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Village attorney reviews Wisconsin open-meetings rules, warns against 'walking' and 'negative' quorums
3118114 · April 25, 2025
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Summary
Village attorney gave a detailed refresher on Wisconsin open-meetings law, including negative-quorum and walking-quorum risks, email pitfalls and penalties for unlawful meetings under state law.
The village’s attorney provided a training-style overview of Wisconsin’s open-meetings law to remind trustees of obligations and common pitfalls when communicating outside of noticed meetings.
The legal briefing emphasized the law’s transparency purpose and warned trustees that incidental gatherings or repeated back-and-forth communications can create an unlawful “meeting”…
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