All meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be open to the public, except that matters pertaining to the following may be held behind closed doors with the public excluded:
(A) The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the village, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity;
(B) Collective negotiating matters between the village and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees;
(C) The selection of a person to fill a public office, as defined in the Open Meetings Act, being 5 ILCS 120, including a vacancy in a public office, when the village is given power to appoint under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or removal of the occupant of a public office, when the village is given power to remove the occupant under law or ordinance;
(D) Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing, or in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law, to a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in the Open Meetings Act, being 5 ILCS 120; provided that the body prepares and makes available for public inspection a written decision setting forth its determinative reasoning;
(E) The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the village, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired;
(F) The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the village;
(G) The sale or purchase of securities, investments or investment contracts;
(H) Security procedures and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened or a reasonable potential danger to the safety of employees, staff or public property;
(I) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the village has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the village finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting;
(J) The establishment of reserves or settlement of claims, as provided in the Local Government and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, being 745 ILCS 10/1-101 et seq.; if otherwise, the disposition of a claim or potential claim might be prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or risk management information, records, data, advice or communications from or with respect to any insurer of the public body or any intergovernmental risk management association or self insurance pool of which the village is a member; and
(K) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act, being 5 ILCS 120, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by § 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act, being 5 ILCS 120.
(Prior Code, § 30.07) (Ord. 75-4, passed 7-14-1975)