A. Appointments: The Board of Police and Fire Commissioners shall be appointed by the Village President with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees.
B. Terms, Vacancies: The terms of office of members of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners shall be three years or until their respective successors shall be appointed and qualify; provided that no such appointments shall be made by any President within thirty (30) days before the expiration of his or her term of office. The President shall appoint the members to the two newly created offices of such Board, whose terms shall expire on April 6, 2024, but who shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualifies. The three (3) existing members of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners whose three year terms each expire on August 20, 2023, shall each continue to serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualifies.
C. Qualifications: The members of the Board of Police and Fire shall have such qualifications as are or may hereafter be required by law, except that the Village in exercise of its home rule power waives the restriction in state law that provides that no more than two members shall be members of the same political party. No person shall be appointed a member who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the State of Illinois, or comparable laws of any other state, or the United States. No person shall be appointed a member of the Board who is related, either by blood or marriage up to the designee of first cousin, to any elected official of the Village.
D. Oath and Bond: Each member of said Board shall take the oath or affirmation of office prescribed by statute and shall execute and deliver to the Village a bond in the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) with such sureties as the President and Board of Trustees shall approve, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office.
E. Removal From Office: A member of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners shall be subject to removal from office for cause upon written charges, and after an opportunity to be heard within thirty (30) days in his, her or their own defense, before a regular meeting of the President and Board of Trustees. Cause shall include, but shall not be limited to, absence from more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the meetings of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners, per year. A majority vote of the Village corporate authorities shall be required to remove any such member from office. (Ord. 2021-32, 4-6-2021)