[0:01] All right, I will call this meeting to
order on Tuesday, July 21st at 7 p.m.
[0:11] Please stand as you are able to honor
the flag.
[0:17] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:24] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisibley
[0:30] » with liberty for all.
[0:37] » And Supervisor Swanson, a moment of
reflection, please.
[0:42] » Thank you, Chair Coffee.
Happy birthday to the US of A. To
[0:48] celebrate it, I'm sure Supervisor Duca
would have brought in tasty cupcakes.
[0:54] Supervisor Myin likely would have given
us a tasteful flag display. My gift is a
[1:00] promise to keep this message short.
I think most of us can agree that our
[1:05] country today is pretty divided, but
that's hardly unusual for our continuing
[1:09] experiment at 250 years young. The
American Revolution was met with a lot
[1:14] of push back from loyalists, but we got
through that period. The Civil War was
[1:19] obviously a divided time, but we've
somehow come together and most can agree
[1:24] we've we've made uh a [clears throat]
lot of progress in regarding civil
[1:28] rights, some progress.
Most of us have lived through the
[1:31] Vietnam period when there was a lot of
division in this country. I am
[1:36] cautiously optimistic we'll get through
the divided times we're in now, maybe
[1:40] during my lifetime. Closer
to home, I'm very optimistic that we as
[1:47] county supervisors together with county
employees will come together for the
[1:50] common good. As we launch into another
budget cycle, not everyone will get what
[1:55] they want, but we will continue to
provide for the needs of our county
[1:59] residents.
There is a phrase coined by a 15th
[2:03] century English poet which was
popularized by Abe Lincoln. It goes like
[2:09] this. You can please some of the people
all of the time. You can please all the
[2:15] people some of the time, but you can't
please all of the people all of the
[2:19] time.
Sure, coffee.
[2:22] » Hallelujah. [laughter]
Thank you. Um, please mark yourselves
[2:28] present if you haven't already done so.
[2:34] Then we will move to the approval.
Whoops. Make sure first of all
[2:44] » 24 present
approval of the journal of proceedings
[2:50] for June 16th.
I have a motion by supervisor
[2:55] Schumanker, a second by Supervisor
Jenkins, and um are there any
[3:02] corrections before we move on to vote on
the journal of proceedings?
[3:09] corrections or comments.
[3:16] Okay,
we will just do a voice vote then. All
[3:21] those in favor,
>> we'll do a vote. Okay, we'll go ahead
[3:26] and vote on the journal of proceedings
for June 16th. A yes means you approve.
[3:40] Clark.
>> Supervisor Clark.
[3:46] » Um, it's not letting me vote. I approve.
>> Okay. Thank you.
[3:55] All right. 21. Yes.
Three abstain. Oh, maybe they weren't
[4:02] here. [laughter]
All right. Thanks. That all makes sense.
[4:06] Three abstain because of absence.
[4:11] And we will go on then to public
comment. I know we have one public
[4:17] comment if you would come up Josh.
[4:23] And Josh did send an electronic um
public comment as well. And he will give
[4:30] his name and his address and he can give
his public comment.
[4:37] My name is Joshua Hill. My address is
2811 Richard Drive, Oakclair, Wisconsin.
[4:43] Um, I just like to voice some concerns
about the flock safety license plate
[4:47] readers that are currently in use around
Oaklair. Um, I believe that this system
[4:52] constitutes unwarranted
observation and tracking of the
[4:57] citizens, which I do not believe is
strictly speaking legal. Um, I believe
[5:01] it's also worth mentioning that most of
the surrounding counties have a flock
[5:06] safety transparency portal page which
has some information about how the
[5:10] systems used and how effective it is.
Um, Oaklair does not maintain that page
[5:14] at this time. So, I would like to
respectfully consider that that be
[5:18] addressed in the near future. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Is there any other public
[5:24] comment?
[5:28] Any other public comment?
You may step forward.
[5:44] Again, if you'll state your name and
your address and then you may go forward
[5:48] with your public comment.
>> Good evening. My name is Simone Thomas.
[5:53] My address as it applies to this meeting
is 309 East Lake Street, Oaklair,
[5:59] Wisconsin. My home address is in
Monomony.
[6:03] My comment today is one of gratitude.
Two years ago, I stood here with fear
[6:10] and desperation.
Today, I stand here with hope. Hope
[6:15] because as a county, I see some actions
being taken that is supportive of our
[6:19] homeless community. And for me that hope
has a name. That name is Angela Stokes.
[6:27] For the past year and a half, I have had
the pleasure of working alongside Angela
[6:31] Stokes.
Nights that I would go home and not be
[6:35] unable to sleep. I was new to my job,
didn't have all the access to the
[6:39] resources, didn't know all the names to
connect all the dots. And she walked
[6:43] into my office and I explained to her
what I wanted and what I needed and what
[6:47] I wanted to see. in a little by little,
moment by moment, in the past few months
[6:53] what we do together. I walk with two
phones. I don't know if she knows my
[6:58] work phone number because she already
has my personal phone number. We talk
[7:02] this morning at 6:40 a.m. We meet most
Thursday mornings at 7 a.m. We share
[7:08] collaborative meetings together. And at
the end of every meeting, what is near
[7:13] and dear to my heart is that we're
talking about outcomes for families. 309
[7:18] East Lake Street is a family homeless
shelter downtown that has been there for
[7:21] 32 years. I have been in place now for
two years. We have a lot of work to do,
[7:27] but I am grateful for the strides that
we're making because when the police
[7:32] shows up at my door with a family and I
am full, I can call Angela Stokes. I can
[7:37] call the outreach team. When a family
shows up and the the services that they
[7:43] need are outside the scope of what the
shelter can accommodate, I now have a
[7:49] place to call. Please remember we have
homeless persons in the community and
[7:54] they need help too.
The lens I look through are the lens
[7:58] that are focusing on the newborn babies
with colostomy bags. I am looking at the
[8:04] newborn babies that do not have a chance
on their own and outside is not going to
[8:11] work for them.
The lens I am looking through are the
[8:15] service animals that the families may
have or the emotional support animals
[8:19] that are not yet legal for some spaces
that the families may have. But now
[8:23] today I am here with hope to say thank
you very much for the support that
[8:27] you've provided Angela Stokes. Please
continue to do so and know that the work
[8:31] that is being done is absolutely
powerful. Any family that call me today,
[8:36] there's a hotel in town that there are
several families that are now calling me
[8:39] and what am I doing with them? I am
connecting them back to the county so
[8:43] that the resources that are in place can
be utilized for the people that need
[8:47] them in the way that they can get them.
I can see measurable outcomes. I am
[8:53] sorry I did not get here in time to sign
up. Please stop me when I get to my
[8:56] three minutes.
I can see measurable outcomes, but the
[9:01] most powerful part of it is when a
family says, "My God, why no one told me
[9:07] that this existed before?" Or a family
is able to say,
[9:13] "I can now provide for my children."
[9:18] Collaboration is what is bringing us
here today. I don't know what you do
[9:22] every day and I am grateful that I don't
need to know what you do every day, but
[9:27] I'm saying thank you and to ask you to
please continue to do so and to know
[9:32] that the person that you've put in place
to make it work is moving in ways that I
[9:39] could never possibly imagine. We have a
meeting on Wednesday evenings uh every
[9:44] other Wednesday. Um my manager of
shelter operations attends mostly. I
[9:48] will now be joining that meeting because
we now have another piece that we're
[9:52] going to be working on. You see, there's
this word we use a lot. It's called
[9:55] collaboration. And a lot of times we
don't actually know what collaboration
[9:59] means. Together at this meeting, we are
now knowing and acknowledging and using
[10:06] and able to show specific outcomes at
these meetings. Lutheran Social Services
[10:12] has been around for quite some time. LSS
gaining ground. Now we're able to start
[10:18] working together. Who's bringing all
these people together? What are you
[10:22] asking for that the people you put out
to say go and get the work done is
[10:26] pulling us all together to make it
happen. It is working. It is working. I
[10:31] am sleeping better at night. It is
working. More families are getting
[10:36] access to the resources that they need.
We need more housing.
[10:43] But I believe you know that we're
stretched thin. I am confident that you
[10:48] are going to be making the choices and
the decisions that will get us there. So
[10:53] again, I apologize. Thank you for
accommodating me tonight. If you look on
[10:57] our website, you'll see some family
stories. That is because I have support
[11:01] to be able to do the job. None of this
job is done alone. But today I can say
[11:05] I'll be moving into my third year with
hope and with pride because I now have
[11:11] the resources and the support of a
county that is saying we are really
[11:15] looking at taking the work to the next
level. At least that's what I am
[11:18] believing because of the support that I
am getting and the work that Angie and I
[11:22] are doing together. So thank you very
much.
[11:25] » Thank you.
[11:30] » This moves this topic moves right into
our oral report.
[11:34] Um, Angie Stokes, could you come up
please? And housing our neighbors
[11:39] update.
[11:46] [snorts]
And you do have a PowerPoint
[11:52] that was provided um in a separate
email.
[11:56] You can get to that.
[12:03] Oh, somehow my
>> No, I think it's okay. I It went off the
[12:09] the po try the mic again
>> because I know you like to move around.
[12:13] It's okay. We'll try to It's okay. I can
do this.
[12:16] » Okay, you can.
>> Good. I'm not really good at sitting
[12:18] still. Um, so John asked us to come and
give an update on the Housing Our
[12:22] Neighbors Planning Collaborative. I
think we were here about six months ago
[12:26] um talking about that. So, that's what
I'm going to talk about tonight. I'm
[12:31] going to give um
I'm going to give a little bit of
[12:35] background about how we got here, what
the efforts are so far, highlight some
[12:39] of our successes, and then talk about
our next steps.
