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Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115

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2025 - September 2025

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Table of Contents

Article Page
Director’s Column: A Long, Hot Summer  3
General Counsel’s Column: Employment Taxes and PEDA Payments 4
Something to Think About: A Holiday Primer – More Than You May Want to Know 6
Shared Risk, Shared Response: Intergovernmental Strategies to Protect Property Tax Revenue 12
In the Courts; The 2025 United States Supreme Court Term: Cases of Interest 16
John Hackett Judgeship Appointment Announcement 20
Save the Date: Fall Seminar, Nov. 13 & 14, 2025 20
Welcome New ILGL Members 21
In Memoriam: Jack Waaler 22
Open and Shut: Simple Routines to Bookend Your Day and Boost Your Mindset 25
Second District Weighs in on Rental Inspection Ordinances 26
FOIA and OMA Special Interest Group Workshop Summary, Aug. 13, 2025 30
Nuts n Bolts Workshop Summary, July 17, 2025 31
Nuts n Bolts Workshop Summary, Aug. 21, 2025 32
Save the Date: Hearing Officer Training Seminar, Nov. 7, 2025 34
  • Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association
    Alli Aiston, Executive Director, Center for Governmental Studies
    148 North 3rd Street
    Northern Illinois University
    DeKalb, IL 60115
  • Phone: 815-753-5333 | Email: ilgl@niu.edu | Fax: 815-753-7278