Must
a municipality comply with a written request from a citizen or
organization to be sent notices of either some or all governmental
meetings and agendas, or a written request to receive notice of all
meetings and agendas concerning a particular subject matter?
No. Although sec. 19.84(1)(b) of Wisconsin's open meeting law
requires that a governmental body provide notice of all meetings of a
governmental body to all news media who have filed a written request for
such notice, the statutes do not require that individual notice be
provided to citizens or organizations who make such a request. A
municipality may opt to comply with such a request, or may deny the
request and inform the requester that notice is given to the public,
pursuant to state law, by posting or publishing notice of a meeting at
least twenty-four hours in advance of the meeting, and by such other
notice as statutes pertaining to the subject matter may specifically
require.