(A) Office created. Pursuant to the authority provided under ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5 § 3.1-30-10, there is hereby created the office of Deputy Clerk. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized to appoint a Deputy Clerk who shall have the power and duty to execute all documents required by any law or ordinance to be executed by the Clerk, and affix the seal of the village thereto whenever required. When signing any documents the Deputy Clerk shall sign the name of the Village Clerk followed by the word "by" and the Deputy Clerk's own name and the words "Deputy Clerk."
('77 Code, §§ 31.025(A), (C), 32.110) (Ord. 74-0-014, passed 4-22-74)
(B) Powers and duties. The Deputy Clerk shall have such duties and authority as provided by statute. He or she shall execute all documents required by law to be executed by the Clerk and shall affix the seal of the Clerk thereto wherever required. He or she shall have such other and further duties as provided and authorized from time to time by the laws of the state. The powers and duties herein described shall be exercised by the Deputy Clerk only in the absence of the Village Clerk from his or her office in the village hall, and only when either written directions have been given by the Village Clerk to exercise such power, or when the corporate authorities have determined by resolution that the Village Clerk is temporarily or permanently incapacitated to perform such function.
('77 Code, §§ 31.025(B), 32.111) (Ord. 74-0-014, passed 4-22-74)
(C) Compensation. The Deputy Clerk shall receive such compensation for the duties to be performed as the President and Board of Trustees may from time to time provide.
('77 Code, § 31.025(D))