[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Flossmoor as Ch. 2 of the 1964 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 2-6-1995 by FMC-231; 4-2-2007 by FMC-416]
A.
The Board of Trustees, consisting of six members, shall be elected
to office for a four-year term, according to the method provided by
statute. This Board shall be the legislative department of the Village
government, and shall perform such duties and have such powers as
may be provided by statute to it.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
B.
Following receipt of the official election results from the County
Clerk, each Trustee, having been duly elected and qualified, shall
take office and begin his or her term at the first regular or special
meeting of the corporate authorities held after May 1 but in no event
later than the last regular meeting of the corporate authorities held
in the month of May.
[Amended 3-4-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-5]
The members of the Board of Trustees shall take the oath of
office prescribed by statute, and shall received such compensation
as may be provided by ordinance.
[Amended 12-19-1977 by FMC-105; 10-16-1978 by FMC-121; 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
A.
The Board shall hold its regular meetings on the first and third
Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m., except when such date falls on
a legal holiday, in which event the meeting shall be held on the next
succeeding business day.
B.
The meeting place of the said Board shall be at the Village Hall,
unless otherwise ordered by the Board.
The Mayor shall be the presiding officer of all regular and
special meetings of the Board of Trustees and at all times when the
Board meets as a committee of the whole.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
The Mayor shall not vote on any ordinance, resolution, or motion
except: 1) where the vote of the Trustees has resulted in a tie; or
2) where 1/2 of the Trustees have voted in favor of an ordinance,
resolution or motion even though there is no tie vote; or 3) when
a statute, an ordinance or resolution require an extraordinary majority.
In each instance specified, the Mayor shall vote. Nothing in this
section shall deprive a Mayor pro tem from voting in his capacity
as a Trustee, but he shall not be entitled to another vote in his
capacity as Mayor pro tem.
All resolutions and motions: 1) which create any liability against
the Village; or 2) which provide for the expenditure or appropriation
of its money; or 3) to sell any Village property, and all ordinances
passed by the Board of Trustees shall be deposited with the Village
Clerk. If the Mayor approves of them, he shall sign them. Those of
which he disapproves, he shall return to the Board, with his written
objections, at the next regular meeting of the Board occurring not
less than five days after their passage. The Mayor may disapprove
of any one or more sums appropriated in any ordinance, resolution,
or motion making an appropriation, and if so, the remainder shall
be effective. However, the Mayor may disapprove entirely of an ordinance,
resolution, or motion making an appropriation. If the Mayor fails
to return any ordinance or any specified resolution with his written
objections, within the designated time, it shall become effective
despite the absence of his signature.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
Every resolution and motion specified in the preceding section,
and every ordinance, which is returned to the Board of Trustees by
the Mayor, shall be reconsidered by the Board of Trustees. If, after
such reconsideration, 2/3 of all the Trustees elected to the Board
shall agree to pass an ordinance, resolution or motion, notwithstanding
the Mayor's refusal to approve it, then it shall be effective. The
vote on the question of passage over the Mayor's veto shall be by
yeas and nays, and shall be recorded.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
The order of business of the Board of Trustees of the Village
shall be as provided on the agenda for the meeting.
No vote or action of the Board of Trustees shall be rescinded
at any special meeting of the Board unless there be present at such
special meeting as many members of the Board of Trustees as were present
at the meeting when such vote or action was taken as provided by statute.
Any resolutions submitted to the Board of Trustees shall be
reduced to writing before being voted upon, upon request of any two
members of the Board.
[Amended 12-19-1977 by FMC-105; 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
Persons addressing a meeting may do so in accordance with the
provisions of the Open Meetings Act.
Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the deliberations of the
Board of Trustees except when in conflict with any of the foregoing
rules.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783; 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. FMC 2021-8]
A majority of the corporate authority shall constitute a quorum.
A.
A majority
of the corporate authorities shall constitute a quorum. A quorum must
be physically present at the location of a meeting to conduct business.
B.
If a quorum of the corporate authorities is physically present as required in Subsection A of this section, a majority of the corporate authorities may permit a member to attend the meeting by video or audio conference if such member is prevented from physically attending because of i) personal illness or disability; ii) employment purposes or the business of the Village; or iii) family or other emergency. If a member of the corporate authorities wishes to attend a meeting by other than his or her physical presence, such member must notify the Village Clerk in advance, if practical. The absent member's voice on the video or audio conference, after being identified as belonging to such member, shall be broadcast to the public present at the meeting, and the absent member shall also be able to hear any public comment delivered at the meeting. The absent member of the corporate authority shall publicly state the reason for not being physically present at the meeting.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 2.207, Committees, of
the 1964 Code, as amended, which immediately followed this section,
was repealed 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
It shall be unlawful for any person to disturb any meeting of
the Board of Trustees or of any committee thereof.
