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, June 10, 2026  
12:15 AM  
Hybrid meeting : Attend in person at the City County  
Building Room 354  
11 -  
Present  
COLLEEN CLARK-BERNHARDT, NICK MCNAMARA, ISMAEL OZANNE, JEFF  
OKAZAKI, MELISSA AGARD, SHANNON PIERCE, PETER MIDDLETON, SARAH  
KRAHN, KELLY SPLINTER, MARIANNE OLESON, and JAMES MORGAN  
A. Call To Order  
Meeting called to order at 12:15 PM.  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Agard moved, Middleton seconded. Minutes approved.  
MINUTES OF THE APRIL 1ST, 2026 FOR THE COMMUNITY JUSTICE  
COUNCIL PRE-TRAIL SERVICES  
2026  
MIN-086  
Attachments:  
MINUTES OF THE APRIL 1ST, 2026 CJC PRE-TRIAL SERVICES  
SUBCOMMITTEE  
C. Action Items  
Direct Staff to distribute Corp Counsel ethics training and track committee  
member compliance.  
Moved by Clark-Bernhardt, seconded by Agard. There is no need to ask  
subcommittee members to complete the training if there is documentation that  
they have previously completed the training.  
D. Reports to Committee  
Update on APPR Pretrial Pathways technical assistance project, by Judge  
McNamara.  
Work Group activities so far include developing an initial analysis about failures  
to appear, connecting with an academic partner for first steps in a potential  
research project, and updating the pretrial process map. Discussion ensued  
regarding the timeline and the extent of the development of the pretrial process  
map.  
E. Presentations  
Jail summary by Tamarine Cornelius, with introduction by Jessica Ireland from  
Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research. Discussion ensued regarding:  
The extent to which a jail booking is initially recorded as a probation hold and  
later results in new criminal charges.  
Potential reasons there are more people in jail with pre arraignment or pretrial  
status than in past years.  
The fact that some individuals pay bail and are released before their initial  
appearance, while prior analyses of bail using court data have typically begun at  
the point of initial appearance.  
The potential for regular reporting to the Community Justice Council on  
jail-related indicators, including those presented here.  
The fact that bench warrants may be issued for failure to appear as well as for  
other reasons, such as violations of pretrial supervision requirements, which  
makes it difficult to identify how many people in jail are there specifically for  
failure to appear.  
JAIL SUMMARY  
2026  
PRES-035  
Attachments: jail_summary  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
July 23, 2026 at 12:15 Special Session: Pretrial Assessment Study and Results,  
Prof. Jim Greiner, Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School, joint meeting  
with the Community Justice Council.  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None.  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None.  
I. Adjourn  
Motion to adjourn by Ozanne, seconded by Agard. Motion passes. Meeting  
adjourned at 1:06 PM.