Next Meeting: January 20, 2022 at 5:15 pm via Zoom
VELASQUEZ stated she was meeting with new Transportation Coordinator Nathanael
Brown, Jennifer Fischer, and Todd Campbell to discuss transportation concerns for older
adults.
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Present
Absent
DONALD ASHBAUGH, TED BUNCK, Supervisor MELISSA RATCLIFF, Supervisor
RICHELLE ANDRAE, Supervisor KATE MCGINNITY, Supervisor LARRY PALM,
DIANE FARSETTA, THOM RUX, and GAIL RUTKOWSKI
2 - BILL CLAUSIUS, and SRIDEVI MOHAN
4. Diversity Work Group
Dane County Office of Equity and Inclusion Director Wesley Sparkman will be presenting
at the AAA Legislative/Advocacy meeting on Wednesday, 12/8/21.
5. Age Discrimination Discussion
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6. Chair & Staff Reports
BATTERMAN summarized a recent Zoom meeting with BADR Director Carrie Molke,
Office on Aging Director Cindy Ofstead, Wisconsin AAA Directors, and AAA Board Chair
Ratcliff. This meeting was in response to the AAA Board letter (dated 10/5/21) sent to
the State concerning the carry-over of Older Americans Act Title IIIC funds. The State
responded in a letter (dated 11/2/21) but two items were still unresolved: acknowledging
the miscommunication was caused by the Office on Aging staff and if Office on Aging
staff will advocate to secure additional funding to replace lapsed meal funding absorbed
by Dane County AAA in 2021. Molke and Ofstead verified the money is no longer
available as it was returned to the State’s General Fund. Molke and Ofstead stated many
counties within the GWAAR service area do not use all of the funding they are allotted
each year; GWAAR historically reallocates unspent funding to other counties within its
service area. Molke and Ofstead reported the unspent 2021 GWAAR funding will also be
reallocated to Dane and Milwaukee Counties. They also acknowledged the Office on
Aging’s miscommunication and pledged to have more open meetings to prevent a funding
lapse to occur again.
AAA Aging Specialist Angela Velasquez provided a short update on proposed OAA
federal funding and the receipt of the American Rescue Plan Act funding to be received
over the next two years.
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates
Next meeting: Monday 3 January 2022 at 3:45 pm via Zoom
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda
None.
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law
None.