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§ 30.01  ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS.
   (A)   The elections for County Board members, which will be held every two years, shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November; and the date for all elections for County Board members is hereby designated as the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, for each year that such elections are required to be held hereafter.
   (B)   The members of the County Board elected at such subsequent elections shall be elected for a four-year term, except as to members elected to fill vacancies in unexpired terms, unless otherwise provided by law. The term of office of members which previously expired on the first Monday in May are hereby extended and shall expire at such times and in the manner prescribed by law to conform with the elections to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
   (C)   Nominations for candidates for election to the office of County Board member shall be made pursuant to 10 ILCS 5/7-1 et seq.
(Res. 1973.44, passed 12-11-1973)
§ 30.02  RULES OF ORDER.
   (A)   The main order of business shall be as follows:
      (1)   Roll call;
      (2)   Reading and approval of minutes. All minutes of previous meetings shall be submitted to the members of the County Board in writing at the same time the notices of the Board meeting are sent. The reading of minutes shall be dispensed with unless there is some objection by one or more Board members. Unless there is objection, the minutes shall be approved as written;
      (3)   Committee reports;
      (4)   Communications, petitions, and resolutions;
      (5)   Reading of the claims and officers reports shall be submitted to the County Board members prior to the County Board meeting in sufficient time for them to examine and digest the same. Claims and officer’s reports shall be approved as submitted without formally reading the same unless there is some objection by one or more Board members;
      (6)   Reports of special committees;
      (7)   Unfinished business;
      (8)   New business;
      (9)   Mileage and per diem; and
      (10)   Adjournment.
   (B)   There is hereby created a position of Vice Chairperson. The Vice Chairperson shall be authorized to act at regular and committee meetings of the Board in the absence of the regular Board Chairperson. The Vice Chairperson shall be appointed by the Board Chairperson with the advice and consent of the County Board and shall serve during the term of the Chairperson. The Vice Chairperson shall act as temporary Board Chairperson in the event of death or resignation of the Chairperson until such time the County Board meets to elect a County Board Chairperson.
   (C)   All other rules of order of the County Board, except as herein modified, shall remain in effect.
   (D)   Robert’s Rules of Order except as modified by this Board shall in all cases apply.
(Res. 1979.06, passed 2-11-1979)
§ 30.03  MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT RATE.
   The rate per mile reimbursement for travel costs associated with conducting official county business shall be $0.41 per mile.
(Res. 1982.46, passed 10-1-1982; Res. 2007.32, passed 8-14-2007)
§ 30.04  EXPENSES IN EXCESS OF $500 TO BE APPROVED BY COUNTY BOARD.
   Any expenses made in excess of $500 shall first be approved by the appropriate County Board committee or by the County Board as a whole.
(Res. 1982.47, passed 10-12-1982)
§ 30.05  STATE’S ATTORNEY’S APPELLATE PROSECUTOR TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY IN ALL LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
   (A)   The County Board hereby authorizes and empowers the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor to represent the county in all labor negotiations and other labor matters in said county including but not limited to matters prior to a representation election,  any negotiations with the union concerning wages,  hours, and other conditions of employment, and any proceedings before the Labor Relations Board, cases in the Courts of Illinois and any and all other matters incident to and arising out of county activities under and by virtue of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act,  including the resolution of disputes arising out of and under  collective  bargaining  agreements, if any.
   (B)   As and in consideration for the above said services provided by the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor, the county shall pay to said Appellate Prosecutor the sum of $125 per attorney or negotiator for two hours or less on each day; $175 per attorney or negotiator for more than two hours but less than four hours on each day; $225 per attorney or negotiator in excess of four hours on each day; an initial $250 charge for the first draft of the employer proposal; a $75 charge, for major revisions in the employer proposals or major memoranda to the bargaining teams; and a $50 per hour charge for all work pertaining to arbitration.
   (C)   It is mutually understood and agreed  between the parties that the said labor negotiators and/or attorneys shall serve at the pleasure of the County Board and any and all services provided for herein may be terminated by the County Board upon ten days prior written notice to the Director of the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor by registered mail and a copy to the State's Attorney of the county.
   (D)   It is further understood and agreed that the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor in any and all services rendered herein shall obtain direction in said negotiations and other labor matters from the County State’s Attorney and/or Chairperson of the County Board and said Appellate Prosecutor through its agents and employees shall advise the State’s Attorney and Chairperson of the County Board of all of the Appellate Prosecutor activities, functions, and duties pursuant to this section.
(Res. 1989.36, passed 6-12-1989)