Homeless Issues Committee - Regular Meeting

All right, it is 5.02. I'd like to call UW Extension Committee to order. Director Shaw, would you please call the roll?

Sure. Supervisor André is excused. Supervisor Doolin? Supervisor Downing?

Is here.

Supervisor Friese?

Here.

Supervisor Croning?

Here.

Supervisor Rylander?

Here.

And Supervisor Smith. I know Supervisor Smith is driving and having challenges unmuting. So I don't know how much of a stickler we have to be with that. We have four.

Okay. Consideration of minutes. Do I have a motion on the minutes? Okay. Any discussion on the minutes? If not, is there any objection to unanimous approval of the minutes? Hearing none, they are approved. We are on to item D, action items. I would entertain a motion for approval of the 2026-2027 Youth in Government cohort presented by Ellie Moyon. Okay, would you like to speak to that?

Awesome, thank you so much. And while my computer is rebooting, I will talk a little bit about the recruitment process that we just completed before I introduce our recommended cohorts. interviews for the new YGP cohort happened at the end of July. I had the help of, we had a total of 78 applicants coming from different school districts across the county. We invited 35 students for an interview. I had help I have a few county board supervisors helping with the interviews. UW Extension staff also helped with the interviews and YTP alumni. We scored, engaged with those potential candidates and selected a cohort of 18 students. Probably going to have Shelly to maybe share the screen with my cohort recommendations because my computer Okay.

Can I share this with you?

So we have a total of 18 students. We have some returning members, some new members. Perfect. And sorry, I'm having technical issues. All good. There we go. Okay, and hopefully you can see on the screen. The final All right, perfect. Okay, you can see their first name, grade, their town, village. Just for reference to you, you can see kind of like their community preferences, so you can understand a little bit like what some of the youth in Dane County are interested in. The students come from six different schools, Madison West, Middleton, Sun Prairie West, Bell Phillips Memorial, Verona, and Waunakee. And we'll make final appointments once it's approved by the committee. If you have any questions.

Well, sure, Downing has a question. Perfect.

Go ahead, Supervisor Downing.

I don't quite understand what this list is. Is this a list of everyone you would like to see approved or are we supposed to choose from this list?

Sorry, yes. These are the recommended 18 students. So our cohort is gonna be composed of 18 students. This is the list of the final candidates.

Okay, after we deal with this, make sure that it becomes part of the minutes. It would have been helpful to see it ahead of time, but at least we have it now.

Okay. It sounds like a very robust selection process. I'm sorry, you said you had how many applicants?

We had 78 applicants from across the county. And yeah, we had to review all the applications. come up with 35 students who would come for the interviews.

Okay. I got a question. So the committee one, two, and three, is that?

That's more of like just to show their interest. Yeah, yeah. So like we usually ask them to rank their interests or their committee choices depending on some of the issues or topics or they're passionate about in their community. You can see there's a lot of students with a particular interest in the health and human needs department or committee. So it's more to show just that, like, what are some of the choices of the students before they get placed on their final committee. It's more for reference, I guess.

Are there any other questions or comments from the committee?

It looked like Claire said she...

Downing with another question.

Go ahead, Supervisor Downing.

Well, did you... consider at all location throughout the county, or did you just simply go with the interests and commitments of the applicants?

Right, so we do get applicants from all across the county. We basically have a rubric where we evaluate, again, their skills or their willingness to learn, the commitment, or their interest in local government, and we go about that, and that's how we kind of select. We do try to have a representation from all different areas, but it seems like in some school districts, We have some more champions in other school districts, which is something we want to keep working on and have, again, more students from other areas applying as well.

And how did you reach out to every school?

Yeah, we usually do a recruitment. I reach out to all the different school districts, school administrators, teachers. We also promote this on news outlets, social media. The students who participate in the program also go back to the schools and share it with their friends. with their friends or somebody who's in their club. Sometimes I also reached out to different community centers or community partners as well to promote the program and talk about what the program is about and encourage some students to apply.

Well, what a difficult task to select from that many applicants. Briefly, what puts someone over the top to be one of the final 18?

