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87334, issued June 26, 2025.pdf
Those
provisions require the Department to appoint a hearing officer to conduct an "informal" hearing
and to make "[e]very effort*** to allow all persons who wish to make a statement to do so."3
They do not contemplate a quorum or a majority of a quorum...
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87259 87260, issued June 26, 2025.pdf
Further, the Public Access Counselor's authority to resolve disputes is limited to
alleged violations of OMA and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).3 See 15 ILCS
205/ 7(c)(3) ( West 2024 )....
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86749, issued July 31, 2025.pdf
On April 16, 2025, you submitted a FOIA request to the McHenry County
Sheriff' s Office ( Sheriff' s Office) seeking, in relevant part, video footage of block 3, section 1,
dayroom related to a November 4, 2024, incident....
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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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86577 86947, issued May 27, 2025.pdf
Office of the Illinois Attorney General
May 27, 2025
Page 3
codes, numbers of registered students, and raw input for the fields
of the cities, counties, citizenship, and visa statuses of registered
students....
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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
Hribal:
This determination is issued pursuant to section 3 .5( e) of the Open Meetings Act
(OMA) (5 ILCS 120/3.5(e) (West 2024))....
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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....
