{"id":400,"date":"2008-03-24T20:54:02","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T00:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=400"},"modified":"2025-10-23T02:56:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:56:42","slug":"open-government-1st-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/03\/24\/open-government-1st-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Government 1st Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"The Fort Wayne City Council\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/46352.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/t46352.jpg\" alt=\"The Fort Wayne City Council\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At tomorrow night&#8217;s City Council meeting, Mitch Harper 4th District, will be introducing what he says is the first of many ordinances to write Open Government into the City Code.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>G-08-03-25<\/p>\n<p>AN ORDINANCE amending Chapter 38 City Policies, of the City of Fort Wayne, Code of Ordinances<\/p>\n<p>Provide electronic access to the notice through a computer Gateway &#8211; notice to be made available on the internet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The ordinance is available for viewing on Jeff Pruitt&#8217;s Fort Wayne Politics webste here\u00c2\u00a0as well as his post on the subject.\u00c2\u00a0 While the ordinance is a first step, it&#8217;s a very tentative one at that.\u00c2\u00a0 Some agencies already post their agenda&#8217;s and schedules on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityoffortwayne.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.cityoffortwayne.org<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 What would have been nice to see included would have been time guidelines for posting on the internet and perhaps a stipulation that the ordinances, resolutions or matter at hand to be discussed, have supporting documentation and even the actual ordinances and resolutions\u00c2\u00a0posted in a timely fashion as well.<\/p>\n<p>That aside, it&#8217;s a step in the right direction!<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 28, 2008 Update:<\/strong> Mitch Harper emailed me that this ordinance only applies to public notices.\u00c2\u00a0 The time guidelines for posting the notices to the City&#8217;s website are the same as given in the sited Indiana Code.\u00c2\u00a0 More open government ordinances regarding agendas, schedules and pertaining ordinances and resolutions will follow.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 At tomorrow night&#8217;s City Council meeting, Mitch Harper 4th District, will be introducing what he says is the first of many ordinances to write Open Government into the City Code. 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