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Nokomis council discusses police-union counteroffer in executive session
Summary
In an executive session March 24, 2025, Mayor Goldsmith told the Nokomis City Council he had met with the Police Department Union and had an outlined counteroffer to present, saying 'the City needs to agree on a counteroffer.' The session was convened under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) for collective bargaining and salary deliberations.
The City Council of the City of Nokomis met in executive session on March 24, 2025 to discuss collective bargaining with the Police Department Union and salary schedules under the Illinois Open Meetings Act exemption 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2).
Mayor Goldsmith said he had met with the Police Department Union and that "the City needs to agree on a counteroffer." He told the council he had an outlined counteroffer to present to the union and that, after a brief discussion in executive session, there was nothing further to discuss in the minutes.
The minutes record the executive session as beginning at 7:50 P.M. (SEG 004) while the motion to enter executive session records the motion as made at 7:48 p.m. (SEG 005); the minutes show the executive session ended following a motion to exit at 8:18 P.M. (SEG 007). The record does not describe the terms of the counteroffer or any formal decision by the council; the matter is recorded as discussion only within the closed session.
