Wed Dec 6, 2023 ‐ Municipal Law News
Binding Public Access Opinion Holds that Closed Session Meeting Minutes Must be Approved in Open Session
On December 1, 2023, the Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) issued opinion PAC 23-014 and held that closed session meeting minutes must be approved in open session. At issue was the Village of Skokie’s practice of approving closed session meeting minutes […]Tue Dec 5, 2023 ‐ General
Paid Leave for All Workers Act Takes Effect January 1, 2024: What Local Government Employers Need to Know
Effective January 1, 2024, the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (the “Act”) entitles Illinois workers to receive up to a minimum of 40 hours of paid leave each year, which they can use in their discretion, with certain limited […]Wed Nov 29, 2023 ‐ General
“Is Anybody Home?:” Forming a Reasonable Basis for Warrantless Entry in the Face of an Emergency or Exigent Circumstances
United States v. Maxwell, No. 22-2135 (7th Cir. November 13, 2023) In a recent opinion, the Seventh Circuit (the “Court”) determined that exigent circumstances justified police officers’ warrantless entry into Tyrone Maxwell’s apartment and that the evidence discovered as a […]Mon Nov 13, 2023 ‐ General
Hindsight is 20/20, But Not When Forming a Reasonable Suspicion for an Investigatory Stop
Whether a stop arises during a regular patrol or from an alert over radio dispatch, it must be supported by “specific and articulable facts” that, along with rational inferences, “reasonably warrant that intrusion.” Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 19-20 […]