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Wow - 17 meetings, 2 cancelled, 2 missing agendas and meetings at 2:30, 7am, 7:30am, 2:00, 3:00, 3:30, 9:00, 9:00, noon and 1:00 -...

Ugh - meetings at 3:30, 10:00, 3:30, 3:30, 10:15, 12:30 & noon. 22 meetings, 2 cancelled, 4 with missing agendas, one with a missing date and time. You have to look here and here to see all the meeting and put the pieces of the puzzle together.

A few alders were more than a little surprised to hear the news that items are being purchased and used without their knowledge and that might not be allowed to know what they are. Surveillance Committee meets again tonight at 5:00.

The Mayor and Alder Palm will be absent . . . this list seems a bit decieving as they are only excluding the language access plan, but they will likely spend time on development and alcohol issues.

1:30?, 9:00?, 11:30? noon?, 11:30?, 3:00? Are these times you have available during the week to participate in your local government processes? By the time things get to the county board, its too late.

18 meetings, 7 on Monday, and meetings scheduled at such public friendly times as 11:00, 1:30, 2:30 and 1:00. 4 meetings are missing if you only look at the "official" city meeting schedule. If you want to know when the meetings are you have to look at the official schedule, in legistar and to be safe, the wall outside the clerks office . . .

Did you know that if the Sheriff's Office raises money, they can spend it however they want without oversight from the county board or the public? (about 12 minutes in) And, did you know that some communities aren't paying their share of costs for the radio communications system (DaneCom) - they wouldn't say on camera which one's. (that's about a half hour in) That will be privately emailed to the committee members.

Last week it was the police policy and procedure committee, this week it is the first meeting of the Government Structure workgroup (and a few others).

4 meetings this week.

18 meeting, some at such lovely times as 3:00, 3:45, 8am, noon, 9 and 12:15 . . . public friendly?

17 meetings, 4 cancelled, no meetings on Tuesday because its election day. Meetings at 10, 11:30, 12:15, 11:00 and 5 meetings at 4 or 4:30.

I attended the Human Services Board last night to get a peek at the new tool that they are going to be recommending for making budget funding decisions. However, there was a scheduling snafu and they had to cut their meeting short after an 45 minutes so that the Public Works and Transportation committee could meet, and 15 minutes after that the Personnel & Finance Committee met - so I just let the camera roll so you could see how the county conducts it's business. You might be a little surprised. No discussion, rubber stamp and move on.