BOARD MEETINGS
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The next CLT Regular Board Meeting:
7 p.m. Tuesday December 20, 2022. The public is welcome to attend in person at the township hall. Please call ahead for any considerations needed for special accommodations. Check on the Home Page closer to the meeting date for readable/downloadable postings including a meeting agenda and accompanying documents. |
General Information on Crystal Lake Township Meetings:
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OMA: What is an Open Meeting, and what is required by the Open Meetings Act?
There are many aspects to an Open Meeting, and they will not all be covered here. We do include some of the more salient points of what makes a township meeting a legally-required "open" one.
1. All deliberations by a quorum of a public body must be made at a meeting open to the public.
Definition of the verb "to DELIBERATE": to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully, as in The jury deliberated for several days before reaching a verdict; to think about deliberately and often with formal discussion before reaching a decision; deliberate the question, as in "I was deliberating whether or not to accept the offer.”
2. All decisions of a public body shall be made at a meeting open to the public.
A public body may never vote or make a decision in closed session or outside of an open meeting. The Open Meetings Act prohibits a voting procedure at a public meeting which prevents citizens from knowing how members of a public body have voted. A vote must be made by an “all in favor” voice-vote, a roll call vote, a show of hands or other method that allows the public to know how the official is voting. Township public bodies cannot vote by paper ballot or other secret ballot.
There are many aspects to an Open Meeting, and they will not all be covered here. We do include some of the more salient points of what makes a township meeting a legally-required "open" one.
1. All deliberations by a quorum of a public body must be made at a meeting open to the public.
Definition of the verb "to DELIBERATE": to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully, as in The jury deliberated for several days before reaching a verdict; to think about deliberately and often with formal discussion before reaching a decision; deliberate the question, as in "I was deliberating whether or not to accept the offer.”
2. All decisions of a public body shall be made at a meeting open to the public.
A public body may never vote or make a decision in closed session or outside of an open meeting. The Open Meetings Act prohibits a voting procedure at a public meeting which prevents citizens from knowing how members of a public body have voted. A vote must be made by an “all in favor” voice-vote, a roll call vote, a show of hands or other method that allows the public to know how the official is voting. Township public bodies cannot vote by paper ballot or other secret ballot.
