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(A) The corporate authorities may, on recommendation of the Municipal Director of Civil Defense, authorize any purchases or contracts necessary to place the municipality in a position to combat effectively any disaster and to protect the public health and safety, protect property, and provide emergency assistance to victims in the case of any disaster.
(B) In the event of any disaster, the local Director of Civil Defense is authorized, on behalf of the municipality, to procure such services, supplies, equipment or materials as may be necessary for such purposes, in view of the emergency, without regard to the statutory procedures or formalities normally prescribed by law pertaining to municipal contracts or obligations, as authorized by the state’s Civil Defense Act; provided that, if the Village Board meets at such time, he or she shall act subject to the directions and restrictions imposed by that body.
(2016 Code, § 7.309)
Every person appointed to serve in any capacity in the Municipal Civil Defense Organization shall, before entering upon his or her duties, subscribe to the following oath, which shall be filed with the Director: “I, __, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend and bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the State of Illinois, and the territory, institutions, and facilities thereof, both public and private, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter. And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I nor have I been a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of this state by force or violence; and that during such time as I am affiliated with the municipal civil defense organization, I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of this state by force or violence”.
(2016 Code, § 7.310)
(A) In the event that at the time or as a consequence of any disaster or occurrence described in § 32.30 of this chapter, the incumbent of any municipal office, position, or place of employment shall be killed or rendered incapable of performing the duties of such office or position, such office or position shall be filled, until such time as a successor can be selected in the manner prescribed by law, in the following manner: Any such vacancy shall, for the emergency period, be filled by appointment by the following in order of preference: the President/Mayor; the remaining members of the Village Board; the Clerk; the Civil Defense Director; and the Chief of Police.
(B) The person appointed in the manner prescribed herein to fill any such office or position shall exercise all the duties and powers of that position during the emergency and until such time as a successor can be appointed or selected in the manner provided by law.
(2016 Code, § 7.313)
(A) Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated affects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient, or impossible to conduct the affairs of local government at the regular or usual place or places thereof, the corporate authorities may meet at any place within or outside the village limits on the call of the presiding officer or any two members of such governing body, and shall proceed to establish and designate by ordinance, resolution, or other manner, alternated or substitute sites or places as the emergency temporary location, or locations, of government where all or any part of the public business may be transacted and conducted during the emergency situation. Such sites or places may be within or outside the territorial limits of the village and may be within or outside this state.
(B) During the period when the public business is being conducted at the emergency temporary location or locations, the governing body and other officers of the village shall have and possess and shall exercise at such location or locations all of the executive, legislative, and judicial powers and functions conferred upon such body and officers by or under the laws of this state. Such powers and functions may be exercised in the light of the exigencies of the emergency situation without regard to or compliance with time-consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law and pertaining thereto, and all acts of such body and officers shall be valid and binding as if performed within the territorial limits of the village.
(2016 Code, § 7.314)