Student Association Senator Jeff Meyer filed a motion with the SA Supreme Court on Tuesday asking that it reconsider a recently rejected complaint, which alleges that the SA violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act several times.

Meyer’s motion comes in response to a Jan. 31 letter issued by SA Supreme Court Justice Alan Smith. Smith addressed the complaint filed by Meyer and Senator R.J. Gravel, citing a 60-day statute of limitations and lack of precedent.

Gravel and Meyer’s complaint alleged that the SA Senate meetings of Sept. 29, Oct. 6 and Nov. 10, violated the Open Meetings Act because agendas were not posted 48 hours in advance.

The complaint also states that because the Nov. 10 meeting violated the Open Meetings Act, the Big Time Entertainment bill passed at the meeting should be overturned.

SA President Kevin Miller formally asked the court if the Open Meetings Act applies to his organization in a letter filed on Jan. 30, the same day Meyer’s original complaint was filed.

Smith contends that since the complaint filed by Gravel and Meyer came after the 60-day statute of limitations, the SA Supreme Court “cannot properly hear this matter at this time.”

Meyer argues that the statute of limitations that exists in the complaint applies to filing an action in a circuit court, not the SA Supreme Court.

According to the Illinois Open Meetings Act, “any person, including the state’s attorney of the county, may bring a civil action in the circuit court to the judicial circuit in which the alleged noncompliance has occurred or is about to occur.”

Brooke Robinson, SA director of public affairs, said this is just another step in the legal process.

“It’s round two as far as we’re concerned,” Robinson said.

Smith was not available for comment at press time.