[12:44] So, I wanted to first take a minute um
to read a um I spent some time with
[12:50] Carrie Poser. She's the executive
director of the Balance of State, which
[12:53] is the state homeless organization.
She's very wellconed and um is very good
[12:59] at telling us what will work, what's
working around the country, what's not
[13:03] working around the country um and real
kind in her feedback and sometimes
[13:07] gently scooting me in a different
direction. So Carrie um has been she's
[13:13] been real kind in meeting with me to
talk about homeless efforts in Oaklair
[13:17] previously um and then to give us
feedback on the work that we're doing.
[13:20] So what Carrie said is ending
homelessness is a challenge is
[13:23] challenging because it's rooted in
shortages, not enough affordable
[13:26] housing, limited access to high demand
services such as mental health care and
[13:31] substance use treatment, insufficient
employment opportunities, and too few
[13:35] highly trained qualified case managers.
Too often what we do have are
[13:41] well-intentioned people working hard to
help. But their efforts can be
[13:44] fragmented and siloed without centering
the voices and priorities of those
[13:48] actually experiencing homelessness.
Lasting solutions require listening to
[13:52] what people want and need rather than
assuming we already know the answer.
[13:56] Housing Our Neighbors is a collaborative
effort that places people with lived
[14:00] experience at the forefront of planning
and decision-making. By creating an
[14:04] informed, coordinated plan with a shared
vision, aligning resources around common
[14:08] goals, and working together across
systems, we can build sustainable
[14:11] solutions that not only address
homelessness, but help prevent it. So
[14:16] when I told Carrie I had to give a
presentation, she sent me this because
[14:19] she said, "I don't actually think you
always understand the impact that this
[14:23] group is having together and the level
of collaboration that you have in
[14:27] Oaklair. That's very unusual um compared
to other communities.
[14:32] Um I wanted just to review kind of where
we got started. So the city county
[14:37] health department gives an assessment.
I want to tell you it's every two years.
[14:42] If Lisa was here, I would ask. It might
be every three." Um, and what the
[14:46] priorities were that were identified in
the last one in 2024 from across the
[14:50] county are alcohol misuse, poor mental
health, lack of child care and
[14:55] affordable child care, um, substance
misuse, and then lack of affordable
[14:59] housing. I bring this up because the
affordable housing, the lack of it
[15:03] contributes to homelessness in our
community.
[15:07] Oops, too many pushes. Um, we've talked,
Angie's talked about this a lot. I think
[15:12] other people have our Alice data. So if
we look across our county, a third of
[15:17] Oaklair residents cannot afford basic
needs. That means food, shelter, child
[15:22] care, transportation. So just basically
what they need for them and their
[15:26] families to live. Um to afford a
two-bedroom in Oaklair, an apartment, a
[15:31] basic apartment, you would need to make
$21 an hour. If you're earning minimum
[15:36] wage, you would need to work 116 hours
to be able to afford an apartment
[15:42] two-bedroom. And looking at our data,
30% of renters are cost burden mean that
[15:48] they spend more than 30% of their income
every month on uh rent, utilities. The
[15:54] goal if you're budgeting is to not spend
more than 30% of of your total income on
[16:00] your living expenses.
housing.
[16:05] Um, the other thing that we shared with
you last time we were here is that
[16:08] homelessness is expensive. It's
expensive because it costs about 40
[16:12] night $40 a night in an overnight
shelter. If you do some math and you're
[16:16] there for a month, it's $1,200.
Staying in the county jail for a night
[16:21] is about $112.
The cost of a single filing for a court,
[16:25] so if I'm arrested and get charged with
something, $354.
[16:30] one night in an in a Winnebago or
Mandota is $1,756.
[16:36] Um, we know that this impacts folks
across the board, but oftentimes these
[16:42] costs are more associated with
individuals that do not have stable
[16:45] housing.
[16:49] So, a review of how the collaborate
collaborative started. I'll try to do
[16:52] this quick. Um, in October of 2024,
Department of Human Services, the
[16:58] chamber, and the Oaklair City County
Health Department came together to dis
[17:03] to come together to provide some
leadership around homelessness. Lots of
[17:07] great work was happening, but that work
was happening in silos. In December of
[17:11] 2024, um, we brought Jim Matthew from
Milwaukee in to talk to business
[17:15] leaders, school superintendents, police,
sheriff, uh, Jonah.
[17:21] Uh the bids were there from Oaklair
because they had decreased street
[17:25] homelessness in my wa in Milwaukee by
98%.
[17:28] We're not Milwaukee. I get that a lot of
feedback that we're Oaklair, not
[17:31] Milwaukee. I know. But they did great
work and if we can steal some of those
[17:35] ideas, it will help Oaklair.
This um and then that spring, so the
[17:41] spring of 2025, we called service
providers together. WMadison had us
[17:46] helped us with a a citizen summit. We
met with multiple leaders in the
[17:51] community, multiple service providers,
um, business owners to get feedback on
[17:55] what folks felt like needed to happen in
order to work on homelessness in
[18:00] Oaklair. In the summer of 2025, we put a
report out. I think that actually
[18:05] happened in the fall. We wrote the
report in the summer. And then since
[18:09] that time, we've been doing what that
report told us to do.
[18:14] Um, one of the things that is very
important to our group is to have folks
[18:17] with lived experience. So, we have had
individuals who are either are homeless
[18:22] currently or have been homeless at at
our meetings um at our gatherings so
[18:28] that they could give the perspective of
what it's like to be homeless in
[18:30] Oaklair, how they became homeless, and
what would have to happen for them to
[18:34] get housing and to be stable. Our goal
is that homelessness in Oaklair is
[18:41] brief, rare, and non-reoccurring. We
know that you are never going to get rid
[18:45] of homelessness completely.
Circumstances happen. The goal is for
[18:48] when that happens to walk alongside
people and get them back into stable
[18:53] housing as quickly as possible.
Um, the collaborative has grown a bit,
[18:59] so we've added the city of Oaklair, the
city of Altuna. Um, there's a
[19:03] representative from Jonah on there.
There's a group in Oaklair that's
[19:07] raising money for homelessness led by
Terry Weld and Jill Christopherson
[19:10] called for goodness sakes. They sit on
there and then we have three individuals
[19:15] um in addition to the city the county
department of human services um and city
[19:21] county health department. Those are the
folks that are on there. The goal of
[19:25] that group is to provide leadership
to look at policies that are impeding um
[19:31] folks being able to get affordable
housing to look at funding and how we
[19:35] can leverage funding from local um
nonprofits to businesses to county
[19:41] government. That's the role of that
group. The that group um listens to the
[19:47] strategy groups that are working below
them.
[19:52] What does the report do? So, the report,
I think you maybe all got a one-page
[19:56] copy. If you want a copy, I'd be happy
to give it to you again. I think it's
[20:00] like 60 pages. It's on our website. Um
provides information on the current
[20:04] state of homelessness in Oaklair.
It gives um it we gathered feedback from
[20:10] service providers, local leaders. It
talks about what they said. Um and then
[20:15] it lists the six strategies that we
would need to do in Oaklair in order to
[20:19] get homelessness to functional zero.
One, the first one of is to align the
[20:23] system so we get all of the folks that
providing services to folks that are
[20:28] homeless moving in the same direction.
Uh Simone talked about that a little
[20:32] bit. She was really really kind. The
work that I'm doing, I'm real happy to
[20:36] be doing it, but it's a whole village
working together. There's lots of people
[20:41] doing lots of things. The second
strategy group is looking at data. So
[20:47] how do we look at outcomes to measure
our success and then use that to
[20:52] continually get better. The third one is
homeless is outreach. What we learned
[20:58] from talking to other communities
looking at where homelessness had
[21:01] decreased significantly. We needed a
street outreach team. You need a team
[21:06] that's going to go out and meet people
where they're at. Department of Human
[21:09] Services decided to take that role on.
We currently have six individuals on our
[21:14] team as of Monday. Um they sometimes are
out at 4:30 in the morning in the
[21:18] parking ramps. They are um under
bridges. They're out in parks. They uh
[21:24] two days a week are at the day resource
center. Thursday mornings they're at
[21:27] Sojer. They're at community table. I
just had the team in Fall Creek in
[21:31] Augusta. Um so they are out regularly
meeting with people where they're at.
[21:37] The reason that's important is because
the best place to build relationships is
[21:41] when you go to folks rather than
expecting them to come to you. None of
[21:46] the work that we do can be done without
relationships. Recovery happens best in
[21:52] the context of relationships.
Fourth one is preventing homelessness.
[21:56] Um,
so it's much easier, frankly, to keep
[22:00] folks home than it is to try to get them
into another housing situation when they
[22:06] become homeless. The fifth is affordable
housing. Um, Oaklair is a lack of
[22:11] affordable housing. I think everyone is
probably well aware of that. And then
[22:15] the sixth one is community engagement.
So, how do we get natural supports in
[22:18] place and get folks connected to their
community? So, those are the six
[22:22] strategies. Um, we've been real
purposeful in starting those off one at
[22:26] a time.
I can talk a little bit about that
[22:29] later. It's real important. What does
the report not do? Um, it does not um
[22:35] what tell
it it does not tell people what to do. I
[22:39] have been never been successful in my
life walking into a room and telling
[22:43] people what to do. Uh, I've had much
more success walking into a room asking
[22:48] people what they need and then listening
to that carefully and trying to respond
[22:52] to that. So, it's important to know.
Lots of people have given a lot of
[22:56] feedback that they're afraid we're going
to come and tell them what to do. And I
[22:59] think after a year and a half of doing
the work. I don't get that question very
[23:02] much anymore. Um, and the flexibility,
we have flexibility in the schedule, in
[23:07] the plan. So, when our strategy teams
are meeting, if things come up and they
[23:11] need to to pivot to meet those needs,
they're able to do that. We are not
[23:15] looking to repeat past or current
efforts, but rather to build on those.
