Dane County

County Board meets

1st and 3rd Thursdays, 7:00 PM (some months have only one session).

Meeting location

Room 201, City-County Building, Madison, WI.

County Clerk

Scott Mcdonell · 608-266-4121

Agendas posted at

https://dane.legistar.com/

County Executive & County Board

County Executive form. County Executive: Melissa Agard (elected in a 2024 special election). Board Chair: Patrick Miles (District 34), began the 2026-2028 term.

Other Local Government Here

Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.

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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.