Dane County

Minutes - Final Unless Amended by

Committee

UW Extension 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.

Monday, May 13, 2024

6:00 PM

Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Lyman

Anderson building 5201 Fen Oak Dr; Meeting Room

Moraine; attend virtually via Zoom.

A. Call To Order

Introductions and welcome

All present introduced themselves. Director Edgar shared that this would be the last

meeting for the current YGP members and thanked them for their participation.

The meeting was called to order by Supervisor Doolan

5 -

Present:

Absent:

SARAH SMITH, MICHELE DOOLAN, JEFFREY KRONING, MICHELE RITT and

TOMMY RYLANDER

2 - BRENDA YANG and ANTHONY GRAY

YGP members present: Arya Sengelmann

Others present: Claire Strader and Carrie Edgar

B. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda

None

C. Consideration of Minutes

UW Extension Committee Minutes 19.MAR.2024

2024

MIN-044

Attachments: 2024 MIN-044

Motion by Smith to approve minutes as submitted. Second by Rylander. Ritt

abstained. Motion carried 4-0-1 abstaining.

D. Action Items

AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN

TROUT UNLIMITED TO SUPPORT A SHARED INTERNSHIP WITH UW

EXTENSION DEPARTMENT

2023

RES-427

YANG, ROSE, RITT and ENGELBERGER

Sponsors:

Attachments: 2023 RES-427

2023 RES-427 FISCAL NOTE

A motion was made by SMITH, seconded by KRONING, that the Resolution

Requiring 2/3rds Vote be recommended for approval. The motion carried by a

voice vote. Motion carried 5-0.

E. Presentations

Introduction to UW Extension and the role of the Extension Committee – Carrie Edgar

Extension Committee Welcome PP May 2024 r

2024

PRES-013

Attachments: 2024 PRES-013

F. Reports

Director Report – Carrie Edgar

Director Edgar provided a staffing update. The new Community Youth Development

Educator who will be working on the Career Pathways program will start on Monday, May

20th. There are currently two vacancies in the FoodWIse program that will be posted

soon. One is for a Hmong Bilingual Nutrition Educator position and the other will be an

internal search for a Curriculum Coordinator. Edgar shared that the VITA site had another

successful year with more than 2,850 returns filed resulting in more than $2.4 million in

federal returns to local taxpayers. A copy of the April Program Summary including an

impact report on the BYFY program was distributed to all members. Edgar shared that

members will receive a monthly summary report, have been added to Happenings, the

e-Newsletter, as well as the Ag and the Horticulture newsletters.

Dane Extension Report April 2024

2024

RPT-068

Attachments: 2024 RPT-068

G. Announcements

Need to set date for June organizing meeting. – Carrie will send out a Doodle poll to find

dates and times for the regular meetings.

H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law

None