Dane County Week Ahead 10/20/25

By
Brenda Konkel
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26 meetings this week – county board hearing on budget and 5 other budget meetings plus regular county board meeting and more!

Monday 10/20/25

1:00 PM Local Emergency Planning Committee Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Dane County Emergency Management (2982 Kapec Rd Fitchburg, WI 53719) Emergency Operations Center; attend virtually via Zoom.

  • Presentations – Lithium Battery Presentation – Darlene Pintarro
  • Reports to Committee
    • Madison Fire Hazmat Team Report
    • EPCRA Report
    • New Committee Members
    • Other Committee Member Reports

3:30 PM Sustainable Business Park Project Review Board Attend virtually via zoom

5:30 PM Personnel & Finance Committee

5:30 PM City-County Homeless Issues Committee Virtual

  • Affordable housing development funds updates
    • Matt Frater and Julie Spears with City of Madison
    • Jenna Wuthrich with Dane County
  • Staff Report

7:00 PM County Board **2026 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING** Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County Building in Room 201; attend virtually via Zoom.

  • Public Hearing on the Proposed 2026 Dane County Budget

Tuesday 10/21/25

8:00 AM Henry Vilas Zoo Commission 702 S. Randall Avenue

  • Presentation (on Budget)
  • Reports
    • Operational Updates
    • Animal Updates
    • Conservation/Education Updates
    • Event/Marketing Updates

9:30 AM Commission on Sensitive Crimes Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Aging & Disability Resource Center (Room 109) or virtually via Zoom.

  • Agency Updates
  • CCR Updates
  • Legislative Announcements

2:00 PM Personnel & Finance Committee – Ombuds Subcommittee CCB 357

  • No agenda

3:30 PM Aging & Disability Resource Center Governing Board Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at ADRC or virtually by Zoom

  • Esther Olson – Proposal
  • Chair’s Report
    • Discuss Development of Annual Goals
    • Discuss Periodic Evaluation Criteria
    • Overview of what the ADRC does and its structure
  • Manager’s Repro
    • ADRC Update

3:45 PM Tree Board Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Lyman Anderson building 5201 Fen Oak Dr; Meeting Room Driftless (121); attend virtually via Zoom

  • Project and General Updates
    • Letters of Support
    • DCTB Apparel to Represent our Board at Events
    • Model Tree Preservation Policy Work
  • Discussion Items
    • Mission and Vision Statement Review
    • Community Communication and Values Planning for Urban Forestry and Trees
    • Next Steps for TB in Regard to County Tree Preservation Resolution
  • Action Items
    • Mission and Vision Statement Review
    • Tree Board Purchases

5:30 PM Equal Opportunity Commission Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County Building in Room 356; attend virtually via Zoom.

  • Establish Subcommittee – Vote for EOC Creation of Subcommittee for upcoming event tentatively scheduled for 2026
  • Tamara D. Grigsby Office for Equity & Inclusion and EOC collaboration community themed event
    • Discussion: type of event, title, location, date, funding, other logistics
  • Reports
    • Chair’s Report – The EOC Chair will summarize meeting and other related activities on behalf of the Commission since the last Commission meeting. For infomation only. Any items raised for future discussion will be posted on the next agenda. Update from the County Executive’s Office.
    • EOC Staff Report
    • Secretary’s Report

5:30 PM Public Works & Transportation Committee **2026 BUDGET MEETING** HYBRID: In person at the City- County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,Madison, WI in room 351; attend virtually via Zoom.

5:30 PM Public Protection & Judiciary Committee **BUDGET** Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County Building room 357; attend virtually via Zoom.

  • PP&J COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2026 OPERATING BUDGET
    • Increase expenditures by $107,600 to restore the 1.0 FTE Clerk III for the Deferred Prosecution Program beginning January 1, 2026.
    • Reduce expenditures by $2,244,047 by elimination of 16.0 FTE vacant Deputy l-ll positions (415, 423, 424, 433, 457, 597, 604, 627, 1769, 1776, 1936, 1939, 1957, 2453, 2547, 2604) in various programs within the Sheriff Dept.
    • Reduce expenditures by $917,694.88 by elimination of 7.0 FTE vacant Deputy l-ll positions (2307, 2852, 1924,435, 482, 1777, 2389) in various programs within the Sheriff Dept. This amendment is proposed as an offset to amendment HHN-O-02 which increases funding to operating the city’s men’s shelter.
    • Reduce expenditures by $597,000 by elimination of 5.0 FTE vacant Deputy l-ll positions (429, 636, 1994, 639, 3079) in various programs within the Sheriff Dept. This amendment is proposed as an offset to amendment HHN-O-03.
  • PP&J COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET
    • None at this time

Wednesday 10/22/25

9:00 AM Area Agency on Aging – Legislative / Advocacy Committee This is a Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at 2865 N Sherman Ave, Conference Room 109; Attend virtually via Zoom.

