(A) The members of the Board shall be considered officers of the municipality, and each member shall file with the Village Clerk an oath and a fidelity bond in the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.
(B) No person holding an office under a municipality shall be a member of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners or the Secretary thereof. The acceptance of any such office by a member of the Board shall be treated as a resignation of his/her office as a member of the Board or the Secretary thereof. No person shall be appointed a member of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners who is related, either by blood or marriage up to the degree of first cousin, to any elected official of the village. No more than two members of the Board shall belong to the same political party existing in the municipality at the time of the appointments and as defined in Section 10-2 of the Illinois Election Code (ILCS Ch. 10, Act 5 §§ 10 et seq. (1992)). If only one or not political party exists in the municipality at the time of the appointments, then state or national political party affiliations shall be considered in making the appointments. Party affiliation shall be determined by affidavit of the person appointed as a member of the Board.
(C) Board members shall not be subject to removal, except for cause, upon written charges, and after an opportunity to be heard within 30 days in his/her or their own defense, before a meeting of the Village Board. A majority vote of the elected members of the Village Board shall be required to remove any Board member from office.
(Ord. 797, passed 4-20-94; Am. Ord. 978, passed 4-6-98)