SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Here is a link to their Municipal Minute article (click here). . Court Interprets "Public Recital" Requirement of OMA Prior to Final Action . We don't get a lot of guidance from Illinois courts on compliance with the Open Meetings Act (OMA) (most of our guidance...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - We have already pointed out two recent examples of the Bloomington Election Commission violating the Open Meetings Act, and have also found another one - from 2014. The Commission admitted in a letter to the Attorney General's office that it had violated the Open Meetings...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - The Clark County Park District held a special meeting last night, the same night as Township Caucuses, most likely in hopes nobody would notice they were about to lease out residential lots for less than the cost of an annual campsite. An amazingly...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - In a day when adherence to the law is a revolutionary act, this one drives that message home. An objection was made to the nomination petitions for Bloomington's Mayor, Tari Renner - and he accused those wanting the law followed of being "fringe...
Sangamon, Co. (ECWd) - After several years of attending Chatham board meetings, I have truly never seen anything like this. The citizens have worked tirelessly to find that the municipal bonds that were sold from South Sangamon Water Commission (SSWC) did not reflect the true amount...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board held its organizational meeting this morning and elected Jeff Voigt as chairman for another two years. Mr. Luddington and Mr. Chittick are the two newly elected county board members who were sworn in prior to this meeting. Karl Farnham Jr....
St. Clair County, IL. (ECWd) - We noticed this coming out of Channel 4, KMOV, St. Louis - and one name in particular is very familiar to us. A long list of public officials and employees were indicted today in St. Clair County, Illinois. Read the KMOV article...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - By all indications, a criminal has been working for years at Tri-State Fire Protection District and it appears no one seems to be concerned. We reported on Micheal Orrico's arrest in this article in relation to his failure to disclose certain information on...
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - Earlier this week the Edgar County Board published a draft Airport Zoning Ordinance - which has yet to be recommended by the Airport Zoning Commission - who had promised at the previous hearing to have another public hearing to receive input on this...
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - Great News! From today's County Board meeting: Edgar County Board has confirmed that taxes paid via the Hotel/Motel Tax don't come from taxpayers and are not taxpayer funds. Yes, they actually said that. Yes, they are wrong. However, taxpayer funds from the Hotel/Motel Fund were properly...
