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86666, issued May 27, 2025.pdf
She alleged that " OMA mandates that all matters to be voted on must be identified on
the agenda[,]" and that this violated notice requirements. 3
The intent of OMA is to "ensure that the actions of public bodies be taken openly
and that their deliberations...
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86632, issued August 6, 2025.pdf
The Honorable Joshua Merchant
August 6, 2025
Page 3
announce the nature of the matter under consideration, with sufficient detail to identify the
particular transaction or issue, but need not provide an explanation of its terms or its
significance."...
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86566, issued June 11, 2025.pdf
It is the Village’ s understanding that once a requester
qualifies as recurrent, that designation remains for one year from
the date on which the submitted request went over the threshold as
defined in Section 3(g) of FOIA ( 5 ILCS 140/ 3(g)....
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86210, issued May 13, 2025.pdf
and has indicated that she is aware of the
person' s medical history, the specific report at issue concerns a highly personal matter and this
office has not received or reviewed information indicating that there is a public interest in
May 13, 2025
Page 3...
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86190, issued May 28, 2025.pdf
Smoron:
This determination is issued pursuant to section 3. 5( e) of the Open Meetings Act
OMA) ( 5 ILCS 120/ 3. 5( e) ( West 2022))....
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86152, issued September 17, 2025.pdf
The Illinois Supreme Court has
summarized the attorney -client privilege as:
1) Where legal advice of any kind is sought, (2) from a
professional legal advisor in his capacity as such, (3) the
communications relating to that purpose, (4) made in confidence...
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86063, issued April 22, 2025.pdf
The Honorable Kim Enke
April 22, 2025
Page 3
The City's search efforts appear to have been reasonably calculated to locate any
records responsive to FOIA request....
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86037, issued April 21, 2025.pdf
Illinois courts consider the following factors in determining whether disclosure of
information would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy: "(1) the
plaintiff' s interest in disclosure, ( 2) the public interest in disclosure, ( 3)...
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85882, issued April 3, 2025.pdf
April 3, 2025
Via electronic mail
RE: FOIA Request for Review – 2025 PAC 85882
Dear
This determination is issued pursuant to section 9.5(c) of the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). 1 For the reasons explained below, the Public Access Bureau concludes...
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85881, issued July 14, 2025.pdf
Garret Wheeler
July 14, 2025
Page 3
Making Minutes Available for Public Inspection
In response to the allegation that the Council violated OMA by requiring
to request copies of meeting minutes through FOIA, the Council stated that " the City
Clerk's office...
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85864, issued October 2, 2025.pdf
Ltr. 78019, issued January 5, 2024, at 3- 4. Furthermore, " course materials"
can include records prepared by a third party outside of the public body that received the FOIA
request. See, e. g., I11. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev....
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85755, issued March 17, 2025.pdf
IDOC' s response cited section 3-5-1(b) of the Unified Code of Corrections ( UCC) ( 730 ILCS
5/3-5-1(b) (West 2023 Supp.), as amended by Public Act 103-605, effective July 1, 2024), which
provides that master record " files shall be confidential and access...
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85727, issued October 10, 2025.pdf
variation of that using the 'S' word after I left the chamber.[ 1]
On March 20, 2025, this office sent a copy of the Request for Review to the
Board and asked it to furnish a copy of (1) the agenda, ( 2) open session minutes ( in draft form if
necessary), ( 3)...
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85584 85585, issued March 27, 2025.pdf
Jakub Malinowski
March 27, 2025
Page 3
information such as a home address, driver' s license number, or date of birth for the specified
driver is exempt from disclosure under sections 7(1)(b) and 7(1)(c) of FOIA....
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85555, issued March 17, 2025.pdf
March 17, 2025
Page 3
statements to officers would be highly objectionable to a reasonable person for the reasons
discussed above....
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85534, issued March 12, 2025.pdf
Administrative Office of Courts." 1 On March 3, 2025, you submitted a Request for
Review to this office seeking our review of the denial.
FOIA governs requests for public records maintained by public bodies. See 5
ILCS 140/1 (West 2022)....
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85480, issued July 29, 2025.pdf
In its
response, the Sheriff' s Office stated that it withheld the footage pursuant to section 10-20(b)(3)
of the Law Enforcement Officer- Worn Body Camera Act (50 ILCS 706/10-20(b)(3) (West
2024)) " because [ does not appear in the recording and the footage...
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85453, issued June 13, 2025.pdf
Disclosure
of these records, at this time, would therefore reveal the
Department' s predecisional deliberative process involved in the
creation and enforcement of its policies and would undermine the
ability to discuss policy as it is being formed.[ 3]...
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85440, issued March 3, 2025.pdf
March 3, 2025
Via electronic mail
RE: FOIA Request for Review – 2025 PAC 85440
Dear
This determination letter is issued pursuant to section 9.5(c) of the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) (5 ILCS 140/9.5(c) (West 2023 Supp.))....
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85334, issued March 3, 2025.pdf
March 3, 2025
Via electronic mail
RE: FOIA Request for Review – 2025 PAC 85334
Dear
This determination letter is issued pursuant to section 9.5(c) of the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) ( 5 ILCS 140/ 9.5(c) (West 202 3 Supp.))....
