College of DuPage Wants to Know Who Leaked Meeting Tape

College of DuPage officials an investigating how a recording of closed-door negotiations between college President Robert Breuder and the board of trustees over Breuder’s early retirement buyout was leaked, according to a Daily Herald report.

»Via The Daily Herald

The recording of the Dec. 18 meeting violates state law, and the college officials want to make sure recordings of other closed-door meetings also weren’t made, the report stated. The school is afraid other sensitive personnel matters discussed in these meetings will end up finding their way out into the public sphere, the report added.

The 70-minute recording of last year’s meeting was sent to local media outlets, the report stated.

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The recording of last year’s Breuder-trustees meeting captured on tape the president requesting a $1.5 million severance package, as well as other perks, as part of an agreement to take early retirement in March 2016. The board refused that request, and the parties settled on a buyout of more than $760,000.