Public Format for Council Meeting Still Up in the Air
It's up to mayor to decide whether Common Council will hear public comment tonight.
It remains to be seen whether the public will be allowed to comment at a special meeting of the Wauwatosa Common Council tonight to reconsider a vote taken a month ago to reject contracts offered by three unions representing city employees. As of late Monday, a number of aldermen who were contacted had not yet heard a decision from the city administration, and City Attorney Alan Kesner said that the format of the meeting rested with Mayor Jill Didier, who could not be reached for comment. "The normal procedure is not to allow comment" at Common Council meetings, Kesner said. "But the mayor can run the meeting as she sees fit, and she doesn't have to announce in advance how she intends to handle it. "I think she is" going to allow comment …
