will be changes because

849
01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:53,760
we have to balance the budget. Um so,
we'll do the best we can with those

850
01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:57,039
changes and bring those forward um
through that timeline and that process

851
01:07:55,359 --> 01:08:01,920
and everything will work out well, but
it's going to be a lot a lot of h lot

852
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:08,400
lot will be happening. Um my only in
input I want to add to that is um

853
01:08:04,640 --> 01:08:13,440
community opportunity funding. So what's
new this year is we changed how

854
01:08:10,640 --> 01:08:18,400
community agencies request the the levy
funds we have available. It's no longer

855
01:08:16,400 --> 01:08:21,759
um the standard process through the
board was community agencies would have

856
01:08:19,920 --> 01:08:25,600
a request they would come speak and then
the board would just deliberate on how

857
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:30,400
they want to disperse the funds that are
available. There's a a process we opened

858
01:08:28,400 --> 01:08:35,839
up to all agencies here in Oaklair
County. We had 28 applications come

859
01:08:33,040 --> 01:08:42,319
through the community funding um grant
application. Those applications are have

860
01:08:39,600 --> 01:08:46,799
been dispersed to the departments that
work with them to rank those

861
01:08:44,319 --> 01:08:51,040
applications. Uh so what will happen is
a ranking will be provided to the

862
01:08:48,960 --> 01:08:54,960
finance and budget committee uh for
their for their decision- making and how

863
01:08:53,120 --> 01:08:59,359
they want to disperse and allocate those
funds. So, a lot more vetting and

864
01:08:57,679 --> 01:09:03,600
outcome base and what are we really
getting out of the those funds that

865
01:09:00,960 --> 01:09:07,839
we're allocating to those agencies. So,
um you'll see that as part of this

866
01:09:05,679 --> 01:09:12,560
budget timeline process as well. The
goal there is to have all the rankings

867
01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:16,239
done uh by the end of August and so that
an overall ranking can be um started to

868
01:09:14,960 --> 01:09:19,040
be communicated out through the board
and through the finance and budget

869
01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:22,400
committee. That's our goal with that.
But that is new this year. Uh so we want

870
01:09:21,279 --> 01:09:27,199
I just wanted to make sure everybody
understood that. So that was uh

871
01:09:24,560 --> 01:09:30,880
advertised out through the paper and
there's a lot of new agencies that

872
01:09:29,120 --> 01:09:34,960
applied and some that used to that did
not apply. So we have some changes

873
01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:38,960
coming uh and I hope the information you
receive from the rankings will be

874
01:09:36,719 --> 01:09:46,799
valuable for how they tie the services
to our county priorities.

875
01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:53,120
Okay. Um last thing I I want to admit I
made a mistake. So

876
01:09:50,239 --> 01:09:55,840
um so in in in my role as county
administrator we were looking at

877
01:09:54,239 --> 01:09:59,040
position
how we handling pos how we handle

878
01:09:57,360 --> 01:10:03,280
positions and one of the main goals I
wanted to make sure was that as we go

879
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:06,480
through our legislative process I wanted
to make sure all the materials were

880
01:10:04,719 --> 01:10:11,199
vetted. I wanted to make sure everything
from a fact sheet to the resolution to

881
01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:15,360
the finance implications to the legal
review is all done in a timely manner so

882
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:19,679
that materials brought before committees
is is is processed and reviewed. As we

883
01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:24,880
did that, we were running into some
issues with uh facilitation on where

884
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:28,480
does that start? What committees does
that uh a position start with? So, when

885
01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:32,960
you look at a full-time position or a
change to a full-time position outside

886
01:10:30,719 --> 01:10:37,920
the budget process, [clears throat] we
really haven't been doing a good job

887
01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:42,400
holding to code over the years. We were
doing it randomly for for a while there

888
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:45,520
to the whatever committee was first up,
whether it was the standing committee,

889
01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:49,199
HR, you know, or the finance and budget.
We kind of just went to that committee

890
01:10:46,800 --> 01:10:53,840
first to try to save time. When I came
on board, I said, "Let's standardize it

