{
 "topic": "OMA section 2.02(c)",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 120/2.02(c)",
 "family": "Notice, agendas, and meeting access",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/oma-2-02-c/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 25,
  "no_violation": 21,
  "no_determination": 1,
  "other": 0
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  "generated_by": "AI summary of the decisions listed on this page; not legal advice; verify each decision against its PDF",
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   {
    "text": "Agenda item uses only generic labels like 'Personnel,' 'Employment,' or 'Personnel Items' without identifying the category of employees or type of action.",
    "why": "The agenda must provide meaningful advance notice of the general subject matter; such vague terms fail to inform the public what final action might be taken.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Appointment of a park district board commissioner",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-91103/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Agenda descriptions for personnel action items",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-89570/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Agenda descriptions for personnel actions",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-53820/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "Agenda item identifies an ordinance or resolution only by number or code chapter, without describing its subject matter.",
    "why": "The agenda must itself set forth the general subject matter, not require the public to look up other documents to understand what will be voted on.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Final action on unlisted fire department ordinance amendments",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-73114/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Agenda descriptions and public recitals for final actions on resolutions",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40515/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
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   {
    "text": "The public body took final action on a matter not listed on the agenda at all, such as a censure motion or committee creation.",
    "why": "Section 2.02(c) requires advance notice of the general subject matter of any final action; an unlisted item denies the public that notice.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A board's vote on undisclosed censure motions",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81010/#issue-3"
     },
     {
      "title": "Final action on committee formation not on agenda",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-58721/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "A fire district board's vote on an unagendized referendum",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-56805/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The agenda was not continuously available for the full 48 hours before a special meeting.",
    "why": "The agenda must be posted for the entire 48-hour period; any gap violates the continuous availability requirement.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A school council's failure to post a meeting agenda and closed-session discussion of candidate selection",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-52881/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "A county board's meeting agenda and final action items",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-47357/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Notice and agenda posting for a cemetery board meeting",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-47489/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
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  "when_the_body_usually_wins": [
   {
    "text": "The agenda item describes the main elements of the action, even if it omits specific details like a developer's name or the time limit in a resolution.",
    "why": "The agenda need only set forth the general subject matter, not every specific detail of the final action.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Agenda descriptions of a development agreement and a remote attendance vote",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-86666/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Two versions of a resolution on public comment rules",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81146/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Agenda description of an acting highway engineer appointment",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-73429/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The public body discussed a matter without taking a vote or reaching a binding decision.",
    "why": "Discussion alone is not final action, so no agenda notice is required for that matter.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Discussion of unlisted belief statements and resolutions",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-55832/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Public comment restrictions at a city council meeting",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-50791/#issue-2"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "A vote was only a preliminary step toward final action, not a final resolution of the matter.",
    "why": "Only final action triggers the agenda notice requirement; preliminary or procedural votes do not.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A school council's failure to post a meeting agenda and closed-session discussion of candidate selection",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-52881/#issue-3"
     },
     {
      "title": "A tentative vote on dissolving a police department",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-52308/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The agenda item identified the general subject matter, such as 'Status of Executive Director' for a removal, and the action taken was germane to that item.",
    "why": "The agenda need not specify the exact action, only the general subject matter, and an action germane to the listed item is permissible.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Appointment of an interim executive director off-agenda",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-61109/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Agenda notice for appointing legal counsel and special investigator",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81742/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "An agenda item for a contract approval",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-76015/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "points_to_put_in_the_letter": [
   {
    "text": "The agenda must itself describe the general subject matter of the final action, not just refer to a resolution number or code chapter.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Final action on unlisted fire department ordinance amendments",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-73114/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Agenda descriptions and public recitals for final actions on resolutions",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40515/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "For personnel actions, the agenda must at least identify the category of employees or job titles affected, not just say 'Personnel' or 'Employment'.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Agenda descriptions for personnel hiring and firing actions",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71167/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Agenda descriptions for personnel hiring and firing actions",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71167/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "A school board's agenda descriptions and meeting minutes",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-59235/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The agenda must be continuously available for public review for the entire 48 hours before a special meeting.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A school council's failure to post a meeting agenda and closed-session discussion of candidate selection",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-52881/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "A county board's meeting agenda and final action items",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-47357/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Notice and agenda posting for a cemetery board meeting",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-47489/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "If the public body took final action on a matter not listed on the agenda at all, that violates the notice requirement.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A board's vote on undisclosed censure motions",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81010/#issue-3"
     },
     {
      "title": "Final action on committee formation not on agenda",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-58721/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "A fire district board's vote on an unagendized referendum",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-56805/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "facts_to_gather": [
   "Exact wording of the agenda item at issue.",
   "Whether the agenda was posted online and for how long (especially for special meetings).",
   "The specific action taken (vote, resolution, appointment) and whether it was final.",
   "The category of employees or job titles involved in personnel actions."
