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Zion ESD 6 board approves agenda, enters closed session to consider filling vacancy
Summary
At a May 19 special meeting, the Zion ESD 6 Board of Education unanimously approved the agenda and voted to meet in closed session to discuss selecting a person to fill a public office vacancy under the Illinois Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(3)). No public comments were made.
President Margie Taylor called the Zion ESD 6 Board of Education to order at 5:07 p.m. on May 19, 2025, at district headquarters in Zion.
Board Member Denise Lear moved to approve the meeting agenda as presented; Board Member Robert Surano seconded. A roll call vote recorded Lear, Surano, Jacqueline San Diego, and President Taylor voting aye, with no nays. The motion to approve the agenda carried unanimously.
President Taylor then requested a motion to enter closed session for the purpose of discussing “the selection of a person to fill a public office, as defined in the Open Meetings Act,” specifically citing 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(3). Robert Surano moved to enter closed session; Denise Lear seconded. The board voted to enter closed session at 5:09 p.m., with the same four members voting in favor.
The meeting record notes there were no public comments during the public participation portion.
The board returned to open session at 6:02 p.m. and then moved to adjourn. A roll call recorded all in favor, and the meeting stood adjourned at 6:03 p.m.
The public record in the transcript shows the board took the procedural actions above and entered closed session to discuss a personnel/appointment matter under the cited Open Meetings Act provision. No motions or outcomes related to the substance of that closed-session discussion were reported in open session in the provided transcript.
