[1983 Code]
A. 
Composition. The Board of Trustees shall consist of the President and six Trustees. It shall sit with open doors. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings.
B. 
Election and Qualifications. Each Trustee shall be elected to office according to the method provided by Statute, for a four-year term and until his successor is elected and qualified. Each Trustee shall be a citizen of the United States, a qualified elector and shall have resided within the corporate limits of the Village at least one year next preceding the election at which he is a candidate. No person shall be eligible to act as a Trustee who is a defaulter to the Village or has been convicted of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury or other felony.
C. 
Holding Other Office. No Trustee may accept or be appointed to or hold any lucrative office by appointment of the President during the term of office for which said Trustee was elected. Any such appointment is void.
[1983 Code; 12-19-1994; 1-3-1995; 6-17-2019]
Each Trustee hereafter elected shall receive as compensation the sum of $300 per month to be paid on the first pay period of the month.
[Amended 7-6-2009(2); 12-16-2013(2)]
A. 
The members of the Board of Trustees are entitled to a monthly expense allowance in the sum of $100.
B. 
Nothing in this section shall prevent reimbursement for expenses over and above the allowance amount with proof and proper Board approval.
[1983 Code; amended 7-6-2009(2)]
No bond shall be required of any Trustee before entering upon his duties.
[1983 Code; amended 7-6-2009(2)]
The members of the Board of Trustees shall take the customary oath of office prescribed by Statute, before entering upon the duties of office.
[1983 Code; amended 7-6-2009(2)]
A. 
Functions. The Board of Trustees shall be the legislative department of the Village government, and shall perform such duties and have such powers as may be delegated by statute to it. It shall pass ordinances, resolutions and motions.
B. 
Conserve Peace. Each Trustee shall be a conservator of the peace and shall have power to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace or are found violating any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the state. He shall have power to commit arrested persons for examination and, if necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody overnight in any safe place, or until they can be brought before the proper judicial officer.
C. 
Powers to Prescribe Duties and Fees. The Board of Trustees and the President may prescribe the duties and fees of appointed officers and may require them to execute whatever bonds are prescribed by ordinance.