  ],
  "common_mistakes": [
   {
    "text": "Assuming that a public body cannot discuss items not on the agenda. Discussion without final action is allowed.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Public comment restrictions at a city council meeting",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-50791/#issue-2"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "Believing that the full text of an ordinance or board packet must be posted before the meeting. Only the general subject matter is required.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Meeting minutes describing an approved ordinance",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-54370/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "Thinking that any vote taken at a meeting is final action requiring agenda notice. Preliminary or procedural votes are not final action.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A school council's failure to post a meeting agenda and closed-session discussion of candidate selection",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-52881/#issue-3"
     },
     {
      "title": "A tentative vote on dissolving a police department",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-52308/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "Arguing that an agenda must list every specific detail of the action. The law only requires the general subject matter.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Agenda descriptions of a development agreement and a remote attendance vote",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-86666/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Two versions of a resolution on public comment rules",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81146/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "caution": "These notes are based on non-binding determination letters; outcomes depend on specific facts, and you should verify the full PDF of any cited decision."
 },
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for final action appointing commissioner",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda must sufficiently describe the general subject matter of final action; vague references like 'Personnel' and 'Approve Items Discussed in Executive Session' did not provide advance notice of the commissioner appointment.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Appointment of a park district board commissioner",
    "date": "2026-06-12",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-91103/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161, 171 (1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Howe v. Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund, 2013 IL App (1st) 122446",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2013%20IL%20App%20(1st)%20122446/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Lawrence v. Willams, 2013 IL App (1st) 130757",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2013%20IL%20App%20(1st)%20130757/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 58555, 58614, 58615, issued August 20, 2019",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-58555/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 77643, issued October 22, 2024",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-77643/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda items 'Resignation(s)' and 'Employment' too vague",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Agenda items for personnel actions must identify the general category of employees and type of action to provide meaningful advance notice.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Agenda descriptions for personnel action items",
    "date": "2025-12-15",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-89570/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 53265, issued August 28, 2018",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 13540, issued June 22, 2011",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for May 15, 2025 meeting",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Agenda items describing main elements without limiting language do not violate section 2.02(c) when final action is taken.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Meeting agenda descriptions for final action items",
    "date": "2025-06-26",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-87259/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 39177",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 76015",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-76015/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 51069",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 67673",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 79943",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for June 5, 2025 meeting",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Agenda items describing main elements without limiting language do not violate section 2.02(c) when final action is taken.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Meeting agenda descriptions for final action items",
    "date": "2025-06-26",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-87259/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 39177",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 76015",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-76015/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 51069",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 67673",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 79943",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda omitted second developer's name",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An agenda need only state the general subject matter of final action, not every specific detail, so omitting one developer's name did not violate OMA.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Agenda descriptions of a development agreement and a remote attendance vote",
    "date": "2025-05-27",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-86666/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667, issued February 16, 2017",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Whether Board violated OMA by taking final action not germane to agenda",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "The Board's action to appoint Ms. Lightfoot as special investigator was germane to the agenda items about appointing her as Additional Legislative Counsel because the general subject matter was retaining her as a legal advisor.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Agenda notice for appointing legal counsel and special investigator",
    "date": "2024-06-14",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81742/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Argo High School Council of Local 571 v. Argo Community High School District, 163 Ill. App. 3d 578 (1987)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-126160/"
    },
    {
     "text": "People ex rel. Redell v. Giglio, 238 Ill. App. 3d 141 (1992)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667, issued February 16, 2017",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice of resolution versions",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the main elements of a resolution subject to final action, but need not include specific details such as the time limit in the version adopted.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Two versions of a resolution on public comment rules",
    "date": "2024-09-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81146/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 26622",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for censure motions under 2.02(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "The Board took final action by voting on censure motions without providing advance notice of the general subject matter in the meeting agenda, violating section 2.02(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A board's vote on undisclosed censure motions",
    "date": "2024-07-16",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81010/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 15-005",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2015-pac-35119/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 16-015",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2016-pac-45117/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 22-006",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2022-pac-69940/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Sufficiency of agenda item for censure resolution",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the general subject matter of final action, including at least the category of individuals affected, not just the type of action.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A city council's agenda description for a censure vote",
