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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Alayne M. Weingartz, Corporation Counsel
DATE: March 20, 2015
SUBJECT:
Resolution Concerning the Review of "Closed" Executive Session Minutes
PURPOSE:
To provide for the opening of previously closed executive session minutes
BACKGROUND:
The "closed" executive session minutes have been reviewed, and a recommendation being made that certain of those minutes shall remain closed, while others shall be opened to public inspection.
DISCUSSION:
A review has been conducted, and the attached Resolution along with the Schedules A and B contain the information regarding such minutes remaining closed, or being opened.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
I recommend that the Resolution be presented to the Committee of the Whole for recommendation of approval to the City Council.
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution Concerning the Review of "Closed" Executive Session Minutes
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Aurora have met from time to time in closed "executive" session for purposes authorized by the Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/1 et seq.(the "Act"); and
WHEREAS, as required by the Act the City Clerk has kept written minutes of all such executive sessions; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that a need for confidentiality still exists as to the executive session minutes from the meetings set forth on Schedule "A", attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, it has been further determined that the minutes of the meetings, or portions thereof, listed on Schedule "B" attached hereto, no longer require confidential treatment and those minutes, or portions thereof, should be made available for public inspection.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, as follows: that the executive session minutes from those meetings set forth on Schedule "A" shall continue to be considered as confidential, and shall be held by the Clerk and again reviewed by the Council at a later date pursuant to the Act; and that the executive session minutes from those meetings set forth on Schedule "B" are hereby released for public inspection, with the City Clerk being hereby authorized to make those Schedule "B" minutes available for inspection and copying in accordance with the standing procedures of the Clerk's Office.