Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Dane County Broadband Task Force  
Thursday, January 5, 2023  
9:00 AM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County  
Building in Room 354; attend virtually via Zoom.  
A. Call To Order  
Staff: Lauren Kuhl, Alexandra Andros, Josh Schroeder  
Meeting called to order by Chair Ratcliff at 9:00am.  
10 - KATE MCGINNITY, TODD VIOLANTE, RENEE LAUBER, MELISSA RATCLIFF,  
BOB WIPPERFURTH, BILL DICKMEYER, DEANA ZENTNER, JOYCE  
TIKALSKY, SARAH EDGERTON, and DAVID DIGIOVANNI  
Present  
3 - ANDREW HOYOS, PETER WEIL, and JEFF GLAZER  
Excused  
Absent  
2 - MICHELLE JENSEN, and SARAH GHEE  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the December 1, 2022 Dane County Broadband Task Force  
2022  
Meeting  
MIN-487  
Attachments:  
2022 MIN-487  
Task Force members reintroduced themselves.  
A motion was made by LAUBER, seconded by MCGINNITY, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
C. Action Items  
D. Presentations  
None  
1. Overview of Metropolitan Unified Fiber Network (MUFN)  
Brief overview of the Metropolitan Unified Fiber Network (MUFN) provided to Task  
Force members  
E. Reports to Committee  
1. Affordable Connectivity Program Outreach  
Presented by Alexandra Andros  
Andros gave a brief overview of the Affordable Connectivity Program and some  
statistics about enrollment percentages in Dane County. Andros also provided  
information on a grant the county is applying for to assist with outreach for the program.  
Discussion ensued about potential outreach possibilities for the program.  
2. AECOM Update  
Presented by Steve Putt and Jeff Whitman from AECOMM  
Putt and Whitman provide an update on the project timeline.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Future Meeting Date: Hybrid Meeting on February 2, 2023. Physical location will be  
Room 354, City-County Building, 210 MLK Jr. Blvd., Madison.  
Future Agenda Item(s): Presentation by MUFN, Affordable Connectivity Program grant  
status  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by WIPPERFURTH, seconded by VIOLANTE, that the be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
Meeting adjourned at 9:48 AM.  
Minutes submitted by Josh Schroeder, Pending Task Force approval