Forgot to say: People should show up tonight to tell them this is not acceptable. Why are the meetings in Hinsdale, where things are also contentious, completely open for public input, and here they want to impose this crazy format? Be there tonight or be left out in the future.
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Seminar with Attorney General's Office on FOIA and Open Meetings Act
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Posted Tuesday Apr 3, 2007 09:47 #
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Oh right, I forgot about the preregistration matter. As if there weren't already virtually no opportunities to speak, now they seem to want to restrict them further.
If they are worried about time of meetings, why have the COW and a Regular meeting on the same night? I would think there are a lot of retired or otherwise time independent people in Riverside who would not find it a time burden to serve the village. Perhaps the problem is with the candidate selection process.
Then again, there is a French saying that people get the government they deserve. If the majority want to be sheep, they shall be so herded.
Posted Tuesday Apr 3, 2007 11:04 # -
I like the one about "Americans aren't interested to know how their laws or their sausage is made."
Posted Tuesday Apr 3, 2007 11:18 # -
Taken from the Open Meetings Act:
"Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with the other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full—‘time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 7 days of the approval of the minutes by the public body."
Why are the Village website's posted minutes dated Nov. 20, 2006 - that is 5 months ago!?!? Are the minutes not approved?
Posted Monday Apr 16, 2007 22:25 # -
Good catch Elisa. This is then a violation of the Open Meetings Act, because minutes have been approved since then I believe. I would suggest your forwarding this to KathleenRush, as someone just last week had cause to make a similar inquiry and she indicated minutes had been approved that were not posted. As you no doubt also read, it is a crime as well as a civil offense to violate the Open Meetings Act, and all such incidents should be reported to the Public Access Counselor of the Illinois Attorney General's Office for action.
Posted Monday Apr 16, 2007 23:32 #
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