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Meeting Jun 06, 2017 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD - 7:00 p.m.
Category 3. MAYOR'S REPORT
Subject 3.1 Appointment of Mayor Pro -Tem {Trustee Paul Hoefert is nominated to serve the term
beginning July 1, 2017 through June 30, 20181
Type Action
Trustee Paul Hoefert is nominated to serve the term beginning July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018
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ORDINANCE NO. 5423
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1
THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF
MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: Section 1.104 entitled "President Pro Tem" of Chapter 1 of the Mount Prospect Village
Code shall be deleted in its entirety and a new Section 1,104, entitled "Designated President Pro Tem" shall
be inserted in its place which shall be and read as follows:
Sec. 1.104. Designated President Pro Tem.
A. Policy Statement. Good government demands, in the absence or disability of the
Village President, that another elected official be continuously and readily available to fulfill the duties
of the Office of Village President, especially in cases of emergency. The person selected to act in the
stead of the Village President should be an experienced and committed trustee who has an excellent
record of attendance at Village Board meetings. This person should also have a demonstrated ability
to conduct and facilitate meetings and to make decisions in emergency situations.
B. Creation of Office: Powers and Duties. There shall be in the Village an office known
as Designated President Pro Tem. One Trustee shall be elected to such office and shall be
authorized to perform the functions and duties the Village President is empowered to perform, but
only under the following circumstances:
1. The Village President is absent from the Village and, for the purpose or
implementing the authority of the Designated President Pro Tem, has notified the
Village Manager's office of such absence; or
2. The Village Manager has been notified that the Village President is under
a temporary disability which prevents the President from performing his or her duties;
or
3. Immediate action is required of the Village President and good faith
attempts by the office of the Village Manager to locate him or her have been
unsuccessful within the time in which the action is required.
C. Qualifications.
1. No person shall be appointed to the office of the Designated President
Pro Tem unless he or she Is a duly elected or appointed trustee of the Village of
Mount Prospect.
2. Any person who has filed a nominating petition for the office of Village
President shall be ineligible to occupy the office of Designated President Pro Tem. If a
Designated President Pro Tem files nominating petitions for the Office of Village President,
the office of Designated President Pro Tem shall immediately and automatically become
vacant and shall be filled for the remainder of the term byfollowing the procedures set forth in
paragraph D "Selection."
3. A person who has not completed at least 365 days in office, as a Trustee,
shall not be eligible for nomination as Designated President Pro Tem unless all of those
trustees who are qualified have declined nomination for the office.
D. Selection. The Designated President Pro Tem shall be elected as follows:
1. The Village President or any Trustee, acting in open session, may nominate
without comment, a trustee for the office of Designated President Pro Tem; provided that in
all instances the President shall have the right to make the first nomination. No Trustee may
nominate or second the nomination of himself or herself.
2, Upon receiving a second, the nominated Trustee shall become a candidate
for this office. Nominations may then continue until a motion to close nominations is
approved.
3. Nominations shall be closed on the motion, second and the majority vote of
Trustees present at the meeting.
4. Discussion and consideration of the candidates and their qualifications may
be discussed in open or upon appropriate vote of the President and Board of Trustees in
closed session as provided by paragraph (c)3 of the Illinois Open Meetings Act, but the final
vote must be taken in open session.
5. Upon the close of discussion, the Village Clerk shall call the vote on each
nominated candidate in the order in which the nominations were made and seconded.
Abstentions shall be counted as a "No" vote. Balloting shall continue until one of the
candidates receives four affirmative votes of the President and Trustees voting jointly. That
person shall become Designated President Pro Tern. No additional oath or bond shall
be required.
6.
E. Term of Office. The initial term of office of the Designated Pro Tem shall commence
on the day of appointment and terminate June 30 of 2045 or until a successor has been selected,
Thereafter, the Designated President Pro Tem shall be elected at the first regular meeting in June,
take office on July 18 and serve until June 30th of the following year or until a successor has been
selected. The Designated President Pro Tem maybe removed at anytime by four affirmative votes
of the President and trustees voting jointly. If such removal occurs, a successor shall be expeditiously
selected for the remainder of the term In accordance with Paragraph D "Selection".
