To request an interpreter for a public meeting, contact the phone number that is listed at the bottom of the agenda. This request should be made at least three business days prior to the meeting.
If you are using an interpreter to provide public comment and testify, ten (10) minutes rather than five minutes is provided to allow time for interpretation.
To translate an agenda, use Google Chrome and navigate to the Legislative Information Center. Find the committee meeting you are interested in attending and select the Accessible Agenda link. After the agenda is downloaded, right-click with your mouse and select “Translate to Español” (or another language listed).
If additional translation is needed, please contact staff using the email that is listed on the agenda.
Registrants are given five (5) minutes to testify before any board, commission, or committee, including the county board. In some circumstances, public comment may be limited to three minutes. See DCO 7.225(2)(a) for more information.
Members of the public can speak to most items on agendas, except items under the following headings:
You can register to attend via Zoom or in person.
For county board meetings, you can also watch the livestream from Madison City Channel.
Staff will proceed with other registrations but will continue to monitor participants on Zoom and in the room and will call on you again as long as public testimony is still open.
No problem. Staff or the chair will call your name and review the online participant list to see if you are on Zoom. Since you will be in person, please make your way to the microphone instead.
To submit written testimony to a board, commission, or committee, contact the email address found in the instructions at the beginning of the agenda.
To contact the full Dane County Board, you can email the County Board at county_board_recipients@danecounty.gov.
Public testimony is taken before debate and discussion on an agenda item so that decision-makers can hear from community members before voting.
Meeting rooms will have seating for members of the public available. If you are unsure where to sit, ask the staff member who is in the room.
Recordings from meetings will be posted in the days following the meeting on the Legislative Information Center.
To learn more about parliamentary procedure, the Local Government Center has several helpful videos as well as fact sheets that explain parliamentary procedure.
