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Audubon Special Council Meeting Cancelled

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August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Audubon City Attorney Dave Wiederstein said late Thursday afternoon, that a special meeting of the Audubon City Council scheduled for Thursday, August 28, at 7:00 p.m., is cancelled. The purpose of the meeting was to vote on and approve a Remediation Plan that was revised from the prior version approved by the Council in May. A Remediation Plan is an explanation as to how the Council is going to fix past violations and prevent future violations of open meetings law.

The revisions consisted of removing “action items” to be performed by the City Council that IPIB does not have the authority to enforce. In order for a Remediation Plan to be considered and approved by IPIB, all of the complainants-Francine O’Brien Andersen, Dawn Rohe, and Jessica Rohe-need to agree to the Plan. One of the complainants, Dawn Rohe, asked to be removed as a complainant because she no longer lives in the City of Audubon.

Wiederstein said he hadn’t received a response from O’Brien-Andersen, and Jessica Rohe informed him that she will not agree to the Plan. The Council can vote to approve it, but if not everyone is in agreement, then the Remediation Plan will not be considered by IPIB.

Wiederstein said he does not know how much longer IPIB will wait for a Remediation Plan to be agreed to but he will be in discussion with IPIB regarding the matter.