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74441, issued December 30, 2022.pdf
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
STA TE OF ILLINOIS
KW AME RAOUL
ATTORNEY GENERAL
December 30, 2022
RE: OMA Request for Review-2022 PAC 74441
Dear
This determination is issued pursuant to section 3 .5(b) of the Open Meetings Act
(OMA) (5 ILCS...
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74390, issued July 2, 2024.pdf
Brian Lawlyes
July 2, 2024
Page 3
On February 8, 2024, an Assistant Attorney General in the Public Access Bureau
e-mailed counsel for the Commission to gather additional information regarding how the
Commission determined that its September 20, 2022, meeting...
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74113, issued June 7, 2023.pdf
In its response to this office, the Board acknowledged that its members
participated in phone polls outside of an open meeting, but it denied that any of those polls
constituted a " meeting" subject to OMA. 3 The Board asserted that " each poll was limited...
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73545, issued January 30, 2023.pdf
Day
January 30, 2023
Page 2
the pending litigation exception found in section 2(c)(11) of OMA 2 because neither the Town
nor the Council were named parties to the lawsuit; he also alleged that the outcome of the
litigation would not affect either entity. 3...
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73450, issued September 19, 2022.pdf
Galante:
Pursuant to section 3. 5( a) of the Open Meetings Act ( OMA) ( 5 ILCS 120/ 3. 5( a)
West 2020)), the Public Access Bureau has received your Request for Review alleging that the
Board of Trustees ( Board) of the Village of Tinley Park improperly...
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73429, issued November 4, 2022.pdf
John Kraft
The Honorable Bryon Coffman
November 4, 2022
Page 3
which, as Public Act 97-827, effective January 1, 2013, added section 2.02(c) of OMA, indicates
that the General Assembly intended this provision to ensure that agendas provide general notice...
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73114, issued October 28, 2022.pdf
his
removal: ( 1) despite speaking outside the allotted time for public comment, his comments were
brief and did not disrupt public business; ( 2) Village President Baker violated Board rules
regarding public comment by removing him from the meeting; ( 3)...
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73114, issued October 28, 2022.pdf
his
removal: ( 1) despite speaking outside the allotted time for public comment, his comments were
brief and did not disrupt public business; ( 2) Village President Baker violated Board rules
regarding public comment by removing him from the meeting; ( 3)...
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72604, issued September 18, 2024.pdf
of Financial Interests[,]" " Mayor' s Program to Make
Prepaid Gas and Transit Cards Publicly Available[,]" and " Ward newsletters[.]" 2 further
alleges that these three items are outside the scope of the exceptions in sections 2(c)(1) and
2(c)(4) of OMA. 3...
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72478, issued July 12, 2022.pdf
In your Request for Review, received July 3, 2022, you alleged that the Board of
Education ( Board) of Hinsdale Township High School District 86 violated section 2.06(g) of
OMA (5 ILCS 120/2.06(g) (West 2020), as amended by Public Act 102- 653, effective January...
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72176, issued October 20, 2022.pdf
The Honorable Nathaniel George Booker
October 20, 2022
Page 3
In its response to this office, the Board argued that it needed to hold the Saturday,
June 4, 2022, emergency meeting to vote on a replacement for its suspended Village Manager....
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72129, issued April 14, 2022.pdf
meeting agenda, open and closed session minutes, and verbatim recording
of the closed session; (2) the agendas for any Board committee meetings held in May 2021 and
June 2021, with clarification of when and where those agendas were physically posted; and (3)...
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72122, issued November 9, 2021.pdf
the current Board knowingly
ordered the destruction of the verbatim recordings of these meetings[,]" which you contend
violates OMA because verbatim recordings " are not allowed to be destroyed until the closed
session minutes are approved and released[.]" 3...
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71528, issued September 20, 2022.pdf
Solum:
This determination is issued pursuant to section 3. 5( e) of the Open Meetings Act
OMA) ( 5 ILCS 120/ 3. 5( e) ( West 2020)).
On April 28, 2022, the Public Access Bureau received Mr....
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71528, issued September 20, 2022.pdf
Solum:
This determination is issued pursuant to section 3. 5( e) of the Open Meetings Act
OMA) ( 5 ILCS 120/ 3. 5( e) ( West 2020)).
On April 28, 2022, the Public Access Bureau received Mr....
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71523, issued March 24, 2023.pdf
thi s
determination letter.
500 South Second Street, Springfi eld , Illinois 6270 I • (2 1 7) 782-1 090 • TTY: (877) 844-546 1 • Fax: (217) 782-7046
100 Wesi Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois 6060 1 • (31 2) 814-3000 • TTY : (800) 964-30 13 • Fax: (3...
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71523, issued March 24, 2023.pdf
Greening
March 24, 2023
Page 3
their scope.
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See also Henry v. Anderson, 356 Ill. App. 3d 952, 996- 97 ( 4th Dist. 2005) ( strictly
construing OMA section 2( c)( 1) 7)....
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71523, issued March 24, 2023.pdf
Greening
March 24, 2023
Page 3
their scope.
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See also Henry v. Anderson, 356 Ill. App. 3d 952, 996- 97 ( 4th Dist. 2005) ( strictly
construing OMA section 2( c)( 1) 7)....
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71408 71411 75756 79504 79539, issued April 12, 2024.pdf
violated section 2.06(b) of OMA by failing to timely approve and
post minutes of a series of meetings between April 5, 2021, and July 12, 2021.2 also
stated that, although the Board appears to have its own website hosted via Township Officials of
Illinois,3...
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71226, issued June 13, 2023.pdf
(West 2020)). 15
ILCS 205/7(c)(3) (West 2020). Therefore, that allegation is not subject to review by this office, nor are Ms....
