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Mt. Morris trustees schedule executive session to discuss pending litigation under state Open Meetings Act
Summary
On Jan. 27 trustees voted unanimously to enter executive session at the end of the regular meeting to discuss pending litigation affecting the village under section 2(c)(11) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act; the minutes record the motion and its passage but no public details of the litigation.
Trustee McConnell moved and Trustee Fay seconded a motion to enter Executive Session at the end of the Jan. 27 regular meeting to discuss pending litigation affecting the Village under section 2(c)(11) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act. The motion passed on a unanimous roll call of trustees present.
The public minutes record the statutory citation and that the motion carried but provide no details about the subject matter of the litigation or any parties involved. Executive sessions under section 2(c)(11) are permitted for pending or probable litigation; specific matters are not required to be disclosed in the public minutes. The minutes note the executive session would occur at the end of the Regular Session, and that the meeting recessed at 7:15 PM and reconvened at 7:49 PM before adjourning.