Yeah, it's a difficult process. One of my colleagues here, she helped with the interview. And like I said, we have an interview panel. So we have usually three or four interviewers. Each of them also evaluate the students and we're looking for somebody who has that interest in local government and has shown some involvement in their community and kind of like an interest to develop skills and working with others as well. So kind of like we notice, we can see some of their experiences as well and that's how we get or how they perform in their interviews, and again, their experience.

Well, thank you very much.

Any other questions from the committee? Hearing none, we have a motion on the table for approval of the 2026-2027 Youth in Governance cohort. Is there any objection to unanimous approval of this list? Hearing none, it is approved unanimously. On the IWE presentations, the presentation by Ellie Moya, Youth in Government, Bilingual Youth Development Educator.

Perfect.

Thank you. I'm still having computer issues. My computer had to restart again. Would you mind going first, Venkata? Sure. Is that okay? Okay. Thank you.

Sure. Swapping items under item E, college career readiness with Venkata Kari. Do I have that right? Yes. College and career pathways educator.

Can everybody see the screen? Yeah. Okay. Good evening, everyone. I'm Venkata Carey. I've been with Dane County UW Extension for almost 16 years, worked in FoodWise program and transitioned to Positive Youth Development Institute as a college and career pathways educator. In this role, I work primarily with high school youth. And today I will be talking about the Dane County Career Pathways Summer Internship Program. So the career pathways for youth program intends to spark opportunities and interests and also offer a unique and immersive experience and also to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and networks needed to be college and career ready. So those are some pictures of some of our interns this past summer, like 2026. The main goal of the summer internship program, it aims to empower and educate youth, high school youth especially, about the multiple career pathways available within the Dane County local government, and to provide youth opportunities to gain real-life experience working with Dane County departments through these summer internships. So summer internship and outreach, I created a list of community centers, high school counselors, all the contact lists, And then to promote the program, a flyer was created in English and in Spanish, and it was circulated to all the community contacts. And also, working with our communication specialist, we did a media release and also on social media so that it can reach out to wider networks. We shared about the programming opportunity. and this we had about um the selected students went through a virtual orientation and an in-person orientation uh to cover through like some specific topics like you know how to like get into the dane county network access job expectations phone etiquette uh those like key skills that the students need to uh get into a like a future career option so those topics were covered and For the summer internship program, it's a collaboration between Dane County UW Extension and the different Dane County departments. And this year, there are like five departments that participated in this summer internship program. County Executive Office hosted two interns. Department of Human Services hosted two interns. LWRD Land and Water Resources has hosted two interns, Library Services one and UW Extension one. There are eight interns in total that got accepted into the summer internship program. There were 34 total applicants and 20 of them were invited for interview. Eight interns were selected. During this entire process, The department supervisors also had participated in the interviews and also selecting the candidates for the internship program. As I'm new to this role, I started in December of 2025. What I did is I met with the supervisors before, during my planning time, and then I went through the structure of the program. I asked for different positions. What are the position descriptions that they wanted me to advertise to the community while I shared the summer internship opportunity? And also like to see what skills they need for each because each department is so different. The skill set is different for each of them. That was very helpful in recruiting the interns. So that like and we had representation from five high schools in Dade County, Marshall High School, Madison West, Memorial High School, Middleton High School and McFarland High School. Those are like representation from like the five high schools. And Also, part of the summer internship, just to create a space for networking and sharing among the interns, as it's only for a six-week program, that's such a short period of time. So for them to get the experience more meaningful and intentional, I created a biweekly cohort connection where the students would meet virtually. And then we did some connection activities, going through some county couriers, like I would ask them to choose if they like to work in an office setting or like an outdoor setting and helping them explore. There are, if you choose to be in an office setting, you can do like admin work, finance work. And if you're like choosing to be in an outdoor setting, you can do like highway crew. So just exposing them to the different options that the county can offer. And also I invited a couple of department supervisors to these meetings. So supervisor from Department of Human Services has come and the library services and they have shared with the students how their services are like, you know, helping out the Dane County community. And there were like so many questions asked by the students that was like a very meaningful interaction for them to learn more about the county operations. And during that time, also the student worked on a collective digital poster. So this is all put together by the students. They talked about what each department does and what is their role during the internship. For example, county executive, the interns helped with organizing press conferences, writing social media posts, press release. And DHS, the interns worked with the language access team and also assisted with social media posts as well and press release. And LWRD interns, they assisted the counselors in the summer camp with more of outdoor education. UW Extension intern, she worked with our communication specialist, working on capturing the interns in action, like how the different interns were working at each of the settings. It's a 12-minute video, which I cannot put it in the presentation, but she captured the video of the interns in action. And library services, the intern worked with the Dream Bus, going to different locations and serving the community where they do not have access to regular public library services. And this is the poster that the students have put together and with some pictures. I know the pictures are not so clear on the poster, but those are the students who worked in these different departments. And a program impact, an evaluation was given to all the students at the end of internship 90% of interns reported that the experiences provided valuable insight into how local government departments operate and serve our communities. And 100% of students reported developing key professional skills, including communication, teamwork, and collaboration, and taking initiative and the willingness to learn. 90% of interns reported increased awareness of career opportunities in local government and public service. So this internship program as a whole has successfully enhanced the student understanding about the local government and what essential skills are needed to get interest in these, like working in these county careers. And there are some testimonials that I couldn't put all of the testimonials, but I took a few of them to show the impact that the internship program has created. One of the student has mentioned, I had previously only considered city, state, and federal level positions as my aspiration, but working at this internship opened my eyes to working in county level public service, getting to see the effect government has on residents. And the same with the library services intern, the student wanted to take more of adjacent classes in college for library services, sciences. And also it shows like, you know, this has created a great experience, what public policy does and how it works in the community. And the DHS intern, I think they said it's it opened my eyes and how government still has a role with health sciences and how university also they get consideration from the university. that they get a voice of what is going on well as being educated by people. So overall, the students had a very meaningful internship experience through their six weeks. Library Services Intern has to go a little over because of the programming requirements at Library Services. And we had a closing ceremony as we had orientation in the beginning, there was a closing ceremony for all the eight interns were awarded a certificate. And it was a success with all of them present with their families. And also the interns get to present to their families and to everybody who presented that day about their experience in the different Dane County departments. So whatever poster they worked on, they were able to like tell what they did actually during the six weeks program. And yeah, I think what they all like mentioned, like I said, they get to present to the parents about their digital posters and they all, I also submitted the evaluation for the supervisors as well and got a good positive feedback that they wanted to continue to collaborate next summer as well. There's still a few more responses to be coming on their way, but half of them have responded and then it's, it seemed very positive experience on both the ends. So, uh, yeah, it's a great experience to be a part of the summer internship program in the fall. I plan to collaborate with different agencies to provide like programming about, uh, the different job skills. And like, you know, we have like a research and evidence-based curricula that I can offer a series of lessons to the different agencies. That's the, um, For the programming and fall like about like college and career readiness. And that's thank you for your time today and for listening and please let me know if you have any questions that was like super fast.