10:00 AM Traffic Safety Commission Dane County UW Extension 5201 Fen Oak Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53718 Conference Room 121

  • Presentations
    • Public Comment
    • Updates/Old Business
    • LE Subgroup Updates
    • Dane County Highway
    • BOTS Updates
  • Reports to Committee
    • Traffic Crash Review — Crashes from July – September 2025
    • Confidentially Agreement
    • Updates From The Last Review
    • Overview
    • Review of 9 Crashes — 11 Fatalities and 8 Injuries
      • 7/14/2025 039 @ Maple Grove Road Town of Albion WSP
      • 7/20/2025 039 @ I Town of Vienna WSP
      • 7/29/2025 019 @ Weidemann Drive Town of Medina DCSO
      • 8/19/2025 039 @ 051 Town of Albion WSP
      • 8/30/2025 Reiner Road @ Burke Road Town of Burke DCSO
      • 9/1/2025 012 @ Airport Road City of Middleton MPD
      • 9/8/2025 I @ Cuba Valley Road Town of Vienna DCSO
      • 9/12/2025 T @ Holy Cross Way City of Madison MPD
      • 9/13/2025 012 @ Kickaboo Road Town of Springfield DCSO
    • Recommendations
    • Crash Review Recap
    • Issues/Themes Identified from the Review
    • Sharing TS Work
    • Announcements and Roundtable Discussion

12:00 PM Office for Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County Building in Room 356; attend virtually via Zoom.

  • Budget (update)
  • Chapter 15 Ordinance (update)
  • PIE Grant 2025 (update)
  • Framework – Equity Initiative

12:15 PM Community Justice Council – Pre-Trial Services Subcommittee Hybrid meeting; attend virtually via zoom, attend in person City County Building Room 354.

5:15 PM Land Conservation Committee *Budget* Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person Room 354 City-County Building; attend virtually via zoom

5:15 PM Specialized Transportation Commission Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the ADRC or virtually by Zoom.

  • Metro Paratransit – Laura Sherrington
  • Updates from Transportation Call Center – Nathanael Brown
  • Updates from Greater Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization – Ben Lyman

5:30 PM Park Commission Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Heritage Center Upper Level, 3101 Lake Farm Rd, Madison; attend virtually via Zoom

5:30 PM Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee *Budget* Hybrid Meeting; Attend in person Room 354 City-County Building; attend virtually via zoom.  The meeting will begin at 5:30 pm or when the Land Conservation Committee adjourns, whichever is later. The Zoom link for the meetings is the same.

5:30 PM Health & Human Needs Committee *BUDGET* Hybrid meeting: Attend in person in Room 357 of the City County Building or virtually via Zoom.

  • HHN COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2026 OPERATING BUDGET
    • Increase GPR expenditures by $2,175,481 to reverse the 4% reduction to purchase of service agencies.
    • Increase expenditures by $900,000 to provide additional funding for the Bartillon Mens Shelter and add the following language to 2025 RES-174: “The operating budget includes $1,146,963 to assist the City of Madison with the operational costs at the new Bartillon Men’s Shelter. The intergovernmental agreement to deliver these funds to the city and to set terms, including but not limited to policies and procedures related to shelter operations and services, shall require the approval of the County Board including the Health and Human Needs Committee.” Further, the Porchlight-Shelter Operations and Men’s Shelter GPR lines should be removed from Appendix A
    • Increase expenditures by $600,000 outreach and potential overflow shelter operations and add the following language to 2025 RES-174: “The operating budget includes $600,000 for homeless outreach and potential shelter overflow operations. These funds will be awarded by the Department of Human Services through an request for proposal process. A draft RFP(s) will be presented to the Health and Human Needs Committee for its reveiw and input. Any contract(s) resulting from the RFP award will be subject to approval by the County Board, including the Health and Human Needs Committee.”
  • HHN COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET
    • Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $10 million in the Affordable Housing Development Fund.
    • Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $2 million to provide funding, through an agreement with the Dane County Housing Authority, to loan funds to non-profit affordable and supportive housing providers to improve accessibility in older affordable housing units.
    • Increase expenditures and borrowing proceeds by $2 million to allow for the purchase of land in Dane County to establish grounds for lawful sleeping options for unhoused persons.
  • 25283_ MOORING PROGRAMS, INC.

