Downtown Green Bay Incorporated
Board of Directors

Current DGBI Board of Directors (Adobe Acrobat format)

2006 Meeting Schedule (Adobe Acrobat format)

Organization of the Board of Directors

The Mayor appoints members to the BID Board ("board"). The board includes a representative of the Mayor or Council. State law requires that the board be composed of at least 5 members and the majority of the board members be owners or occupants of property within the district. Appointments by the Mayor must be confirmed by the City Council.

This board’s primary responsibility is the contracting for implementation of the current year’s operating Plan, contracting for preparation of an annual report and audit on the district, annually considering and making changes to this operating Plan and submitting the operating Plan for the following year to the Common Council of the City of Green Bay for approval, and all other powers granted in this Plan. This will require the Board to negotiate with providers of services and materials to carry out the Plan; to enter into various contracts; to monitor development activity; and to ensure District compliance with the provisions of applicable statutes and regulations.

The BID Board shall be structured as follows:

• Board size - 5 members.

• Composition - A majority (at least 3) members shall be owners or occupants of property within the District. Any non-owner or non-occupant appointed to the board shall be a resident of the City of Green Bay.

  Term - Appointments to the board shall be for a period of 3 years, except that initially 2 members are appointed for a period of 3 years, 2 members shall be appointed for 2 years, and 1 member shall be appointed for a period of 1 year, each term ending on December 31 of the applicable year. The first board’s members with limited terms shall be identified by the City’s Common Council in confirming the appointments. The board may remove, by a majority vote, any BID board member who is absent from more than 3 meetings, without a valid excuse.

• Compensation - None.

• Meetings - All meetings of the board shall be governed by the Wisconsin Open Meetings law. Minutes will be recorded and submitted to the City and the board. The Board shall adopt rules of order to govern the conduct of its meetings and meet regularly, at least annually.

• Record keeping - Files and records of the board’s affairs shall be kept following public records requirements.

• Staffing - The board may employ staff and/or contract for staffing services pursuant to this plan and subsequent modifications thereof. Unless requested otherwise by the board, any staff members or employees of contractors may attend all meetings of the board, but will not have voting authority.

• Officers - The board shall appoint a chairman, treasurer and secretary, any two of the three of which shall have the power to execute documents on behalf of the full board, for the purposes authorized by the full board. The board may also give its staff limited ability to write checks to carry out the plan.