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Council splits on procedural appeal over mayorannouncements and chairconduct
Summary
Multiple appeals and votes over whether Mayor Doug Dennycould make announcements from the chair without explicit agenda detail or vacating the chair prompted procedural debate and an appeal that ultimately limited voluntary commentary.
A procedural dispute over mayoral announcements and the correct use of the chair consumed more than an hour of the Wausau Common Councilmeeting on June 10.
Alder Lukens raised a point of order early in the meeting, saying the mayor's announcements were not properly included in the posted agenda and might run afoul of Wisconsin's open meetings law. Mayor Doug Denny overruled the point of order; Lukens appealed the chair's ruling and asked the full council to vote.
The council took several votes and procedural motions. An early appeal on whether the mayor's announcements were properly…
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