Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Dane County Broadband Task Force  
Wednesday, April 2, 2025  
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  
Others Present: Jaron McCallum(Dane County), Josh Schroeder(Dane County), Pat  
Garvey(Madison Public Library)  
Chair Glazer called the meeting to order at 9:00 AM.  
Violante joined at 9:03 AM.  
Cassandra Hill attending on behalf of Sarah Edgerton  
8 - RENEE LAUBER, BOB WIPPERFURTH, JEFF GLAZER, DON POSTLER,  
RANDY UDELL, JOHN VAN OOYEN, ADAM RASCHKA, and TODD VIOLANTE  
Present  
1 - SARAH EDGERTON  
Excused  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 5, 2025 DANE COUNTY BROADBAND TASK  
FORCE  
Attachments:  
A motion was made by POSTLER that the Minutes be approved. The motion  
carried by a voice vote.  
C. Action Items  
D. Presentations  
1. Madison Public Library Digital Access Efforts  
Presented by Pat Garvey Library IT Specialist  
Pat discussed Digital Inclusion at the Madison Public Library including the following  
topics  
Access to equipment and connectivity at MPL Locations  
Current and past digital literacy programs  
Aspirations  
Strength as a partner  
Discussion continued about renting out hotspots.  
E. Reports to Committee  
1. Udell Broadband Updates  
Udell spoke about state level broadband discussion including funding and legislation  
2. Broadband Coordinator Updates  
Jaron discussed the PSC funding and the most recent grant period. Discussion of grant  
applications and future grant periods, and potential changes to the program.  
Discussed PSC quad towns meeting around Stoughton area (Rutland, Dunkirk, Dunn,  
Pleasant Springs).  
a. BEAD (Broadband, Equity , Access, and Deployment) Program Updates  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
The next Dane County Broadband Task Force Meeting will take place on June 4th,  
2025 at 9am in a hybrid format.  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by POSTLER, seconded by LAUBER, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
Meeting adjourned at 9:50 AM.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Josh Schroeder, pending Task Force approval.