CHAPTER 32:  MEETINGS

Section

   32.01   Defined

   32.02   Public body defined

   32.03   Public meetings

   32.04   Closed sessions

   32.05   Prohibited acts; exempt events

   32.06   Emergency meetings

   32.07   Minutes

   32.08   Votes

   32.09   Notice to news media

   32.10   Public participation

   32.11   Order of business

   32.12   Parliamentary procedure

   32.13   Change in office

   32.14   Reorganizational meeting

   32.15   Regular meetings

   32.16   Special meetings

   32.17   Teleconferencing

§ 32.01 DEFINED.

   MEETINGS, as used in this chapter, means all regular, special or called meetings, formal or informal, of a public body for the purposes of briefing, discussion of public business, formation of tentative policy or the taking of any action.

(1997 Code, § 1-501)

Statutory reference:

   Related provisions, see Neb. RS 84-1409(2)

§ 32.02 PUBLIC BODY DEFINED.

   (A)   PUBLIC BODY, as used in this chapter, shall mean:

      (1)   The governing body of the municipality;

      (2)   All independent boards, commissions, bureaus, committees, councils, subunits or any other bodies, now or hereafter created by Constitution, statute, ordinance or otherwise pursuant to law; and

      (3)   Advisory committees of the bodies listed above.

   (B)   This chapter shall not apply to subcommittees of such bodies unless a quorum of the public body attends a subcommittee meeting or unless such subcommittees are holding hearings, making policy or taking formal action on behalf of their parent body.

(1997 Code, § 1-502)  (Ord. 2-93, passed 2-9-1993)

Statutory reference:

   Related provisions, see Neb. RS 84-1409(1)

§ 32.03 PUBLIC MEETINGS.

   (A)   All public meetings as defined by law shall be held in a municipal public building which shall be open to attendance by the public.

   (B)   All meetings shall be held in the public building in which the governing body usually holds such meetings unless the publicized notice hereinafter required shall designate some other public building or other specified place. The advance publicized notice of all public convened meetings shall be simultaneously transmitted to all members of the governing body and to the public by a method designated by the governing body or by the Chairperson if the governing body has not designated a method. Such notice shall contain the time and specific place for each meeting and either an enumeration of the agenda subjects known at the time of the notice, or a statement that such an agenda kept continually current shall be readily available for public inspection at the office of the Village Clerk.

   (C)   Except for items of an emergency nature, the agenda shall not be altered later than: 24 hours before the scheduled commencement of the meeting; or 48 hours before the scheduled commencement of a meeting of the governing body scheduled outside the corporate limits of the municipality. The governing body shall have the right to modify the agenda to include items of an emergency nature only, at such public meetings.

   (D)   The minutes of the Village Clerk shall include the record of the manner and advance time by which the advance publicized notice was given, a statement of how the availability of an agenda of the then known subjects was communicated, the time and specific place of the meetings, and the names of each member of the governing body present or absent at each convened meeting. The minutes of the governing body shall be a public record open to inspection by the public upon request at any reasonable time at the office of the Village Clerk. Any official action on any question or motion duly moved and seconded shall be taken only by roll call vote of the governing body in open session. The record of the Village Clerk shall show how each member voted, or that the member was absent and did not vote.

(1997 Code, § 1-503)  (Ord. 202, passed 9-8-1987)

Statutory reference:

   Related provisions, see Neb. RS 84-1408, 84-1409, 84-1411, 84-1413