For several months the Glen Ellyn Park District Board has discussed changes to our meeting minutes. At our last meeting Commissioner Minogue said that the minutes needed to be "shortened" and say "not what was said, but only what happened." Previously, the Board minutes have consistently showed great detail.
Our December 15, 2009 (page 29) minutes, written in the new format, show that Jay, Julia and I voted No to the 2010 budget but show none of the issues or concerns that we made during the hour-long budget discussion. These minutes also show my motion for an audit of the Ackerman project, but none of my reasons for calling for an audit or the other commissioners' reasons for opposing the audit.
These changes make the Glen Ellyn Park District Board less transparent and give the public less information about the Glen Ellyn Park District meetings.
I opposed these changes, so I made a motion that the Glen Ellyn Park District Board minutes, in addition to statuary requirements, shall include a summary of public participation comments, a thorough summaries of all discussions, including opposing viewpoints, motions and votes. This motion failed. Creech, Kinzler and Nephew voted Yes, Hess and Minogue voted No and Dallman and Aubrey abstained.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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