[23:19] We really carefully listen to folks
about what had happened previously and
[23:22] what worked and then we are building
that in to our work.
[23:28] Uh what's going well? So I did this
PowerPoint a couple days ago. We had 57
[23:32] folks in housing at that time. We
currently today have 61 folks in
[23:35] housing. Um 98% are staying in housing.
I have two individuals who are still
[23:40] working with but for a variety of
reasons needed to not um needed to not
[23:46] be where they are at. Um, so we are
still working with them and we'll get
[23:50] them back in housing, but we're at about
98%.
[23:53] Um, 26 of those are children. We have
case conferencing every morning and my
[23:59] team tells me about the children that
are on the streets, the pregnant moms
[24:01] that are on the streets, living in the
forest, living under the bridges. Um,
[24:07] two, all but four of those folks, so of
the 61, 57 came right off the street.
[24:13] four was a a family of two a partner and
uh two children who were going to be
[24:20] evicted and needed to get somewhere
else. So, we were able to get them in a
[24:23] hotel over the weekend and then get them
into a another place on Monday. Um this
[24:29] is important. A shelter Simone does a
fantastic job and it's hard to go into
[24:36] shelter when you're a family. So, we've
been able to take two families and and
[24:40] deflect them away from shelter, get them
uh from the street into housing. That
[24:45] was not done alone. Simone helped with
that. Um Bridget with the police has
[24:49] been super super helpful. So, it's been
a team to make that happen. Um we have
[24:54] 172 folks that we are working with. So,
um 172 folks that are actively homeless.
[25:01] I will tell you this morning at case
conferencing we had 26 people in cars we
[25:05] checked in with last night. So every day
that number seems to be growing. Um
[25:10] » I referenced there the by name list. One
of the things that we were told is you
[25:15] need to keep track of the folks that are
homeless. We have a state system called
[25:19] coordinated entry. Not everybody is
interested in being on there. So in
[25:23] order to figure out the scope of the um
challenge we're working with, we need to
[25:27] keep a separate list. So that's what
we've been doing. Um our outreach team
[25:32] has made connections. We work real
closely with the Oaklair uh police
[25:36] department. We've talked to the Fall
Creek Police uh police department,
[25:39] Augusta Police Department, made contact
with Fairchild. So, we're working really
[25:43] hard with law enforcement. We work um I
meet regularly with the Oaklair PD and
[25:48] then neighborhood services with the city
of Oaklair. Oaklair is the place that we
[25:52] have the majority of our homeless folks.
Um but I will tell you that is not
[25:57] unique. We had an a call a couple weeks
ago from the Fall Creek Police that
[26:00] asked us to come and work with a
individual that was in a bathroom in a
[26:04] park living there. We met with the
Augusta police and they were able to
[26:08] share some folks that were living in the
woods without electricity or running
[26:11] water. Um so it's not just in Oaklair,
the city.
[26:17] Um as I said earlier, we have specific
places where we go each week. That's
[26:21] been helpful because um our partners
will know where we're at and can find
[26:24] us. I had an one of my team members
today was at the day resource center and
[26:30] she said I left three times Angie. Um so
she walked out the door two individuals
[26:34] that were homeless asked them for help.
She went back in came out same thing
[26:38] different people went back in came out
same same thing. So um I would tell you
[26:44] that our our team is well respected in
the community. Folks know where to go to
[26:49] get help and um they're they're coming
to find them. We have individuals as I
[26:55] said relationships are key here. So we
have individuals that we have been
[26:58] working with for nine months. In the
beginning they didn't want to talk to
[27:01] us. We didn't put any pressure on them
but we kept approaching and now we have
[27:06] a number of folks that are just starting
to work with us because they trust that
[27:09] we are there to help them and listen to
them.
[27:12] Um we have lots of referrals that come
in from community partners. I get a lot
[27:16] of calls every day. Can you help with
this? Um can you help connect a person
[27:20] with this? So I think one of the things
that we noticed in the beginning is we
[27:25] had a lot of individuals doing
individual work and I would say now we
[27:28] have a lot more folks working
collaboratively together.
[27:34] Um
we have made contact with all of the
[27:37] hospitals. So we've met with Marshfield
in conjunction with city county health.
[27:40] We've met with Mayo and we've met with
North Lakes. Um I think we haven't I
[27:45] think we've been emailing with the free
clinic but haven't actually met with
[27:48] them.
Uh we have a case conferencing, Simone
[27:51] alluded to that, that happens every two
weeks. So we bring about 15 service
[27:55] providers together to talk about who's
doing what for who, what can we do to
[27:59] support each other. Um that came off a
release of information. So one of the
[28:04] the pieces when we talked to Lacrosse
about what they were doing down there,
[28:07] they said, "You need a release of
information." So folks that are working
[28:10] with us, sign a release of information.
That way they don't have to tell their
[28:14] story over and over and over. We have
the information so I can call Simone. we
[28:19] can talk about what what the family
needs. We can figure out how to make
[28:23] that happen and then the person that the
that that family trusts the most can
[28:28] help get them what they need and um and
get them their support.
[28:33] Uh sober living has been fantastic. We
work closely with Oaklair Sober Living.
[28:38] Um, we have some individuals that need
help with substance misuse. And then we
[28:42] also are working real closely with um,
his name is Adam and I cannot remember
[28:46] the name of the sober living facility he
runs, but he's spectacular. Um, and then
[28:52] we started, one of the things we noticed
is rent in Oaklair is high. So, we did
[28:56] some work to figure out what could we do
to provide housing that's more
[28:59] affordable. So, um, I happened to be at
a conference. I met a woman. She does
[29:03] shared housing. So what we have started
to do with the help of Sharon is um
[29:08] master lease some apartments where we
are the the landlord for those and then
[29:12] we can make the rent is much cheaper. So
rather than paying you know $1,200 for
[29:18] rent we can pay not we the people can
pay $500 for rent. Um it's helpful also
[29:25] with community. So our team goes in um
meets with sometimes daily with
[29:30] individuals. We set up house rules and
then it helps people also have community
[29:35] because being homeless is very very
isolating
[29:39] um challenges. We have more people aging
into homelessness. So at our case
[29:45] conferencing ADRC comes to that um they
are noticing more and more uh firsttime
[29:50] elderly homeless. So they're on fixed
income. Someone has bought the property
[29:55] that they've been living in for 30
years. Rent is going doubling. They no
[29:58] longer can pay that. um more folks
becoming homeless later in life that
[30:03] have disabilities. We have a number of
individuals on the street that are in
[30:07] wheelchairs, have walkers. Um Lisa from
the Day Resource Center called me the
[30:12] other day and there's a gentleman who's
blind.
[30:15] So, we we just have a lot more people
that are first-time homeless, old, and
[30:21] have disabilities.
Um we have a lack of case management
[30:27] locally. It's not that what we have
isn't good. It's that we don't have
[30:31] enough folks to walk alongside people.
What people need is somebody to listen
[30:35] to them to help them access resource and
get them connected. That's that's mostly
[30:39] what folks need.
Um lack of affordable housing, which I
[30:43] said lack of transitional housing. So,
if you are coming out of jail, if you're
[30:48] coming um out of if you're frankly
coming out of the hospital after
[30:52] surgery, we have a number of individuals
that we supported that have had to have
[30:56] surgery in the hospital. there's nobody
to discharge to. You're getting
[30:59] discharged to the street from back
surgery, from hip surgery. Um, so that's
[31:06] a challenge. Um, continued lack of
understanding of who is homeless. I
[31:10] talked to Sojuna regularly. Lucas
regularly has 20 plus individuals that
[31:15] are working part-time or full-time that
are staying in shelter. We have um an
[31:19] individual our team is working with. He
rides his bike 10 miles to work every
[31:23] day back and 10 miles back and forth and
he doesn't have enough money for
[31:28] housing. You can't save up if you make
if you don't make much money saving up
[31:33] for security deposit. I was talking to a
landlord today. He wants security
[31:36] deposit uh first two months rent and
last month's rent. So he wanted four I
[31:43] probably just did that math wrong, but
he wanted four four months rent. So, he
[31:46] needs $2,600
that if you don't make that much in two
[31:51] months, you certainly can't save that
much money. Um, a long list of items.
[31:56] So, we have lots of lists. We put lots
of people on lots of lists. If you spend
[32:00] a lot of time with me, I understand we
need lists. They irritate me because I
[32:03] think our function should not be to put
you on a list. So, we have people on
[32:06] lists that don't come off of lists. We
have housing lists. The city has a
[32:09] housing list. The county has a housing
list. We have a coordinated entry list.
[32:13] very few people get housing out of those
lists. Um, our homeless numbers are
[32:18] growing. Um, our systems are built on
the assumption that folks have a level
[32:23] of stability in order to access
services. So, we run CCS. It's really
[32:28] hard if you're homeless to meet all of
those requirements if you do not have
[32:31] stable housing. Um, and then we have and
I I really appreciate when people call
[32:38] us for help. We have a lot of folks that
need a lot of help. So um that's that is
[32:43] a challenge every day.
[32:47] Um so that's kind of individually how
things are going from a system
[32:50] perspective. Our system we have an
executive team as I said the the role of
[32:55] that executive team is to look at
policies to look at funding. It it's not
[32:59] to push down directives. It's to listen
the other way. We have a leadership team
[33:04] that we have not pulled together yet.
The leadership team will consist of the
[33:07] leads of the strategy teams. we don't
have all our strategy teams in place. Um
[33:12] and then we have a communications team
just coming together that will be led by
[33:16] the city county health department. Um
strengthening outreach. I talked about
[33:20] that a little bit. We started a street
outreach team. We called together all
[33:24] the other folks that are doing outreach.
So we called um Vivant Health was there.
