Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Community Justice Council - Pre-Trial Services Subcommittee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Wednesday, February 12, 2025  
12:15 PM  
HYBRID MEETING: ATTEND IN PERSON AT THE CITY  
COUNTY BUILDING IN ROOM 354, Attend virtually via  
ZOOM.  
Interpreters must be requested in advance; please see the bottom of the agenda for more information.  
Los intérpretes deben solicitarse con anticipación; consulte el final de la agenda para obtener más  
información.  
Yuav tsuam tau thov txog cov neeg txhais lus hau ntej; thov saib hauv qab kawg ntawm qhov txheej  
txheem rau cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv.  
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February 12, 2025 Community Council - Pretrial Services 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 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Room 354  
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):  
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: 912 6366 6173  
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:YoungOJR.Delia@danecounty.gov.  
A. Call To Order  
The chair called the meeting to order at 12:19 pm.  
Present  
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MELISSA AGARD, COLLEEN CLARK-BERNHARDT, NICHOLAS  
McNAMARA, PETER MIDDLETON, JEFF OKAZAKI, ISMAEL OZANNE, SHANNON  
PIERCE  
Excused  
3 TROY ENGER, DEB MEJCHAR, JAN TETZLAFF  
OKAZAKI left the meeting at 12:24 pm.  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
A motion was made by CLARK-BERNHARDT, seconded by OZANNE, that the  
minutes be approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 13 2023, COMMUNITY JUSTICE  
COUNCIL - PRE-TRIAL SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE  
Attachments:  
C. Action Items  
None  
D. Presentations  
1. Introduction of Community Justice Council Pretrial Services Subcommittee  
Members  
Subcommittee members introduce themselves.  
E. Reports to Committee  
1. Introduction of the Office of Justice Reform Mission and Staff  
2024 PRES-171  
Attachments:  
2. 2024 Office of Justice Reform Year in Review  
Year in Review  
Attachments:  
3. Subcommittee membership  
Shar-Ron Buie has resigned his seat on the Community Justice  
Council-Pretrial Services Committee. Community members are appointed by  
the Chair of the Community Justice Council.  
Committee Membership  
Attachments:  
4. Review of past subcommittee work and potential follow-up steps  
Tamarine Cornelius reviews past work; Committee member discussion  
ensues.  
Review of past work  
Attachments:  
5. Call for future agenda items and research ideas  
Subcommittee discussion included potential agenda items on:  
• Available pretrial services and resources  
• Arapahoe County behavioral health services provided by Pretrial Services  
• A Harvard analysis on the effectiveness of various pretrial services provided  
in Dane County, once the analysis is complete  
• A potential transition to a release conditions matrix for the Public Safety  
Assessment  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
The next meeting is April 9th, 2025 at 12:15 PM in a hybrid format  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by OZANNE, seconded by AGARD, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion passed on a voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 1:00 pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Tamarine Cornelius, pending Subcommittee  
approval.  
Note: If you need an interpreter, translator, materials in alternate formats or other accommodations to  
access this service, activity or program, please call the phone number below—preferably at least three  
business days but no fewer than 24 hours prior to the meeting.  
Nota: Si necesita un intérprete, un traductor o materiales en formatos alternativos o cualquier otra  
adaptación para tener acceso a este servicio, actividad o programa, llame al número de teléfono que  
puede encontrar a continuación — de preferencia con al menos 3 días de anticipación y como mínimo  
24 horas antes del evento en cuestión.  
Sau tseg: Yog koj xav tau ib tug neeg txhais lus, txhais ua ntaub ntawv, cov ntaub ntawv uas nyob rau  
lwm yam kev lawm los sis lwm yam kev pab nkag rau qhov kev pab no, kev ua si los sis kev pab  
cuam, thov hu tus xov tooj rau hauv qab no—xav kom hu li peb hnub ua ntej tuaj tab sis tsis pub  
tsawg tshaj 24 xuab moos ua ntej rau lub rooj sib tham no.  
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Delia Young, YoungOJR.Delia@danecounty.gov (608) 283-1425 and TTY WI RELAY 711