Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 69-88, (1988)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided December 19, 1988Published
1Opinion of the Court
FRED A. RISSER, Chairperson Senate Organization Committee
The Senate Organization Committee has asked whether a city and a county can charge fees to news media and private citizens to notify them of public meetings.
The question is prompted by the reported practice in the city of Green Bay and Brown County where news media and private citizens are allowed to pick up meeting notices at the city and county clerks' offices free, but are charged flat fees for mailed notices and agendas.
The open meetings law requires governmental bodies to give notices of their meetings. Section 19.84(1), Stats.,…