{
 "topic": "OMA section 2(c)(6) - Setting a sale/lease price for public body's own property",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 120/2(c)(6)",
 "family": "Closed meetings and exceptions",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/oma-2-c-6/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 2,
  "no_violation": 2,
  "no_determination": 0,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Section 2(c)(6) scope for sale of public property",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Section 2(c)(6) authorizes closed session only to set a price for the sale or lease of public property, not general discussions about the sale.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Closed session discussion of an intergovernmental agreement",
    "date": "2021-10-25",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-58651/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 15-003, issued March 19, 2015, at 5",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2015-pac-33652/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Closed session discussion of property sale price",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Closed session discussion of property price is proper under section 2(c)(6) when the sale is not finalized and the discussion pertains to setting or maintaining the price.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A school board's closed-session discussion of a property sale price",
    "date": "2020-11-12",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-63270/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Gosnell v. Hogan, 179 Ill. App. 3d 161, 175-76 (5th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-128527/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Closed session discussions on setting a price for sale or lease of owned property",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Section 2(c)(6) allows closed session discussions limited to setting a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Closed-session discussion about a library branch relocation",
    "date": "2019-04-02",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-55687/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 15-003",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2015-pac-33652/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Closed session discussions exceeded scope of section 2(c)(6)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A public body may close a meeting under section 2(c)(6) only to set a price for the sale or lease of public property, not to discuss general issues about the lease.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Closed-session discussion of a cell tower lease proposal",
    "date": "2017-07-11",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-46770/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 15-003",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2015-pac-33652/"
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}