Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Criminal Justice Council - Racial Disparities Subcommittee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Tuesday, October 25, 2022  
12:15 PM  
Please see top of agenda for instructions on how to join  
the meeting.  
A. Call To Order  
Staff: Isabel Anadon, Tamarine Cornelius, Sarah Jensen, Karin Peterson-Thurlow  
Meeting called to order by PELLEBON at 12:21 PM.  
5 - CATHERINE DORL, ISMAEL OZANNE, JONATHAN TRIGGS, MATT TYE, and  
Co-Chair DANA PELLEBON  
Present  
4 - JOHN BAUMAN, RON CHANCE, WESLEY SPARKMAN, and MARIO WHITE  
Excused  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
2022  
MINUTES OF AUGUST, 2022 CJC-RACIAL DISPARITIES  
MIN-304  
SUBCOMMITTEE  
Attachments:  
2022MIN-304  
A motion was made by OZANNE, seconded by TRIGGS, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
C. Presentations  
1. COMMUNITY JUSTICE INITIATIVE  
Presented by Isabel Anadon  
Overview of the Community Courts Initiative grant from the Bureau of Justice  
Administration (BJA). Dane applied to the Planning & Implementation program, and was  
successfully awarded. The six principles of community courts are embedded into the  
grant: 1) Enhanced information, 2) community engagement, 3) collaboration, 4)  
individualized justice, 5) accountability, and 6) outcomes. The purpose is also to  
address root causes of inequity. This is growth and expansion of initiatives, but will not  
duplicate existing services. There are three stages of the grant: 1) planning, 2) pilot  
implementation, and 3) full implementation. The planning period will be six months at  
the beginning of the grant, and community engagement will be particularly critical at this  
stage. The Board is in the process of accepting the grant, which involves technical  
action from the County Board.  
- FY 2022 Community Courts Initiative Funding & Awards  
2022  
PRESS RELEASE REGARDING GRANT FOR COMMUNITY COURT  
PRES-165  
Attachments:  
CCI_PressRelease_2022  
This resolution was placed on file  
2. 2023 BUDGET (KOSTELIC & THURLOW)  
Presented by Jeff Kostelic, County Executive; Karin Peterson-Thurlow, County Board of  
Supervisors  
Discussion of creation of Office of Justice Reform and Equity. The Office will transfer  
two positions from County Board of Supervisors (CJC Research Analyst and CJC  
Research Data and Evaluation Analyst) and add three new positions. Funding will  
include staffing, operating costs, office space, micro-grants to provide seed funds to  
innovative initiatives from community organizations, reentry programming, and county  
board criminal justice initiatives. This Office does not replace the CJC; instead, it will  
offer additional support to the CJC’s direction.  
3. AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE DANE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES,  
REGARDING THE NAME AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE  
COUNCIL (SUP. HUELSEMANN)  
Presented by Supervisor Huelsemann  
Review of County Resolution regarding amending the name and membership of the  
Criminal Justice Council. If passed, this amendment will add two people with lived  
experience of incarceration and one person with lived experience of mental health  
conditions to the CJC. It will also add community members to the Behavioral Health  
subcommittee and the Racial Disparities subcommittee. This is intended to center the  
voices of the people most impacted by the criminal justice system.  
4. DISCUSSION OF ‘JFA Institute Response to 2021 RES-320’ PRESENTATION  
TO THE DANE COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL ON JULY 28, 2022  
Presented by Pellebon  
Review of JFA Institute presentation. The data shows that there was a drop in average  
daily jail population (ADP) at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and there has been a  
steady increase since that point. The presentation shows the difference in a  
point-in-time jail population in July 2021 compared to July 2022. Dane County continues  
to have very high racial disparities in incarceration. Review of October 2021  
recommendations regarding jail population and jail design.  
2022  
JFA INSTITUTE RESPONSE TO 2021 RES-320 PRESENTATION  
PRES-099  
Attachments:  
2022 PRES-099 - JFA Presentation  
This resolution was placed on file  
D. Action Items  
1. RECOMMENDATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL ON THE  
FORMATION OF A CJC SUB-COMMITTEE TO GUIDE COMMUNITY  
JUSTICE/COURT INITIATIVES IN DANE COUNTY  
Motion to discuss action item moved by Ozanne, seconded by Triggs.  
Review of the action item to recommend creating a subcommittee to guide community  
justice/court initiatives. This would relate directly to the Community Justice Initiative  
discussed in Item C(1) during this meeting. Discussion of amending the language about  
the frequency of subcommittee meetings. The recommendation currently states that the  
subcommittee would meet “a minimum of twice per month,” but the frequency may  
change over the different stages of the grant. During the 6-month planning period, the  
subcommittee would meet at least twice per month, but following that first stage it might  
meet less frequently.  
A motion was made by OZANNE, seconded by TYE, that the recommendation  
be approved as amended. The motion carried unanimously.  
2022  
ACT-165  
RECOMMENDATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL ON  
THE FORMATION OF A CJC SUB-COMMITTEE TO GUIDE  
COMMUNITY JUSTICE/COURT INITIATIVES IN DANE COUNTY  
Attachments:  
2022 ACT-165  
This resolution was approved as amended  
E. Reports to Committee  
1. COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE COURT UPDATE (CRC STAFF)  
Presenters are unavailable, so there will be no update at this time. The subcommittee  
staff will receive an update in writing and share with subcommittee.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
The next CJC-Racial Disparities subcommittee meeting is on December 6, 2022 at  
12:15pm.  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by OZANNE, seconded by TRIGGS, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Sarah Jensen, pending subcommittee approval