The Employee Relations Division provides human resources services. These services include recruitment, compensation, labor relations, staff training, employee benefits, and management consultation.

The Facilities Division manages Dane County buildings. It seeks to maintain building environments that are safe, comfortable, clean, and efficient.

The Finance Division provides centralized accounting, payroll, and internal controls. The Finance Division publishes the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and assists in developing the Annual Budget.

The Information Management Division provides centralized information technology services to all county employees. Contact the Help Desk at (608) 266-4440 or by email if you need any IT assistance

The Risk Management Division runs the County’s self-insured programs; investigating and settling claims made against the County. The Risk Manager also helps Dane County Departments respond to open records requests.

The Purchasing Division provides a central purchasing function for all Dane County Departments. This function includes issuing bids and requests for proposals, as well as maintaining a list of vendors interested in doing business with the County.

Dane County Consolidated Food Service is responsible for providing over 4,000 meals per day to local facilities, including the Dane County Jail, Juvenile Detention, Badger Prairie Health Care Center, and more than a dozen Seniors Sites across Dane County.

The Printing and Services Division provides printing and interdepartmental mail services to all county departments and the City of Madison. This division also manages county pool vehicles.

Public Works is responsible for designing, bidding, and managing construction projects for Dane County