(A) Effect. The provisions of this Division shall apply alike to all officers and employees of the City regardless of the time of creation of the office or position or the time of the appointment of the officer or employee.
(B) Qualifications; Appointive Office.
(1) All police officers of Staunton, Illinois shall be required to live within a thirty (30) mile radius of the City Hall. (Ord. No. 1817; 10-26-15)
(C) Bond. Every officer and employee shall, if required by the City Council upon entering upon the duties of his office, give a bond in such amount and with such sureties as may be determined by the Council, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office or position. (See 65 ILCS Sec. 5/3.1-10-30)
(D) Books Delivered to Successor. Every officer shall, upon going out of office, deliver to his successor, all books, papers, furniture, and other things appertaining to such office, and which are the property of the City. Within five (5) days after notification and request, any person who has been an officer of a municipality is required to deliver to his successor in office, all property, books and effects in his possession belonging to the municipality, or pertaining to the office he has held. Upon his refusal to do so, he shall be liable for all damages caused thereby, and shall, upon conviction, be penalized according to the provisions of Section 1-1-20 of this Code. He shall not receive his final check until his City Code Book and keys are turned over to the City Clerk. (See 65 ILCS Sec. 5/3.1-10-35)
(E) Books Open to Inspection. Every officer shall, at all times when required, submit the books and papers of his office to the inspection of the Mayor or any committee or member of the City Council.
(F) Fees; Report of Fees. No officer of the municipality shall be entitled to charge or receive any fees as against the City. All officers of the City entitled to receive fees shall keep a correct account thereof, and make a report thereof under oath to the City Council prior to the regular meeting of each month. In the report, they shall specify from whom such fees were received, for what service, and when received. All fees received shall be paid over into the City Treasury.
(G) Other Rules and Regulations. Every officer of the City shall perform such other duties and be subject to such other rules and regulations as the City Council may provide by law. (See 65 ILCS Sec. 5/3.1-10-40)
(H) Conservators of Peace.
(1) The Mayor and policemen in municipalities shall be conservators of the peace. Those persons and others authorized by ordinance shall have power:
(a) to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace or are found violating any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the State,
(b) to commit arrested persons for examination,
(c) if necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody over night or Sunday in any safe place or until they can be brought before the proper court, and
(d) to exercise all other powers as conservators of the peace prescribed by the corporate authorities.
(2) All warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances or the State criminal law, directed to any person, may be served and executed within the limits of a municipality by any policeman of the municipality. For that purpose, policemen have all the common law and statutory powers of sheriffs. (See 65 ILCS Sec. 5/3.1-15-25)
(I) Oath. Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, all municipal officers, whether elected or appointed shall take and subscribe to the following oath:
“I, , do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of best of my ability.”
according to the The Mayor and the Clerk shall have the power to administer this oath or affirmation upon all lawful occasions.
(See 65 ILCS Sec. 5/3.1-15-20)
(See “Administration of Oaths”, Section 1-2-63)