Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Youth Commission  
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  
5:30 PM  
Hybrid meeting: Attend in person  
in Room 354 of the City County  
Building or 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.  
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The Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Youth Commission meeting will be conducted in hybrid fashion. Members  
of the public can either attend in person or virtually via Zoom.  
The public can attend in person in Room 354 of the City County Building.  
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_Lc1qvSxmRLiSDQK1fupfcA  
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: 966 8472 3330  
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: Meinen.megan@countyofdane.com  
A. Call To Order  
Staff present: Megan Meinen  
Vice Chair Pletzer called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m.  
8 -  
Present  
Absent  
MEGHAN BENSON, Vice Chair ASHLEY PLETZER, CHELSEY TUBBS, EMILY  
MASCIOPINTO, CHRISTINE BENEDICT, Supervisor HENRY FRIES, ISABEL  
CHIRIBOGA-PINEDA, and VISHNU KATA  
3 - Chair PRAGNYA VELLA, Supervisor DAVID PETERSON, and KORBY WHITE  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 19, 2025  
2024  
MIN-613  
Attachments: 2025_0219 Youth Commission Minutes  
A motion was made by BENSON, seconded by KATA, that the minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote 8-0.  
C. Action Items  
None.  
D. Discussion Items  
1. West High School Civics Club Voting Initiative Update (Fries)  
The resolution was presented to the Executive Committee of the Dane County Board of  
Supervisors. The Committee had some suggestions to make the resolution broader for  
the support of youth participation in voting including adequate polling stations on college  
campuses, looking in to the 30-day residency requirement, and enfranchising 16 and 17  
year olds to vote in all elections. Supervisor Fries is tweaking the language to include  
these things and to call for a legislative council to officially look into them. The revised  
resolution will be reviewed again by the Executive Committee on June 26 and then will be  
presented to the full County Board that same day.  
2. Duties and Expectations of the Chair (Election in June)  
Chair Vella plans to resign. An election for a new Chair will be conducted during the June  
meeting.  
3. How to Move Forward on 2025 Priority Areas of Guns and School Safety  
The Youth Commission will begin looking in more detail at the data gathered on guns and  
school safety in the Dane County Youth Assessment (DCYA.)  
The body will also talk to young people about other elements of school safety and  
possibly recommend some questions around the topic for the 2027 DCYA.  
The Youth commission is looking into getting copies of school climate surveys to see  
what information they can provide about feelings of safety in schools.  
The Youth Commission also wants to look into ways to partner with organizations doing  
work in this area such as Focus Intervention and the Public Health Violence Prevention  
group.  
E. Reports to Committee  
None.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next Meeting: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None.  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
The Madison Metropolitan School District sent a youth delegation to the National Youth  
Summit. MMSD is also updating its Wellness Policy and recently held a Youth  
Restorative Justice Summit. The student senate also put together the first Youth Mental  
Health Summit, with the goal of making it an annual event. The Youth Commission would  
like to look into how to support that initiative.  
Attendance Update  
Supervisor Fries departed the meeting.  
7 -  
4 -  
Present  
Absent  
MEGHAN BENSON, Vice Chair ASHLEY PLETZER, CHELSEY TUBBS, EMILY  
MASCIOPINTO, CHRISTINE BENEDICT, ISABEL CHIRIBOGA-PINEDA, and  
VISHNU KATA  
Chair PRAGNYA VELLA, Supervisor HENRY FRIES, Supervisor DAVID  
PETERSON, and KORBY WHITE  
I. Adjournment  
A motion was made by BENEDICT, seconded by TUBBS, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried by a voice vote 7-0 and the meeting was  
adjourned at 6:52 p.m.  
Minutes submitted by Megan Meinen pending Commission approval.