Thank you very much. Are there any questions or comments from the committee. I just wanted to say that one of the comments hit home for me from one of the students basically saying they hadn't considered county government before. I've talked to a lot of my constituents and usually the first thing they ask me, well, what does county government do? They don't know. So it's really great that we're getting an awareness of a different type of government out there. So thank you. Yes. Are there any questions from committee members? Seeing none, thank you very much for your presentation. Thank you. LERs, you're computer ready. Awesome.

It is. Thank you so much. I do want to give a quick shout out to Makata. She did amazing with the summer internship this summer, and I'm excited to see where this program is going. But now let's talk about the 2025 to 2026 Youth Governance Program. We just met or saw the names of who is going to be part of the newest cohort, but I wanted to take some time to talk about what last year's cohort worked on. My name is Ellie. I'm a positive youth development educator. I've been with Accenture for a little less than four years, and I've been working with this program ever since. I love the Dane County Youth Governance Program. Some of you and most of you are youth and governance mentors, so you maybe have an idea of what the program is about. So in simple terms, YGP is a platform that offers unique opportunity for youth leadership development and empowerment through direct participation local government, so the students are part of county board committees, boards, commissions, and it gives them a real chance to contribute to community issues and it helps them grow into confident and independent leaders. The 2025 to 2026 YGP cohort consisted of 14 students representing six different schools across the county. The youth representatives served a one year term from September to May, and they worked alongside supervisor mentors to bring youth perspective into local decision making. YGP members also participated in bi-monthly cohort meetings in person. They happened every first and third Wednesday of each month, and it was a good opportunity for them to connect and work with each other, build different skills in collaboration, data analysis, research, communication, advocacy, and civic engagement. And the core mission of the youth governance program is to empower youth. We aim to bring youth voices to the forefront to community issues and develop future leaders. And part of that, as I mentioned, they were part of the different committees in the county board, but they also as a cohort worked work on. collaborative projects. So the group began the year by diving into the Zane County Youth Assessment and we used it as a tool or as a starting point to better understand the challenges and the experiences and the needs of the youth across Zane County. We reviewed the past and kind of like compared the data and compared our local data with the statewide data and compared it to, again, what's happening at the national level. Rather than just reviewing that data, the students work to make sense of it and identifying certain trends and patterns, asking questions, and connecting that data to what they see and experience in their own schools and communities. And as they worked through this process, they built skills in data interpretation, collaboration, communication. They translated their findings and presented some of them to the UW Extension Committee last December. So some of you might have been a part of that. They also engaged with county leadership, not only by working with the county board supervisors and all the people in those communities, but also meeting with community leaders. Executive Ager was part of, she attended one of our meetings and talked to the students about what it's like to be in public service and how young people can get involved. As they were working through what they wanted to focus on this year for their collaborative project and evaluating some of that data in the Dane County Youth Assessment, the students identified substance misuse as an area of concern across the different schools. There were several teams that kept emerging some of them where many students are unaware of the resources available to them there is a stigma around asking for help when needed students often feel unsure where to go who to ask and many students still underestimate the risk associated with substance misuse we're looking at this through the lens of like high school students and again what they are noticing in their own schools those findings reinforced a shared understanding and it's that students don't always recognize when they need help and they may not know where to go or feel comfortable asking for it so to address this issue the youth explored several possible solutions and decided to develop a proposal for a youth designed support resource card and the purpose The purpose of this card is to make support more accessible, visible, and less intimidating for students. As part of this proposal, the students established the purpose of the card, the target audience, the messaging, the type of resources and information it should include, and they designed a concept around how young people actually seek out help, and it is quickly and formally and often through peer support. The proposal emphasized