Orland Park Library to Pay Out $55K to Settle Lawsuits over Library Porn

Two patrons who sued the Orland Park Library now have $55,000 coming to them after library officials this week approved a settlement in a lawsuit over alleged transparency law violations.

Patrons Megan Fox and Kevin DuJan last fall filed a pair of lawsuits against the library, claiming that officials violated the state’s freedom of information law. One of the suits also named Orland Park and its police department, reports Daily Southtown.

The settlement addresses ”complaints over alleged violations of the FOI law and the state’s open meetings law and sets up procedures for handling future public records requests from Fox and DuJan,” according to the report. Both patrons have led the charged against the library since October 2013, when they reported witnessing men viewing pornography on the library’s computers.

Both have filed numerous Freedom of Information requests and the lawsuits contend that they are members of the media, and their requests should be fulfilled within the same timeframe. The lawsuits state that library officials “refused to provide certain public records,” as well as violating meeting policies.

Library Director Mary Weimar refuted claims that they violated transparency requirements.

“Instead, the agreement reflects the assessments by the parties of the costs and uncertainties of continuing to litigate their disputes and the benefits of managing the reoccurring and voluminous Freedom of Information Act requests submitted by these plaintiffs,” Weimar wrote.

The two-year agreement sets up procedures for handling future requests from Fox and DuJan. The library agrees to provide them with certain records on a monthly basis while also allowing a specific number of additional FOI requests, with responses due by a deadline they’ve negotiated, according to Weimar’s statement.

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