Is the Freeport City Clerk Withholding Information?

A concerned citizen sent Tutty the agenda for last night's Freeport City Council meeting with legitimate concerns about part of the agenda.  Under item #5 "Communications to Council" there was a two page letter from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

According to the letter the IEPA conducted an evaluation of the "Freeport community water supply" back in November.  The letter stated that there was "one sanitary issue that requires correction" and the IEPA is requesting a response from the City within "45 days".

Below are pictures of the letter provided to the Freeport City Council with last night's agenda;

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The IEPA letter requested that "This evaluation letter should be discussed at the next City Council meeting."

However, this two page letter which was provided to the Freeport City Council is missing the most important parts, the two attachments that came with it.  According to the above letter the issue that requires correction is "outlined in Attachment A."

The letter also asks the Freeport City Council to "please review Attachment B.  Attachment B discusses recommendations and reminders."

Why did the Freeport City Clerk Meg Zuravel remove these attachments before making this letter available for last night's agenda?  And by who's direction did City Clerk Meg Zuravel remove the attachments.

Clearly the attachments were the most important part of the letter.  Without the attachments, the Freeport City Council had nothing to discuss.

City Clerk Meg Zuravel needs to be reminded that she is not part of the Gaulrapp administration, so why did she take it upon herself to keep these attachments from the City Council and the public at large?  And why does it appear that the received stamp has been altered?

The City Clerk is its own elected position to provide an element of protection to citizens.  If the City Clerk Zuravel is working with the Gaulrapp administration, that constitutional protection is out the window.

So the big question is, why is Freeport City Clerk Meg Zuravel working with the Gaulrapp administration to keep the aldermen and the public at large in the dark about problems with Freeport Water and Sewer?

Why were the attachments removed from this letter prior to it being made available on  last night's agenda?  So much for all of the "transparency" that George Gaulrppp likes to tout..

More importantly, before the next election City Clerk Meg Zuravel needs to make it clear to the public if she is working for them or the Gaulrapp administration.  Which is it Meg Zuravel?

As always, yours in honesty, Tutty Baker tutty.baker@gmail.com