creating a tool that feels safe, non-judgmental, relatable, and youth-centered. You can see in the photos some of the different versions of what they worked on together. They work in teams. And then they decided to go with something that they called the Here When You Need It card. have it being very clean and not something that necessarily had a negative significance. Like I said, their goal was to reduce stigma and improve awareness for available resources and make help easier to access. Again, this proposal reframed the challenge of access to support or not understanding where to find it through the youth lens. The group connected with the Department of Human Services and shared this idea. The response was highly supportive and the staff expressed excitement about collaborating and connecting us with additional resources, which is something that we want to continue working on. This next year, we want to print out those cards. The DHS had amazing ideas on how they can support us and maybe create some resources that are more easy to access for young people. And again, we want to continue this project. The students created a really nice proposal, and it's a good foundation for the next part. Then the other project that the students worked on was the Sustainability Safari. They planned and delivered a second Sustainability Safari. Our first one was last year. We had this at the Henry Vala Zoo. Building on the activities from previous year, the students led six interactive educational stations alongside land and water resources, waste and renewables, and UW extension. Something that you notice or may see here is we like to tap in those county resources so we can also show the students that we have other departments and there are like a lot of people doing amazing work in the county so how can we bring in youth voices and help those I guess help each other so we usually try to partner with county departments especially if it's if it's in goals that align with what the students want to do This year, the Sustainability Safari drew over 2,000 guests, giving youth the opportunity to teach younger students and community members about sustainable practices through those interactive activities. By planning and leading the Sustainability Safari, the students build skills and teamwork, facilitation, leadership, event planning, public engagement, and it was rewarding to see community members interactive and actively participating in the activities, asking questions, you can see in some of the photos. Again, we had different elected officials also stopping by and checking out some of the activities. So I would say it was another success. And it seems like the students want to do it another year. Most of the students who came for the interviews mentioned the Sustainability Safari as something they saw on social media, or they saw it on the news, and they are excited to potentially be a part of this effort. So this effort is also being highlighted at the state level as a very unique and creative activity and I've been asked by other colleagues in other counties how can they replicate this into their own communities or bring it into their own communities and get other youth excited about sustainability and kind of like engaging with younger audiences. So I have some quotes here for some of the students. I think overall the YGP has been really impactful. Not only the evaluation result shows it, but also the students. We have a really high return rate for this next term. A lot of students want to continue their work and be part of the program. And the students have mentioned that this program created an environment where youth voices and leadership and engagement was daily amplified, which is a great thing. Everybody selected either four or five on a scale of one to ten and like either they if they develop a skill in um leadership if they feel like they understand better uh policy and decision making um the students reporting gaining gaining skills and experiences through YGB that they would have not gained through other opportunities and they are proud of the projects and they value the opportunity to work with other youth from across St. County. That seems to be one of the things that the students, even when they were interviewing, were mentioning that they don't necessarily have access or they don't know of many opportunities where they can work with students outside of their schools or their own community. So they really appreciate having access to that and potentially be part of the youth governance program. And then what's next? We just introduced the 2026 to 2027 YGP cohort. In September, we'll have the orientation pinning ceremony. And then right after that, the students will start their term as youth representatives. You'll see them at the different committees, boards, commissions for the next few months. And you'll work with some of them always If you are mentoring a student, ask questions, especially when they're working on their projects. Connect them to any local resource and maybe somebody they can reach out to, especially if they are passionate about an issue. Ask them questions and get to know them because the youth in the county, they're amazing. They are really motivated and they really want to make a difference. So I'm excited for this new cohort. And if you have any questions for me, Feel free to ask them.

