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Tollway enters closed session and approves legal item after discussion
Summary
The board voted to enter executive session under exceptions to the Open Meetings Act to discuss property leasing/purchase and pending litigation; after returning, it approved legal item 4 as discussed in closed session.
The Tollway Board moved to enter executive session on Aug. 21 under specified exceptions to the Illinois Open Meetings Act to consider matters related to the purchase or lease of property and to discuss pending or probable litigation. The chair cited statutory exceptions and the motion was moved, seconded, and carried by voice vote.
On return from executive session, the board took a recorded motion to approve legal item 4 "as discussed in executive session." The chair asked for any further questions, recorded none, and announced the motion passes. The board did not disclose the closed-session details on the public record; the public minutes reflect that legal item 4 was approved following executive session.
Authority for the closed session was cited on the record as exceptions in the Open Meetings Act; the board then approved the item consistent with the discussion held behind closed doors.