    "date": "2024-02-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-77429/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 50745",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 48630",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 42948, 42969",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 53265",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 30969",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice of contract action",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An agenda satisfies section 2.02(c) if it identifies the general subject matter of final action, not the specific action to be taken.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "An agenda item for a contract approval",
    "date": "2023-04-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-76015/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667, issued February 16, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 39177, issued February 2, 2016",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for trustee appointment",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the general subject matter of any final action; an item stating only 'Oath of Office Administered' is too vague to provide advance notice of a trustee appointment.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A library board's appointment of a trustee not on the agenda",
    "date": "2023-11-08",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-75844/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161 (1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for appointment vote",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An agenda satisfies section 2.02(c) if it sets forth the general subject matter of the final action, not every specific detail.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Agenda description of an acting highway engineer appointment",
    "date": "2022-11-04",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-73429/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161, 171 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667, issued February 16, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 68059, issued April 19, 2022",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 13-002, issued April 16, 2013",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2013-pac-22987/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 19-012, issued November 13, 2019",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2019-pac-59426/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice of final action on Fire Department ordinance",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda item must set forth the general subject matter of a final action; merely identifying an ordinance by number and a code chapter is insufficient.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Final action on unlisted fire department ordinance amendments",
    "date": "2022-10-28",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-73114/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 19-012, issued November 13, 2019",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2019-pac-59426/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 22-008, issued June 30, 2022",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2022-pac-71237/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Board of Education of Springfield School District No. 186 v. Attorney General of Illinois, 2017 IL 120343, 77 N.E.3d 625 (2017)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2015%20IL%20App%20(4th)%20140941/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Insufficient agenda notice for three hires at March 8, 2022 meeting",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda item for personnel actions must at least reference the category of employees or job titles to provide adequate advance notice of final action.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Agenda descriptions for personnel hiring and firing actions",
    "date": "2022-07-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71167/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 53265, issued August 28, 2018",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 48630, issued August 31, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 62955, issued October 29, 2020",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 54626, issued August 28, 2018",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Insufficient agenda notice for two firings at March 22, 2022 meeting",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda item for personnel actions must at least reference the category of employees or job titles to provide adequate advance notice of final action.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Agenda descriptions for personnel hiring and firing actions",
    "date": "2022-07-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71167/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 53265, issued August 28, 2018",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 48630, issued August 31, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 62955, issued October 29, 2020",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 54626, issued August 28, 2018",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Sufficiency of meeting agenda under section 2.02(c)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An agenda satisfies section 2.02(c) if it sets forth the general subject matter, meaning the main elements rather than specific details, of a resolution or ordinance subject to final action.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A city council's public recital before a final vote",
    "date": "2022-05-16",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71154/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667, issued February 16, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Board of Education of Springfield School District No. 186 v. Attorney General, 2017 IL 120343, 77 N.E.3d 625 (2017)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2015%20IL%20App%20(4th)%20140941/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for final action on closed session minutes",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An agenda satisfies section 2.02(c) if it identifies the general subject matter of final action, not the particular action to be taken.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A park district board's meeting agenda for releasing closed session minutes",
    "date": "2022-03-25",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-70139/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 39177, issued February 2, 2016",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 61954, issued November 12, 2020",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for final action on trustee code violations",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the general subject matter of any final action, and votes finding trustees violated the Code were final actions not adequately noticed.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A village board's agenda description of trustee discipline",
    "date": "2022-02-22",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-66200/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161, 171 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Board of Education of Springfield School District No. 186 v. Attorney General of Illinois, 2017 IL 120343, ¶ 74, 77 N.E.3d 625, 637-38 (2017)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2015%20IL%20App%20(4th)%20140941/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Gosnell, 179 Ill. App. 3d at 176",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for annexation ordinances",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda must sufficiently identify the general subject matter of ordinances before final action; votes approving annexation ordinances not adequately noticed violated OMA.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Agenda descriptions for property annexation ordinances",
    "date": "2022-03-04",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-55664/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 32463",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 55599",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Kosoglad v. Porcelli, 132 Ill. App. 3d 1081, 1092 (1st Dist. 1985)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Davis v. Board of Education of Farmer City Mansfield Community Unit School District No. 17, 63 Ill. App. 3d 495, 499 (4th Dist. 1978)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-151634/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Suspension of local rules to avoid OMA notice",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A public body's suspension of its own rules does not relieve it of the obligation to provide advance agenda notice under section 2.02(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Agenda descriptions for property annexation ordinances",
