Out of Bounds

The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
June 1

During the EAG Advisory Committee report by Jim Miller, Alderman Finn asked the City Attorney whether the EAG Infrastructure sub-committee meetings have to be posted according to the "Sunshine Law". It was his opinion that proper notice and posting of the agenda is required by law. Ooops. The meeting was not posted 24 hrs prior and the agenda handed out that morning (8AM) was handwritten the night before and distributed at the meeting. [No small thing, the participants at the meeting could be subject to personal fines, not covered by the City. The defense "we didn't know" won't work, the statute deals with that as well]

The Infrastructure sub-committee is now in talks with the lone bidder to determine if their bid can be substantially reduced. If this is accomplished and the design materially changes does a new RFP bid process have to be initiated? Stay tuned.