(A) Whenever, due to a declaration of a state of emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of local government at the regular or usual place or places thereof, the corporate authorities may meet at any place within or outside of the city limits on the call of the Mayor or any two members of the City Council, and shall proceed to establish and designate by ordinance, resolution, or other manner, alternate or substitute sites or places as the emergency temporary location or locations of government where all, or any part of the public business may be transacted and conducted during the emergency situation. Such sites or places may be within or without the territorial limits of the city, provided that the city has the consent of the public/private owner, as defined by the Illinois Emergency Government Relocation Act, ILCS Ch. 50, Act 5, § 1, and as may hereinafter be amended.
(B) During the period when the public business is being conducted at the emergency temporary location or locations, the governing body and other officers of the city shall have and possess and shall exercise at such location or locations, all of the executive, legislative, and judicial powers and functions conferred upon such body and officers by or under the laws of the State of Illinois. Such powers and functions may be exercised in the light of the exigencies of the emergency situation without regard to or compliance with time consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law and pertaining thereto, and all acts of such body and officers shall be valid and binding as if performed within the territorial limits of the city, as defined by the Illinois Emergency Government Relocation Act, ILCS Ch. 50, Act 5, § 2, and as may hereinafter be amended.
(Ord. 2020-MC04, passed 3-20-2020)