891
01:10:50,880 --> 01:10:57,280
so everybody kind of knows the process."
Um, and when I reviewed the code in

892
01:10:55,520 --> 01:11:02,640
title three, I kind of looked at HR as
being that that authority. Uh, but I was

893
01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:06,800
wrong with that. Uh, where we need to
start is with the oversight committee

894
01:11:04,159 --> 01:11:10,719
with positions. So, uh, we had a
department head meeting earlier this,

895
01:11:08,480 --> 01:11:14,320
uh, well, it was just last week, uh, and
I let the department heads know that

896
01:11:12,239 --> 01:11:17,920
going forward, all legislation still
needs to follow the review process.

897
01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:21,760
We've reviewed that with the board where
10 days prior to a committee meeting, it

898
01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:26,640
has to be completed and reviewed,
submitted. It will always start with the

899
01:11:23,920 --> 01:11:30,960
oversight committee first. That may be a
change in timing, but that's the way the

900
01:11:29,040 --> 01:11:34,800
code is, and we we we need to follow our
code. So, um, that will be happening

901
01:11:33,280 --> 01:11:39,920
going forward. I just want to make sure
that's clear with the board. Um, we have

902
01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:43,440
not been following it as well as we
should be, but going forward that's been

903
01:11:41,840 --> 01:11:49,360
cleared up and I appreciate everybody's
input. Um, because my perspective was

904
01:11:46,159 --> 01:11:51,920
different in my previous role and I
think everybody was experiencing it

905
01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:55,679
differently. That's why department heads
really asked for clarity. So, some of

906
01:11:53,440 --> 01:12:01,679
the HR policies you've seen defining
positions, that's all been needed to

907
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:06,560
help standardize and clarify process. uh
now with the code we can make sure that

908
01:12:04,320 --> 01:12:11,760
the positions go through that correct
process. So that process is the standing

909
01:12:08,640 --> 01:12:16,400
committee, HR committee, finance if need
be, and then county board.

910
01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:20,080
So just wanted to make sure everybody
knew that. That was the last update I

911
01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:26,880
had for for the board tonight.
>> Thank you. Um I see no questions.

912
01:12:24,560 --> 01:12:32,800
Everybody's tired. [laughter]
Thank you so much and and thanks for um

913
01:12:30,400 --> 01:12:38,080
the transparency. We all are learning.
We're we'll continue to learn and that's

914
01:12:35,040 --> 01:12:43,520
what's the most important. So written
reports

915
01:12:39,840 --> 01:12:49,520
from finance department the 2026
contingency fund has remained the same.

916
01:12:47,360 --> 01:12:56,159
Are there any questions about the
contingency fund?

917
01:12:52,880 --> 01:12:59,159
We'll go on then to June vouchers over
$10,000

918
01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:06,080
any
um Supervisor Fston.

919
01:13:03,760 --> 01:13:12,080
» Yes, thank you. I have two questions.
The first is on uh page 10. I am

920
01:13:09,520 --> 01:13:18,840
wondering what the conducent business
services uh for call center monthly fee

921
01:13:14,719 --> 01:13:18,840
of 5,000 is for.

922
01:13:20,640 --> 01:13:25,480
Director Shamanski is coming up.

923
01:13:29,440 --> 01:13:37,360
» Yeah, that so that is our child support
um department where they transition from

924
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:45,560
having a um person sitting at the front
desk to a um outsourced call center that

925
01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:45,560
handles the the incoming calls.

926
01:13:46,080 --> 01:13:54,320
Okay, this is the Okay, so I saw it was
only 5,000. It hit It hit the page this

927
01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:55,600
time because it was 10,000 combined to
that vendor.

928
01:13:54,960 --> 01:14:02,080
» Exactly.
>> Okay. Um and then on page 15, I have a

929
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:10,400
question regarding Pleasant Valley Youth
Ranch LLC. Um and it shows a a charge of

930
01:14:06,239 --> 01:14:15,840
52,000. Um and I see it's a CCS charge.
So I had I have two questions. Number

931
01:14:12,960 --> 01:14:21,600
one, is this an annual charge for this
service? And is this just a complete

932
01:14:18,800 --> 01:14:25,920
pass through that CCS completely we get
paid back through the state for?

