(A) The village shall be authorized make, adopt, amend, extend and carry out a municipal plan as authorized by law.
(B) A commission to be known as the Village Planning Commission is hereby created, which shall consist of five members who shall represent, insofar as is feasible, different professions, interests or occupations in the village and who shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees by and with the approval of a three-fourths vote of the Village Board of Trustees at the first regular meeting of the Village Board in January.
(C) All members of the Village Planning Commission shall serve as such without compensation and shall hold no other municipal office.
(D) The term of each member of the Village Planning Commission shall be three years, except that two members of the first Commission shall be appointed to serve for the term of one year, one to serve for the term of two years and two to serve for the term of three years. All members shall hold office until their successors are appointed. All members may, after a public hearing before the Village Board of Trustees, be removed by the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, by and with the consent of a three-fourths vote of the Board, for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, or other good and sufficient causes. Vacancies of the Commission occurring other than through the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees.
(E) The Village Planning Commission shall elect its Chairperson from its members and create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine. The term of the Chairperson shall be one year, and he or she shall be eligible for re-election. The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record.
(F) The Village Board of Trustees may provide the funds, equipment and accommodations necessary for the work of the Commission, but the expenditures of the Commission, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose by the Village Board of Trustees, and no expenditures nor agreements for expenditures shall be valid or legal in excess of that amount. Provided, however, that such Commission shall have the authority and the power to accept and receive donations of cash, property, gifts, bequests and grants and, with the approval of the Board, may use such nonappropriated assets as the Commission shall deem beneficial and advantageous to the village.
(G) It shall be the function and duty of the Commission to make and adopt plans for the physical development of the municipality, including any areas outside of its boundaries but within its statute authority which, in the Commission’s judgment, bear relation to the planning of the municipality.
(H) The Commission, from time to time, shall recommend to the appropriate public officials programs for public structures and improvements and for the financing thereof. It shall be the function and duty of the Commission to further consult and advise with public officials and agencies, civic organizations, public utility companies, educational, professional and other organizations and with citizens with relation to the promulgation and carrying out of the plan. The Commission shall have the power to delegate authority to any of the above-named groups to conduct studies and make surveys for said Commission if it deems expedient.
(I) The Chairperson of the Commission shall have the power to administer an oath to any person concerning any matter submitted to the Commission, or coming within the powers and duties of the Commission. The Commission may further issue process to compel the attendance of persons before it and shall have the power to subpoena books, records and papers, if necessary, which process shall be served the same as process issued out of the Village Police Court.
(Prior Code, § 2-204) (Ord. 59, passed 10-2-1978; Ord. 270, passed 5-6-2024)