Thank you. Thank you so much. Any questions or comments from committee members?

Let's see if Michelle has one, or Supervisor Doolin, sorry.

Go ahead, Supervisor Doolin.

You're not, you've got to go off mute.

Actually, I just wanted to say that I was, it was a surprise last year because typically people don't Grant was part of zoning. He wanted to do zoning. And that's not something a typical student would be interested in. And by the time that we were done with the year, he felt comfortable enough to ask questions of applicants and things like that and actually participate in the meeting, which I thought was great. And so one of the things I wanted to ask when, because especially this age group of kids, my son is one of them, with the way COVID kind of isolated kids, do you feel like this teaches things like it develops networking skills, et cetera? And is that something that you kind of help facilitate?

Yeah, absolutely. So networking has been another. So we did a ripple effect mapping evaluation two years ago, and one of the bigger outcomes for the program was developing networking skills and not only the students get to talk and engage and interact with other students from outside their school districts, they also get to work with elected officials, and that elected official might know somebody at a county department. And a lot of the things that we have been doing, especially with our projects, for example, uh have been because of uh you know a county board supervisor introduced the student to someone in a different department and that's how you start kind of like building that i have a student um two years ago he was a public works in transportation and his mentor connected him to Western Renewables and then they came in and they helped with the sustainability safari and then that student went on to be part of a documentary about sustainability in Dane County because he had that connection to Western Renewables. So there are a few stories like that and it's always really exciting to see what the students also do, you know, kind of like outside of just being in like our cohort and who they get to meet and interact with.

Are there any other questions from committee members? Can you talk, for those who haven't done it before, can you talk about what the mentorship experience can look like, does look like most of the time?

Yeah, we usually, well, I reached out, I always, at the beginning of the term, I reach out to those mentors. I give them some resources. I have, like, a little guideline, kind of, like, month by month of, like, these are really, like, many prompts or things to talk about with your student. I think the key or the most important pieces are maybe reaching out or meeting your student before the meeting so you can go over the agenda and explain a little bit of those items or maybe checking in with them after a community meeting and making sure that they understood what was happening because they start in September it's usually a basic time of the year we have budget season sometimes there are some ongoing conversations so they don't have the context of um what's happening or um so it's nice to spend some time at the beginning kind of like going over those topics but usually it's just being there as a resource for the students during those committee meetings and making making sure they feel comfortable like asking questions and sometimes yeah it takes time because at first it's intimidating but um having that adult there um and i know some students attend attend on zoom so it's always nice to like at least um you know like maybe opening or uh the space where like oh does the ygpr have a question or something like that so they feel comfortable but um yeah it's usually checking in with them before that community meeting or Maybe after and then once you hear they're working on their project, maybe helping them with any resources or potential connections. And yeah, it's a kind of like a it's I think the students learn a lot, but also I think the adults working with the students learn from them as well.