    "date": "2022-03-04",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-55664/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 51069",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for executive director removal",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An agenda item stating 'Status of Executive Director' sufficiently identified the general subject matter of the board's final action to remove the executive director.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Appointment of an interim executive director off-agenda",
    "date": "2021-01-12",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-61109/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161, 171 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 50745, issued January 17, 2018",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 48630, issued August 31, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 42948, 42969, issued May 25, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 53265, issued August 28, 2018",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Banco Popular North America v. Gizynski, 2015 IL App (1st) 142871, ¶ 47, 39 N.E.3d 205, 213 (2015)",
     "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2827552/banco-popular-north-america-v-gizynski/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for interim executive director appointment",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda item referring only to the 'Status of Executive Director' is too vague to provide meaningful notice that the board might appoint a new individual to that position.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Appointment of an interim executive director off-agenda",
    "date": "2021-01-12",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-61109/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 48630, issued August 31, 2017",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for final action on police equipment sale",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the general subject matter of any resolution that will be the subject of final action at the meeting.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A city council's final action on an unagendized item",
    "date": "2020-07-29",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-63048/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161, 171 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Board of Education of Springfield School District No. 186 v. Attorney General, 2017 IL 120343, ¶ 74, 77 N.E.3d 625, 637 (2017)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2015%20IL%20App%20(4th)%20140941/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda sufficiency for final action on appointments",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "A special meeting agenda must set forth the general subject matter of any resolution or ordinance subject to final action, and the agenda item sufficiently described the appointments.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A special city council meeting's agenda and member training",
    "date": "2020-02-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-60547/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Public comment at special meeting",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "OMA does not require public bodies to designate a specific period for public comment on the agenda, and no facts showed anyone was denied the opportunity to speak.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A special city council meeting's agenda and member training",
    "date": "2020-02-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-60547/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 37996, issued August 1, 2016, at 3",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 42017, issued June 1, 2016, at 1-2",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda item on personnel compensation too vague",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda item for personnel actions must reference the category of employees at issue to provide meaningful notice of the general subject matter of final action.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A school board's agenda descriptions and meeting minutes",
    "date": "2020-05-29",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-59235/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 42948, 42969, issued May 25, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 53265, issued August 28, 2018",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda item on personnel report too vague",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda item for approval of a personnel report is too vague and imprecise to provide meaningful notice of the type of final action planned.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A school board's agenda descriptions and meeting minutes",
    "date": "2020-05-29",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-59235/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 13540, issued June 22, 2011",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Failure to provide advance notice of final action",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A public body must set forth the general subject matter of any final action on the meeting agenda; no emergency exception applies to this requirement.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A board's failure to include personnel actions on a meeting agenda",
    "date": "2020-01-09",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-53675/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "May 3, 2019 agenda omitted committee creation",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A meeting agenda must set forth the main elements, not specific details, of any item on which the public body intends to take final action.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Final action on committee formation not on agenda",
    "date": "2019-08-12",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-58721/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667, issued February 16, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Valley Forge Insurance Co. v. Swiderski Electronics, 223 Ill. 2d 352, 366 (2006)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161, 171 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "People v. Smith, 2016 IL 119659, ¶ 30, 76 N.E.3d 1251, 1258 (2016)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for referendum resolution vote",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the general subject matter of any resolution that will be the subject of final action at the meeting.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A fire district board's vote on an unagendized referendum",
    "date": "2019-04-05",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-56805/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667, issued February 16, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 32463, issued July 14, 2015",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 28933, issued March 6, 2018",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Final action on unlisted IASB items",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "No final action occurred because the Board did not vote and only discussed matters without reaching a binding collective decision.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Discussion of unlisted belief statements and resolutions",
    "date": "2019-06-11",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-55832/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161, 171 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Davis v. Board of Education of Farmer City-Mansfield Community Unit School District No. 17, 63 Ill. App. 3d 495, 499 (4th Dist. 1978)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-151634/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Kosoglad v. Porcelli, 132 Ill. App. 3d 1081, 1092 (1st Dist. 1985)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Board of Education of Springfield School District No. 186 v. Attorney General, 2017 IL 120343, ¶ 74, 77 N.E.3d 625, 638 (2017)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2015%20IL%20App%20(4th)%20140941/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Insufficient agenda notice of final action items",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the general subject matter of each resolution or ordinance to be voted on, without requiring reference to other documents.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A city council's meeting agenda postings",
    "date": "2019-06-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-55795/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 50479",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-50479/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 40305",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 37503",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Rice v. Board of Trustees of Adams County, 326 Ill. App. 3d 1120 (4th Dist. 2002)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Failure to post full ordinance text before meeting",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "OMA does not require a public body to post the full text of an ordinance or board packet before a meeting; the agenda need only set forth the general subject matter.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Meeting minutes describing an approved ordinance",
