A flood of people vying for seats or a place to stand at the Woodford County Annex building forced officials to reschedule what is expected to be a contentious board meeting.

Board Chairman John Krug called the Tuesday evening meeting to order about a half an hour late after he, State's Attorney Michael Stroh and other county officials tried in vain to find an alternate location that could accommodate the overflowing crowd.

Shortly after the meeting's roll call, Stroh told the packed group the meeting was postponed until 6:30 p.m. May 29. The exact location, still undetermined Tuesday night, will be announced soon through the local media, he added.

"As you all can see tonight, we got a lot of people in the room and we have a couple issues in regards to that with the law," he said before the standing-room-only group.

Stroh explained the Open Meetings Act prohibits a governmental body from shutting out anyone from a public meeting. At the same time, he conceded the board was not about to create a fire hazard by exceeding the room's maximum capacity. As specified by the Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office, the room can hold 128 people, which kept a group of about 30 barred outside Tuesday.