F. Acting Village President, Vacancy. If a vacancy occurs in the office of Village
President, the Designated President Pro Tem, may, in the sole discretion of the trustees, serve as
Acting Village President until such time as a successor to fill the vacancy has been duly elected and
has qualified; or the trustees may select a new Acting Village President at any time during the
vacancy.
G. Absence or Disability of Designated President Pro Tem. If any one of the
circumstances described in (1), (2) or (3) of Subsection B of Section 1.104 is found to exist as to both
the Village President and the Designated President Pro Tem, the Board of Trustees shall elect one of
its members to act as President Pro Tern, who during the absence or disability of the President and
the Designated President Pro Tem shall, temporarily perform the duties of the President.
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SECTION 2: That this Ordinance shall be In full force and effect from and after Its passage,
approval and publication in pamphlet form In the manner provided by law.
AYES: dorcoran, Hbefert, Lohrstorfer, Skowron, Wilks
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Zadel
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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board of Trustees
Village Manager Michael Cassady
Village Clerk Karen Agoranos
Village Attorney Lance Malina
From: Mayor Arlene A. Juracek
Date: May 31, 2017
Subject: Designated President/Mayor Pro Tem
Our Village Code requires us each year to elect one of the Village Trustees to serve as
President/Mayor Pro Tem. This agenda item appears under the Mayor's Report for the
June 6th Board Meeting. (Attached is Ordinance #5423 which governs the Designated
President/Mayor Pro Tem election — qualifications and procedures.)
I will be nominating Trustee Paul Wm. Hoefert to be President/Mayor Pro Tem. I have
confirmed with Trustee Hoefert his willingness and availability to serve. The ordinance
outlines how other nominations can be made by trustees. Pursuant to section 1.104
subsection E of the Village Code providing for in need or expeditions section of
successor when a President/Mayor Pro Tem no longer holds the office. The term begins
July 1, 2017 and continues to June 30, 2018. As you know, Trustee Colleen Saccotelli
has served as Mayor Pro Tem this past year.
For your convenience, I've outlined the parliamentary procedure I will follow.
1) I will nominate Trustee Hoefert. It will need a second.
2) Then I will take other nominations. Each nomination must receive seconds.
3) When all nominations have been made, a motion should be made to close
nominations. This requires a second and a majority of the vote of trustees at
the meeting.
4) We will discuss each nomination and his/her qualifications. We may adjourn
into closed session if deemed necessary. A motion, second and vote must be
done to go into closed session for the purpose of personnel. The discussion
and procedures will follow requirements governing closed sessions.
5) Final vote on each nomination must be done in open session.
6) At the close of discussion, the Village Clerk will call the vote on each
nominated candidate in the order in which the nominations were made and
seconded. Abstentions shall be counted as a "no" vote. Balloting shall
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continue until one of the candidates receives four affirmative votes of the
President and Trustees voting jointly.
7) If the motions fail, and we are unable to select a Mayor Pro Tem with this
procedure, you must nominate and elect the Mayor Pro Tem at the beginning
of each Board or COW meeting. In case emergencies arise between
meetings when we have no Mayor Pro Tem, you trustees would have to elect
one at a special meeting.
8) In case Trustee Saccotelli is away at the same time that I am gone, you
trustees also will have to convene and elect the Mayor Pro Tem for the
meeting.
I would like to thank Trustee Saccotelli for her willingness to serve this past year as
Mayor Pro Tem. Designating a President/Mayor Pro Tem is critical to the functioning of
the Village of Mount Prospect should something happen to a sitting Mayor, or should
she be absent from the Village.
See below the list of Mayors Pro Tem and the dates served.
Thanks in advance for your help in this always -difficult process. Feel free to contact me
if you have comments or questions.
Past Presidents/Mayors Pro -Tem
2004/2005- Irvana Wilks
2005/2006- Paul Hoefert
2006/2007- Michael Zadel
2007/2008- Richard Lohrstorfer
2008/2009- A. John Korn
2009/2010- Arlene Juracek
2010/2011- Steven Polit
2011/2012- John Matuszak
2012/2013- Paul Hoefert
2013/2014- Michael Zadel
2014/2015-A.John Korn
2015/2016 -Richard Rogers
2016/2017 -Colleen Saccotelli
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