By: Diane Benjamin The agenda was not posted on line for the meeting held September 18th. https://normaltownship.org/index.php/clerks-office/board-agenda/ By September 22nd the agenda was still not posted. The agenda contains a zoom address that was NOT available to anyone in the public who wanted to watch that meeting. I filed a Request for Review with the […]
By: Diane Benjamin Remember this story about Leroy? https://blnnews.com/2025/05/19/leroy-is-going-to-approve-the-minutes-of-an-illegal-meeting/ The agenda for the May 5, 2025 meeting still isn’t posted on their website. The minutes for this meeting were approved at the May 19, 2025 meeting. Those aren’t posted on the website yet either. On May 8th I filed a Request for Review with the […]
By: Diane Benjamin The agenda for the meeting held on May 5, 2025 has never been posted. Tonight the minutes for that meeting, which violated the Open Meetings Act, will be approved: https://www.leroy.org/file/2866/AGENDA%2019MAY2025.pdf . Agendas: https://www.leroy.org/government/city-hall/city-council 5/5/2025 is not at that link. Also on tonight’s agenda: . Since Leroy doesn’t include documentation, assume this is […]
By: Diane Benjamin https://www.leroy.org/government/city-hall/city-council The Open Meetings Act requires posting an Agenda 48 hours in advance of a meeting. Leroy didn’t post one for the meeting they held last night. Below is a screen shot from 7:30 this morning proving nothing was posted: . Are they trying to hide the fact they raised water/sewer rates? […]
By: Diane Benjamin h/t a reader Obviously Normal is aware they have to comply with the Open Meetings Act because they have it right in the announcement of the Electoral Board meeting held on 12/9/22: The Open Meetings Act requires notice 48 hours in advance. This meeting was not posted by 11:00 two days before […]
The hearing was just posted for Friday: https://www.normalil.gov/DocumentCenter/View/20916/OMA-Notice—Electoral-Board-Meeting—12722 Proof laws don’t matter in Normal. By: Diane Benjamin Remember Normal claiming they hired a law firm when the three petitions were filed for offices that don’t currently exist? Now it is easy to see why Koos and crew did that. The LAST place they want challenges […]
By: Diane Benjamin Chris Koos proved last night he doesn’t know what an Open Meetings Act Violation is. A violation occurs when a majority of a quorum discuss Town business in private. Koos accused Stan Nord of violating OMA by whispering to a fellow Council member. If TWO people is a violation Chris, the Town’s […]
By: Diane Benjamin Remember when the Attorney General’s Public Access office found Bloomington guilty of violating the Open Meetings Act concerning the Metro-Zone agreement with Normal? https://blnnews.com/2017/06/07/laws-are-immaterial/ That was in 2017. The City of Bloomington appealed the decision, the Circuit Court ruled in their favor, but the Appellate Court just reversed that decision: See the […]
By: Diane Benjamin WGLT reported yesterday Bloomington was found guilty of violating the Open Meetings Act in 2017 for discussing ending the Metro Zone agreement with Normal in secret. The Attorney General had previously ruled it illegal, according to the article the current ruling reversed a lower court ruling. https://www.wglt.org/post/appeals-court-bloomington-violated-open-meetings-act Besides the fact Justice Delayed […]
By: Diane Benjamin Chris Koos had rulings against him before for violating the Open Meetings Act, but never 2 very close together. This was the first violation: https://wordpress.com/stats/post/90250/blnnews.com The Attorney General’s office finally found time to rule on a second (OBVIOUS) violation. This one was filed in 2019 by Karyn Smith. WEEK has the story: […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Attorney General finally got around to ruling on a slam dunk Request for Reviews filed by Marc Tiritilli in November 2019. Even though the law gives them 90 days to rule, the Attorney General doesn’t comply. While Chris Koos flagrantly violated Marc’s 1st Amendment rights, the rest of the Council sat […]
By: Diane Benjamin Yesterday’s paper had a front-page story concerning a filing by Jason Chamber’s office with the Attorney General for Open Meeting Act violations. He has been waiting 17 months for a determination. The story claims his office can only prosecute violations for 18 months. First, Welcome to our world Jason! The request filed […]
By: Diane Benjamin Citizens have a right to know what their government is doing. Obviously both local governments don’t think you have that right – just look at the North Main Property the City of Bloomington has $1.4 million tied up in. The City purchased the land a year ago without ever saying why. Now […]
