When a vacancy occurs, if more than 28 months remain in the term and the vacancy occurs not less than 130 days before the general municipal election, next scheduled under the general election law, the office shall be filled for the remainder of the term at that general municipal election. During the period from the time that the vacancy occurs until the next election of Trustees, the President shall appoint a qualified person to the office subject to the advice and consent of the Village Board.
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-50(c)) (2009 Code, § 1-2-4)