The suit alleges the Harvey Public Library District violated the Open Meetings Act by not properly notifying the public of a special meeting in June. The board’s actions that evening included making an appointment to a vacant seat.
The Harvey Public Library District board breezed through a short agenda and postponed a discussion on the library’s 2027 fiscal year budget during its September meeting.
The Harvey Public Library District quietly passed a resolution vacating Chapelle Hooks’ seat at a special meeting in March over delinquent property taxes. But in 2012, the Illinois State Supreme Court ruled property taxes don’t qualify as a disqualifying municipal debt.
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