Ancel Glink’s Podcast, Quorum Forum, has released a new episode: Quorum Forum 89: New Year, New Legislation, and Recent Decisions.
In this episode, the holiday season is here, and the Quorum Forum podcast
team is ready to celebrate! To
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The Top 10 Municipal Minute Posts of 2024
It’s that time of year folks! Today, we highlight the top 10 Municipal Minute blog posts of 2024. Thank you for your continued readership of Municipal
Minute.
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Supreme Court’s Analysis: Use of Social Media by Government Officials
The Supreme…
PAC Updates Indexes of Binding FOIA and OMA Opinions
The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor’s office (PAC) has posted an updated index of all of the FOIA and OMA binding opinions issued by the PAC office from 2010 to October of 2024. The index is categorized by topics…
Court Finds No FOIA Violation
An inmate submitted an “inmate
request/grievance form” to a county sheriff’s office (Sheriff), stating that
the inmate was “requesting to talk with: FOIA/Legal/Dietary,” regarding a
“Request for Preservation.” The inmate attached a
list seeking nutritional information for food served at…
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Road Impact Fees as Condition to Annexation
Last year, we reported on an Illinois Appellate Court decision that upheld the validity of an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between a county and municipalities that provided for the imposition of road impact fees on developers as a condition to annexation.…
Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Code Enforcement Agreement in Favor of Village
An Illinois Appellate Court upheld a court order awarding a Village $45,000 in fines against a company that failed to timely install a fire alarm
system in breach of a compliance agreement. Village
of Plainfield v. Ionia Real Properties, LLC…
Appellate Court Rejects Due Process Claims in Nuisance Case
The City of Chicago filed a lawsuit against the unknown
heirs of the deceased owner of a single-family home claiming the property had been neglected
and was an unsafe public nuisance. In City of Chicago v. Dzendrowski, an Illinois…
Administrative Decision Reversed and Remanded Due to Lack of Factual Findings to Support Decision
The Bond County Community United School
District 2 (District) voted to close one of its public schools and
transfer its 107 students to other schools. In response to the school closing, the “Sorento Parents Committee of Ten” (Parents Committee) filed…
Seventh Circuit Upholds Use of Pole Camera by Police to Record Activities at Front of Home
As part of a drug trafficking investigation, law enforcement installed a pole camera pointed at
an individual’s home. The evidence gathered from the camera, along with other evidence gathered by law enforcement, was used to charge
the resident with intent…
Quorum Forum Podcast Ep. 88 – Election Special
Ancel Glink just released Episode 88 of its Quorum Forum Podcast: Quorum Forum 88: Election Special
The 2025 consolidated
election season is kicking off with its usual verve and a host of complex
issues to address. Local election officials and…