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Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Budget P
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Meetings Y
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Elected Officials Y
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Administrative Officials Y
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Permits, zoning Y
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Audits N
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Contracts P
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Lobbying N
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Public records N
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Local taxes Y
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School district websites
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Green Bay is a town in Wisconsin.

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[edit] Website evaluation

[edit] The good

  • The Mayor and Common Council members are listed with full contact information. [1][2]
  • The current budget is posted. [3]
  • Meetings, agendas, and minutes are posted. [4][5]
  • Administrative officials are listed with contact information. [6]
  • Permitting and zoning information is available. [7]
  • Available contracts and bids are posted. [8] [9]
  • Local tax information is provided. [10]

[edit] The bad

  • Past budgets are not archived.
  • Audit information is not available.
  • Past contracts are not posted.
  • Checkbook register is not comprehensive and not findable through navigation tools.
  • Lobbying information is not posted.
  • Information on how to obtain public records is not available.

[edit] Elected Officials

Official Office
James J. Schmitt Mayor
Thomas De Wane Common Council President, 2nd District Alderman
Jerry Wiezbiskie 1st District Alderman
Andy Nicholson 3rd District Alderman
Anthony Theisen 4th District Alderman
Amy Kocha 5th District Alderman
Dan Haefs 6th District Alderman
Ned Dorff 7th District Alderman
Christopher Wery 8th District Alderman
Guy Zima 9th District Alderman
Steven Deneys 10th District Alderman
Brian Danzinger 11th District Alderman
Patrick Buckley 12th District Alderman

[edit] Public Records

The city of Green Bay was ordered to turn over copies of legal invoices sought by the "Green Bay Press Gazette" under Wisconsin's open records law.The newspaper requested the invoices for all outside legal counsel in 2007 and 2008 for an article in June that showed Brown County paid lawyers more than $2.4 million in legal fees in 2008. [11]The legal battle between the city and the "Green Bay Press-Gazette" over the release of two years of legal fee bills ended up costing the the city $27,000 in legal fees. The city was ordered to pay the legal fees. [12]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

http://sunshinestandard.org
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[edit] References

  1. ↑ Mayor
  2. ↑ Common Council
  3. ↑ Current Budget
  4. ↑ Meetings
  5. ↑ Minutes & Agendas
  6. ↑ Administrative Officials
  7. ↑ Permits and Zoning
  8. ↑ Available Contracts
  9. ↑ Open bids
  10. ↑ Local Taxes
  11. ↑ Judge rules that Green Bay must make public its legal fees, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 18, 2009
  12. ↑ Legal battle with Press-Gazette cost Green Bay $27,000 in fees, Green Bay Press Gazette, Nov. 5, 2009
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