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, May 31, 2023  
12:15 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County  
Building in Room 351; attend virtually via Zoom.  
A. Call To Order  
The meeting was called to order by Chair McNamara at 12:16 pm.  
Staff present: Cornelius and Menard  
Kostelic left at 1:00 pm  
Clark-Bernhardt left at 1:32 pm  
Enger left at 1:40 pm  
10 - COLLEEN CLARK-BERNHARDT, TROY ENGER, CARLO ESQUEDA, JEFF  
KOSTELIC, NICK MCNAMARA, ISMAEL OZANNE, RHONDA FRANK-LORON,  
SHAR-RON BUIE, DEBORAH MEJCHAR, and JAN TETZLAFF  
Present  
1 - CATHERINE DORL  
Excused  
1. Introduction to New Subcommittee Members  
New subcommittee members were introduced.  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
2023  
MINUTES OF THE APRIL 19, 2023 COMMUNITY JUSTICE COUNCIL-  
MIN-118  
PRE-TRIAL SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE  
Attachments:  
4.19.23 Meeting Minutes  
4.19.23 Meeting Registrations  
A motion was made by KOSTELIC, seconded by CLARK-BERNHARDT, that the  
minutes be approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
C. Action Items  
D. Presentations  
None  
1. MDRC Presentation on Pretrial Services  
Presented by MDRC. See attached presentation.  
MDRC presented multi year study including pretrial supervision, racial equity, judicial  
decision, and case processing.  
Discussion ensued after the MDRC presentation around racial equity, least restrictive  
conditions, and movement from the Decision Making Framework to a Release Condition  
Matrix.  
2023  
PRES-069  
PRETRIAL JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE DESCRIPTIVE & RACIAL  
DISPARITY ANALYSIS: DANE COUNTY  
Attachments:  
2023 PRES-069  
E. Reports to Committee  
None  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Wednesday, August 9th 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 MEJCHAR, seconded by BUIE, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously by a voice vote.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Lindsay Menard, pending subcommittee approval