Below is the agenda for the MN Broadband Task Force. I will attend (remotely) and plan to livestream it…
Agenda: Broadband Task Force, January Monthly Meeting
Date: 01/22/2026
Virtual Meeting
- Meeting ID and Pass Code: 295 528 665 057 20 and cB73Es65
- Dial in by phone: +1 651-395-7448,,329040994#. Phone conference ID: 329 040 994#
- Join on a video conferencing device: Tenant key: mn@m.webex.com. Video ID: 112 547 437 0
Meeting Agenda
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. – Welcome from Teddy Bekele, Chair, Minnesota Governor’s Task Force on Broadband and approval of minutes from December Task Force meeting.
10:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. – Senate Committee Chair legislative discussion and broadband check-in with Senator Putnam (Chair Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development).
10:20 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Overview of 2025 Broadband Task Force Annual Report and recommendations.
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Legislative preview for 2026 with Deven Bowdry, Government Relations Director, DEED
11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. – Office of Broadband Development (OBD) overview and updates from Bree Maki (Executive Director, OBD).
11:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Break.
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. – Minnesota broadband environmental permitting overview with Bree Maki (Executive Director, OBD) and Megan Messerole (Broadband Environmental and Land Use Coordinator, OBD)
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Open the floor to other business, February meeting plans, and meeting wrap-up.