Effective Saturday, August 1, all Village Board and commission meetings in the Village of Oswego will resume to in-person meeting attendance. Attendance and public participation options through Zoom or other remote participation platforms will no longer be provided.
Oswego Village Hall will be open for the Committee of the Whole and Regular Village Board meetings, however, residents who do not intend to offer comment are still strongly encouraged to watch remotely. Village Hall will also be open for in person attendance by the public at commission meetings, which are not live streamed.
Public comments will no longer be accepted by E-mail or by phone call. Members of the public seeking to comment during the public forum portion of public meetings may do so in person. Those giving public comment are asked to fill out the Public Participation form available in the Village Hall lobby and abide by the Village’s civility code. As always, general comments from the public to the Village Board or staff members can still be submitted to the Village’s E-mail address at info@oswegoil.org, however, these comments will not be read aloud at meetings.
Social distancing measures in place.
For members of the public attending meetings in person, guidelines from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity will remain in effect. These include but are not limited to:
• Wearing face masks;
• Maintaining at least six feet of distance from others;
• Capping room capacity at 50 persons;
• Making hand sanitizer and disposable masks available for attendees.
A monitor will be made available in the lobby so that, in the event a meeting reaches the 50-person capacity limit, the public will be able to watch the proceedings from the Village Hall lobby.
The public is invited to watch the livestream of Oswego Village Board meetings at www.oswegoil.org/government/village-board/agendas.aspx. Scroll down to Upcoming Events. Once the meeting begins, an In Progress link will appear. Click on it to watch the meeting.
—Village of Oswego