Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Health & Human Needs Committee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Monday, May 22, 2023  
5:30 PM  
Hybrid meeting: Attend in person  
in Room 357 of the City County  
Building or virtually via Zoom.  
A. Call To Order  
Staff and guests present: Casey Becker, Jon Evans, Astra Iheukumere,  
James O'Keefe, Gloria Reyes, Linette Rhodes, Kim Sutter, Howard Thomas.  
Chair Wegleitner called the meeting to order at 5:33 p.m.  
6 -  
Present:  
Absent:  
HEIDI WEGLEITNER, CECELY CASTILLO, LARRY PALM, KIERSTIN  
HUELSEMANN, OLIVIA XISTRIS-SONGPANYA and BRENDA YANG  
1 - JEFF HYNES  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
HHN MINUTES FROM MAY 11, 2023  
2023  
MIN-113  
Attachments: 05_11_2023 HHN Minutes_Final  
A motion was made by CASTILLO, seconded by YANG, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote 6-0.  
C. Fund Transfers  
NONE.  
D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)  
2023  
AUTHORIZING AN EXTENSION OF LTE HOURS DCDHS - HAA  
RES-058  
DIVISION  
WEGLEITNER  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2023 RES-058  
2023 RES-058 FISCAL NOTE  
A motion was made by CASTILLO, seconded by YANG, to postpone action on  
RES-058 until a time determined by the chair. The motion carried by a voice vote  
6-0.  
Attendance Update  
5 -  
Present:  
Absent:  
HEIDI WEGLEITNER, CECELY CASTILLO, LARRY PALM, KIERSTIN  
HUELSEMANN and OLIVIA XISTRIS-SONGPANYA  
2 - JEFF HYNES and BRENDA YANG  
E. Items Requiring Committee Action  
1. Recommendations for recruitment for permanent Director of Human Services  
a. National search strategy to recruit diverse pool of candidates;  
b. Using objective criteria for evaluation of candidates;  
c. Multiple rounds of interviews with stakeholders involved in the process (e.g., first round of  
interviews);  
d. HHN Committee representation on hiring panel;  
e. Consideration of public forum for final candidates prior to appointment.  
This item was not acted on.  
F. Presentations  
1. Men's Shelter Development Presentation  
PERMANENT SHELTER DEVELOPMENT UPDATE  
2023  
PRES-064  
Attachments: 2023_0523 Men's Shelter Presentation  
James O'Keefe and Linette Rhodes of the City of Madison's Community Development  
Division and Jon Evans, a Building Design Project Manager for the City of Madison,  
delivered a PowerPoint presentation and answered Committee members' questions.  
G. Reports to Committee  
NONE.  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next meeting: Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. at the City County Building and via  
Zoom.  
Item: Initial review of retaliation assertion by Badger Prairie Health Care Center dietitian  
Maribeth Mohr.  
I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
Aaron Halstead, Mark Jenkins and Maribeth Mohr spoke about a coaching note Badger  
Prairie Health Care Center dietitian Mohr received and asked the Committee to  
investigate.  
Sean Burke spoke about his displeasure with Urban Triage when attempting to access  
services.  
J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
NONE.  
K. Adjournment  
A motion was made by CASTILLO, seconded by HUELSEMANN, that the meeting  
be adjourned. The motion carried by a voice vote 5-0.  
The meeting adjourned at 7:11 p.m.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Howard Thomas pending Committee approval.