In the event that a state of emergency exists within the Village, the Village President, President Pro Tem, or emergency interim successor to the office of Village President, may, by executive order and without the approval of the Board of Trustees, exercise such powers of the corporate authorities, including spending up to $50,000 in Village funds, as may be reasonably necessary to respond to the emergency. For purposes of this section, a state of emergency is defined as an attack or series of attacks by an enemy of the United States causing, or which may cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian property or persons in the Village in any manner by sabotage or by the use of bombs, missiles, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological or biological means or other weapons or processes, or a disaster involving an occurrence or threat of catastrophic and widespread injury or loss of life to Village residents or property in the Village resulting from any natural or manmade cause, including but not limited to fire, flood, earthquake, epidemic and explosion. The Village President, President Pro Tem, or emergency interim successor may not exercise the emergency spending authority granted herein without first declaring that an emergency, as defined above, exists, by setting forth, in writing and under oath, a declaration of emergency describing the nature of the emergency and detailing facts to substantiate such finding. The declaration of emergency shall be filed with the Village Clerk as soon as is practicable. The declaration of emergency, and concurrent spending and other authority, shall expire not later than the adjournment of the first regular meeting of the corporate authorities after the state of emergency is declared.
(Ord. C0-04-28, passed 9-1-2004; Am. Ord. C0-04-29, passed 9-20-2004)