Is posting an upcoming meeting on the municipal website sufficient public notice for purposes of the Open Meetings Law?

Yes, but only if notice is also posted in at least one public place likely to give notice to persons affected. 2019 Wis. Act 140 amended the Open Meetings Law’s public notice requirements, set forth in Wis. Stat. § 19.84, to allow electronic notice of governmental meetings. Under the revised statute, notice to the public may now be provided in one or several of the following ways: • Posting a notice in at least 3 public places likely to give notice to persons affected, • Posting a notice in at least 1 public place likely to give notice to persons affected and placing a notice electronically on the governmental body’s internet site, or • By paid publication in a news medium likely to give notice to persons affected. Notice must also still be provided to those news media who have filed a written request for such notice, and to the official newspaper designated under Wis. Stat. §§ 985.04, 985.05, and 985.06 or, if none exists, to a news medium likely to give notice in the area. (new 8/20)