933
01:14:23,920 --> 01:14:33,199
» So, uh the first question I'm going to I
will have to follow up with um DHS on.

934
01:14:28,880 --> 01:14:36,640
But yes, CCS is a funded program.
>> So, and it's and it's dollar for dollar.

935
01:14:35,679 --> 01:14:43,199
» Yes, CCS. Yep.
>> And is this a question therapy?

936
01:14:40,400 --> 01:14:47,280
I I do not know what uh Pleas Pleasant
Valley Youth Ranch is. Again, I'll have

937
01:14:45,199 --> 01:14:51,280
to
>> Could you service for us?

938
01:14:48,960 --> 01:14:53,840
» Yep.
>> Thank you.

939
01:14:52,080 --> 01:14:58,040
» Thank you.
>> Um any other questions?

940
01:15:00,080 --> 01:15:07,760
» Okay,
seeing none, we will go on to the next

941
01:15:05,679 --> 01:15:12,960
page.
Oops. Excuse me.

942
01:15:09,520 --> 01:15:18,320
So presentation of petitions, claims and
communications.

943
01:15:15,679 --> 01:15:22,800
» Um these are just requests first
readings. Um first one is resoning

944
01:15:20,719 --> 01:15:27,920
request from the owner&m professional
painting solutions and applicant

945
01:15:24,719 --> 01:15:32,400
Francisco Javier Lupz Berdugo for the
town of Washington. And the other one is

946
01:15:29,920 --> 01:15:38,239
a resoning request from Mitchell Nap and
applicant Eric Kaf um American lands

947
01:15:36,560 --> 01:15:40,960
ringing for the town of Brunswick. and
these will be acted on at a future

948
01:15:39,679 --> 01:15:47,239
meeting.
>> Thank you. We have a first reading file

949
01:15:44,239 --> 01:15:47,239
26-27014

950
01:15:48,640 --> 01:15:55,560
and that is first reading as well. So do
you want to

951
01:15:57,040 --> 01:16:08,080
an ordinance letter section 17.03.005D
through L to E through M of the code

952
01:16:04,159 --> 01:16:12,080
definitions to create section 17.05.0
03.005D

953
01:16:09,920 --> 01:16:16,400
of the code definitions to amend section
19.01.010

954
01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:21,920
of the code adoption of the Oaklair
County Wisconsin comprehensive plan and

955
01:16:18,560 --> 01:16:25,679
to create 19.01.020E
of the code amendments and periodic

956
01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:30,400
updates.
>> Thank you. She's very good at reading

957
01:16:27,440 --> 01:16:38,640
these. I appreciate it. All right. We
will go on then to um our our second

958
01:16:34,719 --> 01:16:45,120
reading committee on human resources
judiciary and law enforcement and

959
01:16:41,199 --> 01:16:51,280
administration file 26-27
>> I think am I

960
01:16:48,800 --> 01:16:55,040
00017
>> a resolution approving the position

961
01:16:53,199 --> 01:17:00,159
classification and grade assignment for
the CJCC coordinator position.

962
01:16:58,239 --> 01:17:03,840
Okay, we will start with Supervisor
Russell since she has both

963
01:17:01,760 --> 01:17:07,360
administration and
>> a second.

964
01:17:04,880 --> 01:17:12,080
» Oh, thank you. We need a motion to bring
it forward. Thank you, Supervisor

965
01:17:09,199 --> 01:17:16,400
French. A second.
Supervisor Jenkins. Thank you,

966
01:17:14,239 --> 01:17:21,920
Supervisor Russell. You may go forward.
>> Okay. Thank you, Chair Coffee. Um this

967
01:17:19,440 --> 01:17:27,040
resolution represents one of the final
steps um that we've been doing over the

968
01:17:25,199 --> 01:17:35,040
year on restructuring the criminal
justice services department. Um Director

969
01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:42,960
Smansky um did reference some of the
changes that have been happening. This

970
01:17:37,760 --> 01:17:50,239
would um this resolution lays out um the
um classification for a coordinator

