Downtown Austin Community Court Advisory BoardSept. 19, 2025

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Approved Minutes
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DACC ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES (19, SEPTEMBER 2025) DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR CALLED MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 The DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT ADVISORY BOARD convened in a REGULAR CALLED meeting on 19, SEPTEMBER 2025, at 505 BARTON SPRINGS RD in Austin, Texas. CALL TO ORDER Chair Lea Downey Gallatin called the DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT ADVISORY BOARD Meeting to order at 8:12 a.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Chair Lea Downey Gallatin, Vice Chair Dr. Anu Kapadia, and Mikaela Frissell Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Karly Jo Dixon, Amanda Marzullo, Dr. Josh Robinson, and Roy Woody PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL  None APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING on JULY 18, 2025.  The minutes from the meeting of July 18, 2025, were approved on Vice Chair Dr. Anu Kapadia’s motion, Board Member Mikaela Frissell’s second on an (7-0) vote. 1 DACC ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES (19, SEPTEMBER 2025) DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Status update the Galatin/Kapadia) – Bailey Gray, Business Process Specialist. implementation of following the Apricot Software – (Downey  Update included the migration, implementation, advancement and beyond of the software program. 3. Status of DACC operational areas including performance measures and services delivered through Community Services, Court Services, Homeless Services and Support Services – Jennifer Sowinski, DACC Clinical Operations Manager, Chris Anderson, DACC Court Operations Manager, and Robert Kingham, DACC Court Administrator.  Update included Community Services requests completed, number of Violet Keepsake participants, court cases filed, court cases docketed, number of clients in Community Court’s Clinical Diversion Program, number of Walk-in Case Management interactions, and number of clients connected to housing. ACTION ITEMS 4. Adopt meeting schedule for 2026 (Downey Gallatin/Sontheimer) – Robert Kingham, Court Administrator, DACC.  After some discussion, Board chose to modify the date on March 20, 2026 to March 27, 2026. The 2026 Meeting schedule was adopted with the revised date in March with Board Member Amanda Marzullo’s motion, Dr. Anu Kapadia’s second on an (7-0) vote. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 9:35 a.m. The minutes were approved at the November 21, 2025 meeting on Board Member Katy Jo Muncie’s motion, Board Member Josh Robinson’s second on a (6-0) vote. 2