(A) (1) No person shall be eligible for any appointive municipal office unless that person is a qualified elector of the municipality or otherwise provided by law.
(2) The residency requirements do not apply, however, to municipal engineers, health officers, attorneys or other officers who require technical training or knowledge, to appointed village treasurers, to appointed village clerks, or to appointed city or village collectors (unless the city or village has designated by ordinance that the city or village clerk shall also hold the office of collector).
(ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3.1-10-6)
(B) Except as otherwise provided by city ordinances or union contracts, city employees shall be residents of the county during the term of their employment. At the time of application for employment with the city, if an applicant is not a resident of the county, he or she shall have one year from his or her first day of employment to become a resident of the county, and his or her failure to so reside shall result in the termination of employment. Any employee presently not a resident of the county shall have one year from the date of enactment of this division (B) (Ordinance 89-20, passed May 23, 1989) to become a resident of the county. Failure to do so shall result in termination.
(Ord. 89-20, passed 5-23-1989)