Elections for municipal offices shall be held as provided by
statute, and at the time prescribed by statute.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The term of office of the City Attorney, City Auditor, City
Collector, City Chief of Police, City Deputy Chief of Police, City
Administrator, City Director of Public Works, City Building Official,
and Executive Secretary to the Mayor shall be for the term of one
year or until their successor has been appointed and qualified. The
term of these offices shall commence annually on May 1 of each year
(or as soon thereafter as the officer shall be appointed) and shall
end on April 30 of the following year.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
Offices vacated by removal. Any officer of the municipality who leaves
the municipality with the intention of permanently residing outside
the limits thereof shall be deemed to have vacated his office, other
than the Municipal Engineer, Health Officer or other officers requiring
technical knowledge.
B.
Leaves of absence. Any appointed officer desiring to be temporarily
absent from the municipality shall apply to the Mayor for a leave
of absence, which may, in the discretion of the Mayor, be granted
in writing for any time and, when granted, shall be filed with the
Clerk.
C.
Books open to inspection. Every officer shall, at all times when
required, submit the books and papers of his office to the inspection
of the Mayor, or any committee or member of the Council.
D.
Report of fees. All officers of the City entitled to receive fees
shall keep a correct account thereof and make a report thereof to
the City Council on the first Monday of each month. In the report,
they shall specify from whom such fees were received, for what service
and when received. All fees received shall be paid over into the City
treasury.
E.
Other rules and regulations. Every officer of the City shall perform
such other duties and be subject to such other rules and regulations
as the Council may provide by law.
F.
Conservators of peace. The Mayor, Aldermen, and policemen are designated
as conservators of the peace with power to make arrests and such other
powers as are provided by law.
G.
Delivery of records. Within five days after notification and request, any person who has been an officer of the municipality is required to deliver to his successor in office all property, books and effects in his possession, belonging to the municipality, or pertaining to the office he has held. Upon his refusal to do so, he shall be liable for all damages caused thereby and shall, upon conviction, be penalized according to the provisions of § 1-3.1 of the City Code.
H.
Oath. Every officer of the City shall, before entering upon his duties,
take the oath prescribed by statute.
No person shall be eligible to hold any elective office who is not a qualified elector of the City and who shall not have resided therein for at least one year next preceding his election, nor shall any person be eligible who is a defaulter to the City, unless otherwise provided for in § 79-1.3A.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Bonds of City officers required under 65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-30 shall
be executed in the penal sum directed by City Council resolution or
ordinance. The cost of the premium for the surety bonds shall be paid
by the City. The City Council shall not receive or approve any bond
or security whereon the name of the City Council, any one of the Aldermen
or any elected or appointed officers of the City appear as bondsman
or security. If, by mistake, a bond containing the name of any such
officer is approved by the City Council, or if any bondsman, after
becoming such, is elected or appointed to any City office, this section
shall not act as a release of any such obligation incurred.
A.
The City Council may, from time to time, by law, impose upon any
officer filling any office created by the ordinances of the City,
any such other or further duties as shall be consistent with the laws
of this state and may consolidate any two or more of the offices and
impose the duties thereof upon any other officer, and may make any
such regulations respecting such offices as shall be consistent with
the laws of this state.
B.
In case the City Council consolidates any offices created by it,
the person performing the duties of the offices so consolidated shall
not be entitled on account thereof to receive any salary or compensation
which he would not have been entitled to receive if such consolidation
had not taken place.
[Amended 1997 by Ord. No. 1604; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
I)]
The Mayor, Aldermen, City Clerk and City Treasurer shall receive
an annual salary and such other expense reimbursement or compensation
as shall be set by ordinance to be duly enacted by the City Council
pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-10.
[Amended 1997 by Ord. No. 1604; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
I)]
Salaries or other compensation of elected City officials shall
not be increased or diminished so as to take effect during the term
of office for which they were elected and shall be fixed at least
180 days before the beginning of the terms of the officers whose compensation
is to be fixed. Their salaries shall be set by an ordinance other
than the City's annual budget or appropriation ordinance.
[Amended 1997 by Ord. No. 1604; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
I)]
The salaries, fees, or other compensation of any appointed City
officer, not including those appointed to fill vacancies in elective
City offices, may be fixed in the annual budget or appropriation ordinance
and shall not be increased or diminished during the fiscal year for
which the appropriation is made.[1]
Full-time appointed City officers shall be required to attend
various City Council meetings and meetings of committees of the City
Council which are held and conducted outside of normal working hours,
as determined by the Mayor and/or the City Council, without receipt
of compensation therefor in addition to their normal salary as set
by ordinance. Attendance at such meetings is hereby found and declared
to be an integral part of the duties of such officers.
A.
All full-time appointed City officers (including but not limited to the City Administrator, the Director of Public Works, the Chief of Police, the Deputy Chief of Police and the Executive Secretary to the Mayor) shall receive the fringe benefits provided by Chapter 85, Personnel Code, except as provided in this section.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Until the further order of the City Council, all fringe benefits
of City employees who are appointed to serve full-time City office
shall continue in full force and effect while they serve in appointed
City office the same as if they had continued to be employees of the
City. In the event of the termination of their service in appointed
City office, if they return to service as an employee of the City,
they shall have all of the seniority and privileges of service for
purposes of vesting and administration of the fringe benefits as if
they had had no break-in-service as an employee of the City while
they were serving in appointed City office.
C.
Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, with regard
to vacation leave and vacation pay benefits of full-time appointed
City officers, until the further order of the City Council, any person
holding appointed City offices after the date hereof shall receive
the vacation pay and/or leave benefits provided in City Ordinance
No. 935 enacted August 5, 1991 or the benefits to which they would
be entitled under the Personnel Code of the City had they continued
to be employed as an employee of the City, whichever is more.[1]
D.
Any City employee who accepts appointment to a full-time City office
shall have a right to be reinstated to their former position as an
employee of the City upon the termination of their service as an appointed
City officer.
The following elected positions qualify for membership in the
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF):
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Title of Elected Position
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Beginning Date Position Qualified
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|---|---|
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Mayor
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January 1, 1974
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City Aldermen
|
January 1, 1974
|
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City Clerk/Collector
|
January 1, 1974
|
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Treasurer
|
January 1, 1974
|
[Added 12-15-2008 by Ord.
No. 2698]
The terms of elected City officers to be elected at the April
7, 2009, Municipal Election shall commence and those elected City
officers shall be inaugurated at the second regular meeting of the
City Council on May 18, 2009. Thereafter, the terms of elected City
officers shall commence and those elected City officers shall be inaugurated
at the first regular meeting of the City Council after the receipt
of the official election results from the County Clerk, except as
may hereafter be otherwise required by the Illinois Municipal Code.
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-15)
