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Trust votes to enter executive session to discuss probable litigation, reserves and claims
Summary
The board moved into executive session under the Illinois Open Meetings Act to discuss pending or probable litigation and matters related to reserves and claim settlements; trustees approved the motion by roll call.
LaSalle County Insurance Trust trustees voted March 20 to enter executive session to discuss pending or probable litigation, the establishment of reserves and settlement of claims.
Chair Sandy Billard asked Jim (speaker) to state the statutory basis; the motion cited the Illinois Open Meetings Act and specifically referenced 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11) as permitting closed deliberations about probable or imminent litigation. A trustee moved the motion and Joe seconded. The board took a roll call vote with trustees recording aye votes (Savage, Small, Sinecke, Traeger); the chair announced the motion carried and the board proceeded to executive session.
Nut graf: The vote authorizes the trustees to discuss confidential claim details and litigation strategy outside the public record as allowed by state law; the transcript shows the board planned to withhold claim-specific reserve and pending-claim discussion from open session and to treat those matters in closed session.
The chair previously indicated that claim details and reserves would be discussed in executive session “because it gets into pending claims and things in regard to reserves on pending claims.” The board had earlier agreed to defer detailed claims reporting from open session and to handle those items in closed session.
Ending: Trustees entered executive session after the roll call; no substantive confidential details from the closed session are recorded in the public transcript.
