At a meeting Thursday night, the Dane County Board of Supervisors considered a resolution urging the county’s contractors and vendors to work with local, high-road employers. High-road employers commit to a wide array of practices and policies, such as local hiring requirements, prevailing wage standards, gender and racial equity hiring requirements, workforce development and training, and other policies that protect basic worker dignity, according to the resolution.
The board also considered a resolution supporting use of agrivoltaics for Dane County land-based solar installations. Agrivoltaics is the dual use of the same land for both agriculture and solar photovoltaic energy production. The resolution indicated that in order to fulfill the goals identified in Dane County’s Climate Action Plan, the county will need to continue to research and adopt new technologies and practices.
The agenda for the meeting is available here.
