ABRAMS – A lawsuit was filed on Oct. 24 in the Oconto County Circuit Court after being brought forward by Matthew VerVelde of Abrams that alleges that the Abrams town board and planning commission violated Wisconsin’s Open Meeting Law on five separate occasions and is requesting relief through a temporary injunction.
Wisconsin’s Open Meeting Law (Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81-19.98) states “all meetings of all state and local governmental bodies shall be publicly held in places reasonably accessible to members of the public and shall be open to all citizens at all times unless otherwise expressly provided by law,” in Wis. Stat. § 19.81(2).
It also states “Every meeting of a governmental body shall be preceded by public notice,” Wis. Stat. § 19.83(1)…