Attorney General's office looking into entire Council for meetings violations, not just Mayor and City Manager
Galesburg City Council will be investigated as a body and not as individuals in the case of the Attorney General's Public Access Bureau's looking into potential Open Meetings Act violations. That's according to the Illinois AG's Deputy spokesperson Drew Hill, who says the language of the Act "imposes legal responsibilities on public bodies." Hill says that means the AG's Public Access Bureau will be reviewing whether the City Council – not any individual people identified – violated OMA. The Request for Review was filed by Galesburg Ward 1 Council member ...