Illinois Public Acts + FOIA
Public Disclosure of Total Compensation and FOIA Information
In accordance with Illinois Public Act 097-0609, the White Oak Library District shall post annually the total compensation package for each employee.
Public Act 102-1088 Compliance Information
In April, May, and June of 2023 the White Oak Library District's Decennial Committee on Local Government Efficiency met and completed the work required by this Act. The meeting agendas and minutes can be found here.
Public Disclosure of IMRF Contributions
In 2019, the Illinois General Assembly passed Public Act 101-0504. The law requires IMRF to post certain employer cost and participation information on its website. IMRF will update these reports annually. Public Act 101-0504 also requires IMRF employers that have a website to include a link to this web page.
FY2026/2027 FOIA Compliance Information
The information contained below is required by the Illinois Freedom Of Information Act to be updated and published annually:
I. A brief description of our public body is as follows:
A. Our purpose is to provide materials and services for the recreational, social, informational, and educational needs of the community.
B. An organizational chart is available at any of our physical branch library locations.
C. The total amount of our operating budget for FY 2026/2027 is: $7,201,520.
Funding sources are property and personal property replacement taxes, state and federal grants, fines, fees, and donations. Tax levies are as follows:
1. Corporate purposes (for general operating expenditures)
2. IMRF (provides for employee’s retirement and related expenses)
3. Social Security (provides for employee’s FICA costs and related expenses)
4. Audit (for annual audit and related expenses)
5. Maintenance (for maintaining the building)
6. Tort Liability (for insurance premiums, risk management, attorney fees and related expenses)
7. Debt Service (for bond and interest payments)
D. The District office is located at 201 W. Normantown Rd., Romeoville, IL 60446.
The District also has branch locations at:
20670 City Center Blvd., Crest Hill, IL and 121 E. 8th St., Lockport, IL.
E. We have approximately the following number of persons employed:
1. Full-time = 52
2. Part-time = 53
F. The following organization exercises control over our policies and procedures:
The White Oak Library District Board of Trustees, which generally meets
monthly on the 4th Tuesday of each month, at 7:00pm, at a District facility.
This meeting rotates between the three district facilities, with each location
hosting a three month block of meetings.
The current Board members are:
Deanna Amann, President
Ann Lopez-Caneva, Vice President
June Rokita-Kennedy, Secretary
Gayle Crompton, Treasurer
Nancy Hackett, Trustee
Andrew Koroma, Trustee
Kelly Schneider, Trustee
G. We are required to report and be answerable for our operations to:
The Illinois State Library, Springfield, Illinois. Its members are: State Librarian, Jesse White (Secretary of State); Director of Illinois State Library, Greg McCormick; and various other staff.
II. You may request the information and the records available to the public in the following manner:
A. Use a request form (available in our libraries), or submit via email.
B. Your request should be directed to the following individual: Scott Pointon, FOIA Officer. Should you receive an emailed auto-response that the FOIA Officer is out of town, your email request should be immediately re-directed to the three Branch Managers listed in the auto-response.
C. You must indicate whether you have a “commercial purpose” in your request.
D. You must specify the records requested to be disclosed for inspection or to be copied. If you desire that records be certified, you must specify which ones.
E. To reimburse us our actual costs for reproducing and certifying (if requested) the records, you will be charged the following fees:
• There is a $1.00 charge for each certification of records;
• There is no charge for the first fifty (50) pages of black and white text either letter or legal size;
• There is a $.25 per page charge for copied records in excess of 50 pages;
• The actual copying cost of color copies and other sized copies will be charged.
F. If the records are kept in electronic format, you may request a specific format
and if feasible, they will be so provided, but if not, they will be provided either
in the electronic format in which they are kept (and you would be required to
pay the actual cost of the medium only, i.e. disc, diskette, tape, etc.) or in paper
as you select.
G. The office will respond to a written request within five (5) working days or
sooner if possible. An extension of an additional five (5) working days may be
necessary to properly respond. Failure to submit a FOIA request to the proper
FOIA officer or their designee may lead to delays in processing the request.
H. Records may be inspected or copied. If inspected, an employee must be present
throughout the inspection.
I. The place and times where the records will be available to view with prior
notice are as follows: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at the
White Oak Library District, Administrative Offices
III. Certain types of information maintained by us are exempt from inspection and copying. However, the following types or categories of records are maintained under our control:
A. Monthly Financial Statements
B. Annual Receipts and Disbursements Reports
C. Budget and Appropriation Ordinances
D. Levy Ordinances
E. Operating Budgets
F. Annual Audits
G. Minutes of the Board of Library Trustees meetings
H. Library Policies, including Materials Selection
I. Adopted Ordinances and Resolutions of the Board
J. Annual Reports to the Illinois State Library
WHITE OAK LIBRARY DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
(available for inspection at any of our physical branch locations)
WHITE OAK LIBRARY DISTRICT FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
(please include all of the following in a written or emailed request)
Requestor’s Name (or business name, if applicable):
Date of Request:
Phone number:
Street Address:
City, State Zip:
Certification requested: Yes / No
Description of Records Requested:
Is the reason for this request a “commercial purpose” as defined in the Act? Yes / No
Library Response (Requestor does not complete this section)
- The documents requested are enclosed.
- You may inspect the records at:
- On the date of:
- The documents will be made available upon payment of copying costs of:
- For “commercial requests” only: the estimated time of when the documents will be available is:
- The request creates an undue burden on the public body in accordance with Section 3(g) of the Freedom of Information Act, and we are unable to negotiate a more reasonable request.
- The materials requested are exempt under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act for the following reasons:
- Individual(s) that determined request to be denied and title:
In the event of a denial, you have the right to seek review by the Public Access Counselor
at (217) 558-0486 or 500 S. Second St., Springfield, IL 62705
Or you have the right to judicial review under section 11 of FOIA.
- Request delayed, for reasons (in accordance with 3(e) of the FOIA).
You will be notified as to the action taken on your request by the date of:
NOTE: This form is not MANDATORY under FOIA, but it is preferred. Failure to use it may result in the request not being properly or promptly processed.