[33:29] Oaklair PD was there. Workforce
Resources was there. Chipo Valley Street
[33:33] Ministry was there. Um
Department of Workforce Development was
[33:37] there. So we we all the people that are
out in Oaklair doing outreach, we called
[33:41] them together to say like let's do the
work together. We'll figure out who has
[33:45] what resources and how we can best share
those. Uh community engagement. This is
[33:49] run by a woman with lived experience who
spoke to the uh board a couple months
[33:53] ago and Paul Cvites um truly wonderful
human in Oaklair. Um and they're looking
[33:59] at what can the community do? So how do
we get natural support? So if you're
[34:02] homeless and you're 60 years old, how
are you accessing the senior center? if
[34:07] you um are 23 and and want some
recreation, how do we get you connected
[34:12] with the YMCA? How do we get folks that
are homeless or at risk of being
[34:17] homeless connected with people that have
housing? Um and how do we build those
[34:20] natural supports? So, if you have a
social worker right now or peer support
[34:24] specialist, they can pull away and you
have natural supports in place.
[34:28] Preventing homelessness, that group,
Simone is leading that for me with Ryan
[34:31] Graham who works for the balance of
state that is starting in August.
[34:36] um ensuring affordable housing. Rey, I
talk a lot of people into a lot of
[34:40] things. Rey is actually starting to lead
that with me. Um not the strategy,
[34:44] unless you want to. Um but we're
starting with a a housing assessment. We
[34:48] had an assessment done in 2023 that gave
us some information, but we've done a
[34:53] lot of building in Oaklair um and missed
a a big demographic of aging uh folks
[34:59] and folks that need um less expensive
housing. So, we're starting with that.
[35:05] Um, sharing data strategically. I think
Angie and I shared that we were able to
[35:09] get $440,000 from the Pablo Foundation.
Part of that was to hire a data analysis
[35:14] that could look at our data um locally,
could figure out where our work
[35:19] [clears throat] where we could lean into
our work that things were going well and
[35:22] then where we would maybe need to to
find some improvements. So, that person
[35:25] is starting and they will lead that
again with the health department. And
[35:28] then the last one, aligning the system.
Um, we're trying to do some of that work
[35:33] now. That team has not yet started.
Uh, what happens next? We're bu
[35:39] finishing the governance structure. This
is not my favorite thing to do, so um
[35:43] it's not been super timely, but um we're
finishing that up. And then um our
[35:48] strategy teams will continue to meet.
Our data will be added to our website.
[35:53] We collect a lot of data right now. I
don't have the skills to put that all
[35:56] together and then upload it into the
website. And then we will continue to
[36:01] get folks housed and provide them with
supports and services that they need for
[36:06] stability. Our goal is to get folks into
housing that they can afford. So we're
[36:12] um working with individuals. They have a
plan. The plan includes increasing
[36:17] employ increasing uh income. That's the
number one social determinant for for
[36:21] health is financial stability. So we're
working with DWD workforce resources. I
[36:26] just met with Goodwill. They have a
program that they're doing that they
[36:29] piloted they they brought it to fruition
on the eastern side of the state that
[36:33] they're bringing to the western side of
the state. So really trying to get um
[36:37] folks into a position where they can
afford their own housing.
[36:42] Who's involved with our work? I mean it
takes a village. We have lots and lots
[36:46] of folks. We have some church groups. We
have um as I said all of the community
[36:52] um service providers that are coming
together. Um we have some I get emails
[36:56] from community members. what can I do to
help? Usually I tell them to join a
[36:59] strategy team. So um the goal is if you
want to contribute, we will find a place
[37:04] for you to do that based on your
interest and your best skill set.
[37:08] Sorry I talked a lot and fast. I'd be
happy to answer questions.
[37:15] We there are going to be quite a few
questions. My head's just swimming.
[37:20] There's so much information here. We'll
start with um Supervisor Wilkey, please.
[37:26] Angela, you've built a lot of
credibility with this board and
[37:30] community. And I've been very impressed
over time that you you do more than just
[37:35] talk nice things, okay, and collect data
and all that stuff. You actually do
[37:41] hands-on and get in the trenches and try
to make a difference. And we're seeing
[37:46] that. Um, I say that I think it's
extremely important that you be able to
[37:51] share with us, especially seeing we're
moving into the budget process. Okay. In
[37:58] fact, the administrator is going to
follow you and he's going to advise us
[38:03] that uh we exceed our money by $655,000.
So that means cuts are coming of some
[38:11] kind. I think it's important for you to
express to us if not now in the near
[38:17] future specifically what not to cut okay
in your opinion and what do we need to
[38:25] bolster up that might in the long run uh
save money as as we move into this
[38:30] budget if you can't answer that now I do
think you need to answer the ask what
[38:38] what are you asking from this board.
>> Well, I I didn't actually come here to
[38:44] ask for anything. I mean, I have asked
John John can probably recite what they
[38:47] are. Um, we we need some more folks on
my team. I like I'm significantly
[38:53] concerned that I'm burning people out.
Um, we have an ability to get more case
[38:57] managers through a Medicaid waiver
program that we're not taking advantage
[39:01] of. I would recommend we do that. Um,
>> you put those asks in to John
[39:06] » to the budget.
>> Yes.
[39:08] » Yep.
>> Okay. Um, so I mean I can speak for
[39:12] human services. The more we can do
preventatively,
[39:17] we have folks right now in um in higher
levels of care. So we have folks like in
[39:22] in group homes that don't need to be
there, but there's no other housing
[39:25] available. So I can get them out of that
and it will it will save money in the
[39:31] end. So, um I I understand that human
services isn't a business, but what I
[39:38] will tell you is if we kept up with
consumer need, we wouldn't be in crisis.
[39:45] And crisis is very expensive. So, if we
can get folks before they need to go to
[39:50] Winnebago or Modota, that will be a
budget savings. Um it's challenging
[39:56] right now because we have a level of
crisis that we're dealing with and we
[40:01] need to do preventative work. But um I
had an an individual a couple weeks ago
[40:10] that got picked up by the police and
then went to um the Institute of Mental
[40:16] Disease and got re-released to the
shelter there. I have no reason to
[40:21] believe that that individual will not be
in the same crisis in two weeks going
[40:25] back to that
very expensive care. So, if I could if
[40:30] if I had the ability to get them in
housing right now, which we're starting
[40:33] to, I mean, um the work takes a lot of
relationship building with landlords. Um
[40:39] I have a landlord that usually doesn't
respond. He's a private landlord till
[40:43] like 10:30 at night. Um and then when he
responds, he wants to, you know, he
[40:46] wants to know what's going to be
helpful. Um, so if we can get folks
[40:52] earlier, we will save money in the end.
Um, so I I'd say preventative things
[40:57] don't cut them.
>> Okay. Thank you. Just as long as John
[41:01] got your asks.
>> Yeah, John John knows. Yeah, he's he's
[41:04] knows what I want. I'm pretty assertive.
So So is Angie.
[41:07] » He raised his eyelids. Tells me he
>> Thank you. We will have Supervisor
[41:13] Russell followed by Supervisor Pagonus.
Supervisor Russell.
[41:18] Thank you, Chair Coffee. Um, two
questions. Uh, you mentioned that there
[41:23] are policies that are sometimes
impeding. Um, could you just give an
[41:28] example of that? And then the other
thing is I was wondering if the outreach
[41:32] workers are visible to the community. Do
they wear identifiable clothing or
[41:37] something or how does that work that
people know who they are?
[41:40] » So, no. Um, word of mouth. Um, I would
say that's how people know who they are.
[41:46] Um, I mean I don't have a budget for
clothing. So, and frankly I'm not going
[41:50] to spend money on clothing for my staff.
Um, so I mean I guess if I was directed
[41:55] I would, but that's not what I'm gonna
choose to spend money on. Um, so
[42:00] no, there's not clothing. And I'm sorry,
what was your second?
[42:04] » Just examples of policies that um are
being looked at or you view as impeding
[42:11] » um the assistance. Um
well, for example, Western Dairland gets
[42:18] federal funding. So they can only work
with folks when they come off of a list
[42:22] if the people have have chosen to go on
the list. So we have individuals that
[42:28] have higher needs that for whatever
reason don't want to go on the list that
[42:31] they can't work with. It's not a it has
nothing to do with Western Dairland and
[42:35] whether they're impactful or not. It has
to do with with that list that's tied to
[42:39] federal federal money.
um
[42:43] policy like we expected before we had a
street outreach team, we expected people
[42:46] to come to us if lots of people don't
want to come to Department of Human
[42:51] Services because most people don't have
fantastic thoughts about what we're
[42:54] going to do with their family when they
do. So, it was important that we went
[42:58] out and met people where they're at. Um
we have we have I I all the time I talk
[43:06] to my staff about this. We have um
policies that say, you know, you need to
[43:11] attend this meeting at this time. If
you're homeless, it is you are trying to
[43:15] figure out how to not be sexually
assaulted, how to stay warm, how to find
[43:19] food. You aren't going to likely
remember that at 2:00 you need to be at
[43:23] human services so you can do an
assessment. We had an individual um I
[43:28] think about every single day I was
happen to be in the lobby. He came in,
[43:31] he said, "I need treatment and I need it
right now." and our response was, "Can
[43:35] you come back on Tuesday at two?" If we
had a system that responded, if you're
[43:40] wanting to get sober, that is usually a
real narrow window. Um, so if we can get
[43:46] on that, um, I mean, my staff knows if
if you need something, here's how you
[43:50] can 15 ways you can find me. I need to
know why you need something, but I can
[43:53] sign a wreck for that if we have a, you
know, a if we know that it's going to be
[43:59] preventative and lead to a good result.
So those kinds of things. We make a lot
[44:05] of rules and then we expect folks to I'm
all for rules, but we often times make
[44:10] the rules and they're prohibitive for
folks getting what they need. We also
[44:15] don't listen. We have this is what you
can have. Like we we design a system. We
[44:20] designed supports for the people that
are not in front of us. And so um we
[44:25] have to think about what people tell us
and oftentimes we want to tell them what
[44:29] they need.
