Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Dane County Broadband Task Force  
Thursday, November 3, 2022  
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  
Staff present: Lauren Kuhl, Alex Andros, Sharon Lezberg  
Others present: Steve Putt and AECOM  
The meeting was called to order by Ratcliff at 9:01 am.  
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Present  
KATE MCGINNITY, TODD VIOLANTE, MELISSA RATCLIFF, BOB WIPPERFURTH,  
DEANA ZENTNER, JOYCE TIKALSKY, PETER WEIL, JEFF GLAZER, and SARAH  
EDGERTON  
4 - RENEE LAUBER, BILL DICKMEYER, ANDREW HOYOS, and SHAWN BELLING  
Excused  
Absent  
2 - MICHELLE JENSEN, and SARAH GHEE  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the October 6, 2022 Dane County Broadband Task Force  
Meeting  
Attachments: 2022 MIN-385  
A motion was made by WIPPERFURTH, seconded by GLAZER, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
C. Action Items  
D. Presentations  
E. Reports to Committee  
1. Report out on Internet for All conference  
Glazer provided an overview of the Internet for All Conference  
Themes: Practicality, digital equity and inclusion, infrastructure to think about – grant  
funding including BEADS Act - $42 billion available for infrastructure nationally – reality is  
that Wisconsin will receive less than a $1 billion, when you break it down by county it’s  
going to be a fraction of the infrastructure costs  
Additional staff and task force members provided their takeaways from the conference.  
Discussion of what MUFN is able to provide in terms of ability to provide.  
Report out on Internet for All conference  
2. Update from AECOM  
Steve Putt from AECOM provided an update on what they are working on  
3. Broadband related budget amendment  
Broadband related budget amendment  
Attachments: ZLR O-1  
Alex Andros provided an overview of the amendment  
Edgerton noted the City of Madison will also have a broadband related position and noted  
they could work together  
4. Update on survey responses  
Sharon Lezberg provided an update on the survey responses  
5. Visioning and planning for task force recommendation - Affordable Connectivity  
Program  
Sharon Lezberg facilitated discussion around visioning for Affordable Connectivity  
Program  
Tikalsky provided an overview of the work she is doing in Stoughton, suggested that a  
Coordinator could make it a project to develop materials to distribute  
Edgerton provided an overview of how the City is navigating the affordable connectivity  
program – Should contact with DaneNet about hurdles that they are experiencing  
Glazer noted that the County should have an understanding of which communities need  
the most support, perhaps seniors are receiving support, but who is not getting support –  
Coordinator could help put this together  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
December 1, 9:00am – hybrid meeting  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by GLAZER, seconded by MCGINNITY, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
Respectfully submitted by Lauren Kuhl, pending Task Force approval