Thursday, March 19, 2020

Town of Greenville Governmental Meetings to be Held Using Virtual Format amid COVID-19


In an effort to support community health management initiatives surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Town of Greenville will be conducting all public meetings virtually through a web-based/telephone meeting platform called “Go To Webinar”. 

As a result, the following meetings will be held in a virtual format. Individuals interested in attending the meeting can receive information on how to register or call-in by clicking the meetings listed below:


The posted meeting notices include information for the general public to access the meeting.  The general public will be able to attend the meeting in a similar format to the board & commission members.  The meetings will be recorded and posted on our Town's website generally the next day.

This action is in compliance with Wisconsin Open Meetings laws.  The Wisconsin Department of Justice has issued an advisory opinion regarding open meetings and COVID-19.  That opinion states, in part:  “. . . governmental bodies typically can meet their open meetings obligations, while practicing social distancing to help protect public health, by conducting meetings via telephone conference calls if the public is provided with an effective way to monitor such calls (such as public distribution, at least 24 hours in advance, of dial-in information for a conference call).”  The DOJ’s longstanding advice is that a telephone conference call can be an acceptable method of convening a meeting of a governmental body. Id. at 146. More recently, DOJ guidance deemed video conference calls acceptable as well.

We strongly recommend individuals register in advance of the meeting and testing connection to avoid any problems.  Connection issues can be emailed directly to Town Administrator, Joel Gregozeski at joelg@townofgreenville.com.
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