State Ex Rel. Newman v. Columbus Township Board

Cassel, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Donald Newman and Marietta Newman sued the Columbus Township Board and Columbus Township Board members Steve Blaser, David Scharff, and Rick Braun (collectively Appellees), seeking a writ of mandamus to require Appellees to put into effect the motions passed by the electors of the township at their 2005 annual meeting. We conclude that the electors of the township at the annual meeting constituted a public body subject to Nebraska’s Open Meetings Act (the Act); that the actions voted upon during the annual meeting were not adequately identified on the agenda, in…