Town Board Meeting

Town of Dodge Regular Board Meeting
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Dodge, Trempealeau County

The Town Board of the Town of Dodge, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, hereby provides its written notice and an agenda of the regular public meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Dodge for December 10, 2024 at 6:30 pm.

AGENDA

1. Call to order.
2. Roll call/Verification of public notice and approval of agenda of the town board meeting.
3. Review and approval of prior meeting minutes after errors have been rectified to the satisfaction of the town board.
4. Public Comment
5. Specific matters for discussion and possible action by town board in open session:
   1. Road maintenance updates and future projects
   2. Fire Department review of by-laws and general update (TJ Fonfara)
   3. Broadband expansion and WI Broadband Access, Equity and Deployment Program (Shawn Squires, CCT)
   4. Property easement (Glen Gibbons)
   5. ACH payments (Treasurer Tiedje)
   6. CD renewal (Treasurer Tiedje)
   7. Set Caucus date between Jan. 2 and Jan. 21
   8. Emergency Management Operations Plan
   9. Post-election equipment audit update
   10. Closed Session: For the purpose of performance evaluation of sanitary district employee. The Town Board may convene into Closed Session pursuant to Wis. Stats. 19.85(1) (c) Considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. Following Closed Session, the Town Board may reconvene in open session.
6.    Procedural motions by members of the town board.             
   1. Review and approval of orders
7. Communications and petitions by town clerk and chair.
8. Future meeting agenda/Discussion and possible action on future town board agenda, including specific items for inclusion on or exclusion from future agenda.
9. Adjournment.

Meeting notice posted as follows: Dodge Town Hall, Dodge Post Office and Dodge Town Website (https://townofdodgewi.com) on December 5, 2024. 

PUBLIC NOTICE is further given that any changes in the final agenda will be posted at the Dodge Town Hall, window of the side entrance, not later than 24 hours prior to the meeting.

Election Audit Completed

Town of Dodge Completes Post-Election Audit 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                       FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: 
November 27, 2024                                                                  Kara Wener, [email protected] 

Dodge, Wis. – Residents in the Town of Dodge can be confident that votes were counted accurately in the November General Election following the completion of a post-election audit of voting equipment used in the Town of Dodge for the Nov. 5, 2024, election.   

On November 27, election workers completed an audit of voting equipment in ward 1 of the Town of Dodge, which was randomly selected for audit by the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) during an event open to the public. The audit provides an additional way to ensure that voting machines worked properly, and that the election was conducted accurately. 

Wisconsin Statute § 7.08(6) requires a post-election audit of voting systems used in Wisconsin after each General Election. During the audit, election officials check to make sure the vote totals compiled by the voting equipment on Election Night are accurate by conducting an independent hand count of ballots and tallying the results of the selected contests. The final hand-count tally total is compared to the election night voting system results.  

All votes hand tallied during the audit process matched the results of the election equipment.  No discrepancies were identified. 

Audit materials are submitted to the WEC for review. The WEC analyzes the audit results and investigates any discrepancies and can request that a voting machine vendor investigate and provide explanation for any discrepancies. Once this work is complete, WEC staff will prepare a public report for review by the six Commissioners during an upcoming Commission meeting. 

Post-election audits, covering approximately 10% of the reporting units in the state, serve as a final check on the election results. While not every reporting unit or municipality is selected for post-election audit, state election officials ensured that the 2024 sample included at least one reporting unit per county, and at least five reporting units for each type of equipment used. 

Discrepancies in the vote totals are infrequently reported, and if they are, they are typically due to human error, which election officials then work to prevent by developing new training protocols.  

In a separate pre-election voting equipment test that occurs before every election for each tabulator, programming is verified by feeding a set of pre-marked ballots into each machine and reviewing the results tape that is generated. An errorless count is required at the conclusion of the testing.  

Additionally, election officials at the county and state level review state and federal election results for any discrepancies before they are certified by the chair of the WEC.  

More information about the 2024 post-election audit can be found here:  https://elections.wi.gov/2024-voting-equipment-audit 

Information about audits generally can be found here: https://elections.wi.gov/elections/voting-equipment-wisconsin/voting-equipment-security 

Special Town Board Meeting

Town of Dodge Special Board Meeting
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Dodge, Trempealeau County

The Town Board of the Town of Dodge, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, hereby provides its written notice and an agenda of a special public meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Dodge for November 25, 2024 which shall follow the public hearing on the proposed 2025 budget and town budget meeting at 6:30 pm, at the Dodge Town Hall, a Town Board Meeting will be held for the following purpose.

AGENDA

1. Call to order.
2. Roll call/Verification of public notice and approval of agenda of the town board meeting.
3. Specific matters for discussion and possible action by town board in open session:
   1. Review and approval of mill rate worksheet and special assessment, delinquencies, special charges.
   2. Closed Session: For the purpose of performance evaluation of sanitary district employee. The Town Board may convene into Closed Session pursuant to Wis. Stats. 19.85(1) (c) Considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. Following Closed Session, the Town Board may reconvene in open session.
4. Communications and petitions by town clerk and chair.
5. Future meeting agenda/Discussion and possible action on future town board agenda, including specific items for inclusion on or exclusion from future agenda.
6. Adjournment.

Meeting notice posted as follows: Dodge Town Hall, Dodge Post Office and Dodge Town Website (https://townofdodgewi.com) on November 24, 2024. 

PUBLIC NOTICE is further given that any changes in the final agenda will be posted at the Dodge Town Hall, window of the side entrance, not later than 24 hours prior to the meeting.

Notice of Spring Election

NOTICE OF SPRING ELECTION

Town of Dodge

April 1, 2025

Election Details
There will be an election to be held in the Town of Dodge), on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. The following offices are to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed:

Office – Incumbent
Town Board Chairperson – Daniel R. Lilla
Town Board Supervisor 1 – David Kujak
Town Board Supervisor 2 – Joseph Wener
Town Clerk – Kara Wener
Town Treasurer – Becky Tiedje

Office Terms
All terms are for two years beginning on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

Caucus for Candidates
Between December 1^st, 2024 and January 1^st, 2025, a date for the town caucus will be scheduled to nominate candidates to appear on the spring election ballot for the above listed offices. The caucus will be held between January 2^nd and January 21^st. Notice of the scheduled date of the caucus will be given at least five (5) days before the caucus.

Additional Information
Acceptable Photo ID will be required to vote at this election.  If you do not have a photo ID you may obtain a free ID for voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles.

                                                            Done in the Town of Dodge,
                                                            on November 21, 2024

Election Equipment Audit

Town of Dodge

Office of the Clerk

Notice of Voting Equipment Audit

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 7.08 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. § 21081, the Town of Dodge will conduct a voting system audit on November 27, 2024 at 9:00 am at the Tremplo Room of the Government Center located at 18600 Hobson Street Whitehall, WI 54773. The reporting unit to be audited is Town of Dodge Ward 1, which utilizes the ImageCast Evolution Optical Scan voting system. The reporting unit and contests were randomly selected by the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

Posted November 21, 2024