971
01:17:46,239 --> 01:17:55,840
position with the departure of um the
employees in the criminal justice

972
01:17:51,920 --> 01:18:02,719
services department. that um gave us an
opportunity to do a an extensive review

973
01:18:00,400 --> 01:18:08,080
um of comprehensive workflow and
operational analysis of that department

974
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:14,239
and particularly of what a coordinator
or the director does. Um there were

975
01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:19,760
something like I think 11 different
agencies or organizations and

976
01:18:16,560 --> 01:18:27,040
stakeholders that were um contacted and
data was gathered. Um you can see from

977
01:18:22,239 --> 01:18:32,560
the um fact sheet what the um outcome
was of that analysis

978
01:18:29,600 --> 01:18:38,159
and it was determined that um the role
should be redesigned to focus more on um

979
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:46,080
strategic coordination and systems
alignment model rather than a

980
01:18:40,239 --> 01:18:52,640
supervisory management um model. Um
so there is a position description. Um

981
01:18:49,600 --> 01:18:59,120
what happened next was to do a market
analysis both external to the um county

982
01:18:56,480 --> 01:19:04,320
and then also internally and a
determination was made that this would

983
01:19:00,960 --> 01:19:12,000
be kind of fell into between level 12
and 13. I think we have 23 total levels.

984
01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:19,199
Um, in order to be sort of consistent
across the county, it was determined to

985
01:19:14,159 --> 01:19:26,239
put this in at level 11 11 uh 12 level
12. Um, you've got the financial impact

986
01:19:23,920 --> 01:19:36,000
information on your data sheet. That's
uh wages about 30 3159 an hour. um at

987
01:19:33,760 --> 01:19:42,400
grade 12
um that total with benefits would be a

988
01:19:40,080 --> 01:19:48,880
little over 113,000
per year comparing that to the director

989
01:19:45,679 --> 01:19:56,800
was over 40 145,000.
So that comes out with a savings of

990
01:19:50,640 --> 01:20:00,960
about 32,000 a year for the county. Um
the resolution recommendations are

991
01:19:58,880 --> 01:20:06,640
listed there. This means we are
eliminating the former CJS director

992
01:20:03,440 --> 01:20:13,040
position. We're creating a CJCC
coordinator position who will report to

993
01:20:09,440 --> 01:20:21,120
the administrator in the uh CJCC
um executive committee. Um it will be at

994
01:20:16,400 --> 01:20:28,000
grade 12 in the compensation grid and
um you can see what the fiscal impact in

995
01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:35,040
the funding is that is needed. Um both
the committees on human resources as

996
01:20:32,400 --> 01:20:42,800
well as administration approved this
resolution unanimously.

997
01:20:38,560 --> 01:20:48,400
» Thank you. Um Supervisor Myin is not or
here and um Supervisor Folstead, do you

998
01:20:46,159 --> 01:20:53,280
have anything to add from Judiciary and
Law?

999
01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:58,640
» Whoops. Excuse me. Here we go. Judiciary
and Law reviewed it on at the June 23rd

1000
01:20:55,920 --> 01:21:04,000
meeting and um all five members voted in
favor of it.

1001
01:20:59,920 --> 01:21:08,000
» Thank you. Um, Supervisor Piconus,
>> I just want to remind everyone that in

1002
01:21:06,400 --> 01:21:14,640
April,
um, what this body, those of you who are

1003
01:21:10,480 --> 01:21:20,159
here, um, we took the CJS
funding for the year and we split it up

1004
01:21:17,199 --> 01:21:25,920
among the different departments and then
I believe it was 117,000 that was set

1005
01:21:22,719 --> 01:21:30,000
aside for administration for the
coordinator position. So this actually

1006
01:21:27,840 --> 01:21:33,679
comes in a little under what we had set
aside at that time. Some of the funding

1007
01:21:32,159 --> 01:21:39,760
went to the district attorney. Some of
the funding went to um

1008
01:21:37,520 --> 01:21:43,920
is department. So the funding had all
gotten got split up. But there was

1009
01:21:41,920 --> 01:21:52,040
funding specifically set aside in
administration for this position. Thank

1010
01:21:46,560 --> 01:21:52,040
you. Good review. Any other questions?

