(A) A person is not eligible for an elective village office unless that person is a qualified elector of the village and has resided in the village at least one year next preceding the election or appointment, except as provided in ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3.1-25-75, ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 5-2-2, or ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 5-2-11. A person is not eligible to take the oath of office for a municipal office if that person is, at the time required for taking the oath of office, in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to the village or has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony. (ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3.1-10-5(a),(b))
(B) No person shall be eligible for any appointive village office unless that person is a qualified elector of the village or otherwise provided by law. The residency requirements do not apply, however, to village engineers, health officers, attorneys, or other officers who require technical training or knowledge, to an appointed village treasurer, to an appointed village clerk, or to an appointed village collector (unless the village has designated by ordinance that the village clerk shall hold the office of collector). The village may adopt ordinances that allow their firefighters and police officers to reside outside the corporate limits of the village both at the time of employment and while serving as a firefighters or police officer.
(ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3.1-10-6)
(C) All full-time employees of the village shall live and reside within the village. Anyone hired as a full-time village employee shall move within the village limits and establish residence in the village within six months of being hired or be terminated as a full-time village employee.
(Ord. 736, passed 2-2-97)
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Appointment of President or Trustees to other offices prohibited, see ILCS Ch. 50, Act 105, § 2