On April 26, 2021, the Fourth District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that a city council’s closed meeting violated the Open Meetings Act by discussing topics other than litigation.
Section 23 of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act now provides that open meetings of the Chicago Transit Board will be viewable by the public in real-time on the Board's website.
A new law says Internet postings of meeting agendas fulfill the Open Meeting Act's 48-hour notice requirement - but governmental bodies still must post paper copies of agendas, the law's sponsor says.
New legislation would give governmental entities more time to respond to those who make numerous FOIA requests. A look at that and some Open Meetings Act changes.
The legislature amended the Open Meetings Act to clarify that verbatim recordings are accessible only in litigation over whether the public body violated the Act. Is the amendment too restrictive?
Public bodies violate the Open Meetings Act by acting on items that didn't appear on the agenda, the fourth district ruled recently in Rice v Board of Trustees.
