Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
City-County Homeless Issues Committee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Monday, May 1, 2023  
5:30 PM  
Virtual Meeting  
A. Call To Order  
Ulysses Williams (Chair) called the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m. with a quorum  
present.  
Staff present: Sarah Lim, Johneisha Prescott, Casey Slaughter Becker, Linette  
Rhodes  
9 -  
Present  
LINDA KETCHAM, ULYSSES WILLIAMS, SARAH BALDWIN, JUSTINE HARRIS,  
JACOB WRIGHT, MICHELE DOOLAN, SARAH SMITH, NASRA WEHELIE, and  
DINA NINA MARTINEZ-RUTHERFORD  
1 - KATHERINE KAMP  
Excused  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
A motion was made by Wright and seconded by Baldwin to approve the minutes  
of March 6, 2023 and April 3, 2023. Williams, Wehelie, Doolan, Baldwin and  
Harris recused. Motion passes unanimously.  
03-06-2023 CCHIC MEETING MINUTES  
A motion was made by Wright and seconded by Baldwin to approve the minutes  
of March 6, 2023 and April 3, 2023. Williams, Wehelie, Doolan, Baldwin and  
Harris recused. Motion passes unanimously.  
4 - KETCHAM, WRIGHT, SMITH and MARTINEZ-RUTHERFORD  
1 - KAMP  
Ayes:  
Excused:  
Recused:  
5 - WILLIAMS, BALDWIN, HARRIS, DOOLAN and WEHELIE  
4-3-23 CCHIC MEETING MINUTES  
A motion was made by Wright and seconded by Baldwin to approve the minutes  
of March 6, 2023 and April 3, 2023. Williams, Wehelie, Doolan, Baldwin and  
Harris recused. Motion passes unanimously.  
4 - KETCHAM, WRIGHT, SMITH and MARTINEZ-RUTHERFORD  
1 - KAMP  
Ayes:  
Excused:  
Recused:  
5 - WILLIAMS, BALDWIN, HARRIS, DOOLAN and WEHELIE  
A motion was made by Linda Ketcham and seconded by Wehelie to move Public  
Comment (77024) after the conclusion of Presentations. Motion passed  
unanimously.  
C. Public Comment  
REGISTRANT REPORT 5:50PM  
D. Disclosures and Recusals  
None.  
E. Presentations  
1. 2024 City and county budget process overview  
Dane County Housing Access and Affordability Division & City of Madison Community  
Development Division  
CITY OF MADISON CDD BUDGET PRESENTATION  
Linette Rhodes, City of Madison Community Development Division Supervisor, presented  
2024 City of Madison budget process and important topics on homeless services and  
answered questions from the Committee.  
DANE COUNTY HAA BUDGET PRESENTATION  
Casey Becker, Dane County Division of Housing Access and Affordability Division  
Administrator, presented an overview of the Division, funded projects and 2024 County  
budget process and answered questions from the Committee.  
2. Homelessness by the numbers: Point in Time, annual data, doubled up population  
estimates, and system performance measures  
Dane County Housing Access and Affordability Division & City of Madison Community  
Development Division  
HOMELESSNESS BY THE NUMBERS  
Johneisha Prescott, Dane County Housing Access and Affordability Division and Sarah  
Lim, City of Madison Community Development Division presented various data points  
regarding homelessness and system performance in Madison/Dane County.  
REGISTRANT REPORT 5:50PM  
F. Reports to Committee  
1. Men's Shelter Development Updates  
Linette Rhodes gave an update on the new men’s shelter development funded by the City  
and County.  
2. COVID Response Updates  
COVID UPDATES - MAY 2023  
Johneisha Prescott gave an update on the timeline for County-funded COVID projects to  
wind down and other County funding opportunities. Sarah Lim gave an update on shelter  
utilization.  
G. Adjourn  
A motion was made by Wright and seconded by Baldwin to adjourn meeting.  
Motion passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 7:35pm.