Attorney outlines transparency steps, urges document distribution to council boxes
The town attorney told the New Chicago council to rely on a procedural 'recipe' and to have the town manager immediately distribute any contracts or paperwork on the proposed purchase to each council member and the clerk-treasurer, citing the public records law.
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Ray, the town attorney, used the short meeting to describe a step-by-step ('recipe') process the council should follow for the property purchase and to stress transparency measures under the public records law. He recommended that rather than calling frequent council meetings, the town manager should send copies of any contract or document related to the project to every council member so members can review materials at their convenience.
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