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Official County Record

Official source, last checked Sep 5, 2026
County Board meets
3rd Wednesday of each month, 6:00 PM (exceptions: April's Organizational Meeting is the 3rd Tuesday, 9:00 AM; November's Annual/budget Meeting is the Tuesday after the 2nd Monday, 9:00 AM).
Meeting location
Not confirmable to a specific room — the county's official pages list only the Administration Building (112 E. Edgewater St., Portage, WI) and Courthouse (400 DeWitt St., Portage, WI) without stating which houses the Board's regular meeting room.
County Clerk
Sue Moll · 608-742-9654
Agendas posted at
https://www.co.columbia.wi.us/columbiacounty/countyboard/Board-of-Supervisors/County-Board-Agendas
County Board Chair & Administrative Coordinator
Administrative Coordinator form (Wis. Stat. Section 59.19), but combined with the elected County Clerk role rather than the Board Chair — a different combination pattern from Wood County's Chair/Coordinator merger. Per Resolution #48-86 (July 1986), the County Clerk statutorily also serves as Administrative Coordinator; the current Clerk is Lisa I. Black. Board Chair: Douglas Richmond (a stale, incorrect "Darren W. Schroeder" name circulating in older cached pages and search summaries has been corrected against the county's current official directory). 1st Vice Chair: Tess Carr. 2nd Vice Chair: Steven Balsiger.

Other Known Local Governments Here

These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.

Cities (4)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

Villages (10)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

School districts (7)
  • Cambria-Friesland School District
  • Fall River School District
  • Lodi School District
  • Pardeeville Area School District
  • Portage Community School District
  • Poynette School District
  • Rio Community School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only

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