A. Election, Term Of Office: The village president shall be elected for a term of four (4) years, and he shall be the president of the board of trustees, as is provided by statute 1 .
B. Bond, Oath: Before entering upon the duties of his office, the president shall give a bond with sureties to be approved by the board of trustees, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00). He shall take the oath of office as prescribed by statute 2 .
C. Powers And Duties: The village president shall be the official head of the village for all legal purposes and shall have all such powers as may be granted by statute or village ordinance. He shall be president of the board of trustees and shall preside at all meetings. He shall be ex officio member of all village board committees and commissions, unless precluded by law. He shall perform all such duties and make all such appointments as may be required of him by statute or village ordinance. He shall devote to the duties of his office whatever time the faithful discharge thereof may require.
D. Designation Of Duties: Whenever there is a question as to the respective powers or duties of any appointed officer of the village, except as to those duties prescribed by statute, this shall be settled by the president; and he shall have the power to delegate to any such officer any duty which is to be performed when no specific officer has been directed to perform the duty.
E. Designation Of President Pro Tem:
1. Policy Statement: Good government demands, in the absence or disability of the village president, that another elected official be continuously and readily available to fulfill the duties of the office of village president, especially in cases of emergency. The person selected to act in the stead of the village president should be an experienced and committed trustee who has an excellent record of attendance at village board meetings. This person should also have a demonstrated ability to conduct and facilitate meetings and to make decisions in emergency situations.
2. Designation Of President Pro Tem; Powers And Duties: Pursuant to 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/3.1-35-35, due to the temporary absence of the village president because of an incapacity to perform official duties, but the incapacity does not create a vacancy in the office, a trustee shall be authorized to perform the functions and duties the village president is empowered to perform, but only under the following circumstances:
a. The village president is absent from the village and, for the purpose of implementing the authority of the designated president pro tem, has notified the village manager's office of such absence; or
b. The village manager has been notified that the village president is under a temporary disability which prevents the president from performing his or her duties; or
c. Immediate action is required of the village president and good faith attempts by the office of the village manager to locate him or her have been unsuccessful within the time in which the action is required.
3. Selection: The designated president pro tem shall be elected as follows:
a. The village president or any trustee acting, in open session, may nominate without comment, a trustee for the office of designated president pro tem; provided that in all instances the president shall have the right to make the first nomination. No trustee may nominate or second the nomination of him or herself.
b. Upon receiving a second, the nominated trustee shall become a candidate for this office. Nominations may then continue until a motion to close nominations is approved.
c. Nominations shall be closed on the motion, second and the majority vote of trustees present at the meeting.
4. Term Of Designation: The initial term of the designated president pro tem shall commence on the day of election and terminate on April 30 of the following year. Thereafter, the designated president pro tem shall be elected at the first regular meeting in May, and serve until April 30 of the following year or until a successor has been selected. The designated president pro tem may be removed at any time by four (4) affirmative votes of the president and trustees voting jointly. If such removal occurs, a successor shall be expeditiously selected for the remainder of the term in accordance with subsection E3, "Selection", of this section.
5. Absence Or Disability Of Designated President Pro Tem: If any one of the circumstances described in subsection E2 of this section is found to exist as to both the village president and the designated president pro tem, the board of trustees shall elect one of its members to act as president pro tem, who during the absence or disability of the president and the designated president pro tem shall temporarily perform the duties of the president.
F. Vacancy In Office: The office of village president becomes vacant as provided in 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/3.1-10-50, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided therein.
G. Emergency Interim Village President: The village president shall designate in writing and file with the village clerk and village manager successive emergency interim village presidents pursuant to the emergency interim executive succession act 3 to act in the event of the unavailability of the president or the president pro tem during an emergency, as provided by the act. (Ord. 08-5-25, 5-1-2008)
Notes
| 1 | 1. 65 ILCS 5/5-3-1. |
| 2 | 2. 65 ILCS 5/5-3-9. |
| 3 | 1. 5 ILCS 275/1 et seq. |