Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Dane County Broadband Task Force  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Thursday, May 5, 2022  
9:00 AM  
Virtual Meeting  
A. Call To Order  
Staff present: Lauren Kuhl, Sharon Lezberg, Josh Schroeder, Alexandra Andros  
The meeting was called to order by Ratcliff at 9:00 a.m.  
12 -  
Present  
DAVE RIPP, KATE MCGINNITY, TODD VIOLANTE, RENEE LAUBER, MELISSA  
RATCLIFF, BOB WIPPERFURTH, BILL DICKMEYER, JOYCE TIKALSKY,  
ANDREW HOYOS, JAMES DANKY, PETER WEIL, and CATHY SUTTER  
3 - MICHELLE JENSEN, DEANA ZENTNER, and SARAH GHEE  
Absent  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the April 7, 2022 Dane County Broadband Task Force Meeting  
2022  
MIN-020  
Attachments: 2022 MIN-020  
A motion was made by TIKALSKY, seconded by WIPPERFURTH, that the Minutes  
be approved as amended. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
C. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None  
D. Action Items  
None  
E. Presentations  
None  
F. Reports to Committee  
1. Broadband Infrastructure Engineering Assessment RFP Update  
Andros presenting  
RFP has gone out with the final deadline for submittal being May 25th, 2022. Interview for  
applicants will take place after the submittal deadline with project start date being  
mid-June. Projected timeline for completion of Broadband Infrastructure Engineering  
Assessment around six to ten months.  
2. Survey update  
Survey results were discussed with the Task Force.  
758 mail-in responses  
120 online responses were completed by people who received a mailed survey.  
2055 online surveys were completed by people who were not mailed a survey.  
Survey Report from UW River Falls Research Center was initially going to released to  
Task Force on May 31st, but with the extension of the survey the report will likely be  
release mid-June.  
Draft Outline for Task Force Report  
3. 2022  
RPT-020  
Attachments: Structure of Report  
Kuhl presenting  
Kuhl reviewed structure of the report with Task Force Members.  
4. Review recommendation breakdown  
Lezberg presenting  
Sharon Lezberg reviewed brainstormed items and Task Force Members discussed  
changes.  
Discussion ensued about possible recommendations.  
5. Discuss Task Force Extension  
Discussion ensued about Dane County BroadbandTask Force extension.  
6. Discuss advocacy  
Lezberg, Lauber, and Wipperfurth presenting  
Task Force discussed different advocacy options, the limitation set by WI state statute,  
and PSC grant requirements.  
7. Discuss potential second meeting in June  
Task Force discussed potential need for secondary meeting in June. June 23rd  
discussed as option for the second monthly meeting.  
G. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
June 2nd, 2022 at 9:00am - Regularly scheduled Broadband Task Force meeting  
June 23rd, 2022 at 9:00am - Potential second monthly Broadband Task Force meeting  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by LAUBER, seconded by MCGINNITY, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
Meeting adjourned at 10:42 a.m.  
Respectfully submitted by Josh Schroeder, pending Task Force approval