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, September 4, 2025

5:00 PM

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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txheem rau cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv.

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The September 4, 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 Bldg., 210 MLK, Jr. Blvd, Madison, WI, 53703. Room 354.

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_Fj8uTmeYRYC77Z6dyOHABw

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: 961 0358 1157

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 5:03 PM. Also present: Supervisors Rose,

Ritt, Boetcher; Staff: Moffitt, MacKinnon.

Chair Kemp indicated that due to the large number of registrants on agenda

items and the need to address all agenda items in a timely manner, he would

invoke DCO Ch 7.225(2)(a), assuming unanimous consent by the committee,

to limit public testimony to three minutes instead of five minutes per person,

per item. There was no objection.

There was a large volume of registrations from the public on 2025 RES-119.

The registration report is attached with the minutes from this meeting.

6 - PATRICK MILES, MICHAEL ENGELBERGER, KIERSTIN HUELSEMANN, DON

POSTLER, CHAD KEMP and STEVEN PETERS

Present:

1 - ANTHONY GRAY

Excused:

B. Consideration of Minutes

MINUTES OF THE 8-13-25 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

2025

MIN-259

Attachments:

2025 MIN-259

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

motion carried by a voice vote.

C. Fund Transfers

NONE

D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)

AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE DANE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES,

REGARDING FILLING SUPERVISORY VACANCIES

2025

OA-008

Sponsors:

FRIES and ENGELBERGER

2025 OA-008

Attachments:

Supervisor Fries, the sponsor of 2025 OA-008, spoke to the committee and

requested postponement to Sept 18th in order to amend and refine the OA

based on concerns regarding the unintended effects of the OA. He outlined his

intentions for the OA and some unintended impacts that have been raised,

which he'd like to try to rectify before the Executive Committee and County

Board take action on it.

A motion was made by ENGELBERGER that the ordinance be postponed to the

Executive Committee, due back by 9/18/2025. The motion carried by a voice vote.

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

2025

RES-119

Sponsors: BOETCHER, BLAZEWICZ, ROSE and RITT

Attachments:

2025 RES-119

2025 RES-119 Fiscal Note

Supervisors Ritt and Rose, co-sponsors of 2025 RES-119, with Sups. Boetcher

and Blaziewicz, spoke and requested a postponement of action on this item

until October 23rd in order to work on additional refinements /amendments to

the resolution. Supervisor Downing spoke in support of this postponement.

Despite the postponement, the Chair indicated that those who still wished to

give testimony on the agenda item tonight instead of waiting until the October

23rd meeting of the Executive Committee were welcome to do so.

Those who spoke in support of the resolution:

Amy van Aartsen, Scarlet Strakova, Steffen Seitz, Lawrence Cuneaz, Ryan

Blum, Jennifer Jones, and Dawn Eberhardt.

Those who spoke in opposition to the resolution:

Becky Rokitowski and Eric McLeod (Representing Ridglan Farms).

See the attached Registration Report for 9-4-25 for the full list of registrants.

A motion was made by MILES that the resolution be postponed to the Executive

Committee, due back by 10/23/2025. The motion carried by a voice vote.

E. Items Requiring Committee Action

NONE

F. Presentations

NONE

G. Reports to Committee

NONE

H. Future Meeting Items and Dates

Next committee meeting is scheduled for September 18, 2025, at 5:30 PM in

CCB room 354.

I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda

NONE

J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law

NONE

K. Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 5:50 PM.

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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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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