§ 2-180. General provisions regarding meetings and public notice.

(a)

Regular meetings; public notice. Every board, committee and commission created by or existing under the ordinances of the town shall:

(1)

Schedule a date, time and place for its meetings;

(2)

Post, or when necessary publish, notice in or notify the official town newspaper in advance of each such regular meeting of the date, time, and place thereof, in compliance with state law; and/or

(3)

Post and/or publish an agenda of the matters to be taken up at such meeting.

(b)

Notice to members. Every member of any board, commission or committee of the town shall be notified by the town clerk-treasurer's office that a meeting is to be held, and the time and place of such meeting and the subject to be considered thereat. No member shall be intentionally excluded from any meeting by a failure to give proper notice or a reasonable attempt to give proper notice to such member.

(c)

Special meetings. Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall preclude the calling of a special meeting or dispensing with the publication of notice or such posting of the agenda, for good cause, but such special meetings shall nonetheless comply in all respects with the provisions of Wis. Stats. §§ 19.81 and 19.89.

(d)

Minutes to be kept. Every board, commission and committee shall keep a record of the minutes of its proceedings and shall cause a signed copy thereof to be filed by its secretary with the town clerk-treasurer within one week of the meeting date.

(Prior Code, § 2-5-4)

State law reference

Open meeting requirements, Wis. Stats. § 19.81 et seq.