Dane County

Minutes - Final Unless Amended by

Committee

EV Advisory Commission

Consider:

Who benefits? Who is burdened?

Who does not have a voice at the table?

How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?

Monday, May 19, 2025

1:00 PM

Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County

Building (210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 351) or

virtually via Zoom.

A. Call To Order

Staff Present: Nicole Dewitt

Others Present: Sherrie Gruder, Brandt Hertenstein, Bill Holloway, and Matthew Ploeger

The meeting was called to order by Kathy Kuntz at 1:02 p.m.

16 -

Present

ROSE DAILY, PHIL GRUPE, LYNN MCDANIEL, JIM SCHWINGLE, JOSH

GALASSO, HANNAH JANSEN, GREGG MAY, KATHY KUNTZ, KAREN

MENEDEZ-COLLER, DAPHNE XU, EDWARD LEE, ERINN MONORE-NYE,

ANDREW BREMER, CRISTINA CARVAJAL, SAMANTHA WORDEN, and

STEPHANIE ROBINSON

1 - DAVID LONSDORF

Excused

B. Consideration of Minutes

A motion was made by BREMER, seconded by KUNTZ, that the minutes from

March 17, 2025 be amended to correct all occurrences of “BREWER” to

“BREMER” and thereafter to approve as amended. The motion carried by a

voice vote.

DRAFT Minutes from previous meeting (March 17, 2025)

2025

MIN-049

Attachments: DRAFT Minutes from previous meeting (March 17, 2025).pdf

C. Action Items

None

D. Presentations

Preview of Open House Presentation

2025

PRES-021

Attachments: Preview of Open House Presentation.pdf

Kathy Kuntz spoke on this agenda item and reviewed the “Preview of Open House

Presentation” attachment. This presentation was shared at the first open house on May

14 at The Aviary in Middleton. Another open house has been scheduled for June 3 at the

Urban League in Madison. Kathy would like to hold one or two more open houses. In

addition, EV charging information is available at any events where the Office of Energy

and Climate Change (OECC) is tabling. Kathy invited questions about the presentation

as well as ideas about existing events we may want to consider attending. The

commission members provided input on a number of upcoming opportunities and made

several suggestions about additional support and engagement materials (a recorded

version of the presentation, printed maps for members of the public to interact with, and

graphics for social media posts). Kathy will follow-up on these suggestions and invited

members to reach out with any additional ideas.

Site Host Selection Update

2025

PRES-022

Attachments: Site Host Selection Update.pdf

Kathy Kuntz spoke on this agenda item and reviewed the “Site Host Selection Update”

attachment and the web site that links to the RFP, which went live on Wednesday (5/14).

The deadline for the first round is June 13. There will be multiple rounds but the number

and duration are not yet determined. After the review process, we are hoping for 60-70

viable sites across the county that can continue through the design phase, which the

current grant covers. Funding for construction will need to be secured at a later date,

likely in the form of federal grant money. Commission members had a number of

questions, which Kathy answered. Areas of discussion included: 24/7 EV parking

requirement, proximity of parking stalls to one another, number of required stalls per site,

and on street parking.

Kathy asked members to reflect on who they might encourage to apply. Several

members shared their approach and method for identifying and inviting potential

candidates to submit an RFP.

E. Reports to Committee

None

F. Future Meeting Items and Dates

Meetings for the remainder of 2025 have been scheduled and dates/times are posted on

Legistar. Meeting invites will be sent to commission members.

1. July 21, 2025 (1:00 - 2:30 p.m.)

2. September 15, 2025 (1:00 - 2:30 p.m.)

3. November 17, 2025 (1:00 - 2:30 p.m.)