CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) –
This morning’s Cahokia Electoral Board Hearing (meeting) was canceled because the board never posted a meeting agenda as required under the Open Meetings Act.
In the video below, you can see the village attorney, Mark Scoggins, explaining the meeting would start at 9:30. When he was finished, I explained to him that there was no agenda posted, and that they could not hold a meeting if there was no agenda posted. He appeared clueless on this requirement.
Out in the hallway, he insisted that “this type” of meeting doesn’t need an agenda.
He clearly misunderstood the Open Meetings Act, and after about 15 minutes, he returned to the meeting room and informed everyone that there was no meeting because of “an issue” that had been raised.
There is a meeting scheduled for Wed, January 2, 2019. Let’s hope they post the agenda in time.
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3 Comments
Danni Smith
Posted at 09:25h, 29 Decemberwonder how much he is paid? nothing because he knows nothing?
Jack
Posted at 10:20h, 29 DecemberThe taxpayers are paying for him to settle someone’s personal vendetta
Another Election Objector
Posted at 23:26h, 28 December13 objections! Seriously! The current council must have lots of issues! Based on the statues I have read, what statue authorizes the village legal counsel to be involved in this hearing? Doesn’t Dillon’s Law apply here?