No civil action shall be maintained against the Village for damages
or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence of any street,
highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk being defective, out of repair,
unsafe, dangerous or obstructed or for damages or injuries to person or property
sustained solely in consequences of the existence of snow or ice upon any
sidewalk, crosswalk, street, highway, bridge or culvert unless written notice
of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition or of the existence
of the snow or ice, relating to the particular place, was actually given to
the Village Clerk and there was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time
after the receipt of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or
obstruction complained of, or to cause the snow or ice to be removed, or the
place otherwise made reasonably safe.
The Village Clerk shall, subject to the direction and control of the
Mayor, keep an indexed record of all written notices which he shall receive
of the existence of a defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition
in or upon or of an accumulation of ice or snow upon any Village street, highway,
bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk, which record shall state the date
of receipt of the notice, the nature and location of the condition stated
to exist and the name and address of the person from whom the notice is received.
All such written notices shall be indexed according to the location of the
alleged defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition or the location
of accumulated snow or ice. He shall at the Board meeting next following receipt
of such written notice by him or within 10 days, whichever is sooner, cause
said written notice to be brought to the attention of the Board of Trustees.
The record of each notice shall be preserved for a period of five years after
the date it is received.