By: Diane Benjamin
Last night the trustees for the Allin Township Fire Protection District held a meeting at the fire station. It started at 6:00pm. The problem is the meetings always start at 7:00.
The Open meetings Act requires 10 days notice of a meeting change. Starting an hour earlier than normal is a change!
I wonder if anybody showed up expecting a meeting at 7:00?
(5 ILCS 120/2.03) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.03)
Sec. 2.03. In addition to the notice required by Section 2.02, each body subject to this Act must, at the beginning of each calendar or fiscal year, prepare and make available a schedule of all its regular meetings for such calendar or fiscal year, listing the times and places of such meetings.
If a change is made in regular meeting dates, at least 10 days' notice of such change shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which such body functions. However, in the case of bodies of local governmental units with a population of less than 500 in which no newspaper is published, such 10 days' notice may be given by posting a notice of such change in at least 3 prominent places within the governmental unit. Notice of such change shall also be posted at the principal office of the public body or, if no such office exists, at the building in which the meeting is to be held. Notice of such change shall also be supplied to those news media which have filed an annual request for notice as provided in paragraph (b) of Section 2.02.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 1960.)
Socialism is spreading like a cancer!!!
I see in todays waste of paper that the Stanford cop totaled the car hitting a tree on the road in the wind storm! Isn’t that driving too fast for conditions? Heck, he ran up the limbs of the tree and landed on the OTHER side of the tree! Sounds like a circus stunt.
You are assuming the Pantagraph got the story right and gave all the details. Anyway, the car is totaled – so maybe they will go back to Danvers patrolling and save the citizens LOTS of money.
YES! It would, just taking $9,000 a year and allowing ALL 365 days to drive to Danvers that’s $24.65 a DAY! I would think that a small town like Stanford could use some potholes fixed, park upgrades, Christmas decorations, fire equipment MOST anything but paying a cop to do the “Danvers victory lap” Sad that stupid stunts like Taris trickle down to even the mentality of SMALL towns, where you would think the PEOPLE still have SOME say in matters.