A Health Officer shall be appointed annually as of May 1 of each
year by the President and with the consent of the Board of Trustees.
He is responsible to the President and the Board of Trustees for the
efficient administration and enforcement of health and sanitation
regulations in the Village, as well as the health and sanitation laws
of the State of Illinois and the health and sanitation ordinances
of the County of Cook. The Health Officer shall be experienced in
the administration of public health matters. He need not be a resident
of the Village.
The President, with the consent of the Board of Trustees of the Village,
may appoint seven adult individuals who are residents of the Village
to the Board of Health.
If any salary or fee is to be paid to the Health Officer or any of
his agents, such salary or fee is to be determined by the rules and
regulations set forth by the Board of Health.
The Board of Health shall have the powers to perform the duties assigned
to it by statute or ordinance. It shall be the duty of the Board of
Health to enforce all ordinances of the Village which relate to the
public health, or relate to nuisances.
The Board of Health shall make all necessary rules and regulations
for the protection of the health of the inhabitants of the Village,
and to guarantee against the spread of contagious diseases and to
prevent by necessary rules, the induction of disease, contagious or
otherwise, within the corporate limits of the Village.