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, October 23, 2025

5:30 PM

**2026 BUDGET MEETING** Hybrid meeting; attend in

person at the City County Building, Room 354; 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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The October 23, 2025, Executive Committee BUDGET 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.

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):

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T8XbuShHQDOGcUnCveKmKA

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: 967 6847 6114

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

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:

MacKinnon.Lisa@danecounty.gov. Staff will forward the email and materials to members of the

committee.

A. Call To Order

The meeting was called to order at 5:40 p.m. Also present: Supervisors

Downing, Rose, Ritt, Furman; Corporation Counsel Pabellon; CBO staff

MacKinnon.

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Present:

PATRICK MILES, ANTHONY GRAY, MICHAEL ENGELBERGER, KIERSTIN

HUELSEMANN, DON POSTLER, CHAD KEMP and STEVEN PETERS

B. Consideration of Minutes

MINUTES OF THE 10-16-25 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING_BUDGET 1

2025

MIN-347

Attachments: 2025 MIN-347

REGISTRATION REPORT_EXEC COMM_10-16-25_Final

A motion was made by ENGELBERGER that the minutes be approved. The motion

carried by a voice vote.

C. Fund Transfers

NONE

D. Budget Discussion and Amendments

There were no 2026 operating or capital budget amendments before the

committee and therefore no committee action was taken on budget

amendments.

CALLING ON WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE, AND

CONSUMER PROTECTION (DATCP) TO REVOKE RIDGLAN FARMS’

COMMERCIAL DOG BREEDER LICENSE AND PLACE DOGS IN CUSTODIAL

CARE DURING ONGOING INVESTIGATION

1. 2025

RES-119

BOETCHER, BLAZEWICZ, ROSE and RITT

Sponsors:

Attachments: 2025 RES-119

2025 RES-119 Fiscal Note

SUB 1 to 2025 RES-119_MARKED

Public registrants spoke on the resolution. A registration report is attached with

these minutes and provides details on registrant positions.

The resolution's sponsors--Supervisors Rose and Ritt--spoke in support of Sub

1 to the resolution. Supervisor Downing spoke in opposition to Sub 1 to the

resolution. Corporation Counsel was consulted on the legal status of the case

as it related to the resolution. Discussion ensued and committee members

asked questions of various members of the public giving testimony. Committee

members spoke regarding their reasons for voting to recommend Sub 1 to the

resolution for approval.

Final tally of public comment based on online registration report and additional

public registrants in the meeting room:

Support: 63

Oppose: 26

Did not register position: 31

Those not included on registration report due to registering in person (included

in tally above):

Support:

- Allison Fisher

- Grace Stark

Oppose:

- Dennis Jelle

A motion was made by ENGELBERGER that the resolution be suspended from the

rules to allow for three minutes of testimony per person rather than five minutes

in order to hear all testimony before adjourning for the County Board meeting.

The motion carried by a voice vote.

A motion was made by ENGELBERGER that the Resolution be Sub. 1 to the

resolution be recommended for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote.

F. Items Requiring Committee Action

NONE

G. Presentations

NONE

H. Reports to Committee

NONE

I. Future Meeting Items and Dates

Next meeting of the committee is scheduled for November 6, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.

in CCB room 354.

J. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda

NONE

K. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law

NONE

L. Adjourn

A motion was made by PETERS 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.

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