Sandy Sunshine Girl

Thank you Mr. Novosielski for your response. It is much appreciated. Mrs. Hoos

I am an elected County Board Member who was berated, put down, and accusations thrown at me in our private Executive Session last night by our local Sheriff. He ended up walking out of the meeting, went out into the halls where the public was waiting to return to the Board Room, and was telling the public what was being said in our Executive Session. I have two witnesses who watched and heard him and informed me of his actions. I have a serious issue with the Sheriff violating our Executive Session. Can someone tell me what recourse do I have in this case? And what should I do about this? Mrs. Sandy Hoos

Much obliged Joshua Katz and Josh Martin for the added commentary!!! You all above are helpful and also gracious for reaching out to my inquiry.

Hello Josh, and thank you for those responses!

Thank you, Gary, for your immediate reply. I believe the States Attorney's office represent Board members. Please tell me what RONR stands for? I am seeing many county Boards in Illinois pass not only Resolutions pertaining to the many busses dropping off illegal aliens but also strong Ordinances against this practice. Tell me something, who is writing up these legal petitions for the Full Boards to pass if it is not their States Attorney offices?

Hello! I have only served as a County Board Member a little over a year now. Three months in, I contacted my States Attorney's office who wrote up a Resolution per my request. I then presented it to our Law Committee (which I serve on). The vote ended in a tie. The Resolution then went to the next Full County Board meeting for a full vote and passed. I am in the position to do this again on another matter but I am also asking for an Ordinance as well should anyone break the Resolution. However, this time I am having to deal with our Assistant States Attorney who is telling me the following: "Sandy – The resolution is in the hands of the committee. It can be discussed at the next meeting and whatever changes, if any, the committee decides to make can be made and then the committee can vote and make its recommendation to the county board. As for an ordinance, when our office receives direction from the committee as to what exactly is desired, we can assist in preparing something for the committee to take action on. The committee needs to meet and come to a consensus on whether they even want such an ordinance and then what the framework of that ordinance should be. It is not the duty of the State’s Attorney’s Office to draft resolutions and ordinances simply at the request of individual board members. Different board members might want different things. This is the very reason the committee process exists. Dan" If this is the proper Protocol, then why did the States Attorney do it another way with my first Resolution? This cannot be correct. If it were to be true, I could not see anyone accomplishing anything as it would only result in heated arguments and heated debates and not go anywhere. Is there proper in writing Robert's Rules for: 'How to bring forth and present a Resolution and Ordinance'? I don't believe it is important to know the subject on the Resolution and Ordinance. But if it helps getting to the bottom and finding the correct answer I can share that with anyone. I just didn't want to make this lengthy. I would be grateful for a full conversation on this. And if you find it anywhere in Robert's Rules, I would love to know where that can be found. Be Blessed~ Mrs. Sandy Hoos 🙂

Thanks for your reply, Joshua.