Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources 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.  
Wednesday, November 19, 2025  
5:30 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at 5201 Fen Oak Drive  
Moraine Room; 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.  
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txheem rau cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv.  
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The November 19th Environment Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee meeting will be a hybrid  
meeting. Members of the public can either attend in person or virtually via Zoom. 2025 RES-205  
ESTABLISHING THE DANE COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DATA CENTERS will be discussed in a  
joint meeting with the Zoning and Land Regulation Committee.  
The public can attend in person at Moraine Conference Room, 5201 Fen Oak Drive, Madison WI 53718.  
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: 926 8676 3115  
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:  
lwrd@danecounty.gov Staff will forward the email and materials to members of the committee.  
A. Call To Order  
Chair Chawla called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm.  
Youth Governance Members Present: Sophia Pientka  
Others Present: Supervisor Postler, Supervisor Bollig, Supervisor Ritt, Supervisor  
Doolan, County Board Chair Miles  
Staff Present: Carrie Edgar, Majid Allan, Todd Violante, Amy Piaget, Carousel  
Bayrd, Laura Hicklin  
5 -  
Present:  
YOGESH CHAWLA, PATRICK DOWNING, STEVEN PETERS, KERRY MARREN  
and COLIN BARUSHOK  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the October 22, 2025 Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources  
Committee  
Environment and Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: EANR 10-22-25  
A motion was made by PETERS that the Minutes be approved. The motion  
carried by a voice vote 5-0, YGP 1-0.  
C. Fund Transfers  
D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)  
ESTABLISHING THE DANE COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DATA  
CENTERS  
Sponsors: MILES, POSTLER, BROWER, ROSE, MARREN, FURMAN, SMITH, FRIES, CHAWLA,  
DOOLAN and PETERSON  
Attachments: 2025 RES-205  
Tom Mathies registered in support of 2025 RES-205 and was available for  
questions.  
A motion was made by DOWNING that the Resolution be recommended for  
approval. A motion was made by MILES that the Resolution be amended to add  
one County Board Supervisor Member and one representative of the agricultural  
or farmland preservation community to bring the total membership to thirteen  
(13) and to add language that the County Board Office will provide staff support  
as needed.  
The motion to amend the Resolution was carried by a voice vote 5-0, YGP 1-0.  
Roll call requested on the main motion to approve the Resolution as amended.  
The motion to recommend approval of the Resolution as amended carried by  
the following vote:  
Ayes: 5 - CHAWLA, DOWNING, PETERS, MARREN, BARUSHOK  
YGP Pientka: Aye  
5 -  
Ayes:  
Chair CHAWLA, Supervisor DOWNING, Vice Chair PETERS, Supervisor MARREN  
and Supervisor BARUSHOK  
AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR 2026 STATE OF WISCONSIN DNR  
SURFACE WATER GRANTS  
CHAWLA, BROWER, BLAZEWICZ, FRIES and ENGELBERGER  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2025 RES-193  
A motion was made by BARUSHOK that the Resolution be recommended for  
approval. The motion carried by a voice vote 5-0, YGP 1-0.  
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF LAND IN THE TOWN OF WESTPORT  
KRONING, CHAWLA, BROWER, BLAZEWICZ and ENGELBERGER  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2025 RES-194  
A motion was made by DOWNING that the Resolution be recommended for  
approval. The motion carried by a voice vote 5-0, YGP 1-0.  
AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT OF 2025 BUDGET TO ACCEPT DATCP  
COST-SHARE FUNDS  
CHAWLA and ENGELBERGER  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2025 RES-199  
A motion was made by PETERS that the Resolution Requiring 2/3rds Vote be  
recommended for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote 5-0, YGP 1-0.  
AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF AN IRS VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX  
ASSISTANCE (VITA) GRANT TO SUPPORT THE RICHARD DILLEY TAX  
CENTER AND AMENDING THE 2025 OPERATING BUDGET  
YANG, ROSE and MARREN  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2025 RES-217  
A motion was made by PETERS that the Resolution Requiring 2/3rds Vote be  
recommended for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote 5-0, YGP 1-0.  
AMENDMENT TO WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES  
NOTICE OF DISCHARGE GRANT  
CHAWLA  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2025 RES-228  
A motion was made by PETERS that the Resolution Requiring 2/3rds Vote be  
recommended for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote 5-0, YGP 1-0.  
AUTHORIZING A LAND ACQUISITION FOR MCCARTHY YOUTH AND  
CONSERVATION COUNTY PARK  
PETERSON, POSTLER, ROSE and FRIES  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2025 RES-222  
A motion was made by PETERS that the Resolution be recommended for  
approval. The motion carried by a voice vote 5-0, YGP 1-0.  
E. Items Requiring Committee Action  
F. Presentations  
G. Reports to Committee  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
1. Joint Meeting on December 3, 2025 or by call of the chair.  
2026 LCC & EANR MEETING SCHEDULE  
I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
K. Adjourn  
A motion was made by PETERS that the Meeting be adjourned. The motion  
carried unanimously.  
Meeting adjourned at 6:12 pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Laura Hicklin and subject to committee action  
at a future meeting.  
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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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