1011
01:21:52,480 --> 01:22:02,719
I think then we will be ready to go to a
vote for file number 2627017.

1012
01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:07,760
If you agree that the resolution to
approve the position classification and

1013
01:22:05,280 --> 01:22:13,880
grade assignment for the CJCC
coordinated position, if you agree, you

1014
01:22:10,400 --> 01:22:13,880
will vote yes.

1015
01:22:22,239 --> 01:22:28,480
Supervisor Clark.
>> Well, it says I'm voting and I'm voting

1016
01:22:26,400 --> 01:22:31,120
yes, but it is not showing up. I vote
yes.

1017
01:22:29,280 --> 01:22:39,360
» Thank you for keeping trying. I
appreciate that. Okay, we have 24 yes,

1018
01:22:35,040 --> 01:22:43,159
zero no, five absent. We will go on then
to file 26-27013.

1019
01:22:47,840 --> 01:22:54,560
A resolution recommending adoption of an
ordinance to adopt the Oaklair County,

1020
01:22:52,080 --> 01:23:00,239
Wisconsin comprehensive plan 2020
through 2040, title 19 to include an

1021
01:22:57,679 --> 01:23:05,199
update to the farmland preservation plan
and to create a reference to the

1022
01:23:01,840 --> 01:23:10,800
farmland preservation plan in title 17.
>> Thank you. I have a motion by Supervisor

1023
01:23:07,440 --> 01:23:17,520
Jenkins, a second by Supervisor Cisk, an
explanation by Supervisor Suk.

1024
01:23:13,920 --> 01:23:22,880
» Okay. Um, thank you, Chair Coffee. Um,
what you have here in front of you

1025
01:23:19,920 --> 01:23:31,280
tonight is a resolution.
Previously mentioned, we had a ordinance

1026
01:23:27,280 --> 01:23:36,560
change for first reading. Uh we have
several things going on at planning and

1027
01:23:33,600 --> 01:23:43,040
development with the start of the
comprehensive plan for the county that

1028
01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:49,360
needs its updated review that we are
currently working on. And at the same

1029
01:23:45,760 --> 01:23:54,880
time, we have the farmland preservation
plan that needed its update. We asked

1030
01:23:52,880 --> 01:24:00,880
for an extension and got it. But we have
also been working on updating the

1031
01:23:57,520 --> 01:24:06,159
farmland preservation plan. So what
we've done is we've gone through all of

1032
01:24:03,440 --> 01:24:10,239
the meetings necessary. We've included
everybody we possibly can. We've had a

1033
01:24:08,320 --> 01:24:16,639
ton of meetings. We've had a lot of
citizen input, town inputs, a lot of

1034
01:24:14,000 --> 01:24:22,880
qualified people helping us discuss
this. And what it's come down to at this

1035
01:24:19,600 --> 01:24:29,520
point is the resolution
is going to be this is the farmland

1036
01:24:25,280 --> 01:24:35,040
preservation plan. Um the ordinance
change which she referred to a minute

1037
01:24:31,520 --> 01:24:40,960
ago will go second reading next time and
that will approve or disapprove the

1038
01:24:37,920 --> 01:24:46,080
farmland preservation plan as we've
rewritten it. In the meantime, at

1039
01:24:43,440 --> 01:24:53,760
tonight's meeting, we are asking this
board to take that farmland preservation

1040
01:24:49,280 --> 01:25:01,360
plan and include it now in the future
along with the county's comprehensive

1041
01:24:56,960 --> 01:25:07,600
plan as, you know, another chapter in
this big plan book instead of two big

1042
01:25:04,800 --> 01:25:13,679
plan books. So, it's going to make it a
lot easier and everything else. The data

1043
01:25:10,480 --> 01:25:18,800
that goes with this is that we have like
I said we had pl a lot of meetings we

1044
01:25:15,600 --> 01:25:23,840
had a lot of out in input. Uh it appears
that everybody that's been involved has

