Walk It Through: The Public Meeting
Notice 24 hours ahead, a comment period the notice provides, and everything decided in open session.
The village board plans to meet tomorrow evening, and a resident looks for the notice.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One village board meeting. The purposes for which a closed session may be held, a subunit meeting during a parent body's meeting, and the penalties and remedies for a violation are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Open sessionThe setting in which a governmental body holds all discussion, and initiates, deliberates and acts on all action of any kind, formal or informal, except where the closed session section allows.
- Public noticeNotice of the time, date, place and subject matter of every meeting of a governmental body, given at least 24 hours before it begins, or where that is impossible or impractical for good cause, never less than 2 hours in advance.