[1983 Code; amended 4-15-2002; 1-18-2005; 1-17-2006; 11-6-2006(1); 6-17-2019]
The regular meetings of the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village shall be held on the first and third Mondays of each
month at the Thornton Village Hall, and shall convene at 7:15 p.m.
Committee meetings of the Village shall be held on the first and third
Mondays of each month at the Thornton Village Hall, and shall convene
at 7:00 p.m. Both regular and committee meetings will be held on the
following Tuesday in the event the meeting falls on a legal holiday.
[1983 Code]
Special meetings may be called by the Village President or any
three Trustees upon at least 24 hours' notice to all members and the
President. Such call shall be in writing duly signed and shall be
presented to the Clerk who shall immediately cause such notice to
be served upon the President and Trustees, in person or by mail. If
notice is served by mail, such notice must be mailed in Thornton at
least 48 hours prior to the time of the scheduled meeting. Such notices
shall describe in brief the nature of object of the call. No special
meeting may be held without such written notice being served and any
action taken in the absences of such written notice shall be void;
provided, however, that if announcement of the date and time of a
special meeting is made at a regular meeting, the requirements of
written notice shall not be necessary. Any member of the corporate
authorities absent at such regular meeting shall receive written notice
from the Clerk of said special meeting.
[1983 Code; amended 12-3-2007(1); 3-21-2012(1)]
A. The order of business of the Board of Trustees shall be as follows:
4. Approval of Committee minutes of last meeting.
5. Approval of minutes of last meeting.
7. Communications and petitions.
8. Meeting open to the public.
9. Reports of committees and officers.
[1983 Code; 5-16-1989; amended 3-6-2006; 12-3-2007(2); 11-3-2014]
A. The following rules of order for conduct of Village business by the
President and Board of Trustees of the Village are hereby adopted:
1. The President shall decide all questions of order and in all cases
not covered by these rules or where they are not applicable, the Board
shall be governed by parliamentary law, as laid down in Robert's Rules
of Order.
2. When a question is before the Board, no motions shall be in order
but these:
To adjourn
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To lay on the table
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The previous question
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To postpone indefinitely
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To postpone to a certain time
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To commit
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To amend
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And these motions shall be privileged and have precedence in
the above order, and motions to adjourn, lay on the table and for
the previous question shall be decided without debate.
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3. The yeas and nays shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances,
and upon all propositions to create any liability against the Village,
or for the expenditure of its money, and in all cases at the request
of any member, and shall be entered on the journal of its proceedings,
and a concurrence of a majority of all members of the Board of Trustees
shall be necessary to the passage of any such ordinance or proposition.
4. No person, except a member of the Board, shall be permitted to address
the Chair, or the Board, without unanimous consent of the Board.
5. The President, at least annually, shall appoint a Trustee to be responsible
for one of the following areas of Village business:
f. Economic development and budgeting.
6. The Trustee shall report and make recommendations to the Board regarding
their specific area and shall have the right to request the President
appoint an ad hoc committee to study and make reports and recommendations
to the Board regarding issues that may arise within their area. The
Trustee requesting the creation of the ad hoc committee shall act
as Chair, and the Mayor shall be an ex officio member.
7. The President shall also have the power to create an ad hoc committee
and appoint its members as the need arises.
8. No person except a member of the Board of Trustees shall be permitted
to address the Chair without majority consent of the Board of Trustees,
except that prior to consideration of an item on the agenda, the Chair
will open the meeting for public comments regarding that agenda item.
A majority of the Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum
to do business. A smaller number, however, may adjourn from time to
time and may compel the attendance of absentees under penalties prescribed
by the council by ordinance.
[1983 Code]
In the absence of the President, the Trustees shall elect one
of their number to act as a temporary chairman. He shall have only
the powers of a presiding officer and a right to vote in his capacity
as Trustee on any ordinance, resolution or motion.
[1983 Code]
Every resolution, motion or ordinance, which is returned to
the Trustees by the President with his written objections, shall be
reconsidered by the Trustees. If after such reconsideration, 2/3 of
all Trustees then holding office shall agree to pass an ordinance,
resolution or motion, notwithstanding the President's refusal to approve
it, then it shall be effective. The vote on the question of passage
over the President's veto shall be by "yeas" and "nays," and shall
be recorded in the Journal.
[1983 Code]
No vote of the Trustees shall be reconsidered or rescinded at
a special meeting, unless there are present at the special meeting
as many Trustees as were present when the vote was taken.