Dane County Week Ahead 1/29/24

Brenda Konkel

January 29, 2024 7:25 am

Same apologies for going dark over January, lots of life got in the way.

Monday 1/29/24

5:00 PM Health and Human Needs Committee – Opioid Settlement Subcommittee

PRESENTATION FROM DANE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
PRESENTATION ON TREATMENT
OTHER PRESENTATIONS

Tuesday, 1/30/24

8:30 AM Commission on Sensitive Crimes

Agency Updates
CCR Updates
Legislative Announcements/Updates

5:30 PM Equal Opportunity Commission Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County Building in Room 356; attend virtually via Zoom.

Wednesday, 1/31/24

3:45 PM Tree Board Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Lyman Anderson building 5201 Fen Oak Dr; Meeting Room Drumlin: attend virtually via Zoom

Create a Tree Board Operating Agreement (Matt Leads). This will be an evolving agreement between board members, that can help our team create an environment in how we communicate and operate. Action-oriented agenda items: “decide, brainstorm, weigh in on” – shift from reporting and information sharing to engaging
• Be deliberately engaged
• All members of the board feel valued and respected
• Permission to be unpolished
• Communicate the ask
• Hear from everyone
• Make new members feel welcome
• Follow up on request/tasks (accountable)
• Start on time / end on time
• Review TB Minutes prior to TB Meetings

Tree Board Member General Check in
Review Tree Board Meeting length, and meetings back to 3rd Tuesday of every month.
Tree Board Membership updates
Student advisory Tree Board job description
Bock foundation awarded the Heritage Tree Project $5,000 6. DNR IRA Urban Forestry Grants

General Website Updates.
Tree Board Workgroup Formation, scheduling
- Policy Workgroup 1-Tree Preservation
- Outreach Workgroup
  - Heritage Tree sapling Distribution
  - Tree Board Website
  - Growing Trees at schools
  - Significant Community Trees
- Events (may not be relevant at this time)
Tree Preservation Policy first steps and discussion (as time permits)

Thursday, 2/1/24

9:00 AM Dane County Broadband Task Force Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County Building in Room 354; attend virtually via Zoom.

Broadband Coordinator Updates
- Affordable Connectivity Program Update
- AECOM Final report update – https://broadband.countyofdane.com/documents/pdf/AECOMFinal .pdf
- Update on Task Force moving forward
  
  Broadband grant opportunities in the future

12:00 PM Library Board

5:30 PM Executive Committee This is a Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at City-County Building, Room 354, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd; Attend virtually via Zoom.