For purposes of the Open Meetings Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)(a) Public body means (i) governing bodies of all political subdivisions of the State of Nebraska, (ii) governing bodies of all agencies, created by the Constitution of Nebraska, statute, or otherwise pursuant to law, of the executive department of the State of Nebraska, (iii) all independent boards, commissions, bureaus, committees, councils, subunits, or any other bodies created by the Constitution of Nebraska, statute, or otherwise pursuant to law, (iv) all study or advisory committees of the executive department of the State of Nebraska whether having continuing existence or appointed as special committees with limited existence, (v) advisory committees of the bodies referred to in subdivisions (i), (ii), and (iii) of this subdivision, and (vi) instrumentalities exercising essentially public functions; and
(b) Public body does not include (i) subcommittees of such bodies unless a quorum of the public body attends a subcommittee meeting or unless such subcommittees are holding hearings, making policy, or taking formal action on behalf of their parent body, except that all meetings of any subcommittee established under section 81-15,175 are subject to the Open Meetings Act, (ii) entities conducting judicial proceedings unless a court or other judicial body is exercising rulemaking authority, deliberating, or deciding upon the issuance of administrative orders, and (iii) the Judicial Resources Commission or subcommittees or subgroups of the commission;
(2) Meeting means all regular, special, or called meetings, formal or informal, of any public body for the purposes of briefing, discussion of public business, formation of tentative policy, or the taking of any action of the public body; and
(3) Virtual conferencing means conducting or participating in a meeting electronically or telephonically with interaction among the participants subject to subsection (2) of section 84-1412.
Notes of Decisions
Salem Grain Co. v. City of Falls City, 302 Neb. 548 (Neb. 2019).
· cites it 6× “Salem Grain argued that both the August 15, 2012, dinner and the November 9 email communications were "meetings" of the Authority under § 84-1409, and it sought to have any action taken on the redevelopment project during these meetings declared void under § 84-1414.”
Tryon v. City of North Platte, 890 N.W.2d 784 (Neb. 2017).
· cites it 2× “Section 84-1411(1) requires a public body to provide notice of the time and place of its meeting and an agenda that is “sufficiently descrip- tive to give the public reasonable notice of the matters to be considered at the meeting.”
City of Elkhorn v. City of Omaha, 725 N.W.2d 792 (Neb. 2007).
· cites it 4× “” Section 84-1409(l)(a) defines “[pjublic body” to include “governing bodies of all political subdivisions of the State of Nebraska.”
Steckelberg v. Nebraska State Patrol, 885 N.W.2d 44 (Neb. 2016).
· cites it 2× “05(15), which provides that the following information may be withheld: [j]ob application materials submitted by applicants, other than finalists, who have applied for employment by any public body as defined in section 84-1409. For purposes of this subdivision, (a) job…”
State Ex Rel. Schuler v. Dunbar, 302 N.W.2d 674 (Neb. 1981).
· cites it 4× “Section 84-1413(2) specifically and clearly provides that when a governing public body (as defined by Neb.Rev.Stat. § 84-1409 (Reissue 1976)) acts on any question or motion duly moved and seconded, it shall do so by roll call vote in an open session and the record shall state…”
Wolf v. Grubbs, 759 N.W.2d 499 (Neb. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 2× “The notice requirements are set out in § 84-1411, which states in part: (1) Each public body shall give reasonable advance publicized notice of the time and place of each meeting by a method designated by each public body and recorded in its minutes.”
Johnson v. Nebraska Env't Control Council, 509 N.W.2d 21 (Neb. Ct. App. 1993).
· cites it 2× “§ 84-1409. A meeting, under § 84-1409, is defined as “all regular, special, or called meetings, formal or informal, of any public body for the purposes of *280 briefing, discussion of public business, formation of tentative policy, or the taking of any action of the public body.”
Hansmeyer v. Nebraska Pub. Power Dist., 578 N.W.2d 476 (Neb. Ct. App. 1998).
“The meeting at issue is a “meeting” within the parameters of § 84-1409(2) because it involved the discussion of public business, the formation of tentative policy, or the taking of any action of the public body.”
Steenblock v. Elkhorn Twp. Bd., 515 N.W.2d 128 (Neb. 1994).
“§ 84-1409(l)(a). “The Nebraska Public Meetings Laws are a statutory *726 commitment to openness in government.”
Nixon v. Madison Cnty. Agric. Soc'y, 348 N.W.2d 119 (Neb. 1984).
“” § 84-1409(1) (c). We think the better view is that a county agricultural society is a public body subject to the provisions of the public meetings law.”
State Ex Rel. Newman v. Columbus Twp. Bd., 735 N.W.2d 399 (Neb. Ct. App. 2007).
· cites it 2× “Whether Electors of Township Are “Public Body” The question we must answer is whether the electors of a township at their annual meeting are a public body under the Act. The district court answered that question in the affirmative, determining that the electors were a governing…”
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1409(1) — 4 cases
Wolf v. Grubbs, 759 N.W.2d 499 (Neb. Ct. App. 2009).
“The notice requirements are set out in § 84-1411, which states in part: (1) Each public body shall give reasonable advance publicized notice of the time and place of each meeting by a method designated by each public body and recorded in its minutes.”
Nixon v. Madison Cnty. Agric. Soc'y, 348 N.W.2d 119 (Neb. 1984).
“” § 84-1409(1) (c). We think the better view is that a county agricultural society is a public body subject to the provisions of the public meetings law.”
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1409(1)(a)(v) — 2 cases
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1409(1)(b) — 2 cases
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1409(1)(g)(ii) — 1 case
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1409(2) — 4 cases
Salem Grain Co. v. City of Falls City, 302 Neb. 548 (Neb. 2019).
“Salem Grain argued that both the August 15, 2012, dinner and the November 9 email communications were "meetings" of the Authority under § 84-1409, and it sought to have any action taken on the redevelopment project during these meetings declared void under § 84-1414.”
Hansmeyer v. Nebraska Pub. Power Dist., 578 N.W.2d 476 (Neb. Ct. App. 1998).
“The meeting at issue is a “meeting” within the parameters of § 84-1409(2) because it involved the discussion of public business, the formation of tentative policy, or the taking of any action of the public body.”
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1409(l)(a) — 2 cases
City of Elkhorn v. City of Omaha, 725 N.W.2d 792 (Neb. 2007).
“” Section 84-1409(l)(a) defines “[pjublic body” to include “governing bodies of all political subdivisions of the State of Nebraska.”
Steenblock v. Elkhorn Twp. Bd., 515 N.W.2d 128 (Neb. 1994).
“§ 84-1409(l)(a). “The Nebraska Public Meetings Laws are a statutory *726 commitment to openness in government.”
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1409(l)(b) — 1 case
City of Elkhorn v. City of Omaha, 725 N.W.2d 792 (Neb. 2007).
“” Section 84-1409(l)(a) defines “[pjublic body” to include “governing bodies of all political subdivisions of the State of Nebraska.”
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