Committee adopts revised contracting transparency rules for human services after Urban Triage controversy

Jun 5, 2025

The Health and Human Needs Committee on June 5 approved a substitute ordinance (OA3) that tightens reporting and adds short-term contracting procedures for human services while denying a separate proposal (OA2) that would have removed the department’s existing Appendix A contracting authority.

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Dane County’s Health and Human Needs Committee voted June 5 to adopt a substitute ordinance (OA3) that increases transparency for human services contracts listed in the county budget’s Appendix A and adds a narrowly defined emergency authority to execute short-term contracts to avoid disruption of critical services. The committee also recommended denial of a separate proposal (OA2) that would have removed existing Appendix A contracting procedures.

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