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Tazewell County Board to mail 10,000 vote-by-mail ballots; minutes approved and executive session called for labor talks
Summary
County elections staff said 10,000 vote-by-mail ballots would be mailed the next morning (with more to follow), the board approved Aug. 28 minutes, and voted to enter executive session under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) to discuss collective bargaining or salary schedules.
County elections staff told the Tazewell County Board that early voting begins the next day and that the county planned to mail about 10,000 vote-by-mail ballots the following morning, with an additional 1,500 to be processed soon; the official estimated the county would end the election with roughly 12,000 mail ballots.
The official also noted that State Board of Elections offices had been evacuated recently after a mailed threat and said county election offices were taking precautions and participating in a statewide press release inviting public questions about election security.
On routine business the board approved minutes from its Aug. 28 meeting ('Motion by mega, second by novs'); the chair called for aye votes and the minutes passed.
Later in the agenda the board voted to go into executive session "pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)" to discuss collective bargaining or salary schedules. The chair indicated the motion passed and the board entered executive session at 6:37 p.m.
Next steps: the executive session was convened for confidential discussion under the Illinois Open Meetings Act exemption; the public record from this meeting contains no subsequent public decisions about bargaining or salaries.
