Item #2 Draft Meeting Minutes June 4, 2025 — original pdf

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COMMISSION FOR WOMEN MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Commission for Women Regular Meeting Minutes Wednesday, June 4, 2025 The Commission for Women convened in a regular meeting on Wednesday, June 4th, 2025, at City Hall, 301 W 2nd St, Austin, Texas, Boards and Commissions, Room 1101. Chair Bullard called the Commission for Women regular meeting to order at 12:07 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Becky Bullard, Chair Jocelyn Tau, Vice Chair Alexandria Anderson Angela Harris Shaimaa Zayan Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Vanessa Bissereth Diana Melendez Katrina Scheihing PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Commission for Women regular meeting on May 7, 2025. The minutes from the meeting on May 7, 2025, were approved on Vice Chair Tau’s motion, Commissioner Anderson’s second, on a 7-0 vote. Commissioner Bissereth was off the dais. Commissioners Shaik and Veloz Salas were absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Update from the Joint Inclusion Committee (JIC) representative regarding the JIC regular and special called meetings held in April and May 2025. Chair Bullard and Commissioner Anderson provided an update. 1 COMMISSION FOR WOMEN MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, June 4, 2025 3. Discussion regarding questions to ask Dr. Lindsey Wilson, Director, Office of Equity and Inclusion, at the Joint Inclusion Committee meeting on June 25th, 2025. Discussed. WORKING GROUP UPDATES 4. 5. Update from the Recognition Working Group regarding progress toward nominations, evaluation, and the 2025 event. Commissioner Melendez provided an update Update from the Collective Sex Crimes Response Model Working Group on the progress towards project completion. Commissioner Scheihing provided an update. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 6. 7. 8. Approve updates to the membership of the Recognition Working Group. The motion to approve the addition of Commissioners Harris, Melendez, and Zayan to the Recognition Working Group was approved on Vice Chair Tau’s motion, Commissioner Harris’ second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioner Scheihing was off the dais. Commissioners Shaik and Veloz Salas were absent. Approve updates to the membership of the Collective Sex Crimes Response Model Working Group. The motion to approve the addition of Commissioner Anderson to the Collective Sex Crimes Response Model Working Group was approved on Vice Chair Tau’s motion, Commissioner Harris’ second on an 8-0 vote. Commissioners Shaik and Veloz Salas were absent. Approve a Recommendation to Council to discontinue the use of the automated license plate reader surveillance program. The motion to approve a Recommendation to Council to discontinue the use of the automated license plate reader surveillance program was approved on Commissioner Zayan’s motion, Vice Chair Tau’s second on an 8-0 vote. Commissioners Shaik and Veloz Salas were absent. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Discussion and approval of Annual Review Report Updates from most recent Joint Inclusion Committee meeting Update from Quality-of-Life Working Group Chair Bullard adjourned the meeting at 12:49 p.m. without objection. 2