(A) Generally. The powers of the City of Quincy and Adams County Joint ETSB shall repose in and be exercised by a board of nine members, each such member having one vote on all issues. Members shall receive no compensation for their service, but shall be entitled to be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the discharge of their duties.
(B) Board Composition. The City of Quincy and Adams County Joint ETSB shall consist of nine members as follows:
(1) Four members shall be appointed by the City of Quincy Mayor, with the concurrence of the City Council, as follows:
(a) Three of these members shall be appointed from the membership of the Quincy City Council.
(b) One member shall be a City of Quincy public safety official. Public safety officials include, but are not necessarily limited to, the Police Chief and the Fire Chief.
(2) Four members shall be appointed by the Adams County Board Chair, with the concurrence of the Adams County Board, as follows:
(a) One member shall be appointed from the membership of the Adams County Board.
(b) One member shall be a public member and resident of Adams County.
(c) One member shall be a representative of the Public Safety Answering Point (“PSAP”), provided that the representative may not be a current employee of the City of Quincy and Adams County Joint ETSB.
(d) One member shall be an Adams County public safety official. Public safety officials include, but are not necessarily limited to, the Sheriff, Emergency Medical Service Director, and Emergency Management Agency Director.
(3) One member shall be a fire chief or other public safety official appointed by the President of the Adams County Rural Fire Association, with the concurrence of the Association’s membership.
(C) Terms of office. The terms of office of all appointed members shall be three years except for the initial appointments. In order to provide for staggered appointments, the City Council members shall be appointed, respectively, for initial terms and shall hold office of one year, two years, and three years. The City of Quincy public safety official and County Board member appointments shall each be for initial three year terms. The public member appointment by the County Board Chair and Adams County Rural Fire Association public safety official appointment shall be for initial two year terms. The PSAP representative and Adams County public safety official appointments shall be for one year. Reappointments shall be made in the manner of the original appointments. Vacancies for unexpired terms shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments to complete the unexpired term. All terms after the initial terms shall be for three years. Members serve until their successors are appointed.
(D) Operating procedure. A majority of board members holding office shall constitute a quorum of the board for purposes of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the board upon a vote of the majority of the members present, unless in any case the Joint Intergovernmental Agreement, the Emergency Telephone System Act, or the by-laws of the board shall require a larger number on any matter. The board shall elect a chairman, and a vice-chairman among its members. Unless otherwise provided by the board, the managing director of the Quincy/Adams County 9-1-1 Communications System will serve as secretary at the pleasure of the board.
(E) Removal. An appointed board member may be removed by the body which appointed the member, but a member may be removed only for misconduct, official misconduct, or neglect of office after being given a copy of the charges against him or her at least ten days prior to a hearing thereon conducted by the appointing official or body and being given an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of the removal of any member, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and finding thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the official or body which appointed said member.
(F) Officers and employees. The board shall employ a managing director of the system and shall employ telecommunicators and such other officers, agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall fix and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. For such legal services as it may require, the board may secure the services of any attorney licensed by the State of Illinois. The board may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. All employees of the City of Quincy and Adams County Joint Emergency Telephone System Board and the Quincy/Adams County 9-1-1 System are employees of the City of Quincy who are assigned to perform services for the board. The board is the authority, for and on behalf of the City of Quincy, to select, to determine the compensation of, to negotiate contracts including but not limited to collective bargaining contract with, and to discipline or discharge employees assigned to perform services for the board.
(Ord. 9327, passed 2-5-2018)