>> Thank you. I made a mistake. Um,
[44:33] Supervisor Gabo, you are next. And then
Supervisor Pagonus.
[44:39] » Hi, Angie. Thanks. Yeah,
>> for what you're doing. Um, I mean, it is
[44:43] a multiaceted issue that we're facing.
And there's I know we're seeing
[44:49] » about 100 people a day at the day
resource center and probably close to
[44:52] 300
um unique individuals per month and uh
[44:58] trying trying to get them help. But when
you when you're you're talking about the
[45:01] 57 or um I'm sorry 61
people
[45:07] that have housing, what what kind of
housing are they getting? Is it is it
[45:12] transitional? Is it long-term? Is it
sober houses? Is it all the above? And
[45:17] and how are you
>> how how are they uh
[45:20] » is it all paid for by
>> the most it's not paid for by us. Um
[45:25] very little of it right now is paid for
by us. By us I mean the county. Um lots
[45:30] of time what folks need is like can you
just like the first person that we the
[45:34] first person that we housed came into
homelessness um had a falling out with
[45:38] her with a family that was co-signing on
a apartment and had no idea what to do
[45:43] was staying at Sojourer so had money to
pay for rent. So that was the first
[45:48] person that we got into housing. The
second person um had a little bit of
[45:51] rent. So, we had a community member who
um was running uh so we have some good
[45:57] community not we have community members
who are running some houses that have
[46:02] just rooms in them. So, we were able to
match that. Um we h so we uh it's a CSL
[46:09] house I believe Sarah Lightoot owns
those. We've been able to work with her
[46:12] to get folks into those. Um Aaron
Brewster owns a a house so we've had
[46:16] folks get in with there. We have working
with some landlords just mostly what it
[46:21] is to be real honest with you is
somebody walking alongside and helping
[46:25] and then checking on them every now and
then. We have recently because of the
[46:29] Pablo dollars
um and the Pablo dollars come with you
[46:33] have to house the hardest 20 people in
Oaklair. So we've gotten folks that have
[46:37] been homeless for 10 years that have you
know multiple felonies, multiple things
[46:42] um into shared housing. We have, I
think, eight of those filled with um 12
[46:48] more coming up here. We are paying for
part of that with um with the Pablo
[46:54] dollars. Um we have we were able to get
some opioid dollars. So, we have I just
[47:00] did the report for that today. For any
individual, we haven't paid for more
[47:03] than two months of their rent. Um,
so mostly it's been working with
[47:09] landlords, figuring out who will take
who, and then helping people get
[47:13] connected and then getting just having a
checkup with a caseworker. We have had
[47:19] some referrals to C CCS, some referrals
to CSP, um, but not at the rate that we
[47:25] have had people getting into housing
with services. They just haven't needed
[47:28] that level of care.
>> Yeah. I guess what I'm asking is they're
[47:33] housed now. Mhm.
>> Um hopefully they were in house. Is
[47:38] there like a definition of what housed
means?
[47:42] » It just that they're in they're in a a
>> stable
[47:45] » Yes.
>> Okay.
[47:46] » Yeah.
>> Okay. Thank you.
[47:48] » Yeah.
>> Good questions. Supervisor Piconus.
[47:53] » Um thank you, Madam Chair. Um Angie, I
have two questions that might be
[48:00] related.
>> Okay. Um, one question is that there's
[48:03] been some discussion in the past about
homeless people from other communities
[48:09] coming into Oaklair
>> because of resources.
[48:14] » Do you have a means or a way of
determining the the homeless people
[48:19] you're working with or the other groups
you're working with if they know where
[48:23] they're coming from?
>> So, what we one of the things that we
[48:26] were asking because Lacrosse did this is
um where's the last place you had
[48:29] housing? And if the last place was in
Oaklair, I did not pull that tonight.
[48:34] Um, look, I can I remember the guy from
the Cross telling me it's 78% of folks
[48:37] originate that are homeless in the cross
um are currently still in the cross. I I
[48:42] don't um it's not that Oaklair doesn't
have some good resources, but
[48:50] there's other places that have other
resources also. Um so we do get folks
[48:55] dropped here. I my team will tell me um
that's not what they're telling me
[49:00] regularly. So I could figure that out
for you.
[49:03] » So then in terms of working with the
balance of state which is encompasses
[49:10] 65
68
[49:13] » counties. Um, is there movement among
the counties through the balance the
[49:21] balance of state? And I know that's a
HUD program, but is that are the
[49:26] homeless people moved among the counties
through balance of state? Would we be
[49:32] getting We would actually So, that's a
great question to ask me. We actually
[49:36] are moving more people out of the county
because of that. So, we have better luck
[49:40] getting luck is the wrong word. we have
betters
[49:44] outcomes getting folks with actually
Westcap which is Chipua counties north
[49:49] of us. So when you go on to the
coordinated entry you have the option to
[49:53] say like I would be willing to move to
Milwaukee rine Madison Wasau. So, we've
[49:57] been able to get more folks actually
housed through that in other counties
[50:01] because they have more affordable
housing options.
[50:04] » And you do that through the balance of
state.
[50:06] » Oh. Um,
>> or through a
[50:09] » We do that through the agency that the
that gets the balance of state funding,
[50:13] I guess, would be the best way to say
that.
[50:16] » Okay.
>> So, balance of state doesn't house
[50:18] anybody.
>> No, but they help. They help. Yes. Okay.
[50:22] But I think that answers my question. So
just in summary,
[50:27] the people who are unhoused in Oaklair
County are likely from Oaklair County.
[50:33] » Correct.
>> Okay, that's all I That's my question.
[50:37] » Thank you. Are there any other
questions?
[50:42] Lots of passion. Thank you.
>> You're welcome. Okay, got that.
[50:47] » Thanks.
[50:51] We'll go on with the budget timeline
and many of you I want to thank for
[50:58] coming to the six o'clock um meeting
that director Schmansky put forward. I
[51:04] know for me I have to keep listening to
it over and over again and get it to get
[51:08] it in my brain. So I appreciate all
opportunities to do that.
[51:15] [snorts]
[51:30] Okay. Um, thank you. Um, I just wanted
to give a quick update on the 2027
[51:36] budget process. Um, the initial request
came in at the beginning of July and as
[51:42] Supervisor Wilkey, I'm going to share
kind of that that gap that we're looking
[51:45] to to make up and then kind of go over
some of the next steps in our budget
[51:50] process.
Um, so Supervisor Wilkkey said, we have
[51:55] about a $655,000
gap between the requests for county tax
[52:02] levy and what we are projecting to have
available. Um to give you some frame of
[52:08] reference, my first year here year that
number was 5.2 million and last year it
[52:13] was 1.0 million. So we're moving in the
right direction as far as that as far as
[52:18] that goes. Um some of the assumptions
that we have built into this budget so
[52:24] far and we're going to get new
information as we go along. Um we have
[52:28] that a net new construction number of 1
and a.5%.
[52:33] um we'll get the final well the
preliminary number will come out July
[52:37] 31st. So we'll update our projection
then. Right now it's about 414,000 at
[52:42] that that one and a half%. So um if net
new construction comes in above one and
[52:48] a half% it'll help us close that
$655,000
[52:51] gap. If it comes in less then you know
we're going to have to find additional
[52:56] additional funds. Um we budgeted
preliminary $14.8 8 million in sales
[53:03] tax. Um that's that's less than we
collected in 2025, but if you remember,
[53:08] there was um an exemption for utilities
for residential customers in the summer
[53:14] that got put in the state budget. And I
am just starting to get the first um
[53:21] comparison. So I got to compare the
month this year compared to the month
[53:25] last year. and I want, you know, one
more month where I can do that to see
[53:28] what that trend is to get a better
estimate of um what the impact of that
[53:34] is going to be. So, we'll update that
number. Um and then we have uh
[53:38] investment income of 1.5 million. That
is the funds that um Glenda manages, the
[53:44] the county treasurer manages um you know
keeping our funds um in our state local
[53:50] government investment pool earning about
3 um 5%.
[53:57] Expenses. So built into this budget
already are a 2% cost of living
[54:03] adjustment in January and a 2% um
midyear increase in July. That was
[54:09] something that was discussed with the
committee on finance in budget and was
[54:13] sent out in that initial budget guidance
earlier this year. Right now we are
[54:17] assuming a 10% increase in um health
insurance and we're going to have a much
[54:23] better estimate of that um in August. We
moved to a self-funded model last year.
[54:30] Well, instead of paying every month for
somebody's health insurance to security
[54:35] health plan or you know, United Health,
the county is paying the bills and has
[54:42] purchased insurance to help us um
you know, cover high cost um claims. um
[54:51] with the thought with that is you can
change how people get care and help bend
[54:56] the the cost curve and not get those
increases
[55:00] year over year and deliver deliver care
differently. Um and we're going to get
[55:04] some um initial numbers from our actuary
on on how we are are doing with that as
[55:10] claims continue to come in. And then one
other thing that's that changed with
[55:13] this budget, um we had the criminal um
CJS department that was dissolved
[55:20] earlier this year. So now pieces of that
are being moved across the county. Um
[55:25] for example, the coordinator is now
going to be in administration.
[55:29] The um community service is now in the
district attorney's office and we are
[55:34] looking at potentially moving some of
the stuff that was done by the community
[55:39] transition center to human services with
cost savings for the county.
[55:48] I know this is this is small but this
just gives you an idea by by function of
[55:52] government um what the requests were and
the change yearover-year in those
[56:00] in those functions
[56:08] and then next steps. So what's coming up
next? um and you're going to focus on
[56:13] the items there in blue because that's
where you get involved in the process.
