Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources 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, March 14, 2024  
5:30 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at 5201 Fen Oak Drive  
Moraine Room; 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.  
Yuav tsuam tau thov txog cov neeg txhais lus hau ntej; thov saib hauv qab kawg ntawm qhov txheej  
txheem rau cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv.  
The March 14, 2024 Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources 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 5201 Fen Oak Drive, Moraine Room.  
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  
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PROCESS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:  
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can register in person at the meeting using paper registration forms. IT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO  
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meeting.  
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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 a written comment for this meeting, or send handouts for board members, please  
send them to: lwrd@countyofdane.com  
A. Call To Order  
Chair Chawla called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm.  
YGP Members excused: Olivia Morsbach, Josh Leslie  
Others present: Sup. Engelberger  
Staff present: Amy Piaget, Laura Hicklin  
4 - YOGESH CHAWLA, PATRICK DOWNING, AARON COLLINS and SARAH SMITH  
Present:  
1 - HOLLY HATCHER  
Excused:  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
2023  
MIN-525  
Minutes of the February 22, 2024 Environment, Agriculture & Natural  
Resources Committee  
Attachments: EANR 02-22-24  
A motion was made by SMITH, seconded by COLLINS, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote 4-0.  
C. Fund Transfers  
D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)  
1. 2023  
RES-320  
PLACING WARNING SIGNS AT ALL STORM WATER RETENTION  
BASINS ON COUNTY PROPERTY  
ROSE and RITT  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2023 RES-320  
2023 RES-320 FISCAL NOTE  
A motion was made by SMITH, seconded by DOWNING, that the Resolution  
Requiring 2/3rds Vote be postponed until the next meeting. The motion carried  
by a voice vote 4-0.  
2. 2023  
RES-371  
AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE YAHARA WATERSHED  
IMPROVEMENT NETWORK SERVICE AGREEMENT  
CHAWLA  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2023 RES-371  
2023 RES-371 FISCAL NOTE  
A motion was made by SMITH, seconded by COLLINS, that the Resolution be  
recommended for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote 4-0.  
3. 2023  
RES-375  
AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH BURNS & MCDONNELL  
ENGINEERING COMPANY INC TO COMPLETE A COMMUNITY  
MANURE TREATMENT FEASIBILITY STUDY  
CHAWLA, HUELSEMANN and RIPP  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2023 RES-375  
2023 RES-375 FISCAL NOTE  
2023 RES-375 CONTRACT #15381  
A motion was made by SMITH, seconded by DOWNING, that the Resolution be  
recommended for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote 4-0.  
E. Items Requiring Committee Action  
F. Presentations  
G. Reports to Committee  
1. Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 2022-2024 Term  
Accomplishments  
Chair Chawla thanked the committee for their service to the committee  
during the term. Chair Chawla recognized Sup Hatcher for her work on the  
committee during her time on County Board and thanked her for her service.  
Chair Chawla reviewed a list of accomplishments during the term. The list is  
not intended to be a complete list of everything that occurred but serves as a  
reminder of many of the significant accomplishments.  
2023  
RPT-589  
Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 2022-2024  
Term Accomplishments  
Attachments: EANR Accomplishments 2022 - 2024  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
K. Adjourn  
A motion was made by SMITH, seconded by DOWNING, that the Meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
Meeting adjourned at 5:52 pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Laura Hicklin and subject to committee action  
at a future meeting.  
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Sau tseg: Yog koj xav tau ib tug neeg txhais lus, txhais ua ntaub ntawv, cov ntaub ntawv uas nyob rau  
lwm yam kev lawm los sis lwm yam kev pab nkag rau qhov kev pab no, kev ua si los sis kev pab  
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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