1045
01:25:21,440 --> 01:25:30,320
found what we've done satisfactory.
We've gotten many comments by outside

1046
01:25:27,280 --> 01:25:37,520
entities etc. that the job is being well
done. So at this time what we're doing

1047
01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:42,719
the farmland preservation plan is going
to have some added definition section

1048
01:25:40,480 --> 01:25:48,000
which will clarify a lot of what has
been done in the past especially with

1049
01:25:46,000 --> 01:25:54,080
the commercial wind and solar that
people seem to be um the most concerned

1050
01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:59,600
about. We also conducted strength
weaknesses opportunity and threat

1051
01:25:56,560 --> 01:26:04,560
analysis to get to this point. We
reviewed and updated the goals,

1052
01:26:01,600 --> 01:26:11,440
objectives, and policies of the plant,
including addition of policy to restrict

1053
01:26:08,239 --> 01:26:17,440
that commercial wind and solar projects
in agriculture preservation. There again

1054
01:26:14,960 --> 01:26:24,159
defining what commercial wind and solar
is. We updated the existing conditions

1055
01:26:21,120 --> 01:26:29,120
that are in the book as well as the um
took a survey of all the people that

1056
01:26:26,639 --> 01:26:35,920
wanted to change things for the farmland
preservation and redid the map. So at

1057
01:26:32,320 --> 01:26:42,400
this time we've got a really reasonable
uh document. It's also been, it will be

1058
01:26:39,600 --> 01:26:46,320
further reviewed by DATCAP, the
Department of Trade and Consumer

1059
01:26:44,400 --> 01:26:51,600
Protection, but they are the ones that
are going to ultimately have to agree

1060
01:26:48,960 --> 01:26:58,000
that they will accept this plan so that
we can reference it when we ask a farmer

1061
01:26:55,120 --> 01:27:04,880
if they'd like to get on that plan to
have tax credit on their farm. So, with

1062
01:27:01,679 --> 01:27:09,440
all of that long wording that I've done,
the request tonight from the planning

1063
01:27:06,800 --> 01:27:15,679
and development department, and we voted
on it, a vote was four to zero at that

1064
01:27:13,199 --> 01:27:20,639
meeting, and we've also had other
meetings with, like I said, the towns,

1065
01:27:17,440 --> 01:27:27,440
the the other concerned citizens, etc.
We would like you tonight to pass this

1066
01:27:23,760 --> 01:27:35,440
resolution that will make the Oaklair
County Farmland Preservation Plan a part

1067
01:27:32,159 --> 01:27:40,880
of the Oaklair County Comprehensive Plan
for the future.

1068
01:27:37,360 --> 01:27:47,360
» Thank you. Are there any questions?
Lots of good detail here.

1069
01:27:44,480 --> 01:27:51,199
And then we will move forward.
Oh, thank you,

1070
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:55,679
Supervisor French.
>> So, just to clarify, this also does

1071
01:27:53,520 --> 01:27:59,040
approve the updates to the farmland
preservation plan.

1072
01:27:57,360 --> 01:28:03,120
» No, it does not.
>> That will happen.

1073
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:06,480
» That is what's in the ordinance change
>> which will happen next month.

1074
01:28:04,639 --> 01:28:10,719
» First reading, you will have second
reading at our next meeting that has the

1075
01:28:08,719 --> 01:28:18,080
actual changes in it
>> and adds it to

1076
01:28:14,960 --> 01:28:20,480
the comprehensive plan. This only adds
it to the comprehensive plan.

1077
01:28:19,920 --> 01:28:22,159
» Okay.
>> Yes.

1078
01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:23,679
» So, this is adding it to the
comprehensive plan.

1079
01:28:23,040 --> 01:28:27,920
» Correct.
>> Next meeting will actually approve the

1080
01:28:26,960 --> 01:28:31,440
wording.
>> Thank you. Okay.

1081
01:28:29,280 --> 01:28:38,360
» Thank you. I was confused as well when
we when I read it the first time. So,

1082
01:28:34,560 --> 01:28:38,360
any other questions?

