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County counsel briefs committee on open-meetings ruling; urges clearer on-record justification before closed sessions
Summary
County legal counsel outlined a recent Court of Appeals decision (Witzinger v. City of Marinette) and recommended revised agenda language and pre-meeting consultation to reduce open-meetings risk when boards consider going into closed session.
County counsel Michael Punier gave an update to the Executive Committee on a recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruling, Witzinger v. City of Marinette, that found an open-meetings violation. He advised committee chairs to allow a discussion on the record explaining the justification before voting to enter closed session.
Nut graf: The court’s decision emphasizes that repeating statutory closed-session language on the record may…
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