(A) Duty to cooperate on transfer of office. This section shall be interpreted liberally to accomplish its purpose which is to provide for and promote an orderly and efficient transfer of office to a successor. All officers shall use all reasonable efforts to facilitate transfer of office and to cooperate with their successor.
(B) Status summary and responsibilities at end of term.
(1) It shall be the duty of all village officers to provide all documents, files and information they may have regarding village business activities, property or finances to their respective successor in office and to cooperate with successors in office and all successor village official and successor Village Boards. It shall further be the duty of the following officers to provide a written, end-of-term status summary to the successor containing therein such information as the Village Board shall require:
(a) Village President;
(b) Village Clerk;
(c) Village Treasurer;
(d) Village Assessor; and
(e) Village Attorney.
(2) Status summaries at the end of each term shall be delivered to the Village Clerk for filing in the village records with a copy provided to the Village President.
(C) Brief of Village Board and successor in office. When requested by the Village Board, any officer shall orally brief the Village Board and/or at the Village Board’s discretion his or her successor in office and answer questions pertaining to the status summary, duties of the office, procedures of the office and/or general village business pertaining to that office.
(Prior Code, § 2.14) (Ord. passed 3-12-2008)