(A) The Village President and Board of Trustees of the village (the “corporate authorities”) authorize the Village President to render a declaration of a state of emergency within the village based on the following findings and supporting facts:
(1) Any type of emergency, natural disaster, or catastrophe which will likely cause damage, injury, losses, hardship, or suffering to the community or its residents, which can be construed broadly to include disease epidemics and other public health emergencies, is imminent or has occurred; and
(2) The emergency is severe enough to require the declaration of emergency in order to supplement local resources in preventing loss of life or injury, alleviating damages, loss, hardship, or suffering or to necessitate measures to be taken, including the identification of any applicable procedures, rules or regulations that will be waived or suspended, during the emergency.
(B) The exercise of these powers shall be based upon a statement, signed under oath by the Village President, finding that the standards herein which form the basis for such a declaration have been met, along with those facts which substantiate such a finding and declaring that a state of emergency exists.
(C) This written declaration shall be filed with the Village Clerk as soon as practicable.
(D) Based on the nature of the danger to the public health or safety as set forth in the Village President’s declaration of emergency, the corporate authorities authorize the Village President to exercise, by executive order:
(1) Such powers of the corporate authorities as may be reasonably necessary to respond to the emergency; and
(2) The authority to let contracts to the extent necessary to resolve such emergency upon declaration, without public advertisement.
(E) Any state of emergency declared pursuant to this authority shall expire no later than the adjournment of the first regular meeting of the corporate authorities after the state of emergency has been declared in accordance with § 11-1-6 of the state’s Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-1-6); however, if the state of emergency has not been resolved as of commencement of the first regular meeting of the corporate authorities after the state of emergency has been declared, the authorizations set forth above in this subchapter shall remain in full force and effect without further action by the Village President or corporate authorities until such state of emergency has been resolved as declared in writing by the Village President or until the authorizations are withdrawn by passage of an ordinance by an affirmative majority vote the corporate authorities at a public meeting.
(F) A declaration of emergency pursuant to this authority may not suspend in any way the rights of residents of the village under the state’s Constitution or the United States Constitution.
(Ord. 2020-03, passed 3-17-2020)