DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Read Part 1 by clicking here We left off with the Board Policies that directly affected obligations of Officers of the Board of Trustees. Now we must look at how these Board policies work together. The officers are selected at an annual organizational...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Why would a fired law firm, Community College Association, and the Illinois Community College Board Executive Director provide bad advice to a COD Administrator and Trustee? Were money and power the driving force? As the College of DuPage (COD) has painfully learned from...
Metcalf, IL. (ECWd) - The newest Trustee to the Village of Metcalf has turned in his resignation via U.S. mail. John Morris mailed his signed resignation to the village in a letter postmarked June 1, 2016, with the statement "I hereby submit my resignation as Village Trustee effective...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - This past week, after a three-year delay, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has finally issued a determination of an alleged Open Meetings Act complaint filed by former Bloomington Councilman Judy Stearns. On November 15, 2013, Stearns, as councilman, was participating in...
METCALF, IL. (ECWd) - On June 2, 2016, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued a Warning Notice to the Village of Metcalf and its Water/Waste Water System. The Warning Letter complains of non-compliance with IEPA rules for not submitting Metcalf's "Discharge Monitoring Reports" for the periods of: ...
Tinley Park, IL. (ECWd) - On 5/31/16, the Village of Tinley Park, through its attorneys at Kozacky Wentzel McGrath, filed a robust motion to dismiss all counts of what we argue is a SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) lawsuit filed against the Village and several...
