Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Dane County Broadband Task Force  
Wednesday, June 4, 2025  
9:00 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  
Others present: Jaron McCallum, Josh Schroeder, Ruben Anthony  
Chair Glazer called the meeting to order at 9:00 AM.  
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Present  
RENEE LAUBER, BOB WIPPERFURTH, JEFF GLAZER, SARAH EDGERTON,  
DON POSTLER, RANDY UDELL, JOHN VAN OOYEN, ADAM RASCHKA, and  
TODD VIOLANTE  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
MINUTES OF THE APRIL 2, 2025 DANE COUNTY BROADBAND TASK  
FORCE MEETING  
2025  
MIN-089  
Attachments: 2025 MIN-089  
A motion was made by POSTLER, seconded by UDELL, that the Minutes be  
approved as amended. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
C. Action Items  
D. Presentations  
1. Urban League of Greater Madison Presentation on Spectrum Digital Education Grant  
Presented by Dr. Ruben Anthony, President and CEO of the Urban League  
of Greater Madison  
Dr Anthony discussed integrating technology within the ULGM programs,  
access to computer, and skill building.  
Urban League of Greater Madison has received four Spectrum digital  
education grants totaling $110,000 over the past 5 years.  
These grant funds have been used to provide the following digital skill  
development within the ULGM adult employment program curriculum.  
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Online job searching  
Resumes and cover letter building  
Professional collaborative tools like Office 365, Google Apps, etc.  
Virtual interviewing skills  
Using AI in the job search  
The grant funds have also been used to implement virtual Expungement  
Clinics during the COVID pandemic.  
Dr Anthony continued to discuss the impacts of the Spectrum SDE Grants.  
Discussion ensued with Task Force members asking Dr Anthony  
questions related to the ULGM, ULGM programs, and the Spectrum Digital  
Equity Grant.  
E. Reports to Committee  
1. Broadband Coordinator Updates  
Presented by Jaron McCallum  
Round 2 of the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD)  
program recently concluded, running from May 8 to May 29. This round was  
intended for areas without preliminary winners from Round 1, for new  
applicants, or where there were competing applicants in the same area  
with no clear winner.  
In Dane County, no new applications were submitted during Round 2. This  
likely indicates that there is either a preliminary winner already identified or  
that there are competing applicants still under consideration-both of which  
would be fiber-based proposals. The NTIA (National Telecommunications  
and Information Administration) has granted a 90-day extension to the  
states and territories participating in the BEAD program. This extension  
pushes the program’s deadline to October 26, 2025, allowing the federal  
government additional time to implement potential changes to the program.  
In response to ongoing delays, Governor Evers, Representative  
Ratcliff, and Representative Udell have sent letters to the current  
administration urging prompt federal action on the BEAD program to avoid  
further delays in distributing funding.  
Discussion ensued about Wi-Fi accessibility within anchor institutions in  
Dane County.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
The next Dane County Broadband Task Force Meeting will take place on  
August 6th, 2025 at 9am in a hybrid format.  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by POSTLER that the meeting be adjourned. The motion  
carried unanimously.  
Meeting adjourned at 10:00 AM.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Josh Schroeder, pending Task Force approval