Item #1 Draft Meeting Minutes February 5, 2025 — original pdf

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Commission for Women Meeting Minutes Wednesday, February 5, 2025 COMMISSION FOR WOMEN Wednesday, February 5, 2025 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES The Commission for Women convened in a regular meeting on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at City Hall, 301 W 2nd St, Austin, Texas, Boards and Commissions, Room 1101. Chair Tau called the Commission for Women Meeting to order at 12:03 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Jocelyn Tau, Chair Rebecca Austen Katrina Scheihing Becky Bullard, Vice Chair Vanessa Bissereth Diana Melendez Fernanda Veloz-Salas PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Commission for Women regular meeting on January 8, 2025. The minutes from the meeting on January 8, 2025, were approved on Chair Tau’s motion, Commissioner Austen’s second, on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Harris and Rattan were absent. 1 Commission for Women Meeting Minutes Wednesday, February 5, 2025 2. Update from the Joint Inclusion representative on the recent work of the Joint Inclusion DISCUSSION ITEMS Committee. Postponed without objection. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 3. Discussion of possible FY26 draft budget recommendations and formation of a Budget Working Group to research and write budget recommendations. The motion to form a FY 26 Budget Working Group to research and write budget recommendations was approved on Chair Tau’s motion, Vice Chair Bullard’s second, on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Harris and Rattan were absent. Chair Tau, Vice Chair Bullard, Commissioners Veloz Salas and Melendez were added to the working group without objection. 4. Collective Sex Crimes Response Model (CSCRM) Working Group Q4 2024 progress update, including overview of project management dashboard and burndown timelines, project scope changes, challenges, and risks. WORKING GROUP UPDATES Discussed. Item 2 was reconsidered without objection. 2. Update from the Joint Inclusion representative on the recent work of the Joint Inclusion DISCUSSION ITEMS Committee. Discussed. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Imagine Austin – (Scheihing) (Tau, Austen) Update from the Budget Working Group with possible action to approve recommendations Update from the Quality of Life Study Working Group (Tau) 2 Commission for Women Meeting Minutes Wednesday, February 5, 2025 Update from the Recognition Working Group (Tau) ADJOURNMENT Chair Tau adjourned the meeting at 12:33 p.m. without objection. 3