Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Health & Human Needs Committee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
This meeting is being conducted on land now known and recognized as Dane County, Wisconsin. We  
acknowledge that this land is at the same time the ancestral, traditional, & contemporary land of the  
Ho-Chunk, Sauk & Kickapoo nations.  
Thursday, October 9, 2025  
5:30 PM  
A. Call To Order  
Chair Wegleitner called the meeting to order at 5:32 PM  
YGP Members: Sai Kandukuri, Soha Gandhi  
Other staff present: Amanda Vernia, John Schlueter, Angela Velasquez, Martha  
Stacker, Astra Iheukumere, Susan Rauti, Shawn Tessman, Bill Brotzman, Casey  
Becker, Chad Lillethun  
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Present:  
ANALIESE EICHER, KIERSTIN HUELSEMANN, HEIDI WEGLEITNER, HENRY  
FRIES, TOMMY RYLANDER, LISA JACKSON and ERIN WELSH  
Introduction of Health and Human Needs Committee Youth Government Program  
Members  
Introduction of Health and Human Needs Committee to Youth Governance  
Program Members.  
Introduction of Youth Governance Program Members to Health and Human  
Needs Committee.  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
09/17/2025 HHN MINUTES  
A motion by RYLANDER to approve the minutes. Motion approved unanimously  
by voice vote 7-0 (2-0)  
C. Fund Transfers  
D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)  
AUTHORIZING REALLOCATION OF SOCIAL SERVICE SPECIALIST AND  
LEAD SOCIALSERVICE SPECIALIST CLASSIFICATIONS DCDHS - CYF &  
PEI DIVISIONS  
WEGLEITNER  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2025 RES-157  
Matthew Moberg registered and spoke in SUPPORT  
Krista Smedema registered and spoke in SUPPORT  
Cheryle Wafe registered and spoke in SUPPORT  
Sharron Hubbard-Moyer registered and spoke in SUPPORT  
Motion by RYLANDER to recommend the resolution for approval. Motion carried  
unanimously by voice vote. 7-0 (2-0)  
ADDENDUM TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR BCS OF  
WISCONSIN S.C. DCDHS - BPHCC DIVISION  
WEGLEITNER  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2025 RES-161  
Motion by RYLANDER to recommend the resolution for approval. Motion carried  
unanimously by voice vote. 7-0 (2-0)  
ACCEPTING FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF  
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) DCDHS - HAA DIVISION  
WEGLEITNER, BARUSHOK, MARREN, BLAZEWICZ and ENGELBERGER  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2025 RES-172  
Motion by FRIES to recommend the resolution for approval. Motion carried  
unanimously by voice vote. 7-0 (2-0)  
Motion by FRIES to reconsider 2025 RES-157. Motion carried by voice vote 7-0  
(2-0)  
Director Schlueter and DA Becker clarified verbiage in explaining the resolution.  
Motion by RYLANDER to keep recommendation of approval of the resolution.  
Motion carried unanimously by voice vote 7-0 (2-0)  
E. Items Requiring Committee Action  
F. Presentations  
G. Reports to Committee  
EXECUTIVE'S PROPOSED BUDGET-DCDHS  
Scott Strong registered and spoke in OPPOSITION  
Mary Jo Olsen registered and spoke in OPPOSITION  
Linda Van Tol registered and spoke in OPPOSITION  
Luciana Gonzalez registered and spoke in OPPOSITION  
Nichole Wright registered in OPPOSITION  
- changes from department request, including but not limited to:  
- proposed contracted community partner agencies 4% reduction (in addition to  
reductions in request) and proposed end to advance payment contracting  
- additional positions proposed to be eliminated  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
-Thursday October 16, 2025 (Budget)  
-Wednesday October 22, 2025 (Budget)  
-Thursday November 13, 2025  
-Wednesday December 3, 2025  
I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
K. Adjourn  
A motion by RYLANDER to adjourn  
Meeting was adjourned at 6:52 PM  
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