§ 94.26 COMMISSION TO ADMINISTER AND ADJUDICATE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS.

   (A)   The Commission on Housing and Human Relations shall have the responsibility to administer this chapter and to adjudicate complaints alleging violations of this chapter.

   (B)   The Commission shall have and may exercise the following powers, in addition to the duties and powers granted in its enabling ordinance, to implement the purposes of this chapter:

      (1)   To receive and investigate complaints charging unlawful discriminatory acts and unfair housing practices;

      (2)   To initiate complaints charging unlawful discriminatory acts and unfair housing practices;

      (3)   To endeavor, by conciliation, to resolve any such complaints;

      (4)   To hold adjudicative hearings concerning such complaints, make findings of fact, issue orders and to recommend that the village seek judicial or administrative relief with respect to any such complaints and orders in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;

      (5)   To subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, administer oaths, take sworn testimony, and in connection therewith, to require the production for examination of any documents relating to any matter under investigation or in question before the Commission, and enforce such powers by proper petition any court of competent jurisdiction;

      (6)   To cooperate with the owners of developments subject to the provisions of §§ 94.06 through 94.12, in the preparation of affirmative marketing plans, and to approve, disapprove, monitor, evaluate, modify, amend or terminate such plans;

      (7)   To recommend to the Village Board of Trustees educational and other programs designed to promote the purposes of this chapter;

      (8)   To gather and provide for the exchange of information related to the provisions of this chapter among real estate agents, lending institutions, developers, employers, municipal officials, community organizations and other persons with an interest in effective enforcement of this chapter;

      (9)   To render, at least once a year, to the Village Board of Trustees written report of the Commission’s activities and recommendations with respect to fair housing practices, which report shall be made public after submission to the Board of Trustees;

      (10)   To prepare and submit annually to the Village Administrator a budget for its operation and staffing;

      (11)   To adopt such rules and regulations as the Commission may deem necessary or desirable to conduct its business and to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and

      (12)   To do such other acts as are necessary and proper to perform those duties with which the Commission is charged under this chapter.

(2000 Code, § 94.26) (Ord. 1207, passed 4-2-1984; Ord. 1545, passed 12-20-1993)