Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Area Agency on Aging - Community Grant Awards Subcommittee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Wednesday, May 21, 2025  
2:00 PM  
This is a Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at 2865 N  
Sherman Ave, Conference Room 109; Attend virtually  
via Zoom.  
The Wednesday May 21, 2025 AAA Community Grant Awards Subcommittee 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.  
To join the meeting in Zoom, click the following link (after you fill out the form, the meeting link and  
access information will be emailed to you):  
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2YdN1zc0SMSbeZ-HrgBzGA  
This link will be active until the end of the meeting.  
To join the meeting by phone, dial-in using one of the following three toll-free phone numbers:  
1-833-548-0276  
1-833-548-0282  
1-888-788-0099  
When prompted, enter the following Webinar ID: 981 0683 8636  
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  
REGISTER VIA THE ZOOM LINK ABOVE EVEN IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING IN PERSON.  
In person registrations to provide public comment will be accepted throughout the meeting.  
VIRTUAL: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item  
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.  
A. Call To Order  
Claire Purkis called the meeting to order at 2:05 pm.  
3 - CLAIRE PURKIS , PATRICK DOWNING, and CAROLINE WERNER  
Present  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
This is the first meeting of this sub-committee, no minutes to review.  
C. Action Items  
1. Review Applicants for the Mally, Leck, and Kasuda Grants  
Recommendation to AAA Board of Community Grant Awards  
2025  
ACT-041  
Attachments:  
AAA Grants (Leck-Mally-Kasuda) Evaluation Sub-Committee  
Recommendations to the AAA Board 2025  
Motion by: Patrick Downing. Motion to award the Paul H Kusuda Special Projects Fund  
to the following grantees: Colonial Club in the amount of $3,750 for their Updated  
Access Database for Case Management Program; Cornerstone Community Center in the  
amount of $1,870 for their Claris Tablet for Case Managed Clients Program North West  
Dane Senior Services in the amount of $4,380 for their Caring Connections project.  
Motion by: Caroline Werner to award the Mally Education Fund to the following grantee:  
GL Rehabilitation Services in the amount of $575.00 for Aging Gracefully: An 8-Week  
Wellness Course for Older Adults.  
Motion by: Caroline Werner to award the Leck Fund to the following grantees: Madison  
Street Medicine in the amount of $7043.62 for their Expanding Public Health Americorp  
member to support the ageing houseless population; Neighborhood House in the amount  
of $800 for their project “Older Adult Community Engagement & Service Projects”  
A motion was made that the Action Item be approved. The motion carried by  
a voice vote.  
D. Discussion Items  
None.  
E. Reports to Committee  
None.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
None at this time.  
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 DOWNING that the meeting be adjourned at 3:05 pm. The  
motion carried unanimously.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Claire Purkis.