[56:17] So, right now my department is going
through the budget requests and um kind
[56:23] of doing a detailed review, making sure
that we have a tool that we use to
[56:27] calculate wages and benefits. Does that
match what you have in your budget? And
[56:32] those type of of items, looking at the
variances, did you put in an extra zero
[56:36] in a a line item or something like that?
Um, in July and August, the department
[56:42] heads are going to meet with
administrator Johnson, um, Director
[56:46] Ecman from human resources, and myself,
and we are going to go over their budget
[56:51] requests. Um, during those meetings,
that's where we're going to come up with
[56:55] that um the what we need to do to close
that that $655,000
[57:02] gap. As part of the budget guidance, we
asked departments to come up with a plan
[57:07] that would potentially eliminate how ask
them if you had to eliminate 5% of your
[57:13] county levy ask, how would you do it? Um
so we're going to be reviewing those
[57:19] plans and then kind of coming up um with
a you know a comprehensive plan. Um, I
[57:25] would ask that if you would like to know
what a department is doing that you
[57:31] would reach out to the the department
head directly and ask about that. Um,
[57:36] because lots of those plans are not
going to um come to fruition and a lot
[57:42] of them do, you know, a lot of
departments their only um
[57:47] their only cost is personnel. So it
could potentially involve um personnel.
[57:52] So just you know if you would like to
talk about a 5% plan with the department
[57:56] please reach out to the department head
um directly.
[58:01] Okay. So in August and September
departments are going to review their
[58:08] budgets with the oversight committees.
um oversight committee does that I know
[58:14] we have some new board members and that
might be a a term that you haven't heard
[58:17] before but it's just the the departments
that report to a board right so my
[58:22] committee is finance and budget the
county treasurer the county clerk and
[58:26] finance report to finance and budget so
that's what we call our oversight
[58:30] committee um so we're going to be
reviewing those with the oversight
[58:33] committees in late September um John's
the or this county administrator's
[58:39] recommended budget is going to become
available able in that that printed
[58:43] format.
And then in October, the oversight
[58:47] committees are going to review the
recommended budget with their
[58:51] departments and then those oversight
committees can recommend changes. So,
[58:57] okay, we'd like to see this done
differently, right? Administrator
[59:02] Johnson proposed um eliminating this. we
would like to eliminate this instead as
[59:08] an as a as an example. So oversight
committees are going to do that in
[59:13] October and then in that kind of that
last week of October early November um
[59:18] committee on finance and budget is going
to get together and put together its
[59:24] recommended budget. Um, so they're going
to consider the the changes proposed by
[59:29] the the committees and then their own
ideas and put together their recommended
[59:35] budget which then moves to the county
board for deliberation um on November
[59:42] 10th and then November 12th in the
afternoon if needed.
[59:51] So that's what's um coming up with the
the budget.
[59:54] Any
questions?
[1:00:06] Oh, we're coming up with questions here.
Supervisor, good boy.
[1:00:11] » Oh, yeah. Jason.
>> Yeah. I hope this isn't wasn't uh
[1:00:18] shared already, but we did we end 2025
[1:00:24] » ahead?
>> Yes, we ended 2025 significantly under
[1:00:27] budget.
>> Significantly under budget.
[1:00:29] » Yes.
>> So
[1:00:32] what do we does that carry over then for
this year? How is that figured in?
[1:00:39] » Yeah. So I mean I think what we'll do is
as we're working with departments we
[1:00:42] will analyze why we were under budget
right did we underestimate a revenue and
[1:00:47] can we potentially increase that that
revenue in the next budget. Um for
[1:00:53] example I know we looked at utilities um
last year and you know we had been under
[1:00:58] budget in utilities for the past few
years and we were able to reduce reduce
[1:01:02] that that budget. So, that's how we're
going to to um
[1:01:08] go forward with that type of that type
of information.
[1:01:12] » Thanks.
>> Good question, Supervisor Zuck.
[1:01:16] » Thank you, Chair Coffee. Um the original
request that have come in is $655,000
[1:01:25] less than anticipated revenue.
>> Yep. So it's also correct then that
[1:01:33] capital is not part of that. This is
operational money only. Correct.
[1:01:37] » Yes. This is operational money.
>> Thank you.
[1:01:39] » Good question.
>> Mhm.
[1:01:42] » Is there any confusion about that at all
between operational budget and capital
[1:01:48] budget? This would be a good time to ask
that question if you have.
[1:01:54] Okay. I think they've got that. Good.
Any other questions or comments?
[1:02:02] Thank you. Thank you.
[1:02:07] We will now have the county
administrator update by administrator
[1:02:12] Johnson. Um you will notice several
topics here. Report central budget
[1:02:18] timeline FTE committee review order
outside of budget.
[1:02:40] Sorry. There we go.
>> Good evening. Um, I'll be as brief as
[1:02:45] possible. And it was good question from
Supervisor Gabo about 2025. That's um
[1:02:52] the first thing that I wanted to talk to
the board about tonight was um report
[1:02:57] central.
So I think it's very important that you
[1:03:00] understand where all our annual reports
go and where you can access them. And
[1:03:06] one of the goals that we'll be focusing
on from a training and education
[1:03:09] standpoint is accessibility for
materials that are out there. We'll
[1:03:12] continue to do that maybe quarterly, but
um you'll see emails from Samantha.
[1:03:17] You'll probably see an email showing
some icons on your iPad. what do those
[1:03:21] do? How do they help you? We're going to
continue to do that and keep messaging
[1:03:24] that so you get familiar where you can
access documents uh related to our
[1:03:29] operations and especially finance and
year end reports. So if you uh look at
[1:03:34] the screen here uh here's our website.
So, what's really important as the last
[1:03:40] annual report came in from um DHS to
access that and read that you can go
[1:03:45] under government
and then go over to report central here.
[1:03:51] Oh, it's not showing it. Oh, I'm sorry.
Oh, there it came up.
[1:03:57] So, you see where the report central is
here. There it goes. So, right from the
[1:04:01] website, it's public accessibility. You
can go to it. You click on report
[1:04:06] central.
Apologize for the delay. Um, we'll
[1:04:11] switch over here.
[1:04:15] » I think it's behind her.
>> Oh, yeah. Thank you.
[1:04:20] So, then you go to report central. Here
is where you see everything that's
[1:04:24] happening. And there's two years. So, if
you wanted to look at um pick on our
[1:04:28] sheriff a little bit. So, the sheriff's
department. Let's go down to the
[1:04:31] sheriff's department.
And we go down alphabetically to
[1:04:36] sheriff. If I click on the drop- down
arrow, there's these reports. I click on
[1:04:40] annual reports. You can look at 2024
information and 2025.
[1:04:46] So, it's that's really what we want you
to to utilize is is this documentation,
[1:04:51] this accessibility um to look back,
review what's happening. So, in 2025,
[1:04:56] our departments have all reported
and to save time and instead of
[1:05:01] everybody coming here and giving an
annual report, this is where you would
[1:05:04] go and look at it. And then if you have
questions, my ask is that, hey,
[1:05:08] administrator Johnson, you know, hey,
John, we've got a question. Send that
[1:05:11] through our office and we'll help you.
We'll help direct that. Anything
[1:05:14] operationally that's maybe unique that
way department heads, you know, they've
[1:05:18] asked me, it's like, you know, if you
can bring questions through your office,
[1:05:21] that would help keep things organized so
they don't drop the ball and forget to
[1:05:25] get back to a supervisor. But that's the
type of example where, you know, I want
[1:05:29] to help with you and any questions you
have. Um, so please use report central.
[1:05:34] Um the last report from department of uh
human services is there under annual
[1:05:39] reports. You can see their 25 report. Um
you you just click on the link and it'll
[1:05:44] download and then there you go. So
the quarterly reports I'm just going to
[1:05:51] go back here. Um one thing that I really
want to focus on for for everybody for
[1:05:55] for a reporting standpoint is annual
reports. We used to do a lot of
[1:06:00] quarterly reports. What I'm having
departments do now is focus on good
[1:06:04] outcomes and measurable results in their
annual report. You still get the
[1:06:07] financial reports. So if you go down
underneath um quarterly reports, you can
[1:06:13] see the financials too from every
department. Um so whatever interest you
[1:06:21] may have, if you want any help, please
reach out. We will help you find the
[1:06:24] information, but it's all there. That's
the easiest way to go to it to to start
[1:06:29] looking at potential questions. If a
constituent says, "Hey, what happened in
[1:06:32] this area?" You can go here first or
just reach out and we can find out for
[1:06:35] you, too. But I just want to make sure
you know that that information is
[1:06:38] available.
Any questions on that?
[1:06:45] So more to come for training as far as
you know how you access information
[1:06:49] access information from your um iPads.
Uh and then you know where we house
[1:06:55] things. You know we also have a county
board SharePoint site. We have a lot of
[1:06:59] information out there. So we're going to
try to normalize that. Your expense
[1:07:02] reimbursements for travel, where can you
get those? Um all that type of thing.
[1:07:06] We'll continue to work on that. So,
any questions or
[1:07:12] » I don't see any questions yet?
>> Um, Director Sami went over the budget
[1:07:19] timeline. Did a great job. I I think
it's very important as we talked to our
[1:07:23] department heads. We just recently had
our department head meeting where we
[1:07:25] went over the timeline as well. Um, to
make sure when they present to their
[1:07:30] committee, their standing committee
oversight committee, they're going to
[1:07:32] continue to do it the way they have done
it. We're not saying they have to go
[1:07:36] through line item by line item, but we
want to make sure every standing
[1:07:39] committee uh is familiar with what their
budget request was and then later on in
[1:07:43] the year in October um the changes.
