Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Equal Opportunity Commission  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Tuesday, April 15, 2025  
5:30 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County  
Building in Room 356; attend virtually via Zoom.  
A. Call To Order  
7 -  
Present  
Chair CHELSEY TUBBS, JAY BROWER, LISA JACKSON, JACOB HANIFL,  
ANGIE HICKS, LAURA LAHTI, and SIDA LY-XIONG  
1 - Vice Chair ANNIE WEATHERBY-FLOWERS  
Excused  
Absent  
1 - SAMUEL KATZ  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
EOC Minutes 11-19-2024  
2024  
MIN-346  
Attachments: 2024 MIN-346  
A motion was made by LAHTI and seconded by HANIFL that the minutes be  
recommended for approval. The motion was approved by unanimous consent.  
C. Action Items  
1. Vote for Chair  
Tabled  
2. Vote for Vice-Chair  
3. Vote for Secretary  
Tabled  
Tabled  
4. Vote for 2025 meeting dates  
Meeting dates will be the 3rd Tuesday of each month for the rest of the year,  
with the exception of December 16, 2025, which is a holiday. Chair proposed  
meeting date of December 9, 2025, and EOC will review at the next meeting.  
D. Presentations  
E. Reports to Committee  
1. Chair’s Report  
The EOC Chair will summarize meeting and other related activities on behalf of the  
Commission since the last Commission meeting. For information only. Any item raised  
for future discussion will be posted on the next agenda. Update from County Executives’  
Office.  
a. Welcome new appointees  
Welcome and introduction given by Chair followed by new and current  
commissioners.  
EOC Chair Report  
b. 2024  
RPT-513  
Attachments: 2024 RPT-513  
The Chair discussed the importance of having quorum, commitment to EOC,  
being a collaborative space, sharing lived experiences, and how to serve the  
community. The Chair discussed using Google document to generate a list of  
things to look at or try to accomplish, to discuss in a meeting, to prioritize,  
and how to pace it out for the year. A Google doc. will be resent to EOC,  
they are requested to fill in items for things to accomplish before the next  
meeting and that will be discussed at next meeting.  
2. Vice Chair Report  
3. EOC Staff Report  
EOC Staff Report APRIL/2025  
2024  
RPT-612  
Attachments: 2024 RPT-612  
APM Employee Complaint - noncriminal  
2024  
RPT-316  
Attachments: 2024 RPT-316  
Code of Ordinance - Chapter 15.12: Equal Opportunity Commission  
2024  
RPT-568  
Attachments: 2024 RPT-568  
Code of Ordinance - Chapter 15.04 2.(6),15.04 (9), 15.04 (10)  
2024  
RPT-569  
Attachments: 2024 RPT-569  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next meeting - May 2025 pending  
Next meeting - May 20, 2025  
Discussed topics for next meeting such as:  
-Onboarding reset presentation to be on the same page, reviewing past work  
of EOC, where to go from here.  
-Discussion regarding invites for future events, Inclusivity, how to expand to  
county regarding belonging, and support.  
-Raise awareness of what EOC is about, what they support, and if they  
support events.  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
I. Adjourn  
Meeting adjourned 6:05 PM