Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
County Board  
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, September 11, 2025  
5:30 PM  
**2026 DEPARTMENT BUDGET HEARING ** Hybrid  
Meeting: Attend in person at Exhibition Hall Rooms 1, 2  
and 3 at the Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy  
Center Way, Madison; attend virtually via Zoom.  
A. ROLL CALL  
28 -  
Present:  
ANDRAE, BLAZEWICZ, BROWER, DOOLAN, DOWNING, EICHER,  
ENGELBERGER, ERICKSON, FRIES, GRAY, HUELSEMANN, JACKSON,  
KRONING, MARREN, McCARVILLE, MILES, PETERS, POSTLER, RITT,  
ROSE, RYLANDER, SMITH, VELDRAN, WEGLEITNER, WEIGAND, WELSH,  
FURMAN and BARUSHOK  
5 - BOETCHER, CHAWLA, PETERSON, UDELL and YANG  
Excused:  
Absent:  
4 - BOLLIG, GLAZER, KEMP and KIGEYA  
Pledge of Allegiance  
B. SPECIAL MATTERS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS  
Announcements  
C. PUBLIC HEARINGS  
HEALTH AND HUMAN NEEDS COMMITTEE  
VETERANS' SERVICES 2026 BUDGET REQUEST  
Attachments: 2025 PRES-128  
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 2026 BUDGET REQUEST  
Attachments: 2025 PRES-129  
DCDHS DIVISION OF FISCAL & MANAGEMENT SERVICES (FMS/ADMIN)  
2026 BUDGET REQUEST  
Attachments: 2025 PRES-137  
DCDHS DIVISION OF BADGER PRAIRIE HEALTH CARE CENTER (BPHCC)  
2026 BUDGET REQUEST  
Attachments: 2025 PRES-138  
DCDHS DIVISION OF CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES (CYF) 2026 BUDGET  
REQUEST  
Attachments: 2025 PRES-139  
DCDHS DIVISION OF PREVENTION & EARLY INTERVENTION (PEI) 2026  
BUDGET REQUEST  
Attachments: 2025 PRES-140  
DCDHS DIVISION OF HOUSING ACCESS & AFFORDABILITY (HAA) 2026  
BUDGET REQUEST  
Attachments: 2025 PRES-141  
DCDHS DIVISION OF ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE & WORK SERVICES  
(EAWS) 2026 BUDGET REQUEST  
Attachments: 2025 PRES-142  
DCDHS DIVISION OF DISABILITY & AGING SERVICES (DAS) 2026 BUDGET  
REQUEST  
Attachments: 2025 PRES-143  
DCDHS DIVISION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) 2026 BUDGET REQUEST  
10c. 2025  
Attachments: 2025 PRES-144  
D. SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS THE COUNTY BOARD IS AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT  
BY LAW  
E. ADJOURNMENT  
A motion was made by ERICKSON, seconded by FURMAN, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously at 8:21 pm.