Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Dane County Broadband Task Force  
Thursday, June 1, 2023  
8:30 AM  
This is a Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at City-County  
Building, Room 354, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd;  
Attend virtually via Zoom.  
A. Call To Order  
Meeting called to order by Chair Ratcliff at 8:31 AM.  
Dickmeyer joined at 8:33 AM.  
Edgerton joined at 8:33 AM.  
Edgerton left at 8:56 AM.  
Violante left at 8:42 PM.  
12 -  
Present  
KATE MCGINNITY, TODD VIOLANTE, RENEE LAUBER, MELISSA RATCLIFF,  
BOB WIPPERFURTH, BILL DICKMEYER, DEANA ZENTNER, JOYCE TIKALSKY,  
PETER WEIL, JEFF GLAZER, SARAH EDGERTON, and DAVID DIGIOVANNI  
3 - MICHELLE JENSEN, ANDREW HOYOS, and SARAH GHEE  
Absent  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the May 4, 2023 Dane County Broadband Task Force Meeting  
Attachments: 2023 MIN-119  
A motion was made by WIPPERFURTH, seconded by DIGIOVANNI, that the  
Minutes be approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
C. Action Items  
D. Presentations  
None  
1. AECOM Engineering Assessment  
Jeff Whitman of AECOM presented current draft recommendations and asked Task  
Force members for additional input be emailed to them.  
Topics within the current draft recommendations include; policies and regulations,  
infrastructure and development, public funding, public awareness, partnerships, digital  
inclusion programs, and next steps.  
E. Discussion Items  
1. Discuss Draft Engineering Assessment  
AECOM will send draft report to Task Force members and collect comments for the  
finalized report.  
2. Discuss report from AECOM and status of future work and contract  
AECOM final report originally set to be completed in early June.  
Contract with AECOM extends to the end of year. Additional work plan for AECOM set to  
go until September.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
The next Dane County Broadband Task Force meeting is being held in a hybrid format  
on Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 at 9:00 AM.  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by GLAZER, seconded by MCGINNITY, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
Meeting adjourned at 9:48 AM.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Josh Schroeder, pending Task Force approval