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Attorney explains F.H. Paschen agreement for pumping-station renovation; board meets in closed session on personnel
Summary
Attorney Miller called in to describe a proposed agreement with F.H. Paschen to provide architectural and engineering services for a pumping-station renovation that could be done jointly with another municipality; the board then entered closed session under Section 2(c)(1) for personnel matters and later reconvened and adjourned.
Attorney Miller called into the Aug. 19 special meeting of the Village of Robbins Board of Trustees to explain a proposed agreement with F.H. Paschen for renovation of the village pumping station. The attorney told the board the agreement would allow the village to join with another municipality on the project to save money and that F.H. Paschen would provide architectural and engineering services.
The minutes record only an explanatory call by Attorney Miller; they do not record a motion or vote approving that specific agreement within the excerpt provided. The minutes also do not specify project cost, schedule or funding sources.
Later in the meeting, the board moved into closed session under Section 2(c)(1) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act to discuss employee hiring, firing, compensation, discipline and performance. Trustee Tiffany S. Robinson moved to enter closed session; the motion was seconded by Trustees Ernest Maxey Jr. and Michael Collier Sr., and the roll-call ayes were recorded as Dyson, Maxey, Robinson, Collier and Jackson; Trustee Thomas Harper Jr. was absent. The board reconvened on a motion by Trustee Robinson, seconded by Trustee Maxey; Trustee David R. Dyson departed before the reconvened roll call. The minutes show the meeting adjourned at 8:02 p.m. on a motion by Trustee Maxey, seconded by Trustee Collier and carried unanimously.
The minutes do not disclose the content of the closed-session discussion, consistent with statutory confidentiality for personnel matters.