Great. Thank you. Yeah. Any other questions from committee members? Seeing none. Thank you very much. I look forward to the program this year. Moving on to F, Director of the Board from Director Shaw.

Yeah, I've got a long list. I'll try and get through it quickly today. So I'm excited to report that Dane County Food Action Plan is likely to be heading to the board's way. The Dane County Food Council recommended that for your review. So that will be something coming soon from one of our educators, Jess Guffey-Caulkins. We have a lot of great updates from community development. So there are reset cohorts coming up. Noah, do you want me to do this or do you wanna? Okay, all right. So fall renewable energy cohort is coming up on September 17th. This is a time for local governments working to navigate energy landscape shifts. So if you have folks who have questions about that or want to learn more, I will put those cohort opportunities in the minutes. Um, we also have an opportunity to learn more about plain language. Um, so this is a training we have on campus often, but just, you know, we get into our acronyms or all of those things and just learning how to really. Communicate clearly with others, even writing effective emails and things like that is a training coming up September 22nd or October 6th. So those are also resources. And are those open to just anyone in the public?

Open to all. They're virtual, so you don't have to be in person for those. Yeah.

And then if you have some nonprofit organizations of interest, Madison Nonprofit Day is coming up on September 11th, and registration is available through September 6th. So also a great time for folks to network, build capacity, and learn from one another. So I'll put all of the details and registration information on that in the minutes. But do folks have any questions about those opportunities?

No, I was going to ask you to email them to us all. Sounds like we're going to have them.

Yeah.

So great.

What is, I can put them in the minutes or I can also send an email. What's, is that, are both?

Minutes work great. Okay. So that's good.

Okay. I think I also reported last month we did have some staffing changes. So our one of our educators resigned, and so we're still working on getting that through. One of the, it is a wonderful thing to be working in two organizations, Dane County and UW-Madison, and sometimes a little complicated working in two organizations. So Dane County, as you know, is, we're navigating a hiring freeze with Dane County, and then just also the you know, typical processes working through hiring folks at UW Madison. But we're getting those waivers signed off on and hopefully we'll be posting that position soon. And I will definitely let you all know when we have that posted so you can help us recruit the next diversified vegetable educator. We also have our staff and you all can, you know, provide input. We had a lot of annual reviews. So this is the time of year when When we do annual reviews with uw Madison so had probably 15 reviews in the month of August, I think one of the. themes you know I didn't have a ton only being here for four months, but one of the themes I really heard a lot from the team. you know, what are ways we can help. And I, and I almost always heard if I had another one of me. So I think that that's just something to keep in mind. I know we have, um, you know, a budget shortfall and all of those things, but, um, I feel like our team definitely, um, sees the need for their work in the community and could certainly be doing more if there were more of us. Um, And then finally, I think the other, my last question is really about engagement. So I am lucky now that I've gotten through more one-on-ones with our team, folks at extension, but I was, I know this turns into a really busy time for you all. And I was curious if you all would be interested in kind of a one-on-one conversation with me at some point. So that's question one. Is that of interest to folks? Or I can also just reach out individually, but I thought it would be nice to just hear from you, learn more about your districts and what we can be doing. But I don't want to add more work. Or we could do it in December or January, too.

December is probably fair for most folks. But I think there would be interest in that.

