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, June 23, 2022  
9:00 AM  
Virtual Meeting  
A. Call To Order  
Staff present: Alexandra Andros, Lauren Kuhl, Sharon Lezberg, Josh Schroeder  
The meeting was called to order by Ratcliff at 9:01 am.  
11 -  
Present  
KATE MCGINNITY, TODD VIOLANTE, RENEE LAUBER, MELISSA RATCLIFF,  
BOB WIPPERFURTH, BILL DICKMEYER, DEANA ZENTNER, JOYCE TIKALSKY,  
ANDREW HOYOS, PETER WEIL, and CATHY SUTTER  
3 - DAVE RIPP, MICHELLE JENSEN, and JAMES DANKY  
Excused  
Absent  
1 - SARAH GHEE  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the June 2, 2022 Dane County Broadband Task Force Meeting  
1. 2022  
MIN-127  
Attachments: 2022 MIN-127  
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. Reports to Committee  
1. Review and discuss UW River Falls preliminary survey report  
Task Force discussed preliminary survey report, and suggested corrections that will be  
sent back to the UW River Falls Research Center.  
2. Review and discuss draft Broadband Task Force report  
Task Force discussed and made corrections to the report.  
E. Action Items  
1. Discussion and clarification on advocacy  
Task Force reviewed advocacy recommendation from Dane County Legislative Lobbyist.  
Discussion continued about what the Task Force recommendations would be.  
Voting on Task Force recommendations  
2. 2022  
ACT-053  
Attachments: Draft Recommendations  
A motion was made by MCGINNITY, seconded by WEIL, that the Action Item  
be approved with staff edits as discussed. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
F. Presentations  
None  
G. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Dane County Board of Supervisors approved extending the Dane County Broadband Task  
Force.  
Short presentation about the task force recommendations will be given to the Dane  
County Board of Supervisors on July 21st, 2022.  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by LAUBER, seconded by WIPPERFURTH, that the meeting  
be adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
The meeting adjourned at 11:09 am.  
Respectfully submitted by Josh Schroeder, pending Task Force approval