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Votes at a glance: Dane County Board approves multiple consent items, jail change order and appointments
Summary
At its May 1, 2025 meeting the Dane County Board approved a range of routine and committee-referred items, including payment approvals, denial of claims, multiple consent-calendar resolutions, a contract change order for the jail consolidation project, and county executive appointments.
The Dane County Board of Supervisors approved a series of committee recommendations and routine items during the May 1, 2025 meeting. The actions below summarize recorded motions and committee recommendations placed before the board and voted on by voice vote or committee consent.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of payments (bills over $10,000 referred to the County Board): Motion to approve moved by Beldren, seconded by Balague; clerk recorded the voice vote and the motion passed.
- Denial of claims (six items): Moved by Engelberger, seconded by Bauer; motion carried by voice vote and the claims were denied.
- Approval of County Board minutes (April 10): Moved by Brower, seconded by Udell; adopted by voice vote.
- Consent calendar (items F1–F9 and F11): Committee recommendations adopted by voice vote. Supervisor Weigand and another supervisor recorded no votes on specific items (see meeting minutes).
- F10 (2024 Res 403) Contract Change Order Number 102, Jail Consolidation Project: Public Works and Transportation Committee recommended approval; the board approved the committee recommendation by voice vote. Committee discussion included requests that Public Works track cumulative change-order totals and that the change-order rollup document be included in the agenda attachments.
- K1 (Res 357) Approving agreements for an affordable housing project at 1202 South Park Street in the City of Madison: Committee recommended approval as amended; the board adopted the recommendation (Supervisor Weigand recorded a no vote on record).
- K2 (Res 375 / Res 3 75 sub 1 as amended): Award of contract for grounds maintenance services at the Dane County Regional Airport — see separate article for debate and public testimony; board approved committee-recommended sub 1 as amended.
- L (Res 405) County Executive appointments: Executive Committee recommended approval; the board adopted the committee recommendation unanimously.
- Items requiring more than a simple majority (four items) and other committee actions: Adopted and recorded as unanimous with no objections.
Procedural notes: Several items were advanced on committee recommendations; multiple votes were by voice vote and recorded as carried without detailed roll-call tallies in the transcript. Where supervisors recorded specific 'no' votes (for example on certain consent items), the clerk noted those requests in the record.