1083
01:28:39,120 --> 01:28:47,520
Okay, we will go forward. I won't read
it all again. I'm hoping we all

1084
01:28:43,679 --> 01:28:53,719
understand what we're voting for. Um, so
if you agree with the resolution, you

1085
01:28:50,159 --> 01:28:53,719
will vote yes.

1086
01:28:58,480 --> 01:29:02,199
Supervisor Clark,

1087
01:29:07,040 --> 01:29:12,960
» I vote yes.
>> Thank you.

1088
01:29:11,411 --> 01:29:19,280
[clears throat]
>> In the middle of the vote. 24 yes, zero

1089
01:29:16,400 --> 01:29:24,480
no. Supervisor Zook, a point of
>> Yeah, a quick comment. I wanted to be

1090
01:29:21,920 --> 01:29:29,280
sure to let everybody know that I
greatly appreciate the efforts of the

1091
01:29:27,520 --> 01:29:34,000
people that were on the farmland
preservation committee. It was a lot of

1092
01:29:32,159 --> 01:29:38,639
work and we did a great job to get it
this far. So, thank you to those folks.

1093
01:29:36,880 --> 01:29:43,840
» Thank you.
All right, we will go on to appointments

1094
01:29:41,120 --> 01:29:50,800
and without objection, we will put these
appointments together. Um, land

1095
01:29:47,600 --> 01:29:58,000
information council supervisor Zuk and
with clarification, it was understood

1096
01:29:53,600 --> 01:30:04,080
that the appointee for this committee
needed to be on planning and

1097
01:30:00,400 --> 01:30:09,679
development. So, um, Supervisor Zuk was
kind enough to take that, uh, um, to

1098
01:30:07,120 --> 01:30:18,639
accept that appointment if he is
approved. Board of Land Use Appeals,

1099
01:30:13,040 --> 01:30:25,280
Rusty Naylor, and you saw his um bio in
the um,

1100
01:30:21,040 --> 01:30:30,880
agenda and conduct inquiry board. Dr.
Um, Katherine Schneider, who had been a

1101
01:30:27,760 --> 01:30:34,960
member or a supervisor, will be
appointed to an alternate member if

1102
01:30:33,280 --> 01:30:39,840
approved.
Are there any We have a motion by

1103
01:30:37,440 --> 01:30:44,400
Supervisor Wilkkey, a second by
Supervisor Gabo. Are there any

1104
01:30:42,560 --> 01:30:50,760
questions,
comments

1105
01:30:46,080 --> 01:30:50,760
as we move forward with this vote?

1106
01:30:51,520 --> 01:31:01,719
Okay,
you you may vote yes if you approve

1107
01:30:58,400 --> 01:31:01,719
the appointments.

1108
01:31:02,159 --> 01:31:08,400
» Supervisor Clark,
>> I approve. Thank you.

1109
01:31:05,760 --> 01:31:14,719
» Thank you.
All right. 24 yes, zero no. As far as

1110
01:31:12,960 --> 01:31:21,280
announcements, you can read the
announcements that are here. our is

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01:31:16,880 --> 01:31:29,280
director um is going to be retiring so a
party for him and also on the same day

1112
01:31:25,040 --> 01:31:34,400
we have an annual employee picnic. Um so
if you're interested please make sure

1113
01:31:31,199 --> 01:31:40,960
you email Samantha and then she will
send you the link. It's always fun to

1114
01:31:37,280 --> 01:31:47,040
see the families um at the picnic. So,
if you have a chance, I would encourage

1115
01:31:44,239 --> 01:31:52,719
um Supervisor Duca,
>> I just wanted to remind everyone that

1116
01:31:48,719 --> 01:31:59,920
the fair is open on the fair uh expo
grounds and Butterfly House, uh

1117
01:31:56,000 --> 01:32:04,080
Butterfly Fest is on Sunday, August 2nd,
and it'll be cooler for the fair. So,

1118
01:32:01,920 --> 01:32:08,679
that part will be kind of nice. Any
other announcements?

1119
01:32:05,679 --> 01:32:08,679
» Yeah.

1120
01:32:08,800 --> 01:32:14,199
Seeing none, we are adjourned. Thank you
everyone.