Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Criminal Justice Council  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Thursday, November 10, 2022  
12:15 PM  
Virtual Zoom Meeting: See top of agenda for  
instructions  
A. Call To Order  
Chair Esqueda called the meeting to order at 12:17pm  
Nygaard attending on behalf of Barrett; joined at 12:36pm  
Parisi left at 1:00 pm  
Advisory Members Present: Richelle Andrae (joined at 12:19pm), Catherine Dorl,  
Troy Enger, John Patterson, and Satya Rhodes-Conway  
Advisory Members Excused: John Hyland, Todd Meurer, and Brent Plisch  
Staff Present: Colleen Clark-Bernhardt; Isabel Anadon, Tamarine Cornelius,  
Sarah Jensen, and Lindsay Menard  
5 - CARLO ESQUEDA, JOHN HYLAND, PATRICK MILES, ISMAEL OZANNE, and  
JOE PARISI  
Present  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
2022  
MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 CRIMINAL JUSTICE  
MIN-411  
COUNCIL  
MEETING  
Attachments:  
9.22.22 CJC Registration Forms  
2022 MIN-411  
A motion was made by OZANNE, seconded by PARISI, that the minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
D. Presentations  
1. New Department of Criminal Justice Reform  
Presented by Parisi  
Criminal justice research has expanded and now is the time to commit more resources  
and attention to it through the creation of the new Department of Criminal Justice  
Reform. This department will work hand-in-hand with the CJC; the new department will  
be a resource, not a replacement. Staff will be transferred and added to this  
department.  
Discussion ensued regarding the need for collaboration and coordination between  
agencies. Discussion on timeline; hiring will begin shortly in the new year, and  
operations will expand fully shortly thereafter.  
Without objection, C1 was taken up before D2  
C. Action Items  
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  
1.  
Attachments:  
2022 ACT-165  
A motion was made by ESQUEDA, seconded by PARISI, to create a subcommittee  
to guide the community justice center/community court initiative in Dane County.  
Discussion of recommendation, judicial role, and time commitment for members.  
Discussion of how to approve subcommittee members; ask the community  
organizations that were first consulted about the community justice center  
initiative and inquire if they have the capacity to identify a designee.  
The motion carried unanimously by voice vote.  
D. Presentations  
2. Community Court Grant and Next Steps  
Clark-Bernhardt provided an update on the community court grant and highlighted the  
press release that was released in October.  
https://cjc.countyofdane.com/documents/10-10-22-CJC-Press-Release.pdf  
3. 2022 OA-028 Update  
2022 OA-028 proposes changing the composition of the CJC. The ordinance  
amendment would add two people with lived experience of past incarceration, one  
person of lived experience with behavioral health expertise, and one person from the  
Health & Human Needs standing committee. The ordinance amendment would also  
codify subcommittees, subcommittee membership, and advisory membership roles of  
the CJC. The CJC chair would make appointments.  
2022  
OA-028  
AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE DANE COUNTY CODE OF  
ORDINANCES, REGARDING THE NAME AND MEMBERSHIP OF  
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL  
Sponsors: HUELSEMANN, BARE, WRIGHT, WEGLEITNER, GLAZER, PELLEBON, GRAY,  
COLLINS, CHAWLA, DOYLE, JOERS, SMITH, RATCLIFF and HATCHER  
Attachments:  
2022 OA-028  
2022 OA-028 SUB of Chair Miles 09-12-2022  
2022 OA-028 SUB of Sup. Huelsemann 09-13-2022  
2022 OA-028 SUB of Sup. Pellebon  
2022 OA-028 As Amended by PPJ 09-28-2022  
2022 OA-028 Fiscal Note  
2022 OA-028 AS AMEND PPJ  
4. Phase I Dashboard Redevelopment  
Overview of dashboard initiative. Phase 1 will focus on trends in crime, arrests, and  
calls for service. Discussion of data sources and use of state and local data. The  
dashboards will incorporate data from past years and then continue to current data. The  
dashboards will increase public accessibility.  
5. Debrief on Lucas County visit  
Dane County conducted a site visit to Lucas County (Toledo, Ohio) to learn about how  
they use data and research to identify and support people with mental health conditions  
who are in the criminal legal system. This includes alternatives to incarceration for those  
with behavioral health and AODA concerns.  
2022  
PEER LEARNING SITE VISIT DEBRIEF - LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO  
PRES-167  
Attachments:  
2022 PRES-167  
E. Reports to Committee  
None  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next Meeting: December 8th 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 MILES, seconded by OZANNE, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously by a voice vote.  
The meeting adjourned at 1:06 pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Sarah Jensen, pending subcommittee approval