by Randal Birkey | May 10, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Appellate Court Decides Case Concerning PSEBA Author: Jacob D. Caudill May 10, 2016 Recently, an Illinois Appellate Court decided a Public Safety Employee Benefits Act case (PSEBA). Specifically, a former police officer brought two counts against the Village...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 29, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Appellate Court Finds City Violated FOIA by Inappropriately Withholding Reports Author: Jacob D. Caudill April 29, 2016 A recent Illinois Appellate Court decision held that the City of Peoria violated Illinois’s Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 29, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
Severance Agreements Subject to FOIA Effective June 1, 2016 Author: Ruth A. Schlossberg April 29, 2016 The Illinois Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) has explicitly required the disclosure of settlement agreements since 2010. Public Act 99-478, passed last fall,...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 14, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, Timothy J. Clifton
Easier Path to Home Rule Status? Author: Timothy J. Clifton April 14, 2016 The Illinois Municipal League is promoting a bill that would significantly increase the number of home rule municipalities within the State of Illinois. Currently, there are two ways in which a...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 14, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
New Bill Seeks to Redefine Municipal Authority to Regulate School Zoning Author: William C. Westfall April 14, 2016 Last September, we reported on Gurba v. Community High School District No. 155, where the Illinois Supreme Court found that “school property is subject...
by Randal Birkey | Mar 30, 2016 | Attorney, Kevin A. Chrzanowski, Local Government Law Bulletin
New PAC Opinion Stands as a Valuable Reminder to All Public Bodies Author: Kevin A. Chrzanowski March 30, 2016 On March 25, 2016, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office handed down Public Access Opinion 16-003 finding that Harvey School District 152 violated section...
