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Resident offers comments after adjournment after chamber doors were not opened
Summary
The council's minutes note a procedural oversight: the council did not open the chamber doors after reconvening from closed session, and resident Virginia Dwyer provided public comments to members who remained after adjournment. The comments were delivered after the formal public-comment period had ended.
The written minutes of the Calumet Village Council's Sept. 3, 2025, special meeting record a procedural oversight after the council returned from closed session. The minutes state that the council "mistakenly neglected to open the council chamber doors to the check for public after reconvening following the closed session." Clerk Lori Weir recorded that omission in the meeting minutes.
Because the doors were not opened, resident Virginia Dwyer offered public comments after the meeting adjourned directly to council members still present (Trustees Pamela Que, Bernice Smith, Ariele Pizzo, Kelly Ryan and James Tercha). The minutes note the public comment occurred after adjournment rather than during the designated "Petitions from the Public" portion of the meeting, when members of the public normally have five minutes to speak.
The minutes do not record the content of Ms. Dwyer's remarks or any council response; they only note that the comments were provided following the adjournment. The clerk signed the minutes: "Respectfully submitted, Lori Weir, Clerk."
