Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Tree Board  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Tuesday, April 16, 2024  
3:45 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Lyman  
Anderson building 5201 Fen Oak Dr; Meeting Room  
Driftless attend virtually via Zoom  
A. Call To Order  
8 -  
Present  
Supervisor MICHELE RITT, JAY WEISS, LAURA WYATT, MATT NOONE, CORY  
RICH, CATHY BRODBECK, TIERNEY BOCSI, and TEDWARD ERKER  
Also present: Brian Wahl, Lisa Johnson  
Excused Adam Alves  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
03.19.2024 MINUTES TREEBOARD  
2024  
MIN-004  
Attachments: 2024 MIN-004  
A motion was made by WYATT, seconded by ERKER, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote 9-0.  
C. Tree Board Operating Agreement  
D. Project & General Updates  
1. DNR IRA Urban Forestry Grant supporting Tree Preservation Ordinance protecting  
trees in areas slated for new development (remnant forests, especially). NOONE  
suggests policy work group review the Fitchburg ordinance and bring a recommendation  
to the next meeting. Cottage Grove has a Heritage Tree ordinance. NOONE will send text  
of both to the members.  
2. Student Early Career TB Advisory Position NOONE will ask ALVES to invite someone  
to attend, BOSCI will send to ESSA email, suggested Wildlife Ecology email list. Do  
have one open slot yet on the Board. Need to renew WYATT, RITT, WEISS as their  
terms are expiring. Sean Gere expressed interest in joining. In the past, we have had City  
of Madison representative on the Board.  
3. TB Events (April 22st Shabazz and Lussier) ERKER, NOONE, Johnson and BOSCI  
will attend Lussier Earth Day Extravaganza. NOONE will be at the Shabazz school and  
planting heritage tree seedlings in the OFS cribs.  
4. Morton Arboretum Workshop BRODBECK and WAHL attended, they will work on a  
bulleted list summarizing the workshop.  
5. Renew Workgroups updates? Make an action item for next meeting  
E Discussion Item  
F. Action Items  
1. Mendota Health Institute Spongy Moth outbreak Discussion of the outbreak.  
1. Additional TB purchases  
2. Allocation of funding to treat Spongy Month outbreak at Mendota Health Institute  
G. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
May 21st 2024  
H. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
I. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
J. Adjourn  
A motion was made by WEISS, seconded by ERKER, that the Meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously 9-0.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Matt Noone, pending board approval