WILL Co. (ECWd) -Â During last night's Wesley Township's Board of Trustees meeting, the Board accepted the resignations of the following positions: Township Supervisor Quigley Township Clerk Norton Township Trustee Welchco The first 2 are effective immediately, the third is effective at the end of this month. Although...
WILL CO. (ECWd) - In a surprise email from the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor's office, it was clear Wesley Township had attempted to get the August 20, 2019, opinion stating they violated the Open Meetings Act ("OMA") overturned. They did this by attempting to establish...
Will Co. (ECWd) - The first video below is of the public comment portion of the August 13, 2019, Wesley Township Board of Trustees meeting. Below that is the Board's vote to permit camping, and include electricity and water for a trial period of 30 days. Interesting is...
WILMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - According to the meeting agenda of a Special Meeting of the Wesley Township Board of Trustees, one of the items is to "Declare the vacancy of Township Official Positions and discussion of replacements" (read agenda here) - note the use of plurals...
ECWd - As we have noted in earlier articles, Gov. Pritzker signed Public Act ("PA") 101-0104 this year, and it became effective on July 19, 2019. This PA amends Section 60-5 (and others) of the Township Code dealing with situations in which there is a vacancy in...
Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - As we had previously reported, Wesley Township made a decision without voting on it during a public meeting. The decision was the result of the township trustees allegedly calling the supervisor and demanding she close the township park to campers because of...
WILMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Just one day after being arrested (read about the arrest here) by the Wilmington Police Department, John Norton was slapped with an Emergency Stalking No Contact Order (Order of Protection) ("EOP") in Will County Circuit Court. According to the petition for the EOP,...
WILMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - John Norton was arrested at 3:30 p.m. on August 15, 2019, at his home. According to the Wilmington Police Report, Norton spent some time in the Dollar General store calling a customer a "B*tch" several times. In the narrative, Norton had paid for his...
Wesley Township (ECWd) - Wesley Township and its Road District were named as Defendant in a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") lawsuit filed by Cindy BRZANA yesterday. This suit accuses the Township and the Township Clerk, Sarah Norton of failing to answer several FOIA requests dating from...
WESLEY TWP. (ECWd) - Wesley Township is the Defendant in a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") lawsuit filed by Leonard McCubbin alleging violations of the FOIA by refusing to provide requested records. McCubbin requested video from security cameras, as did I and at least one other person. My...