Okay. Maybe hold off until December? Yeah. Okay. That sounds good. So for October, though, I have more specific questions coming from campus. So they're asking my counterparts across the state to be hearing more from you all. So I will also send this in. I'll put this in the minutes and send this in the email. But I would like asking for you all to do a little bit of thinking before the next meeting and maybe something we can have more of a meaty discussion on, but wanting to hear about the most pressing issues or challenges currently facing Dane County right now and for the next three to five years. A curiosity about what, what you see extension's role is and playing, you know, in supporting that. So I think an example could be AI is coming up and extension have really worked hard to, you know, dive in and provide some education and capacity building around that. But that could be one example of ways that extension can really serve as a resource. And then what are the issues are best addressed at the county level right we're always thinking about what levers, do we have to create change, so what wondering what are those that are best addressed at the county level what's best addressed regionally or statewide. And then, what do you find valuable about extension county based programming and also. Do you see any difference between having county based programming or regional or statewide programming right so we're thinking about more and more offering online opportunities and is it important to have a have that be coming from your county or. could you be learning about that from anywhere, anyone across the state? So those are kind of the questions, but also if folks want to, you know, offer up any other questions we should be thinking about together, those are things I'd like to dive in with you all next time. Do you all have any other things you'd like to add to the list or any thoughts? No. Okay. All right, so that's my update. Do you all have any other questions for me?

Are there any questions from the committee? No, thank you.

All right.

On to announcements and discussion. Where is scheduling most appropriate, G or H? Let's say it's G. We're doing both, so... I did notice that it looks like our October meeting is happening a half hour before a budget finance meeting, personnel and finance meeting, which would gut this particular committee pretty significantly. I think we might have to look at moving that one a week in either direction or a few days in either direction. I don't know if we're, we may not be tackling that issue now, but I'm just throwing that out there. Something that we're going to have to look at. That was, let's see, the 1026 meeting.

Oh, it's on the 28th. Oh. Yeah.

Oh, it is the 28th. That That's the same, unfortunately. We have personal and finance meetings to discuss the budget three nights in a row, 26 through the 28th. So we might just have to move that one by a week.

Would folks like to move it to, it seems like Wednesdays. Well, I can't remember. recalling, trying to recall back to our scheduling in the beginning. Yeah, it was pretty, it's pretty rough. Does the 21st work for folks?

Alas, no. No. From the airport. Yeah.

But even the Thursday, so it sounded like the meetings were the 26th through the 28th?

Yeah, the 29th would work.

Is the 29th feasible for folks? Oops.

Supervisor Doolin?

You're still yeah. Yeah, I'm not sure because I'm being chair of zoning. I don't know what the budget meetings are going to look like. So let me just take a look.

Always a tough time here.

Yeah. Let's see. We're talking about October or September, October, October 28 meeting. yeah well the 21st would be ems commission um i don't know when let's see yeah see like the first two weekends or the first two wednesdays are good but So you're thinking like the 20, what was the date I needed to look at?

I think the last one under discussion was the 29th of Thursday.

That actually might work. Yeah, I think that would work.

Okay, maybe we'll pencil that in at least unless we hear from committee members. Otherwise, yeah.

Sounds good.

Same time, right? Yep, five o'clock to six-ish.

Yeah, I also noticed that on the invitation from Zoom, it had this meeting set at six.

Oh. Like the one that showed up on our county calendars?

The one that we got today inviting us as a panelist.

Oh.

Well, mine was in a five. Supervisor Doolin, I wonder, but I was recently in a different time zone, and so it makes me wonder, like, is your computer in a different time zone for some reason? No. Yours wouldn't be. Yeah. My, I mean, I got mine today and it did show up at five. I double checked that when you put that in the chat.

Okay. I don't know. I just accepted it. And mine's six to seven 30. Yeah. It was really weird. So I don't know. Technology sometimes hates me. So.

all right so do i need to do anything other than put that in the minutes and i'll send you all a um an updated outlook appointment or what do i need uh that is a good question um and as chair i'm supposed to know the answer to that question i'm gonna straight up go um

Are you talking about changing the meeting? Because my understanding is we would just have to post that now that we know when it can go in the minutes and then we can just get the meeting date changed in Legistar by requesting Alex to make that change. Am I answering the question or am I talking about something else?

You absolutely are.

Okay.

All right. Okay. Any other business other than that is allowed by law? Hearing none, I would entertain a motion for adjournment. Moved. Is there any objection to adjournment? All right. Thank you, everybody.