Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
CJC-Community Court Advisory Subcommittee  
Tuesday, August 29, 2023  
12:15 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County  
Building in Room 351; attend virtually via Zoom  
A. Call To Order  
Co-Chair Pellebon called the meeting to order at 12:18 pm.  
Grayson joined at 12:20 pm  
Dorl left at 1:15 pm  
Hicks left at 1:30 pm  
16 - CATHERINE DORL, DANA PELLEBON, JONATHAN TRIGGS, MARIO WHITE,  
RON CHANCE, WESLEY SPARKMAN, ANTHONY COOPER, LINDA KETCHAM,  
EVELYN CRUZ, AMY BROWN, KIRBIE MACK, LISA BURRELL, CHARNICE  
ANDERSON, ISMAEL OZANNE, SHANNON BLACKAMORE, and AARON HICKS  
Present  
3 - JOHN BAUMAN, CARMELLA GLENN, and TODD MEUER  
Excused  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
2023  
AUGUST 8, 2023 COMMUNITY JUSTICE COUNCIL - COMMUNITY  
MIN-243  
COURT ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES  
Attachments:  
AUGUST 8, 2023 CJC-COMMUNITY COURT ADVISORY  
MINUTES  
AUGUST 8, 2023 CJC-COMMUNITY COURT ADVISORY  
SUBCOMMITTEE REGISTRATIONS  
A motion was made by KETCHAM, seconded by SPARKMAN, that the minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
C. Action Items  
D. Presentations  
NONE  
1. Vision vs. Reality  
Reviewed presentation regarding the goals for the community court and what is feasible  
at this current time. Discussion of limitations on community court due to lack of OJRE  
director. Discussion of staffing constraints. Concerns about action on prior initiatives  
and taskforces. Discussion about what steps can occur next in the interim period.  
2023  
PRES-124  
VISION VERSUS REALITY PRESENTATION  
2023 PRES-124  
Attachments:  
2023  
DISC-010  
RESPONSE TO MEMO  
2023 DISC-010  
Attachments:  
2. Potential pilot offenses & data  
Review of data on offenses by racial disparities that could be targeted in community  
court. Focus on low level drug offenses, resisting/obstructing. Discussion of definitions  
of violent offenses, per state versus federal guidelines.  
2023  
DANE COUNTY DATA FROM A SYSTEM LENS  
PRES-130  
Attachments:  
2023 PRES-130  
3. Service Arrays for Participants  
Discussion of approaches to services offered through the community court. Committee  
members discussed goals of community court and mechanisms through which it can  
provide services to achieve those goals. See attached survey results and word clouds.  
2023  
SERVICES FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE COMMUNITY COURT  
PRES-132  
Attachments:  
2023 PRES-132  
2023  
RPT-265  
BRAINSTORM WORD CLOUD RESULTS  
2023 RPT-265  
Attachments:  
2023  
RPT-264  
SURVEY RESULTS TO THE QUESTION: WHAT ARE THE TOP 3  
SERVICES THAT YOU SEE AS THE MOST CRITICAL TOOLS TO  
START WITH?  
Attachments:  
2023 RPT-264  
E. Reports to Committee  
NONE  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
September 12, 2023 at 12:15pm  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
NONE  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
Thank you to Yolanda Shelton-Morris for facilitating conversations about the community  
justice center.  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by OZANNE, seconded by CRUZ, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
The meeting adjourned at 2:03 pm  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Sarah Jensen, pending subcommittee approval