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Lockport SD 91 board holds special meeting and enters closed session on personnel matter
Summary
Board President Laura Garrett called a special meeting Aug. 4, 2025; the board voted to enter closed session at 4:01 p.m. under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) to consider personnel matters, reconvening at 6:28 p.m. and adjourning at 6:29 p.m.
Board President Laura Garrett called the Lockport School District 91 Board of Education into a special session at 4:00 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2025, at the Kelvin Grove Office. Superintendent Dr. Wilkey recorded the minutes.
Garrett moved "Motion made by Garrett to enter a closed session at 4:01 pm, seconded by Arvidson Roll Call Vote: Ayes: Arvidson, Garrett, Cutforth Nays: none Abstain: none Motion carried," and the board closed the meeting under the Open Meetings Act exception for personnel matters (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), as amended by P.A. 99-646). The motion and roll call were recorded in the minutes.
The board reconvened from closed session at 6:28 p.m. after Arvidson had left the meeting at 5:40 p.m. Garrett moved to come out of closed session and resume the regular meeting, a motion seconded by Oxley-Turner; the minutes record ayes from Garrett, Cutforth and Oxley-Turner. At 6:29 p.m. Garrett moved to adjourn and Cutforth seconded; all members present voted to adjourn and the meeting ended.
The minutes list no public disclosures about the closed-session discussion; the statutory citation in the record indicates the subject related to the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific district employees or legal counsel. No formal public action on a personnel appointment, dismissal, or contract was recorded in the published minutes.
