TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Lauren O’Hara, City Clerk
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Authorizing the Release of Closed Session Minutes
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BACKGROUND:
The Open Meetings Act ( 5 ILCS 120/ 1 et seq.) requires municipalities to review the minutes of closed sessions and make available for public inspection those minutes that no longer require confidential treatment. The minutes of the closed session meetings of the Mayor and City Council identified in the Resolution have been reviewed and recommend their release. Pursuant to Section 2.06(c) of the Open Meetings Act, the Mayor and City Council hereby authorize that the specified portions of the minutes identified in the Resolution be made available for public inspection in accordance with law. There exists a need to maintain the confidentiality of the minutes of all other closed sessions. The Mayor and City Council also hereby find and determine that there exists a continuing need to protect the confidentiality of the verbatim record of all closed sessions, whether or not the minutes thereof are released.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Based on the above the Administration recommends that the Mayor and City Council approve the attached Resolution.