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Beloit adopts council code change moving regular meetings to 6 p.m.; adds short-notice disclosure
Summary
On second reading the Beloit City Council approved Ordinance 38-80 with a substitute amendment requiring notices for special meetings to include why short notice is needed and changing regular meeting time to 6:00 p.m., effective after publication. One councilor voted no.
The Beloit City Council on second reading approved Ordinance 38-80, adopting changes to the city code that include moving the council's regular meeting time from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m. and adding a requirement that special-meeting notices explain why short notice was necessary.
The amendment approved as substitute amendment No.1 requires that special-meeting notices “provide detail as to why short notice is required,” councilors said when the language was read into the record. Council President Kevin Levy presided over the vote.
Councilor Blakely opposed the ordinance on the basis of the meeting-time change, saying…
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