Committee amends minutes to record proposal to recruit multiple peer support specialists; students to do interviews at youth well-being summit

The Dodge County Human Services and Health Committee voted to amend and then approve the minutes of its prior meeting to reflect two clarifications raised during review.

First, a supervisor asked that the minutes record Supervisor Durr’s proposal under the opioid settlement item to advertise for more than one peer support specialist; staff had told the committee at the earlier meeting that it was unlikely the department would be able to recruit more than one but the supervisor asked that the proposal be noted in the minutes. The committee voted to amend and then approve the minutes as amended.

Second, the committee clarified language in the director’s report about an upcoming community summit on youth well-being. The minutes now specify that a team of students will conduct interviews at the summit, and staff said those students are being recruited by the Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation; the students are not necessarily students who receive services from Human Services and Health, staff said.

Those corrections were made through a motion to amend the minutes and a subsequent motion to approve the minutes as amended; committee members voted aye on both actions.