Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Executive Committee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
This meeting is being conducted on land now known and recognized as Dane County, Wisconsin. We  
acknowledge that this land is at the same time the ancestral, traditional, & contemporary land of the  
Ho-Chunk, Sauk & Kickapoo nations.  
Thursday, May 1, 2025  
5:30 PM  
This is a hybrid meeting: Attend in person at City-County  
Building, Room 354, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd;  
Attend virtually via Zoom.  
Interpreters must be requested in advance; please see the bottom of the agenda for more information.  
Los intérpretes deben solicitarse con anticipación; consulte el final de la agenda para obtener más  
información.  
Yuav tsuam tau thov txog cov neeg txhais lus hau ntej; thov saib hauv qab kawg ntawm qhov txheej  
txheem rau cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv.  
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The May 1, 2025, Executive Committee meeting will be a hybrid meeting. Members of the public can  
either attend in person or virtually via Zoom.  
The public can attend in person at City-County Building room 354, 201 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.,  
Madison, WI, 53703.  
The public can access the meeting virtually with the Zoom application or by telephone.  
To join the meeting in Zoom, click the following link (after you fill out the form, the meeting link and  
access information will be emailed to you):  
This link will be active until the end of the meeting.  
To join the meeting by phone, dial-in using one of the following toll-free phone numbers:  
1-833-548-0276  
1-833-548-0282  
When prompted, enter the following Webinar ID: 997 5634 6264  
PROCESS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:  
IN PERSON: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item  
can register in person at the meeting using paper registration forms. IT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO  
REGISTER VIA THE ZOOM LINK ABOVE EVEN IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING IN PERSON.  
In person registrations to provide public comment will be accepted throughout the meeting.  
VIRTUAL: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item  
MUST REGISTER USING THE LINK ABOVE (even if you plan to attend using your phone). Virtual  
registrations to provide public comment will be accepted until 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the  
meeting.  
In order to testify (provide public comment) virtually, you must be in attendance at the meeting via Zoom  
or phone, you will then either be unmuted or promoted to a panelist and provided time to speak to the  
body.  
If you want to submit written comments or other materials for this meeting, please email them to: [Insert  
Email Address]. Staff will forward the email and materials to members of the committee.  
A. Call To Order  
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. Also present: Sup Wegleitner, Surya Sethi  
(CBO UCA intern), Abby Becker (UniverCity Alliance--UCA), Lisa MacKinnon. There  
were no registrations for public comment.  
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Present:  
PATRICK MILES, SARAH SMITH, MICHAEL ENGELBERGER, DON POSTLER,  
CHAD KEMP and STEVEN PETERS  
2 - ANTHONY GRAY and KIERSTIN HUELSEMANN  
Excused:  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
MINUTES OF THE 4-10-25 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING  
Attachments: 2025 MIN-024  
A motion was made by KEMP that the minutes be approved. The motion carried  
by a voice vote. POSTLER abstained.  
C. Fund Transfers  
NONE  
D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)  
ESTABLISHING AN EQUITY FOOD PROGRAM FOR 2025  
BROWER, MARREN, RITT, FRIES, POSTLER, PETERSON and ENGELBERGER  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2024 RES-386  
A motion was made by POSTLER that the resolution be recommended for  
approval. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS  
MILES, PETERSON, ENGELBERGER and ROSE  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2024 RES-405  
A motion was made by ENGELBERGER that the resolution be recommended for  
approval. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
E. Items Requiring Committee Action  
NONE  
F. Presentations  
PRESENTATION BY UNIVERCITY ALLIANCE COUNTY BOARD OFFICE INTERN:  
PHASE 2--NEEDS ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND BEST  
PRACTICES FOR WINTER COMMUNAL GARDENING PROGRAMMING AND SPACES  
IN DANE COUNTY  
Spring 2025 UniverCity Alliance intern for the County Board Office, Surya Sethi,  
presented her findings and recommendations from the Phase 2 project on access to  
community gardens and garden winter programming. Supervisors asked a number of  
questions.The presentation is attached.  
PRESENTATION BY UNIVERCITY ALLIANCE COUNTY BOARD OFFICE  
INTERN: PHASE 2 COMMUNITY GARDENING  
Attachments: 2025 PRES-009  
G. Reports to Committee  
NONE  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Note the next meeting of the Executive Committee, on May 15, 2025, will start at 5:00  
p.m. in CCB room 354 to accommodate the committee of the whole starting at 6:00 p.m.  
that evening.  
I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
NONE  
J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
NONE  
K. Adjourn  
The meeting adjourned at 5:56 p.m.  
A motion was made by ENGELBERGER that the meeting be adjourned. The  
motion carried by a voice vote.  
Note: If you need an interpreter, translator, materials in alternate formats or other accommodations to  
access this service, activity or program, please call the phone number below—preferably at least three  
business days but no fewer than 24 hours prior to the meeting.  
Nota: Si necesita un intérprete, un traductor o materiales en formatos alternativos o cualquier otra  
adaptación para tener acceso a este servicio, actividad o programa, llame al número de teléfono que  
puede encontrar a continuación — de preferencia con al menos 3 días de anticipación y como mínimo  
24 horas antes del evento en cuestión.  
Sau tseg: Yog koj xav tau ib tug neeg txhais lus, txhais ua ntaub ntawv, cov ntaub ntawv uas nyob rau  
lwm yam kev lawm los sis lwm yam kev pab nkag rau qhov kev pab no, kev ua si los sis kev pab cuam,  
thov hu tus xov tooj rau hauv qab no—xav kom hu li peb hnub ua ntej tuaj tab sis tsis pub tsawg tshaj  
24 xuab moos ua ntej rau lub rooj sib tham no.  
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