Sunshine Law Compliance

The Illinois General Assembly has enacted two major pieces of legislation

designed to provide full access to units of local government in Illinois. These "sunshine

laws" are the Illinois Open Meetings Act and the Illinois Freedom of

Information Act.

The general purpose of the Open Meetings Act, is to provide public

access to meetings of public officials and input into and review of decisions made at

such meetings. The Freedom of Information Act, on the other hand, is designed to

insure public access to records assembled, gathered, produced and disseminated by

public bodies, except for certain statutory exemptions.

To access information on the City's public meetings, simply click on the corresponding

calendar date on our schedule of events page to view a pdf of that meeting's minutes.

To obtain a Freedom of Information request, contact Casey Krone, Freedom of Information Officer, at 618-357-6916.

Please note that certain records are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.

If the records are exempt, the requestor will be provided with the specific provision(s) in the

Freedom of Information Act which makes them exempt.