I’ve about had it with city staff that can’t get their work done by Friday at noon. A reminder of why it is important below.
TUESDAY
Meeting: COMMITTEE ON SWEATFREE PURCHASES
Date: 10/12/2010 12:00 PM
Location: ROOM 414 CCB
– CONSORTIUM GENERAL MEMBERSHIP CALL
Joe Bozich, CEO of Knights Apparel, and now of “Altagracia fame” (the factory in the Dominican Republic paying 3x minimum wages) will join a Consortium general membership call on Tuesday, October 12, at 1pm eastern time. Please mark your calendars. This is a terrific opportunity to learn about an apparel business model premised on decent working conditions and good wages and to discuss how Consortium members may be able to support such a model.
Wow, barely 24 hours notice and if you want to participate the agenda says this: For instructions on linking to this webinar please contact Monette McGuire, 608-267-4969.
WEDNESDAY
Meeting: MADISON CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Date: 10/13/2010 4:00 PM
Location: 201 STATE ST, LOWER LEVEL BOARDROOM
– No agenda linked on weekly schedule
when I looked this morning.
Meeting: MADISON ELECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Date: 10/13/2010 4:30 PM
Location: ROOM 103A CCB
– “I Am A Ballot” presentation and other elections issues
Meeting: PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE
Date: 10/11/2010 5:00 PM
Location: ROOM GR 22 CCB
This notice is just wrong, it says the meeting is on Monday. The agenda and weekly schedule say the meeting is on 10/13.
Items of interest include:
– Halloween glass free zone.
– Allowing Firefighters to stand in the streets and ask for money
– Calling 911 if no emergency could get you a fine. $300 the first time. And after that it goes up. They’ll only fine you if you knew there was no emergency. How they going to prove that?
APM 3-2 reads in part:
Besides posting agendas, each week the City Clerk prepares a list of meetings for the following week. In order for meetings to appear on the list, they must be reported to the City Clerk no later than noon on Friday for meetings being held the following week. In the event that a meeting is cancelled or a meeting room changed, the City Clerk should be notified immediately. Failure to do so results in confusion and inconvenience for committee members and the public and may result in an unlawful meeting.
The City Clerk shall retain copies of the weekly meeting lists, along with any changes. The City Clerk need not retain copies of agendas after the meeting is over. The governmental body shall retain copies of agendas, along with attendance, minutes, copies of documents supplied to members at the meeting, and other records of the body.
Another issue to consider:
In addition, all meeting notices will include information on how to obtain an interpreter in order to assure that individuals with hearing impairments or limited English proficiency may participate fully in City government. The City’s Affirmative Action Division, as part of the Language Assistance Program, shall be responsible for determining the wording for this notification as well as the languages that the notice shall appear in. The notification will automatically appear on all meeting notices that are prepared using the Legistar system. Agency staff for committees whose meeting notices are not prepared using the Legistar system may obtain the appropriate wording for the notice from the Affirmative Action Division. This notice shall appear at the top of agendas and will include a contact person’s name and telephone number.
The Affirmative Action Division will review necessary census and other data periodically to determine whether the languages used should be modified and will be responsible for obtaining necessary translations of this notification.
Agencies staffing meetings for which an interpreter is requested will bear the financial burden of providing the interpreter. If an interpreter cannot be obtained, the matter should be postponed until an interpreter can be provided, if at all possible.
And, on the agendas, this appears in four different languages (English, Spanish, Hmong and Russian):
If you need an interpreter, translator, materials in alternate formats or other accommodations to access this service, activity or program, please call the phone number below at least three business days prior to the meeting.
How do you do that when the meeting isn’t posted three business days before the meeting?
