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Votes at a glance: key actions from Dane County Board meeting
Summary
The board approved routine financial items and several committee-recommended resolutions, denied a single insurance claim, and adopted contracts; one ordinance change to board rules failed the two-thirds threshold.
At its meeting, the Dane County Board of Supervisors handled a mixture of routine business, contract awards and committee recommendations. Below are the key formal actions recorded in the meeting.
- Approval of bills over $10,000 referred to the county board: Motion moved by Supervisor Brower, seconded by Supervisor Posler; approved by voice vote (no roll-call tally specified).
- Denial of claim: Claim of Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company. Motion moved by Supervisor Engelberger, seconded by Supervisor Kemp; the clerk recorded the motion carried and the claim was denied.
- Approval of County Board Minutes (Feb. 20): Moved by Supervisor Peterson, seconded by Supervisor Blazewitz; minutes approved.
- Consent calendar (F1–F11, F13–F15): Adopted; several supervisors recorded no votes or abstentions on specific items noted on the record (for example, supervisors recorded no votes on items 14 and 15 where indicated). Item F12 (travel authorization outside continental U.S. for airport staff) was separated for public comment and acted on separately (see below).
- F12 — Authorization for travel outside the continental United States for Airport Director, Executive Deputy Airport Director and assistant corporation counsel to attend an Airport Council International—North America convention: Committee recommendation of approval accepted by the board; registrant Steve Books spoke in support and requested a post-trip report; board approved the travel.
- Zoning petitions (six items, H): Zoning and Land Regulation Committee recommendations for approval were adopted with no separations.
- K items and personnel/finance matters: Sub 1 to Resolution 297 was moved and adopted; Resolution 297 was adopted as amended.
- Resolution 308 (demanding common-sense gun reform): Adopted as amended (see separate article for full debate and vote tally: 30–1–1–4).
- Resolution 329 — Award of contract for surge cleaning services for the Alliant Energy Center: Adopted; Director Scheibler answered questions on full-time hiring at the Alliant Energy Center and said the current roster of full-time center workers is higher than pre-pandemic levels and two additional shift-lead requisitions are posted. Several supervisors registered no votes on this item and were recorded on the minutes.
- Resolution 330 — Awarding contract to the Wisconsin State Law Library: Adopted on committee recommendation.
- Resolution 349 — County executive appointments: Adopted on the committee recommendation (noted as unanimous earlier in the evening with one board member recorded as voting no in the chat for the full-board vote).
- M items (items requiring more than a simple majority): The board separated M1 for discussion; M2 recorded abstentions; remaining M items were adopted consistent with committee recommendations.
- OA 41 — Proposed ordinance to amend Chapter 7 of the Dane County Code (budget hearing rules): After debate and an earlier successful amendment striking a proposed three-minute cap, OA 41 as amended failed to achieve the two-thirds threshold and therefore was not adopted (final tally 12–21–0–4).
- Adjournment: Motion to adjourn moved by Supervisor Erickson, seconded by Supervisor Bollig; meeting adjourned.
Where available, the clerk recorded roll-call tallies on specific items; unless a roll call was requested and read, votes were taken by voice. The meeting packet and county clerk maintain the official records and full vote tallies.
