B-300 District Board Meetings

The District Board shall transact all business at a duly called meeting of the District Board. All meetings of the District Board and its committees shall be publicly always held and open to all citizens, except that the District Board may hold closed sessions per the Wisconsin Open Meeting Law. At all meetings of the District Board, the media in the District shall be notified, indicating the date, time, place, and subject matter to be considered. It shall be the policy of the District Board to announce in advance through the District’s official newspaper, and as a courtesy to the other daily newspapers and other media as appropriate, the date, time, and place of all regular and special meetings of the District Board, and the major topics to be discussed.

Public notice of every meeting shall be given at least 24 hours before the commencement of such meeting unless for good cause such notice is impossible or impractical, in which case shorter notice may be given, but in no case may the notice be provided less than two (2) hours in advance of the meeting.

The time, place, and date for regular meetings shall be established according to college Policy B-305 – Annual District Board Meetings. The time, place, and date of District Board meetings, adjourned meetings, and public hearings shall be fixed at the time of the announcement for such meetings. Any changes in meeting place, date, or location to an original notice must be re-noticed in the same manner as the original notice.

The District Board desires that meetings be formal enough for an orderly procedure but informal enough to encourage free discussion and promote group thinking and action.

For meetings to progress in an orderly fashion, District Board Members should adhere to the posted meeting agenda, come prepared to meetings having reviewed agenda backup material, contact the President/District Director with any agenda-related questions, be aware of the time allotted for the conduct of business, and minimize side versus group discussion.

The District Board may adjourn any meeting to a future date by a vote of a majority of the members present. All business may be regularly transacted at an adjourned meeting, which would have been proper in the meeting from which the adjournment is taken. The media shall be notified of the date, time, and place of the resumption of the adjourned meeting.