Obviously, there will be changes because
[1:07:48] we have to balance the budget. Um so,
we'll do the best we can with those
[1:07:51] changes and bring those forward um
through that timeline and that process
[1:07:55] and everything will work out well, but
it's going to be a lot a lot of h lot
[1:07:59] lot will be happening. Um my only in
input I want to add to that is um
[1:08:04] community opportunity funding. So what's
new this year is we changed how
[1:08:10] community agencies request the the levy
funds we have available. It's no longer
[1:08:16] um the standard process through the
board was community agencies would have
[1:08:19] a request they would come speak and then
the board would just deliberate on how
[1:08:24] they want to disperse the funds that are
available. There's a a process we opened
[1:08:28] up to all agencies here in Oaklair
County. We had 28 applications come
[1:08:33] through the community funding um grant
application. Those applications are have
[1:08:39] been dispersed to the departments that
work with them to rank those
[1:08:44] applications. Uh so what will happen is
a ranking will be provided to the
[1:08:48] finance and budget committee uh for
their for their decision- making and how
[1:08:53] they want to disperse and allocate those
funds. So, a lot more vetting and
[1:08:57] outcome base and what are we really
getting out of the those funds that
[1:09:00] we're allocating to those agencies. So,
um you'll see that as part of this
[1:09:05] budget timeline process as well. The
goal there is to have all the rankings
[1:09:09] done uh by the end of August and so that
an overall ranking can be um started to
[1:09:14] be communicated out through the board
and through the finance and budget
[1:09:17] committee. That's our goal with that.
But that is new this year. Uh so we want
[1:09:21] I just wanted to make sure everybody
understood that. So that was uh
[1:09:24] advertised out through the paper and
there's a lot of new agencies that
[1:09:29] applied and some that used to that did
not apply. So we have some changes
[1:09:32] coming uh and I hope the information you
receive from the rankings will be
[1:09:36] valuable for how they tie the services
to our county priorities.
[1:09:42] Okay. Um last thing I I want to admit I
made a mistake. So
[1:09:50] um so in in in my role as county
administrator we were looking at
[1:09:54] position
how we handling pos how we handle
[1:09:57] positions and one of the main goals I
wanted to make sure was that as we go
[1:10:01] through our legislative process I wanted
to make sure all the materials were
[1:10:04] vetted. I wanted to make sure everything
from a fact sheet to the resolution to
[1:10:08] the finance implications to the legal
review is all done in a timely manner so
[1:10:13] that materials brought before committees
is is is processed and reviewed. As we
[1:10:18] did that, we were running into some
issues with uh facilitation on where
[1:10:22] does that start? What committees does
that uh a position start with? So, when
[1:10:27] you look at a full-time position or a
change to a full-time position outside
[1:10:30] the budget process, [clears throat] we
really haven't been doing a good job
[1:10:34] holding to code over the years. We were
doing it randomly for for a while there
[1:10:40] to the whatever committee was first up,
whether it was the standing committee,
[1:10:43] HR, you know, or the finance and budget.
We kind of just went to that committee
[1:10:46] first to try to save time. When I came
on board, I said, "Let's standardize it
[1:10:50] so everybody kind of knows the process."
Um, and when I reviewed the code in
[1:10:55] title three, I kind of looked at HR as
being that that authority. Uh, but I was
[1:11:00] wrong with that. Uh, where we need to
start is with the oversight committee
[1:11:04] with positions. So, uh, we had a
department head meeting earlier this,
[1:11:08] uh, well, it was just last week, uh, and
I let the department heads know that
[1:11:12] going forward, all legislation still
needs to follow the review process.
[1:11:16] We've reviewed that with the board where
10 days prior to a committee meeting, it
[1:11:20] has to be completed and reviewed,
submitted. It will always start with the
[1:11:23] oversight committee first. That may be a
change in timing, but that's the way the
[1:11:29] code is, and we we we need to follow our
code. So, um, that will be happening
[1:11:33] going forward. I just want to make sure
that's clear with the board. Um, we have
[1:11:38] not been following it as well as we
should be, but going forward that's been
[1:11:41] cleared up and I appreciate everybody's
input. Um, because my perspective was
[1:11:46] different in my previous role and I
think everybody was experiencing it
[1:11:50] differently. That's why department heads
really asked for clarity. So, some of
[1:11:53] the HR policies you've seen defining
positions, that's all been needed to
[1:11:58] help standardize and clarify process. uh
now with the code we can make sure that
[1:12:04] the positions go through that correct
process. So that process is the standing
[1:12:08] committee, HR committee, finance if need
be, and then county board.
[1:12:14] So just wanted to make sure everybody
knew that. That was the last update I
[1:12:18] had for for the board tonight.
>> Thank you. Um I see no questions.
[1:12:24] Everybody's tired. [laughter]
Thank you so much and and thanks for um
[1:12:30] the transparency. We all are learning.
We're we'll continue to learn and that's
[1:12:35] what's the most important. So written
reports
[1:12:39] from finance department the 2026
contingency fund has remained the same.
[1:12:47] Are there any questions about the
contingency fund?
[1:12:52] We'll go on then to June vouchers over
$10,000
[1:12:59] any
um Supervisor Fston.
[1:13:03] » Yes, thank you. I have two questions.
The first is on uh page 10. I am
[1:13:09] wondering what the conducent business
services uh for call center monthly fee
[1:13:14] of 5,000 is for.
[1:13:20] Director Shamanski is coming up.
[1:13:29] » Yeah, that so that is our child support
um department where they transition from
[1:13:34] having a um person sitting at the front
desk to a um outsourced call center that
[1:13:40] handles the the incoming calls.
[1:13:46] Okay, this is the Okay, so I saw it was
only 5,000. It hit It hit the page this
[1:13:52] time because it was 10,000 combined to
that vendor.
[1:13:54] » Exactly.
>> Okay. Um and then on page 15, I have a
[1:14:00] question regarding Pleasant Valley Youth
Ranch LLC. Um and it shows a a charge of
[1:14:06] 52,000. Um and I see it's a CCS charge.
So I had I have two questions. Number
[1:14:12] one, is this an annual charge for this
service? And is this just a complete
[1:14:18] pass through that CCS completely we get
paid back through the state for?
[1:14:23] » So, uh the first question I'm going to I
will have to follow up with um DHS on.
[1:14:28] But yes, CCS is a funded program.
>> So, and it's and it's dollar for dollar.
[1:14:35] » Yes, CCS. Yep.
>> And is this a question therapy?
[1:14:40] I I do not know what uh Pleas Pleasant
Valley Youth Ranch is. Again, I'll have
[1:14:45] to
>> Could you service for us?
[1:14:48] » Yep.
>> Thank you.
[1:14:52] » Thank you.
>> Um any other questions?
[1:15:00] » Okay,
seeing none, we will go on to the next
[1:15:05] page.
Oops. Excuse me.
[1:15:09] So presentation of petitions, claims and
communications.
[1:15:15] » Um these are just requests first
readings. Um first one is resoning
[1:15:20] request from the owner&m professional
painting solutions and applicant
[1:15:24] Francisco Javier Lupz Berdugo for the
town of Washington. And the other one is
[1:15:29] a resoning request from Mitchell Nap and
applicant Eric Kaf um American lands
[1:15:36] ringing for the town of Brunswick. and
these will be acted on at a future
[1:15:39] meeting.
>> Thank you. We have a first reading file
[1:15:44] 26-27014
[1:15:48] and that is first reading as well. So do
you want to
[1:15:57] an ordinance letter section 17.03.005D
through L to E through M of the code
[1:16:04] definitions to create section 17.05.0
03.005D
[1:16:09] of the code definitions to amend section
19.01.010
[1:16:14] of the code adoption of the Oaklair
County Wisconsin comprehensive plan and
[1:16:18] to create 19.01.020E
of the code amendments and periodic
[1:16:23] updates.
>> Thank you. She's very good at reading
[1:16:27] these. I appreciate it. All right. We
will go on then to um our our second
[1:16:34] reading committee on human resources
judiciary and law enforcement and
[1:16:41] administration file 26-27
>> I think am I
[1:16:48] 00017
>> a resolution approving the position
[1:16:53] classification and grade assignment for
the CJCC coordinator position.
[1:16:58] Okay, we will start with Supervisor
Russell since she has both
[1:17:01] administration and
>> a second.
[1:17:04] » Oh, thank you. We need a motion to bring
it forward. Thank you, Supervisor
[1:17:09] French. A second.
Supervisor Jenkins. Thank you,
[1:17:14] Supervisor Russell. You may go forward.
>> Okay. Thank you, Chair Coffee. Um this
[1:17:19] resolution represents one of the final
steps um that we've been doing over the
[1:17:25] year on restructuring the criminal
justice services department. Um Director
[1:17:32] Smansky um did reference some of the
changes that have been happening. This
[1:17:37] would um this resolution lays out um the
um classification for a coordinator
[1:17:46] position with the departure of um the
employees in the criminal justice
[1:17:51] services department. that um gave us an
opportunity to do a an extensive review
[1:18:00] um of comprehensive workflow and
operational analysis of that department
[1:18:05] and particularly of what a coordinator
or the director does. Um there were
[1:18:12] something like I think 11 different
agencies or organizations and
[1:18:16] stakeholders that were um contacted and
data was gathered. Um you can see from
[1:18:22] the um fact sheet what the um outcome
was of that analysis
[1:18:29] and it was determined that um the role
should be redesigned to focus more on um
[1:18:36] strategic coordination and systems
alignment model rather than a
[1:18:40] supervisory management um model. Um
so there is a position description. Um
[1:18:49] what happened next was to do a market
analysis both external to the um county
[1:18:56] and then also internally and a
determination was made that this would
[1:19:00] be kind of fell into between level 12
and 13. I think we have 23 total levels.
[1:19:08] Um, in order to be sort of consistent
across the county, it was determined to
[1:19:14] put this in at level 11 11 uh 12 level
12. Um, you've got the financial impact
[1:19:23] information on your data sheet. That's
uh wages about 30 3159 an hour. um at
[1:19:33] grade 12
um that total with benefits would be a
[1:19:40] little over 113,000
per year comparing that to the director
[1:19:45] was over 40 145,000.
