Dane County

Minutes - Final Unless Amended by

Committee

Area Agency on Aging - Nutrition / Wellness Committee

Consider:

Who benefits? Who is burdened?

Who does not have a voice at the table?

How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

11:30 AM

This is a Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at 2865 N

Sherman Ave, Conference Room 109; 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.

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The Wednesday February 5, 2025 AAA Nutrition/Wellness committee 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

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can register in person at the meeting using paper registration forms. IT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO

In person registrations to provide public comment will be accepted throughout the meeting.

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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

Staff & Guests Present: Kate Buenger, Shannon Gabriel, Cindy Matulle, Claire Purkis,

Kathy Pazak, and Sara Sprang.

A. Call To Order

Chair GENSON called the meeting to order at 11:32 am.

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Present

RACHEL BRICKNER, CAROLINE WERNER, DIANE GOLDENSOPH, HELEN PAN,

DAVE GENSON, KRISTY SCHUSTER, and ROBIN POTTER

B. Consideration of Minutes

AAA Nutrition/Wellness Minutes 11.13.24

2024

MIN-352

Attachments: 2024_1113_AAA Nutrition-Wellness Committee Minutes

A motion was made by WERNER, seconded by POTTER, that the minutes be

approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.

C. Action Items

1. AAA Nutrition/Wellness Committee Description (Gabriel & Genson)

AAA Nutrition/Wellness Committee Description

2024

ACT-331

Attachments: Nutrition Wellness Committee Description

#4. SCHUSTER pointed out there is no transportation question on the Congregate meal

form. GABRIEL advised the question is on the state and county nutrition survey.

#12. WERNER asked that "Clearinghouse" be removed and revised simpler language

regarding the role of communicating information from this committee to the general

public.

#14. GABRIEL recommended changing annual goals to triennial goals to match the

timing of the required 3-year Aging Plan goals.

A motion was made by WERNER, seconded by GENSON, that the mentioned

language updates in the AAA Access Committee Description be approved as

amended. The motion carried by a voice vote.

2. Cambridge Community Center- Resume Carryout Meals (Gabriel & Genson)

GABRIEL and Sara Sprang, Case Manager from McFarland/Cambridge – gave a

presentation regarding how it would be a great benefit to having a carryout meal program

at the Cambridge Community Center – when we’re there for congregate meals on

Tuesdays/Fridays. For this small community, that doesn’t have a DC HDM program,

because they have a volunteer-run local operation that the churches have in place, this

would be another great option to have for those that can’t dine in. May range from 3-10

people each Tuesday and Friday. One meal each. We already order catering for that site

and the catering provides carryout meal packaging. We do not need to pay for additional

staff as the congregate coordinator & volunteer will package and run the meals outside

for pickup. The committee voted and agreed that this would be a great program offering.

This will start in March.

Follow up on how the program is going at May meeting.

A motion was made by WERNER, seconded by POTTER, to allow the

Cambridge Community Center to resume Carryout meals for qualified/select

older adults to be approved. The motion carried by the following vote:

6 - WERNER, GOLDENSOPH, PAN, GENSON, SCHUSTER and POTTER

1 - BRICKNER

Ayes:

Noes:

D. Presentations

1. Dining Site Reviews - Completed November 2024 to Present (Potter)

Mt Horeb and Sugar River Site Reviews

2024

PRES-163

Attachments: Mount Horeb_Sugar River Site Visit Reviews

POTTER presented a review on her meal site visits at Mt Horeb and Sugar River Senior

Centers.

2. Dining Site Review Needs from Committee Members- Two Visits/Calendar Year-and

review updated expectations when reviewing a dining site (Gabriel)

Site Review Checklist 1.25.25

2024

Dining Site Visit Review Form_2025

PRES-164

Attachments: Site Review Checklist 1.21.25

Dining Site Visit Review Form_2025

GABRIEL reviewed with committee members which sites still needed a review done from

last year. Requested members to sign up for sites to be reviewed this year.

3. Aging Plan Goals related to Health Promotion & the Senior Nutrition Program

(Gabriel)

Aging Plan Goals related to Health Promotion & Senior Nutrition Program

2024

PRES-165

Attachments: Aging Plan Goals_3D_3C

GABRIEL presented what the Nutrition and Health Promotion goals are from the 2025-27

Aging Plan.

E. Discussion Items

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Present

RACHEL BRICKNER, LINDA FULLER, CAROLINE WERNER, DIANE

GOLDENSOPH, HELEN PAN, DAVE GENSON, EMILY MURWIN, and ROBIN

POTTER

1 - KRISTY SCHUSTER

Absent

1. Working with Managed Care Organizations-Feedback Gathering (Gabriel)

GABRIEL held a discussion about working with MCO & LTC Programs. If Dane County

Senior Nutrition Program no longer partnered with MCO’s and LTC Programs to provide a

home delivered meal service, but instead had them opt to work with a national vendor or

have personal care workers in the home…what would that look like? What are the pros

and cons to partnering with these programs to provide HDMs? In the end, it took a long

time for Gabriel to explain the process of providing meals for MCO clients, so everyone

just absorbed this information and we’re circling back at the next meeting to discuss

further.

2. Farmers' Market Utilization Rates & Future Advertising/Promotion Help (Gabriel)

Senior FMNP Redemption 24 with Year by Year Comparison

FM Marketing Roster

2024

DISC-020

Attachments: Senior FMNP Redemption 24 w Year by Year Comparison

FM_Marketing Roster

GABRIEL Presented on Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Redemptions Rates.

Each year from 2022 to 2024, the redemption rate has increased. Started in 2022 at 42%

(after Covid), 61% in 2023, then last year we had 65%. We issued $45K worth of

vouchers and $30K was utilized. The utilization rate for the state of WI is 74%, so we’re

still under that. To improve the redemption rate - The committee was tasked with

identifying new marketing options for the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. We

want to avoid advertising in all of the same places, allowing all the same individuals to

receive the vouchers – we want to extend our reach –each committee member needs to

identify at least 3-5 marketing contacts (from work or personal connections) to share with

AAA.

F. Reports to Committee

1. Dietitian Program Update- Catering Update- Main Street Market (Gabriel)

Catering update -Main Street Market Piggly Wiggly in Belleville, notified Gabriel in early

January that they’d be closing their business in February. This caterer provides meals for

the Sugar River Senior Center. We switched to using TNT’s Catering out of Middleton

(they already provide meals for the Middleton, Mount Horeb, and Verona Senior Centers),

so they happily accepted this opportunity and started meal service for us on February 1.

2. Chair & Staff Updates

None.

G. Future Meeting Items and Dates

Next meeting: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM via Hybrid

2025 Nutrition and Wellness Committee Meeting Schedule

2024

RPT-475

Attachments: 2025_Nutrition and Wellness Committee Meeting Schedule

H. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda

None.

I. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law

Committee thanked Rachel Brickner for her years of service to the Nutrition and

Wellness committee.

J. Adjournment

Minutes respectfully submitted by Cindy Matulle.

A motion was made by GENSON that the meeting be adjourned at 1:50 pm. The

motion carried unanimously.

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Cindy Matulle, Matulle.Cindy@danecounty.gov, 608-261-9930, TTY WI RELAY 711