Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Dane County Broadband Task Force  
Thursday, March 2, 2023  
9:00 AM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County  
Building (210 MLK Jr. Blvd, Madison, WI) in Room 354;  
attend virtually via Zoom.  
A. Call To Order  
Others Present: Lauren Kuhl, Alex Andros, Aaron Krebs, Sharon Lezberg, Curt Kodl,  
Eric Bathras, Steve Putt  
Meeting called to order by Chair Ratcliff at 9:02 AM.  
Weil arrived at 9:13 AM.  
Wipperfurth left at 9:45 AM.  
Dickmeyer left at 9:58 AM.  
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Present  
Absent  
KATE MCGINNITY, TODD VIOLANTE, RENEE LAUBER, MELISSA RATCLIFF,  
BOB WIPPERFURTH, BILL DICKMEYER, JOYCE TIKALSKY, PETER WEIL, JEFF  
GLAZER, and SARAH EDGERTON  
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MICHELLE JENSEN, DEANA ZENTNER, ANDREW HOYOS, SARAH GHEE, and  
DAVID DIGIOVANNI  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
1. 2022  
MIN-592  
Minutes of the February 2, 2023 Dane County Broadband Task Force  
meeting  
Attachments: 2022 MIN-592  
A motion was made by MCGINNITY, 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 from AECOM: Initial review of what broadband throughout Dane County would  
look like, including costs broken down by municipalities.  
Presented by Steve Putt and Eric Bathras from AECOM  
Provided an overview of mapping data and costs broken down by municipality. The  
information presented was “worst case scenario” and needs to be have further review in  
the coming months to consider opportunities for expansion.  
2. Further discussion on task force meetings going forward – Topics for future  
presenters at Task Force meetings  
Suggestions for future presenters at the Dane County Boardband Task Force should be  
sent to the Chair, Vice-Chair, and staff. Discussion will continue at the next meeting.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by MCGINNITY, seconded by VIOLANTE, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
The meeting adjourned at 10:00 AM.  
Minutes submitted by Lauren Kuhl, Pending Task Force approval