State v. Swanson

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on June 22, 1977, imposing a forfeiture of $100 and assessing costs and disbursements of $123.53 against defendant-appellant Harold Swanson (defendant), following a finding that the defendant who was an alderman of the city of La Crosse and chairperson of the five-member Annexation and Apportionment Committee (Committee) of the Common Council failed to give public notice of a September 23, 1976, meeting of the Committee and attended the meeting knowing that notice had not been given, in violation of secs. 19.83 and 19.84, Stats. After the complaint…