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during which a requester desires to expedite action by a governing body
before the next regularly scheduled meeting of said body. Special meetings
of governing bodies containing voluntary citizen membership without
compensation are generally discouraged.
B. Fee Required
A requester of any special meeting of a City of Marinette governing body
shall pay an expedition fee before the special meeting will be scheduled.
C. Exceptions
Subparagraph (b) shall not apply when:
1. The requester proves the extraordinary circumstances that prevented the
new business from being timely submitted to a regularly scheduled
meeting of the governing body as well as the extraordinary circumstances
that prevent the new business from being postponed until the governing
body’s next regularly scheduled meeting and said proof is explained in
writing; or
2. The requester is a city official, seeking official action on City business
stemming from the normal course of the official’s duties.
D. Fee Amount
The expedition fee shall be as set forth in the fee schedule under Section
9.1302 (Schedule A) and may be revised from time to time as the Common
Council may determine.
E. Refund
The payment of an expedition fee does not obligate the governing body to
meet when it is unable to do so or when the special meeting is not feasible.
At all times, whether a special meeting of a public body is held shall be in
the sole and absolute discretion of the City subject to any other applicable
statutes and ordinances. After a determination that a special meeting will not
occur, a refund of the expedition fee shall be repaid to the requester, except
for that portion of the fee disbursed by the City in good faith reliance of the
request.
F. Definitions
For this subsection, the following terms shall be defined as follows:
1. “Special Meeting” means an open meeting of any governing body of the City of
Marinette, requiring public notice, other than a regularly scheduled meeting.
2. “Extraordinary Circumstances” does not include a lack of planning or
preparation on behalf of the requester to timely submit the new business before
the governing body. “Extraordinary Circumstances” shall be determined on a
case-by-case basis by the City official department head through whose office the
request originated, subject to review by the City Attorney or City Attorney’s
designee.
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