So that comes out with a savings of
[1:19:50] about 32,000 a year for the county. Um
the resolution recommendations are
[1:19:58] listed there. This means we are
eliminating the former CJS director
[1:20:03] position. We're creating a CJCC
coordinator position who will report to
[1:20:09] the administrator in the uh CJCC
um executive committee. Um it will be at
[1:20:16] grade 12 in the compensation grid and
um you can see what the fiscal impact in
[1:20:24] the funding is that is needed. Um both
the committees on human resources as
[1:20:32] well as administration approved this
resolution unanimously.
[1:20:38] » Thank you. Um Supervisor Myin is not or
here and um Supervisor Folstead, do you
[1:20:46] have anything to add from Judiciary and
Law?
[1:20:50] » Whoops. Excuse me. Here we go. Judiciary
and Law reviewed it on at the June 23rd
[1:20:55] meeting and um all five members voted in
favor of it.
[1:20:59] » Thank you. Um, Supervisor Piconus,
>> I just want to remind everyone that in
[1:21:06] April,
um, what this body, those of you who are
[1:21:10] here, um, we took the CJS
funding for the year and we split it up
[1:21:17] among the different departments and then
I believe it was 117,000 that was set
[1:21:22] aside for administration for the
coordinator position. So this actually
[1:21:27] comes in a little under what we had set
aside at that time. Some of the funding
[1:21:32] went to the district attorney. Some of
the funding went to um
[1:21:37] is department. So the funding had all
gotten got split up. But there was
[1:21:41] funding specifically set aside in
administration for this position. Thank
[1:21:46] you. Good review. Any other questions?
[1:21:52] I think then we will be ready to go to a
vote for file number 2627017.
[1:22:00] If you agree that the resolution to
approve the position classification and
[1:22:05] grade assignment for the CJCC
coordinated position, if you agree, you
[1:22:10] will vote yes.
[1:22:22] Supervisor Clark.
>> Well, it says I'm voting and I'm voting
[1:22:26] yes, but it is not showing up. I vote
yes.
[1:22:29] » Thank you for keeping trying. I
appreciate that. Okay, we have 24 yes,
[1:22:35] zero no, five absent. We will go on then
to file 26-27013.
[1:22:47] A resolution recommending adoption of an
ordinance to adopt the Oaklair County,
[1:22:52] Wisconsin comprehensive plan 2020
through 2040, title 19 to include an
[1:22:57] update to the farmland preservation plan
and to create a reference to the
[1:23:01] farmland preservation plan in title 17.
>> Thank you. I have a motion by Supervisor
[1:23:07] Jenkins, a second by Supervisor Cisk, an
explanation by Supervisor Suk.
[1:23:13] » Okay. Um, thank you, Chair Coffee. Um,
what you have here in front of you
[1:23:19] tonight is a resolution.
Previously mentioned, we had a ordinance
[1:23:27] change for first reading. Uh we have
several things going on at planning and
[1:23:33] development with the start of the
comprehensive plan for the county that
[1:23:40] needs its updated review that we are
currently working on. And at the same
[1:23:45] time, we have the farmland preservation
plan that needed its update. We asked
[1:23:52] for an extension and got it. But we have
also been working on updating the
[1:23:57] farmland preservation plan. So what
we've done is we've gone through all of
[1:24:03] the meetings necessary. We've included
everybody we possibly can. We've had a
[1:24:08] ton of meetings. We've had a lot of
citizen input, town inputs, a lot of
[1:24:14] qualified people helping us discuss
this. And what it's come down to at this
[1:24:19] point is the resolution
is going to be this is the farmland
[1:24:25] preservation plan. Um the ordinance
change which she referred to a minute
[1:24:31] ago will go second reading next time and
that will approve or disapprove the
[1:24:37] farmland preservation plan as we've
rewritten it. In the meantime, at
[1:24:43] tonight's meeting, we are asking this
board to take that farmland preservation
[1:24:49] plan and include it now in the future
along with the county's comprehensive
[1:24:56] plan as, you know, another chapter in
this big plan book instead of two big
[1:25:04] plan books. So, it's going to make it a
lot easier and everything else. The data
[1:25:10] that goes with this is that we have like
I said we had pl a lot of meetings we
[1:25:15] had a lot of out in input. Uh it appears
that everybody that's been involved has
[1:25:21] found what we've done satisfactory.
We've gotten many comments by outside
[1:25:27] entities etc. that the job is being well
done. So at this time what we're doing
[1:25:33] the farmland preservation plan is going
to have some added definition section
[1:25:40] which will clarify a lot of what has
been done in the past especially with
[1:25:46] the commercial wind and solar that
people seem to be um the most concerned
[1:25:51] about. We also conducted strength
weaknesses opportunity and threat
[1:25:56] analysis to get to this point. We
reviewed and updated the goals,
[1:26:01] objectives, and policies of the plant,
including addition of policy to restrict
[1:26:08] that commercial wind and solar projects
in agriculture preservation. There again
[1:26:14] defining what commercial wind and solar
is. We updated the existing conditions
[1:26:21] that are in the book as well as the um
took a survey of all the people that
[1:26:26] wanted to change things for the farmland
preservation and redid the map. So at
[1:26:32] this time we've got a really reasonable
uh document. It's also been, it will be
[1:26:39] further reviewed by DATCAP, the
Department of Trade and Consumer
[1:26:44] Protection, but they are the ones that
are going to ultimately have to agree
[1:26:48] that they will accept this plan so that
we can reference it when we ask a farmer
[1:26:55] if they'd like to get on that plan to
have tax credit on their farm. So, with
[1:27:01] all of that long wording that I've done,
the request tonight from the planning
[1:27:06] and development department, and we voted
on it, a vote was four to zero at that
[1:27:13] meeting, and we've also had other
meetings with, like I said, the towns,
[1:27:17] the the other concerned citizens, etc.
We would like you tonight to pass this
[1:27:23] resolution that will make the Oaklair
County Farmland Preservation Plan a part
[1:27:32] of the Oaklair County Comprehensive Plan
for the future.
[1:27:37] » Thank you. Are there any questions?
Lots of good detail here.
[1:27:44] And then we will move forward.
Oh, thank you,
[1:27:50] Supervisor French.
>> So, just to clarify, this also does
[1:27:53] approve the updates to the farmland
preservation plan.
[1:27:57] » No, it does not.
>> That will happen.
[1:28:00] » That is what's in the ordinance change
>> which will happen next month.
[1:28:04] » First reading, you will have second
reading at our next meeting that has the
[1:28:08] actual changes in it
>> and adds it to
[1:28:14] the comprehensive plan. This only adds
it to the comprehensive plan.
[1:28:19] » Okay.
>> Yes.
[1:28:20] » So, this is adding it to the
comprehensive plan.
[1:28:23] » Correct.
>> Next meeting will actually approve the
[1:28:26] wording.
>> Thank you. Okay.
[1:28:29] » Thank you. I was confused as well when
we when I read it the first time. So,
[1:28:34] any other questions?
[1:28:39] Okay, we will go forward. I won't read
it all again. I'm hoping we all
[1:28:43] understand what we're voting for. Um, so
if you agree with the resolution, you
[1:28:50] will vote yes.
[1:28:58] Supervisor Clark,
[1:29:07] » I vote yes.
>> Thank you.
[1:29:11] [clears throat]
>> In the middle of the vote. 24 yes, zero
[1:29:16] no. Supervisor Zook, a point of
>> Yeah, a quick comment. I wanted to be
[1:29:21] sure to let everybody know that I
greatly appreciate the efforts of the
[1:29:27] people that were on the farmland
preservation committee. It was a lot of
[1:29:32] work and we did a great job to get it
this far. So, thank you to those folks.
[1:29:36] » Thank you.
All right, we will go on to appointments
[1:29:41] and without objection, we will put these
appointments together. Um, land
[1:29:47] information council supervisor Zuk and
with clarification, it was understood
[1:29:53] that the appointee for this committee
needed to be on planning and
[1:30:00] development. So, um, Supervisor Zuk was
kind enough to take that, uh, um, to
[1:30:07] accept that appointment if he is
approved. Board of Land Use Appeals,
[1:30:13] Rusty Naylor, and you saw his um bio in
the um,
[1:30:21] agenda and conduct inquiry board. Dr.
Um, Katherine Schneider, who had been a
[1:30:27] member or a supervisor, will be
appointed to an alternate member if
[1:30:33] approved.
Are there any We have a motion by
[1:30:37] Supervisor Wilkkey, a second by
Supervisor Gabo. Are there any
[1:30:42] questions,
comments
[1:30:46] as we move forward with this vote?
[1:30:51] Okay,
you you may vote yes if you approve
[1:30:58] the appointments.
[1:31:02] » Supervisor Clark,
>> I approve. Thank you.
[1:31:05] » Thank you.
All right. 24 yes, zero no. As far as
[1:31:12] announcements, you can read the
announcements that are here. our is
[1:31:16] director um is going to be retiring so a
party for him and also on the same day
[1:31:25] we have an annual employee picnic. Um so
if you're interested please make sure
[1:31:31] you email Samantha and then she will
send you the link. It's always fun to
[1:31:37] see the families um at the picnic. So,
if you have a chance, I would encourage
[1:31:44] um Supervisor Duca,
>> I just wanted to remind everyone that
[1:31:48] the fair is open on the fair uh expo
grounds and Butterfly House, uh
[1:31:56] Butterfly Fest is on Sunday, August 2nd,
and it'll be cooler for the fair. So,
[1:32:01] that part will be kind of nice. Any
other announcements?
[1:32:05] » Yeah.
[1:32:08] Seeing none, we are adjourned. Thank you
everyone.