A new year brings implementation of new laws. For several years prior to passage of one of them, the City of Morrison, IL, and the Morrison Community Unit District #6 have been in full compliance.
The Illinois General Assembly enacted P.A. 98-0930 amending the Local Records Act. The new law, which became effective Thursday, January 1, 2015, requires all local governments and school districts to post on their websites a mechanism, for members of the public to electronically communicate with elected officials.
Simply put, a list of email address must be furnished.
City Administrator Barry Dykhuizen stated, “In Morrison, Mayor and Aldermen email addresses have been made available on the City’s website for several years. Those are found here: http://www.morrisonil.org/contact-us/. If a resident needs to know the Ward in which they live, a map is here: http://www.morrisonil.org/maps/.”
“We encourage the Community to explore the City’s website for a wide variety of information,” he added.
Likewise, the Unit District website has made email addresses of administrators and staff members available for years. The specific link is http://www.morrisonschools.org/index.html.
In the top, left corner of thecity1.com Home Page is a convenient “Local Links” menu, with links for contacting governmental, educational, religious,organizational, social, and medical sites.