It has been reported that earlier in February, a new bill was introduced to the Illinois General Assembly that will require all open meetings to have the audio recorded in some manner. This bill is an extension of the Open Meetings Act (OMA) which currently mandates that all closed or executive session be recorded. Such recordings are also prescribed to be maintained on record for a period of eighteen months.
The new bill introduced (HB4580 found here: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=108&GA=101&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=4580&GAID=15&LegID=124315&SpecSess=&Session=) will require that all public meetings of the same entities must also be recorded on film, tape, or other means. Those recordings would need to be preserved on record for a period of at least one year.
Julie Tappendorf of Ancel Glink, a law firm in Chicago, write a column called the “Municipal Minute” which is distributed on their email list and on the Municipal Minute website. You can view the entire article here: http://municipalminute.ancelglink.com/2020/02/bill-would-require-recording-of-all.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=municipalminute
More restrictions and requirements probably will effect getting individuals to want to volunteer and serve as trustee’s on pension boards. An example is the basic training certification for new trustee’s, the annual ethics, and continued education training for trustee’s.