When is the Forest Preserve District's procurement policy from the 80's going to be changed?

Today 9/11/12, I attended the meeting of the DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission. At the meeting the President and Commissioners stop and go into a closed session for real estate or litigation discussions. Most  folks in the audience leave because you never know when the closed session is over. Plus folks need to get to work and do all the things we have to do during a weekday. I stayed around for the end of the closed session. They went back into a regular meeting and discussed their procurement policies which "have not been changed since the 80's" per their attorney. Why can't they have these discussions about any policies before they go into closed sessions so the folks that attend the meeting can learn what is or isn't being done? And how can they have a procurement policy that has not been changed since the 80's?

Note at today's meeting Steve Leopoldo expressed some excellent concerns and ideas during public comment about their "antiquated" (my word) procurement policies.