by Keith Picher | Apr 27, 2015 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, News, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
In early April, Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle attorney Ruth Alderman Schlossberg was appointed to a prominent post in the Illinois State Bar Association, an organization of about 30,000 Illinois attorneys. Highly regarded in the field of municipal and local...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 22, 2015 | David W. McArdle, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
An appellate court, in Meade v. City of Rockford, recently held that a settlement agreement, informally approved by a city council, was unenforceable despite a court having dismissed the case pursuant to the settlement. In coming to this resolution, the court answered...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 8, 2015 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
The members of the Local Government Consolidation and Unfunded Mandates Task Force (“Task Force”) were selected and began meeting last month. The Task Force was assembled pursuant to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Executive Order 15-15, is chaired by Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti,...
by Randal Birkey | Mar 26, 2015 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
Earlier this month, groups from the Barrington Area Council of Governments (BACOG) and McHenry County Council of Governments (MCCG) met with various state legislators to express concerns with pending legislation. Undoubtedly the primary focal point was the Local...
by Randal Birkey | Mar 26, 2015 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized, William C. Westfall
An Illinois Appellate Court recently decided a case involving age discrimination and closed executive meetings. In Cipolla v. Village of Oak Lawn, a village employee was terminated after the village board met in a closed executive session. During the meeting, the...
by Randal Birkey | Mar 12, 2015 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
An Appellate court, in People v. Geiler, upheld the dismissal of a traffic ticket issued by the City of Troy’s Police Department because the Department routinely failed to file their tickets with the circuit court within 48 hours. Illinois Supreme Court Rule 552,...
