Board Meetings

As the legislative branch of the Village of Windsor government, the Board holds open public meetings where local laws, policies, and basic decisions for the village are discussed and decided. The Village President pesides over all Board Meetings.

The President and Board members are elected at large to serve 4 year terms. Elections are held every 2 years to stagger the terms of the board members. Municipal elections in the State of Illinois are held every 2 years in March.  

Board meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month unless that date happens to be a federal holiday in which case the meeting may be moved to the following Tuesday of that week or to the Monday of the following week. Unless otherwise advertised the meeting loation for all board meetins will be the New Windsor Village Hall located at 125 North 3rd Avenue, New Windsor, IL 61465. Any change in location will be advertised well before the meeting date.  

The State of Illinois has strict laws, known collectively as the Open Meetings Act, that govern the form of board meetings and what activities boards may and may not engage in.  These type of laws are often known as 'Sunshine Laws' as they bring 'light' to what governments are doing.  This would be opposed to governments working in secrecy or 'darkness.'  Generally the Open Meetings Act requires that the dates, times and locations of all board meetings be published in advance and that information be available to the public.  Any changes to the date, time or locations of a scheduled meeting must be publicized well in advance of the scheduled date and time. All meetings must always be open to the general public, unless any topics on a narrowly defined list published in the law are to be discussed, one such example would be employee disciplinary actions.  Should the board wish to discuss one of those topics, they must pause the public meeting, state that they are going into closed session and what item on the list allows them to do so. They can then clear the public from the board proceedings until they are ready to resume the public portion of the meeting.  The public may file a complaint with the state to investigate if they feel any public board has violoated any provisions of the Open Meetings Act at any time. The Open Meetings Act applies not only to the Village of Windsor Board but to all public boards funded with public tax monies such as county boards, library borads, fire department boards and the like as well as to the Illinois General Assembly itself. The complete text of the Illinois Open Meetings Act and the complaint procedures can be found in the Illinois Compiled Statutes at this location: Illinois General Assembly Open Meetings Act

The meeting dates for the current fiscal year may be found on the Event Calendar on this Website or you may click the link below to download a complete list.