Before assuming the duties of their respective offices or employment all City officers and heads of the principal subordinate departments shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by law. This oath or affirmation when subscribed shall be filed with the City Clerk.
A. 
City officers (except the Mayor and Council members) and municipal employees, charged with the custody of money or property shall before entering upon the duties of their respective offices or employment, execute bonds with good and sufficient sureties to be approved by the City Council, payable to the City, in such penal sums as may be directed by resolution or ordinance of the City Council, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office or employment, and the payment of all money received by such officer or employee, according to law and of the ordinances of the City.
[Ord. No. 2019-34]
B. 
The bond required of the respective officers and employees of this City, except the City Clerk, shall be filed with and recorded and preserved by the City Clerk. The bond of the City Clerk shall be filed with, recorded, and preserved by the City Treasurer.
The cost of obtaining bonds of officers or employees payable to the City shall be paid by the City.
The Director of Finance is authorized and directed to obtain a public employee's faithful performance blanket position bond indemnifying the City against any loss caused to the City through the failure of any officer or employee to faithfully perform his duties; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the City Clerk, Director of Finance, City Treasurer, Police Magistrate, or City Manager.
All bonds of officers and employees shall be continuing in effect so long as the officers and employees named therein shall continue in office and until payment is made by such officers and employees of all moneys received by them; provided that liability under any such bond may be terminated in respect to any official act which shall be taken, or occur after 10 days' written notice to the assured of the termination or cancellation of any bond by any surety during the continuance in office or employment of any officer or employee, such officer or employee shall execute a new bond in the same manner, of the same character, and with the same conditions and penalties as are required by this article.
Each officer shall perform all duties required of his office by State law and ordinances of the City.
Every person retiring from office after having been an officer of the City shall, within five days after notification and request, deliver to his successor in office all property, bond and effects of every description in his possession belonging to the City or appertaining to his office, under a penalty of not less than $50 or more than $200 for each offense.
No municipal officer shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract, work or business of the municipality, or in the sale of any article whenever the expense, price or consideration of the contract, work or business, or sale is paid either from the treasury or by any assessment levied by any statute or ordinance. No municipal office shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in the purchase of any property which belongs to the municipality, or is sold for taxes or assessments, or is sold by virtue of legal process in the suit of the municipality.
A. 
Adoption of State Gift Ban Act. The State Gift Ban Act (5 ILCS 425/1 et seq.) is adopted as required by Section 83 of said Act. The solicitation or the acceptance of gifts prohibited to be solicited or accepted under the State Gift Ban Act is prohibited by any elected or appointed official or any employee of the City.
[Ord. No. 1999-82]
B. 
Ethics officer. To the extent authorized by law and to the extent required by Section 35 of the State Gift Ban Act, the City Manager, or such person as the City Manager may designate in a writing kept on file in the office of the City Clerk, is appointed to serve as the "ethics officer" of the City. The duties of the ethics officer shall be as provided in Section 35 of the Act.
[Ord. No. 1999-82]
C. 
State legislative ethics commission; complaints. All complaints for violations of the State Gift Ban Act and this Ordinance shall be filed with the State legislative ethics commission created by Section 45(a)(6) of the Act.
[Ord. No. 1999-82]
D. 
Future amendments to State Gift Ban Act. Any amendment to the State Gift Ban Act that becomes effective after the passage of this Ordinance shall be incorporated into this Ordinance by reference and shall be applicable to the solicitation and acceptance of gifts. However, any amendment that makes its provisions optional for adoption by municipalities shall not be incorporated into this Ordinance by reference without formal action by the corporate authorities of the City.
[Ord. No. 1999-82]
E. 
If the Illinois Supreme Court declares the State Gift Ban Act unconstitutional in its entirety, then this Ordinance shall be repealed as of the date that the Supreme Court's decision becomes final and not subject to any further appeals or rehearings. The Ordinance shall be deemed repealed without further action by the corporate authorities of the City if the Act is found unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court. If the Illinois Supreme Court declares part of the State Gift Ban Act unconstitutional but upholds the constitutionality of the remainder of the Act or does not address the remainder of the Act, then the remainder of the Act as adopted by this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect; however, that part of the Ordinance relating to the part of the Act found unconstitutional shall be deemed repealed without further action by corporate authorities of the City.
[Ord. No. 1999-82]
A. 
The regulations of Sections 5-15 (5 ILCS 430/5-15) and Article 10 (5 ILCS 430/10-10 through 10-40) of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, 5 ILCS 430/1-1 et seq., (hereinafter referred to as the "Act" in this section) are hereby adopted by reference and made applicable to the officers and employees of the City to the extent required by 5 ILCS 430/70-5.
