(A) Appointment of officers.
(1) Appointed. At the first annual meeting in May, the Mayor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council, all officers of the city whose election or appointment is not otherwise provided for, and said officers shall hold their offices for the ensuing month or year and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. Any vacancy occurring in an appointive office shall be filled in the same manner. The Mayor shall issue a commission or certificate of appointment to all persons appointed to office in the municipality.
(2) Filling vacancies. The Mayor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council, all officers of the city whose appointment will not otherwise be provided for by law, and whenever a vacancy shall occur in any office, which by law or ordinance the Mayor is empowered and required to fill, the Mayor shall, at the next regular meeting of the City Council, communicate to it the name of the appointee to such office, and pending the concurrence of the City Council in such appointment, the Mayor may designate some suitable person to discharge the functions of such office.
(Prior Code, § 1-2-54)
(B) Supervise conduct of officers; removal of officers. The Mayor shall supervise the conduct of all officers of the city and see that they faithfully and efficiently discharge the duties of their respective offices. Except where otherwise provided by statute, the Mayor may remove any officer appointed by the Mayor under this code, on any written charge, whenever the Mayor is of the opinion that the interests of the municipality demand removal. The Mayor shall report the reasons for the removal to the corporate authorities at a meeting to be held not less than five days nor more than ten days after the removal. If the Mayor fails or refuses to report to the corporate authorities the reasons for the removal or if the corporate authorities, by a two-thirds vote of all members authorized by law to be elected, disapprove of the removal, the officer thereupon shall be restored to the office from which the officer was removed. The vote shall be by yeas and nays, which shall be entered upon the journal of the corporate authorities. Upon restoration, the officer shall give a new bond and take a new oath of office. No officer shall be removed a second time for the same offense.
(Prior Code, § 1-2-55)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 50 ILCS 105/2, 65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-10, and 65 ILCS 5/3.1-55-5