Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Area Agency on Aging Board  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Monday, August 5, 2024  
3:45 PM  
This is a Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at 2865 N  
Sherman Ave, Conference Room 109; Attend virtually  
via Zoom.  
The Monday August 5, 2024 AAA Board meeting will be a hybrid meeting. Members of the public can  
either attend in person or virtually via Zoom.  
The public can attend in person at the ADRC building, 2865 N Sherman Ave Room 109, Madison.  
The public can access the meeting virtually with the Zoom application or by telephone.  
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This link will be active until the end of the meeting.  
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PROCESS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:  
IN PERSON: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item  
can register in person at the meeting using paper registration forms. IT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO  
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In person registrations to provide public comment will be accepted throughout the meeting.  
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MUST REGISTER USING THE LINK ABOVE (even if you plan to attend using your phone).  
Virtual registrations to provide public comment will be accepted until 30 minutes prior to the beginning of  
the meeting.  
In order to testify (provide public comment) virtually, you must be in attendance at the meeting via Zoom  
or phone, you will then either be unmuted or promoted to a panelist and provided time to speak to the  
body.  
If you want to submit a written comment for this meeting, or send handouts for board members, please  
send them to: Matulle.Cindy@danecounty.gov  
Staff and Guests Present: Jim Krueger, Laura Langer, Cindy Matulle, Sridevi Mohan,  
Olivia Parry, Claire Purkis, and Angela Velasquez.  
A. Call To Order  
Chair FARSETTA called the meeting to order at 3:46 pm.  
5 - HELEN PAN, CAROLINE WERNER, DIANE FARSETTA, Supervisor PATRICK  
DOWNING, and Supervisor HEIDI WEGLEITNER  
Present  
Absent  
2 - CLEVELAND JAMES, and EDWARD WREH  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
July 1, 2024 Minutes  
2024  
MIN-164  
Attachments:  
2024_0701_AAA Board Minutes  
A motion was made by WERNER, seconded by WEGLEITNER, that the minutes  
be approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
C. Action Items  
1. AAA Board Vice-Chair Election  
FARSETTA nominated WEGLIETNER to be Vice-Chair of AAA Board. WEGLIETNER  
accepted nomination. Three more requests for any other nominations.  
A motion was made to approve WEGLIETNER being appointed Vice-Chair.  
The motion carried unanimously.  
2. Recommendation to approve Robin Potter to the AAA Nutrition and Wellness  
Committee  
I have been a kitchen volunteer at the Oregon Senior Center since March 2023 and  
really enjoy the work and the interaction with other volunteers and with the seniors  
who are served there. I have volunteered with various food pantries off and on over  
the past 10 years including St. Vincent DePaul in Madison and the Oregon Food  
Pantry. I continue to be involved with Blue Moon CSA (for ~15 years) as the  
receiver of a produce share and as a volunteer. I was involved in my mother's care  
in the memory care unit at Oakwood West for 5 years and was both an observer  
and participant in their meal service and nutrition services for my mom.  
In my profession I was a registered dietitian working primarily in hospitals starting in  
Illinois in 1979 and spending the rest of my career as a dietitian at Madison  
General/Meriter/UPH-Meriter in 1982, retiring in March 2020. The favorites parts of  
my job over the years were translating nutrition prescriptions into actual meals and  
helping people make sense of nutrition information. Being a hospital-based  
dietitian, I had a lot of interaction with older adults and saw what a core part of their  
care nutrition was...and how we often fell short of providing the best possible food to  
older adults in the hospital. At the other end of the spectrum, I worked with  
pregnant women in the UW Perinatal Clinic at Meriter where 80% of my job was  
helping women with gestational diabetes understand the diet.  
I would be very happy to be able to better understand the work of caring for seniors  
in our area and to draw on my background to contribute whatever I can to the  
committee.  
A motion was made by WERNER, seconded by WEGLEITNER, to approve  
Robin Potter appointed to the AAA Nutrition/Wellness Committee. The motion  
carried unanimously.  
D. Presentations  
Regional Housing Strategy Update (Olivia Parry, Dane County Senior Planner)  
Regional Housing Strategy Update  
AAA RHS 8.5.24  
2024  
PRES-061  
Attachments:  
Dane County Senior Planner Olivia Parry presented on the summary of the Regional  
Housing Strategy meetings.  
E. Reports to Board  
1. State and Federal Report (Langer)  
Laura Langer reported meeting with Sridevi and Claire about the 2025-2027 Aging Plan.  
Senior Community Services Employment Subgrantee will be located in the same space  
at the Dane County Job Center. Volunteer driver's are having a hard time keeping car  
insurance once reported that they are offering rides to older adults. Insurance  
companies are saying the drivers are running a business much like Uber driver's.  
Looking for Legislative support as previous members have moved on.  
2. Board Member Reports  
https://dane.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx  
FARSETTA summarized the minutes for the committees.  
a. AAA Access Committee  
AAA Access Minutes from June 10, 2024  
2024  
MIN-112  
Attachments:  
2024_0610 AAA Access Committee Minutes  
Next meeting: September 9, 2024 at 2:30 pm via hybrid  
b. AAA Legislative/Advocacy Committee  
Minutes from May 1, 2024  
2024  
MIN-097  
Attachments:  
2024_0501_LegAdv Committee Minutes  
Next meeting: August 28, 2024 at 9am via hybrid.  
c. AAA Nutrition/Wellness Committee  
AAA Nutrition/Wellness Minutes from May 8, 2024  
2024  
MIN-113  
Attachments:  
2024_0508_AAA Nutrition-Wellness Committee Minutes  
Next meetings: August 7, 2024 and November 13, 2024 at 11:30am via hybrid.  
d. Dane County Health & Human Needs Committee  
HHN Minutes 7.11.24  
HHN Minutes 7.11.24  
2024  
RPT-195  
Attachments:  
Next meeting: August 8, 2024 at 5:30 pm via hybrid.  
e. Specialized Transportation Commission  
STC Minutes 7.24.24  
STC Minutes 7.24.24  
2024  
RPT-196  
Attachments:  
Next meeting: August 28, 2024 at 5:15 pm via hybrid.  
3. Board Member Status  
None.  
4. Chair & Staff Reports  
-Aging Plan Update  
AAA Manager Sridevi Mohan reported working on Title III goals for programming. AAA  
Program Specialist Claire Purkis has been holding several work groups to gather  
information from older adults in the communities.  
-Specialized Transportation Commission – Looking for AAA Board citizen  
member to join the STC  
4 - HELEN PAN, CAROLINE WERNER, DIANE FARSETTA, and Supervisor  
PATRICK DOWNING  
Present  
3 - CLEVELAND JAMES, EDWARD WREH, and Supervisor HEIDI  
WEGLEITNER  
Absent  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next meeting: Monday, September 9, 2024, 3:45 pm via Hybrid  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None.  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None.  
I. Adjournment  
A motion was made by WERNER, seconded by DOWNING, that the meeting be  
adjourned at 5:16 pm. The motion carried unanimously.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Cindy Matulle.