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 delegated by statute to it.
[Adopted as Ch. 2.04 of the Village Code]
The members of the Board of Trustees shall take the oath of office prescribed by statute and shall receive such compensation as may be provided by ordinance.
A.
The Village Board shall hold its regular meetings in the Village Hall on the third Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. No notice of regular meetings shall be required.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
The meeting place of the Board shall be at the Village Hall, unless otherwise ordered by the Board.
C.
Special meetings may be called by the Mayor of the Village or any three Trustees upon giving such notice or notices as may be required by law.
The Village 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.
No vote or action of the Board of Trustees shall be rescinded at any special meeting of the Board of Trustees unless there are present at such special meeting as many members of the Board of Trustees as were present at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 on request of any two members of the Board.
No person other than the Mayor or a member of the Board shall address that body at any regular or special meeting except upon consent of a majority of the members present.
The rules of order, other than those prescribed by statute, may be suspended at any time by the consent of a majority of the members present at any meeting.
Four Trustees or three Trustees and the Mayor shall constitute a quorum to do business, but no ordinance shall be passed except upon the favorable vote of a majority of the elected members, as provided by statute.
A.
The following shall be the standing committees of the Board of Trustees:
[Amended 12-9-2004 by Ord. No. 04-12-9A; 1-13-2005 by Ord. No. 05-01-13-F; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Special committees shall be created from time to time as directed by the Board of Trustees.
C.
All standing and special committees shall consist of three members each, including the Chairman, unless the Board directs otherwise. All committees shall be appointed by the Mayor.
D.
There is hereby established a Public Works Committee consisting of three of the Trustees of the Board appointed to the Public Works Committee by the Mayor. One of the Committee members shall be appointed Chairman by the Mayor. The term of service on the Committee shall be one year.
[Added 12-9-2004 by Ord. No. 04-12-9A; amended 1-13-2005 by Ord. No. 05-01-13-F]
(1)
The duties of the former Streets and Alleys Committee, Parks Committee, Buildings and Grounds Committee and Public Rights-of-Way Committee are hereby assigned to the Public Works Committee.
(2)
As needed, the everyday operations of the activities of the Village overseen by the Public Works Committee shall be handled by the Mayor.
The Board of Trustees shall exercise the same duties as the city council in cities. It shall pass ordinances, resolutions and motions in the same manner as a city council. The Mayor of the Board of Trustees may exercise the same veto power, and with like effect, as the mayor of a city. The Trustees may pass motions, resolutions and ordinances over the Mayor's veto in a like manner as the aldermen of a city council.