On the agenda for the Peoria Park Board meeting is this little item under New Business:

7) RESOLUTION: Adopt Procedures for Audio Recordings—Closed Session Meetings

Here’s a copy of the resolution in PDF format. The procedure is just a reiteration of the Illinois Open Meetings Act’s requirements concerning the audio and/or video recording of closed session meetings.

The Park District is taking this action because they violated the Open Meetings Act when they unlawfully destroyed audio recordings of closed-session meetings, including one that is the subject of a lawsuit. Part of the remedy handed down by the state’s attorney’s office was that the board have a policy/procedure on the proper creation, storage, and destruction of closed session recordings.