Economic Development Committee

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Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

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SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

MEETING NOTICE/AGENDA

 

 

COMMITTEE:          ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

DATE / TIME:           Thursday, October 23 2014                     6:00 p.m.                  

PLACE:                     Room 213

                                    West Square Building, 505 Broadway

                                    Baraboo, WI

 

 

REASON FOR MEETING:                                       REGULAR

 

 

SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION:

 

  1. Call to Order and Certify Compliance with Open Meeting Law.
  2. Adopt agenda.
  3. Approval of minutes from prior meetings.
  4. Public Comment.
  5. Communications.
  6. Update on Sauk County Development Corporation.
  7. Update on Great Sauk Trail Commission.
  8. Informational session on current Sauk County providers of broadband (wired and wireless) –
    1. Reedsburg Utility Commission
    2. LaValle Telephone Cooperative.
  9. Discussion and consideration of strategies for Sauk County Broadband / next steps.
  10. Discussion on Placemaking
    1. Report on session in Wisconsin Rapids
    2. Discussion of next steps.
  11. Next meeting date(s) and agenda items.
  12. Adjourn.

 

 

TO:

County Clerk

Vedro

Krueger

Lehman

Peper

Polivka

Riek

Stehling

N. Johnson

 

Department Heads

Corporation Counsel

SCDC Membership

N. Johnson

 
 

 

DATE NOTICE MAILED:   Tuesday, October 21, 2014

PREPARED BY:                 Office of Administrative Coordinator

 

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Unapproved
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Members present:  Marty Krueger, Donna Stehling, Peter Vedro, Nathan Johnson, Dennis Polivka, Dave Riek, Brian Peper

Members absent:  

Others present:       Kathy Schauf, Bart Olson, Tim Stieve, Alan Anderson, Keri Olson, Jamie Goldsmith, Brett Schuppner

 

The meeting was called to order and certification of Open Meeting compliance was given at 4:30 p.m.  The agenda was approved on a motion by Vedro, second by Stehling. Motion carried.

 

The meeting minutes from the prior meeting were approved on a motion by Polivka, second by Riek.  Motion carried.

 

Public Comment  None

 

Communications  None.

 

Update on Sauk County Development Corporation

Brief update regarding the upcoming November 12, 2014, Fall Leadership Forum.  Please plan on attending and invite your peers.

 

Update on Great Sauk Trail Commission.  Stehling and Krueger provided an update from Wednesday’s meeting.  Trail naming, stakeholders and proposed uses.

 

Operational report on fiber infrastructure.  Jamie Goldsmith of LaValle Telephone Cooperative and  Brett Schuppner of the Reedsburg Utility Commission presented information on build-out and service provision

 

Discussion and consideration of strategies for Sauk County Broadband / next steps.

Coverage and challenges that providers experience were discussed.  Build-out in rural areas is extremely expensive and will require investment from all local communities.

 

Discussion on Placemaking  Alan Anderson and Keri Olson joined the committee to update the committee regarding the ArtsGrant-Placemaking seminar in Wisconsin.  It’s about being who you are.

Next steps:  1. Gain concurrence of the work around place-making as an economic development initiative; 2. Assure that the resources exist to accomplish goals; 3. Proceed to develop process (planning, grants and funding)  Motion by Vedro, second by Stehling, to support the Economic Development Committees’ focus on placemaking and development of both low hanging fruit and working for long term county identity.  Motion carried.

 

Next meeting:  Monday, November 24 , 2014, 4:30 p.m.  Motion by Polivka, second by Riek, to adjourn.  Motion carried.   

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Donna Stehling

Economic Development Committee Secretary