MHCA Area Directors' meeting minutes

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Date of the Meeting: April 22, 2025
Location: In person & via Zoom
Board Members Present: Joy Cardin, Troy Thiel, Karen Thiel, Erin Welch, Kathy Walter, Jim Thoreson, Kay Reuter-Krohn, Carl Wacker, Janine Veto, Tom Jarvis, Michaela Utrup, Lacinda Athen, Ron Rotter, Cathy Rotter, Dustin Beilke, John Lager, and Ann Lager
Also Present: Chuck Kreimendahl
Time the Meeting was Called to Order by Cardin: 6:02 p.m. Introductions followed.
Agenda Items:
1. Meet District 10 County Board Supervisor Erin Welch

• Vice Chair of Commission on Sensitive Crimes
• Member of the Health and Human Needs Commission and Zoo Commission

2. Alder Report

• Upcoming Events
  • District 11 Book Club will be held on Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Sequoya Library.
  • Tishler will be hosting Book Beat once a month on Mondays at 1:00 pm.
• Power Outage
  • MGOE will be looking into the more recent and frequent power outages in the area.
• Transportation Updates
  • Additional bus shelters and benches expected.
  • No routes will be eliminated.
  • Funding has been authorized to make the Odana Road and Whitney Way intersection safer for pedestrians and bikers.

3. March Meeting Minutes

• March meeting minutes approval. Motion/2nd to do so. Motion carried.

4. Treasurer’s Report

• No report for April.

5. Activity Updates

• Summer Games
  • TBD on whether event will happen in 2025
• Picnic
  • No update
• Membership Drive
  • New ideas include yard signs, flyers around local businesses; emails to those that have registered email addresses; and use of QR codes for easier signup.

6. May Meeting

• May meeting will be held at the Midtown Police Station (4020 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705); will begin with a presentation from the Midtown Police Department from 6-7 p.m. This is open to all.

7. Membership Messenger

• Membership Messengers will be dropped off at residents’ homes in early May.

Time of Adjournment: 7:18 p.m.
Next Meeting: May 27 at 6:00 p.m.