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AMENDING SECTION 2-47(A) (ORDER OF BUSINESS) AND SECTION 2-47(B) (RULES OF ORDER) OF THE KANE COUNTY CODE
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WHEREAS, section 2.06(g) of the Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/2.06(g)) provides that any person shall be permitted an opportunity to address public officials under the rules established and recorded by the public body; and
WHEREAS, section 2-1001 of the Counties Code (55 ILCS 5/2-1001) provides that at each regular and special meeting which is open to the public, members of the public and employees of the county shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to comment to or ask questions of the board; and
WHEREAS, section 2-47(A) of the Kane County Code provides for a general order of business for meetings of the Kane County Board; and
WHEREAS, section 2-47(B) of the Kane County Code provides rules of order that shall govern meetings of the Kane County Board; and
WHEREAS, section 2-48(D) of the Kane County Code provides that rules of order of the Kane County Board shall govern all meetings of standing committees in all cases to which they are applicable; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Board desires to update and amend various provisions within section 2-47(A) and section 2-47(B) of the Kane County Code, which includes rules related to agenda order and public comment, as reflected in Exhibit A.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Kane County Board that Kane County Code, Chapter 2 (Administration), Article II (County Board), Division 2 (Rules of Order), section 2-47(A) and section 2-47(B) is hereby amended to read as reflected in Exhibit A.
Passed by the Kane County Board on August 13, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois ...
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