(A) Establishment of office. As authorized by Public Act 3 of 1895, Ch. II, § 1(3), as amended, the Village Clerk shall be chosen by nomination by the Village President and appointment by a majority vote of the Village Council.
(B) Term of office.
(1) The term of office of the Village Clerk shall be two years from the second Monday of March of each even-numbered year and until a successor is appointed.
(2) The person first appointed as Village Clerk under this section shall have an initial term of office commencing as of the date such person takes and subscribes the oath of office and files the same with the Village Clerk, together with the filing of any bond required by law, but such initial term of office shall commence not earlier than the second Monday of March 2002.
(Ord. 2001-11, passed 11-19-2001)