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January 27, 2021

Clark County, feature

Clark County Park Board mentioned in National Law Review -

BY JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN

ON September 13, 2014

CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) -

Illinois Park District Board Settles Open Meetings Act Lawsuit

Thursday, September 11, 2014
From The National Law Review:

The adoption and implementation of public comment rules may avoid litigation for public bodies. Recently, the Clark County Park District Board ("Park") settled an Open Meetings Act lawsuit for $415.50. The settlement amount represented the fees incurred by Kirk Allen ("Allen") who sued the Park when the Park did not allow public comments during a special meeting. On May 12, 2014, the Park District held a special meeting to discuss the employment status of the executive director. Community members anticipated they would be able to make comments during the public portion of the meeting, but when the Park Board returned from closed session, it tabled the agenda item for "status of executive director" and informed the public there would be no public comment.

At issue was whether Section 120/2.06(g) of the Open Meetings Act required the Park to allow comments at the special meeting. Section 120/2.06(g) provides, in relevant part that "[a]ny person shall be permitted an opportunity to address public officials under the rules established and recorded by the public body."

Unfortunately, we will not receive a court interpretation on that section of the Open Meeting Act based on (continue reading here...).

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  • ECWDogs
    Posted at 08:37h, 13 September

    Clark County Park Board mentioned in National Law Review – http://t.co/T0v0U6bgsM

  • SafeLibraries
    Posted at 10:00h, 13 September

    “@ECWDogs: Clark County Park Board mentioned in National Law Review http://t.co/Obv3qR86dW” #FreeSpeech @EvilEsq @NatLawReview #OpenMeetings

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    Posted at 14:11h, 13 September

    Thx @SafeLibraries Clark County Park Board mentioned @NatLawReview http://t.co/pQYMWmd9oB” #FreeSpeech @evilesq @HeylRoyster #OpenMeetings

  • SafeLibraries
    Posted at 14:21h, 13 September

    RT @natlawreview: Thx @SafeLibraries Clark County Park Board mentioned @NatLawReview http://t.co/pQYMWmd9oB” #FreeSpeech @evilesq @HeylRoys…

  • CatalystIL
    Posted at 07:05h, 14 September

    Clark County Park Board mentioned in National Law Review – http://t.co/ZfUGNH6dcb

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    Posted at 07:19h, 14 September

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    Posted at 08:37h, 13 September

    Clark County Park Board mentioned in National Law Review – http://t.co/T0v0U6bgsM

  • SafeLibraries
    Posted at 10:00h, 13 September

    “@ECWDogs: Clark County Park Board mentioned in National Law Review http://t.co/Obv3qR86dW” #FreeSpeech @EvilEsq @NatLawReview #OpenMeetings

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    Posted at 14:11h, 13 September

    Thx @SafeLibraries Clark County Park Board mentioned @NatLawReview http://t.co/pQYMWmd9oB” #FreeSpeech @evilesq @HeylRoyster #OpenMeetings

  • SafeLibraries
    Posted at 14:21h, 13 September

    RT @natlawreview: Thx @SafeLibraries Clark County Park Board mentioned @NatLawReview http://t.co/pQYMWmd9oB” #FreeSpeech @evilesq @HeylRoys…

  • CatalystIL
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