Bye Bye Debbie

It appears the CCTB board met the night after the city ended its contract with the CCTB and fired executive director Debbie Moore. Looks like an olive branch extended towards the city.  However, I have to wonder if, given the support of the CCTB by tax revenues, if meetings such as this are in violation of Illinois' Open Meetings Act, which requires public notice of meetings by any organization supported by tax monies.  Organizations covered by the act include:

 all legislative, executive, administrative or advisory bodies of the
state, counties, townships, cities, villages, incorporated towns, school districts and all other
municipal corporations, boards, bureaus, committees or commissions of this State, and any
subsidiary bodies of any of the foregoing including but not limited to committees and
subcommittees which are supported in whole or in part by tax revenue, or which expend tax
revenue, except the General Assembly and committees or commissions thereof

As has been noted before, most of the funding for the CCTB comes from Carbondale's motel tax, which certainly seems to cover the CCTB and by extension, its governing board.

According to the Southern's story, Councilman Chris Wissmann, a voting member of the board, was not notified of the meeting, which also appears a violation of the Act.