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Lake County, IL
File #: 25-1307    Version: 1 Name: Committee action for the permanent destruction of Executive Session recordings for the Law and Judicial Committee from November 3, 2009, through February 26, 2019, in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA) and as recommended on the attached
Type: committee action item Status: Passed
File created: 9/22/2025 In control: Law & Judicial Committee
On agenda: Final action: 10/7/2025
Title: Committee action for the permanent destruction of Executive Session recordings for the Law and Judicial Committee from November 3, 2009, through February 26, 2019, in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA) and as recommended on the attached document.
Attachments: 1. L&J ES Recording Log with Recommendations

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Committee action for the permanent destruction of Executive Session recordings for the Law and Judicial Committee from November 3, 2009, through February 26, 2019, in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA) and as recommended on the attached document.

 

Staff Summary

                     According to OMA, 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c), verbatim recordings of closed session meetings may be destroyed no less than 18 months after the completion of the meeting, if the following conditions are met:

o                     The public body approves the destruction of a particular recording.

o                     The public body approves minutes of the closed meeting that meet the written minutes requirements set forth in OMA.

                     OMA also states that the verbatim closed session recordings can be destroyed without notification to or the approval of a records commission or the State Archivist under the Local Records Act or the State Records Act.

                     Staff recommends the permanent destruction of verbatim Executive Session recordings for the Law and Judicial Committee from November 3, 2009, through February 26, 2019, per the authority of OMA and as recommended on the attached document.