Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Office for Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Wednesday, April 20, 2022  
12:00 PM  
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A. Call To Order  
The meeting was called to order at 12:09pm.  
Advisory members present: Dulce Danel, Judge Everett Mitchell  
Others present: Erik Anderson, Samantha Varga, Bella Smith, Lucas Robinson  
3 - JANEL HEINRICH, JOSEPH BARING, and GREG JONES  
Present  
Absent  
2 - ANNIE WEATHERBY-FLOWERS, and BRENDA GONZALEZ  
Staff: Theola Carter  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Advisory Board Minutes 03-16-2022  
Attachments: 2022 MIN-007  
Tabled  
C. Action Items  
1. Equity Plan Review 2 to 3  
Discussion regarding beginning the process of reviewing Equity Plans.  
Discussion on juvenile court plan for 2019 and invitation to future meeting.  
Discussion on public safety communications and invitation to future meeting.  
Discussion questions-leadership development give overview. Discuss  
measure of success continue, revise, or disband what doing. Get to know  
utilization report. Look at mission of the agency. Discussion to have OEI  
provide Committee with equity plans from Human Services, Juvenile Courts,  
and Public Safety Communications.  
2. PIE Grant  
Update on Food PIE Grant and RESJ staff status and awardees status.  
Discussion for staff to provide 2022 Food PIE application to OEI Advisory and  
a copy of the RESJ 2021 application to review and update. Discussion to set  
goal to release RESJ application for 2022 no later than August.  
3. Membership  
Discussion ensued. Review on who appoints to the OEI Advisory Committee  
and what is in Ordinance. Strategic conversation for membership in OEI  
Advisory Committee. Discussion on filling vacancy on the board to have more  
broad representation including ethnic, racial, and gender. Would like to see  
a youth representative. Think about skill sets and what the membership.  
Supervisor Patrick Miles-District 34 is County Board supervisor as of 4/19/22.  
Send introductory letter signed by Chair and OEI Office Director-to new  
Supervisory Chair  
4. Survey from Zoo  
5. Training  
Tabled  
Tabled  
D. Presentations  
E. Reports to Committee  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
I. Adjourn  
Meeting adjourned at 1:15pm  
Minutes respectively submitted by Reyna Vasquez, pending Advisory Board approval.