B. 
The solicitation or acceptance of gifts prohibited to be solicited or accepted under the Act, by any officer or any employee of the City, is hereby prohibited.
C. 
The offering or making of gifts prohibited to be offered or made to an officer or employee of the City under the Act, is hereby prohibited.
D. 
The participation in political activities prohibited under the Act, by any officer or employee of the City, is hereby prohibited.
E. 
For purposes of this section, the terms "officer" and "employee" shall be defined as set forth in 5 ILCS 430/70-5(c).
F. 
The penalties for violations of this section shall be the same as those penalties set forth in 5 ILCS 430/50-5 for similar violations of the Act.
G. 
This section does not repeal or otherwise amend or modify any existing ordinances or policies which regulate the conduct of City officers and employees. To the extent that any such existing ordinances or policies are less restrictive than this section, however, the provisions of this section shall prevail in accordance with the provisions of 5 ILCS 430/70-5(a).
H. 
Any amendment to the Act that becomes effective after the effective date of this section shall be incorporated into this section by reference and shall be applicable to the solicitation, acceptance, offering and making of gifts and to prohibited political activities. However, any amendment that makes its provisions optional for adoption by municipalities shall not be incorporated into this section by reference without formal action by the corporate authorities of the City.
I. 
If the Illinois Supreme Court declares the Act unconstitutional in its entirety, then this section shall be repealed as of the date that the Illinois Supreme Court's decision becomes final and not subject to any further appeals or rehearings. This section shall be deemed repealed without further action by the Corporate Authorities of the City if the Act is found unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court.
J. 
If the Illinois Supreme Court declares part of the Act unconstitutional but upholds the constitutionality of the remainder of the Act, or does not address the remainder of the Act, then the remainder of the Act as adopted by this section shall remain in full force and effect; however, that part of this section relating to the part of the Act found unconstitutional shall be deemed repealed without further action by the Corporate Authorities of the City."
[Ord. No. 2004-38]
[Ord. No. 2018-89]
Any City officer, upon whom the duty devolves, is hereby authorized to demand and receive as fees those set forth in the Schedule of Fees.
Any officer violating any provision of this Code shall be deemed guilty of misconduct in office and liable to removal therefor.
A. 
The salary for the Mayor shall be $12,000, per annum, paid in bi-weekly installments. The salary for each Council member shall be $4,800, per annum, paid in bi-weekly installments. Expenses incurred by elected officials while performing official duties shall be reimbursed or paid in accordance with the law and policies established by the City. The City Council shall further determine, by ordinance, the future salary or compensation of the City Manager.
[Ord. No. 2019-34]
B. 
Collective bargaining agreements with City employees represented by an exclusive representative pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act shall be ratified by the City Council by means of a motion, a resolution, or an ordinance.
[Ord. No. 1993-97]
C. 
The City Manager shall periodically determine the future salary or compensation of all officers and employees of the City not covered by Subsection A or B In determining such future salaries and compensation, the City Manager shall not exceed the amounts designated for salaries and compensation set forth in the annual budget ordinance; however, the City Manager has the discretion to spend less than the full amount designated for salaries and compensation set forth in the annual budget ordinance. Full-time employees who receive a salary increase are authorized to agree to a reduction of the salaries provided for in order to participate either in a deferred compensations program or a reimbursement program under the City of Bloomington's Flex Cash Plan.
[Ord. No. 1993-97]
This chapter shall not be construed as affecting the tenure of office of any official or employee who holds his position subject to the Fire and Police Commissioners Act, excepting insofar as this Ordinance provides for the abolition of certain specific positions.
[Added 11-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-108]
A. 
The City hereby adopts its paid leave policy for all City employees as set forth in the City Code of Ordinances, its Employee Handbook, the Library Handbook, the City's Classified (Non-Union) Employee Benefits Handbook, Annual Salary Ordinances, any collective bargaining agreement to which the City is a party, and all other binding legislative actions or policies governing paid leave adopted by the City Council, as the same may be amended from time to time. However, in no event shall the City, as an employer, provide less than one day of paid leave in any form per year to any City employee.
B. 
Pursuant to the City's home rule authority, the City hereby declares that the City, as an employer, is exempt from the requirements of the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (820 ILCS 192/1 et seq.). The City, as an employer, shall have no additional obligations regarding mandatory paid leave, including, without limitation, any obligations provided under the Act, except those obligations required by federal and/or state law which validly preempt the City's home rule authority.