Illinois (ECWd) - The more Districts we look at, the more problems we find. For some reason, Park Districts, along with other local governments, seem to have been given the wrong definition of "shall serve without compensation" - or maybe they are just confused on what...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - We have been informed that Clark County Park District Commissioner Ron Stone has threatened other Commissioners that he will remove them from the Board if they talk about anything discussed during closed meetings. Ron Stone thinks he has more power than other...
Livingston Co., IL. (ECWd) - A motion was made to DENY the Pleasant Ridge Wind Farm application - meaning a YES vote would be a vote to deny the application and to accept the motion to deny the application. Livingston County Board Chairman Marty Fannin says there...
Livingston Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Livingston County Zoning Board of Appeals has issued its recommendation to the Livingston County Board. One point of interest during the hearing process was that there were at least two individuals, in their official capacities for other local governments, speaking in...
Clark County, IL. (ECWd) - The Clark County Sheriff's Department responded to a 911 call on an incident last weekend in which Charity Murphy, the Clark County Park District's Executive Director, and her husband, West Terre Haute Police Officer "Chuck" Murphy, and others got into an...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - The College of DuPage Board of Trustees tonight waived attorney-client privilege to release the “‘Independent Investigative Report on WDCB.” Read a copy of the report here: http://ouweb.cod.edu/news-events/pdfs/wdcb.pdf COD hired the Chicago law firm Williams Montgomery and John, Ltd. in February 2015 to investigate,...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor's Office (PAC) is responsible for answering inquiries on various subjects, to include the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), and the Open Meetings Act (OMA). These inquiries come from public officials, media, and citizens either in...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - We finally looked at the document dump for House Accounts at the Waterleaf during 2013 and 2014. You can match up Board of Trustee meetings with these receipts for the most part. These were all provided by the College of DuPage. Not much more...
Batavia, IL. (ECWd) - The Batavia Plan Commission opened a public hearing on June 3, 2015 to discuss Zoning Code Text amendments that Batavia City Staff recommended. At the table were the 7 Plan Commissioners and two Batavia staff members, Joel Strassman, Planning and Zoning officer,...
Newman, IL. (ECWd) - The Shiloh School District is holding a public auction in conjunction with Joines Auction Service on Saturday, June 13, 2015, @ 9:00 a.m., at the Newman Grade School in Newman, IL. Some items for auction include: wood and metal office desks, filing cabinets, student...
