DuPage County bargaining committee approves minutes, enters executive session under Open Meetings Act

The DuPage County ad hoc collective bargaining committee met Tuesday, May 6, approved minutes from its March 18 meeting and voted to enter an executive session to discuss collective negotiation matters under the Illinois Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)).

The action came during a short meeting called to order by the committee chair. There was no public comment or other remarks before the committee moved to business; the chair said, “I move that we go into executive session,” citing the Open Meetings Act provision for collective negotiation matters.

Member Dussard, Member Zay, Member Gallossey, Member LaPlante, Member Tonotore and Member U were recorded present during roll call. The chair moved to approve the minutes of the March 18 ad hoc collective bargaining meeting; the motion was seconded by Member U and carried with no opposition recorded.

Later the committee voted to convene a closed executive session pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2), for “collective negotiation matters,” as read into the record by the chair. A roll call was taken before the committee convened in closed session; the committee reconvened and adjourned without taking any formal public action.

The meeting record does not specify any substantive discussion details from the closed session, any votes taken within it, or any follow-up tasks assigned in open session. The committee did not receive public comment at this meeting.