6:00 PM Food Council Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the Lyman Anderson building 5201 Fen Oak Dr; Meeting Room Drumlin (A/B); attend virtually via Zoom

  • Regular Business Reports
    • Dane County Food Action Plan
    • Wisconsin Food Systems, Inc.
    • Regional Agriculture & Food Sovereignty; Community Gardens
    • Food Access; Double Dollars Program
    • Public Health Madison & Dane County; City of Madison
  • Business Development
    • Extension/Dane County
  • DCFC Action Plan reports
    • Policy
    • Food Access and Equity
    • Community Engagement
    • Organizational Capacity
    • Food System Resource Recommendations
  • Council Discussion – Double Dollars Program

Thursday 10/23/25

11:00 AM Safety and Working Conditions Study Committee Attend in person at the City County Building in Room 357; attend virtually via Zoom.

  • Reports to Committee
    • Workers Compensation Data
    • Data collection system follow-up
  • Method of making recommendations to the Personnel & Finance Committee
  • Courthouse doors follow-up
  • Role of this committee in collaboration with departmental-specific committees

5:30 PM Executive Committee **2026 BUDGET MEETING** Hybrid meeting; attend in person at the City County Building, Room 354; attend virtually via zoom.

7:00 PM County Board Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at the City County Building in Room 201; attend virtually via Zoom.

  • RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2025 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
  • RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2025 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
  • County Executive Presentation Regarding Hiring Freeze
  • BILLS OVER $10,000 REFERRED TO THE COUNTY BOARD
  • 5 denial of claims
  • Zoning Petitions
    • APPLICANT: STEVEN AND SUSAN WEINBERGER LOCATION: NORTH OF 1612 HILLSIDE RD, SECTION 35, TOWN OF CHRISTIANA CHANGE FROM: FP-1 Farmland Preservation District TO RR-2 Rural Residential District REASON: rezone an existing lot for residential use using transfer of development rights
    • APPLICANT: WILL AND MELANY SADEK LOCATION: 7791 COUNTY HIGHWAY Y, SECTION 7, TOWN OF DANE CHANGE FROM: FP-1 Farmland Preservation District TO SFR-1 Single Family Residential District and SFR-2 Single Family Residential District REASON: create one residential lot and reconfigure an existing residential lot
    • APPLICANT: TOWN OF YORK (ON BEHALF OF MULTIPLE OWNERS) LOCATION: MULTIPLE PARCELS, TOWN OF YORK (See application for specifics) REASON: a town sponsored blanket rezone of multiple parcels to correct zoning map discrepancies
    • APPLICANT: DAVID & ROBYN GARFOOT LOCATION: 8670 GARFOOT DRIVE, SECTION 10, TOWN OF PRIMROSE CHANGE FROM: RR-4 Rural Residential District TO RM-8 Rural Mixed-Use District, FP-35 Farmland Preservation District TO RM-8 Rural Mixed-Use District, RR-2 Rural Residential District TO RR-4 Rural Residential District, FP-35 Farmland Preservation District TO RR-4 Rural Residential District REASON: expanding two existing residential lots
    • APPLICANT: OLSEN TRUST LOCATION: 6466 SUNSET DRIVE, SECTION 36, TOWN OF VERONA CHANGE FROM: RR-2 Rural Residential District TO MFR-08 Multi-Family Residential District REASON: creating a condominium plat for 4 single-family homes
    • APPLICANT: RICHARD A ANDERSON LOCATION: SOUTH OF 4551 PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD, SECTION 8, TOWN OF VERMONT CHANGE FROM: FP-35 Farmland Preservation District TO RR-8 Rural Residential District REASON: creating four three residential lots
    • APPLICANT: LAWRENCE & ELIZABETH HAACK LOCATION: 9210 BRAUN ROAD, SECTION 17, TOWN OF CROSS PLAINS CHANGE FROM: SFR-08 Single Family Residential District TO RR-1 Rural Residential District, FP-35 Farmland Preservation District TO RR-1 Rural Residential District REASON: shifting of property lines between adjacent land owners

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