Access to Closed Meeting Minutes Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Bd. of Police Commissioners, 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Bd. of Police Commissioners, 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED : August 16, 2021 Ottawa THSD 140 2:220-E8 Exhibit - School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to “keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording.” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains a protocol for open meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review (every six months, or as soon after as is practicable, taking into account the nature and meeting schedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), amended by P.A. 102-653. Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Quorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a process for compliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), added by P.A. 101-640, when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the meeting location during a disaster declaration related to public health concerns.