    "date": "2019-02-01",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-54370/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Notice of final action at May 17, 2018 meeting",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the general subject matter of final action; 'personnel items' is too imprecise to provide meaningful notice.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Agenda descriptions for personnel actions",
    "date": "2019-01-03",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-53820/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161, 171 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667, issued February 16, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 13540, issued June 22, 2011",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "April 2, 2018 special meeting agenda posting",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A public body must ensure the meeting agenda is continuously available for public review for the full 48 hours before a special meeting.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A school council's failure to post a meeting agenda and closed-session discussion of candidate selection",
    "date": "2018-07-06",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-52881/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 29886",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 48574",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "April 10, 2018 meeting vote on adding candidate",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the general subject matter of any final action, but a vote that is only a step toward final action need not be listed.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A school council's failure to post a meeting agenda and closed-session discussion of candidate selection",
    "date": "2018-07-06",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-52881/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Davis v. Board of Education of Farmer City-Mansfield Community Unit School District No. 17, 63 Ill. App. 3d 495 (4th Dist. 1978)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-151634/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 32463",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda notice for vote to dissolve police department",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "A vote that is a preliminary expression of intent and does not resolve the matter is not final action requiring agenda notice under section 2.02(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A tentative vote on dissolving a police department",
    "date": "2018-05-31",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-52308/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Davis v. Board of Education of Farmer City-Mansfield Community Unit School District No. 17, 63 Ill. App. 3d 495 (4th Dist. 1978)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-151634/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Kosoglad v. Porcelli, 132 Ill. App. 3d 1081 (1st Dist. 1985)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 32463, issued July 14, 2015",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Discussion of matters not on agenda",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "OMA's agenda requirement does not prohibit a public body from discussing matters not listed on the agenda, as long as no final action is taken.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Public comment restrictions at a city council meeting",
    "date": "2018-03-01",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-50791/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Rice v. Board of Trustees of Adams County, 326 Ill. App. 3d 1120 (4th Dist. 2002)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda item 'Payment of Bills' adequate notice",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An agenda item satisfies section 2.02(c) if it sets forth the main element, not specific details, of the final action to be taken.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Agenda notice and approval of meeting minutes",
    "date": "2018-04-17",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-50418/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 45667, issued February 16, 2017",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 49515, issued October 30, 2017",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Approval of closed session minutes without sufficient public recital",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Listing the general subject matter on the agenda and publicly reciting the nature of the matter being considered is sufficient for approving closed session minutes.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Closed-session discussion of potential litigation",
    "date": "2018-02-01",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-49476/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda not continuously available 48 hours before meeting",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A public body must make the agenda continuously available for public review during the entire 48-hour period before a meeting.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Notice and agenda posting for a cemetery board meeting",
    "date": "2017-05-26",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-47489/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "No further action needed due to subsequent meeting",
   "outcome": "no_determination",
   "rule": "No further action is necessary when the public body has already remedied the violation by properly reconsidering the agenda items at a later meeting.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Notice and agenda posting for a cemetery board meeting",
    "date": "2017-05-26",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-47489/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda not continuously available 48 hours before meeting",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A public body must ensure the agenda is continuously available for public review for the entire 48 hours before a meeting, including on its website if maintained by full-time staff.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A county board's meeting agenda and final action items",
    "date": "2017-10-26",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-47357/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 29886",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Four Committee Reports agenda items provided sufficient notice",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the general subject matter of final actions; items identifying the main elements satisfy this requirement even if greater detail would be helpful.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A county board's meeting agenda and final action items",
    "date": "2017-10-26",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-47357/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 46368",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Two Committee Reports agenda items too vague for final action notice",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the general subject matter of final actions; items that are too vague to inform the public of the main elements violate this requirement.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A county board's meeting agenda and final action items",
    "date": "2017-10-26",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-47357/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 46368",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda lacked general subject matter for eight resolutions",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "An agenda must itself set forth the general subject matter of any resolution to be subject to final action, not merely identify it by resolution number.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Agenda descriptions and public recitals for final actions on resolutions",
    "date": "2017-12-19",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40515/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Board of Education of Springfield School District No. 186 v. Attorney General of Illinois, 2015 IL App (4th) 140941, 44 N.E.3d 1245 (2015), aff'd, 2017 IL 120343, 77 N.E.3d 625 (2017)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2015%20IL%20App%20(4th)%20140941/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Agenda listing of public comment restriction",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An agenda must set forth the general subject matter of any resolution or ordinance; the motion to limit public comment was listed on the agenda.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A board's ad hoc limit on public comment time and questions",
    "date": "2017-12-07",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-37850/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  }
 ]
}