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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2665_00119 els NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING Pursuant to Section 2.103 of the Municipal Code of Mount Prospect of 1957, as amended, and Section 22-9.1 of the Illinois Election Code as adopted and modi- fied by Section 3-2-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code of 1961, as amended, a Spe- cial Meeting of the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect is hereby called by Mayor Robert D. Teichert this 29th day of April, 1975, which Special Meeting shall take place at 9: 00 o'clock a.m. , on Saturday, May 3, 1975, at the Board Room in the Village Hall, 112 East Northwest Highway, Mount Pros- pect, Cook County, Illinois. • Robert D. Teichert - Mayor A G E N D A Special Meeting May 3, 1975 9: 00 o'clock a. m. 1. Call to order 2. Invocation - Trustee Scholten 3. Roll Call Mayor Robert D. Teichert Trustee Anderson Trustee Hendricks Trustee Caylor Trustee Richardson Trustee Gustus Trustee Scholten 4, Consideration of the Discovery Petition of Norma Murauskis A. Examination and count of the ballots in the specified election precincts . I B Securing and sealing of the aforesaid ballots 5. Ajournment Se*rgeant-at-lauris: W. J. Creamipr BUILDING DEPARTMENT ALL MINUTES OF TME SPECIAL MEF OF THE MAYOR AVID BOARD OF TRUSTEES a' 19 1975 Pursuant to Section 2*103 of the Municipal Code of Hount Prospect of 1975, as amended, and Section 22-9,.1 of the Illinois Election Code as adopted and nodi ffed by Section 3.2.2 of the Illinois 1Zuni cireal Code of 1,961, as airponded, a Specta 1.1 Heetinq of the [layor and Board ,of Trustees of the Village of flount Prospect was hereby ca',11ed b7 �.Iayor Robert Do, Tei chert on the 219th day of April, '1975, which Special Neetinq took olace at 9:00 A,% I'L, on Saturday, May 3, 1975, at the Board Room in the Village 1-101, 112 East Nortliwest Highway, Hount Prospect, Cook County, IllinolVso CALL TO ORDER Mayor Tei chert called the meeting to order at 9.00 As 1-10 INVOCATION Trustee Schol ten gave the invocatim. Roll call Present upon roll call: Anderson Caylor Gust"us Hendricks Richardson Scholte'n Teichert MEETING CALLED FOR DISCOVERY RECOUNT A petition to conduct a Discovery recount. of tile ballots cast in Precinct Nos,, 2, 3, 10, 17 and 19 in the election held on Anril 150 1975 was filed by Norma ilurauskis,, Upon receipt of the 'petition, 'Tile Village Clerk notified Ed and B. Rhea, Jr,,, the successful can - di date for the office of Village Trustee, that the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect would convene on splay 3,0 1975 for the purpose of conducting the recount, 11r,, Bernard Scola, 1823 Palm Drive a watcher for Mrr 1hea, requested clarification of the procedure to be followed, Both Mrs* Murauskis and Mr. Rhea were present. Mayor Tei chert read the fol lowing statement: 1 'he Village Clerk,'Village Attorney and tilayor have spent considerable time in research and discussion in an effort to determine a proper pro- cedure to respond to the Petition for Discovery of Recount filed by Norma Hurauskis, a candidate for the office of Village Trustee (two- year term) in the election held Tuesday, April 15, 1975, the results of which were canvassed and certified by the Village Board of Mount Prospect on April 22, 1975. Apart from the statutory direction that the Discovery Recount procedure followed should be the same as that prescribed for the election itself the law does not specify the many details that attend this type of undo d-1 rtaki n q. Reference to case law and test materials, as well as con- sultation with various lawye'rs 'has not resolved the Matter in any defin- i ti ve manner,, Accordingly, it will be tile obligation of the Village Board (Canvassing Board) to adopt a procedpre which they believe complies with the election laws to provide a fai r and honest recount of 'the precincts selected by the petitioner for discovery,, . . To this end the following steps have beep taken: 1. Special meeting of the Village Board was called by the Mayor for Saturday, Hay 3, 1975, at 9:00 A. N. in the Villa*qe Hall and notice was served on members of the Village Board, the petitioner, and all successful candidates for the contest to which the petition is directed. Z. The petitioner and successful candidates have been advised to have three watchers of their choice present at the Special Meeting, Ratification of the above steps and adoption of the following additional steps is proposed: 3. The meeting is declared open to the public but with the admi ni ti on ' that the Village Board shall control the meeting and all determinations of pro- cedure will be made by,a simple majority vote of the Board members. 4. The Mayor will divide the Board into t,,,io, groups of three Trustees each, designating two Trustees as "Callers" and one Trustee as "Tal lyer", and assigning the Precincts specified in the Petition to sclid groups* In the absence of one Trustee, the Mayor shall take his place.4,,in the absence of two Trustees, the Mayor shall designate one "Caller" for each group.... in the absencp of three Trus tees , the Village Trustees present will act as one'grqup, 5q The petitioner and the successful candidates shall be allowed one watcher (which can bp themselves) to observe the caller of a group, of Trustees and one watcher (whiqh can n be theimselves) to observe the ta,11yer of a group of Trustees,, G. Objections to procedures and Board determinations will be permitted only by the watchers, the petitioner, and the successfUl candidates. To Each group of Trustees shall recount its assigned pre- cincts separately, provided that whenever an objection is made and to confirm the final tally, all Village Board members shall vote to resolve the objection and* confirm the final' tally. pe 2 5/3/75 8. Each precinct shall be recounted in the fol lwing I manner: A. Count the number of voters' applications, for b al lots B* Count the number of ballots (including the defective and objected to ballots.... but don't mix these in with the voted ballots.) C. If there are more balloLs (voted and defected and objected to) than there are applications, put all the voted ballots (but not the defective 'a and objected to ballots) in ballot box,; shake, and then withdraw enough ballots so that the two totals will match. D. When the two totals agree, separate the voted ballots into two piles: one pile shall consist of straight votes for the Uni�ipd Citizens Party, and the other iii1e shall consist of solit Vote,;. Each of the Trus tees in the group should examine both piles to see that straights and splits are properly separated. Take the straight votes first " One caller should count this of le into qrouns of 10 ballots each. As he gathers a group of 10, he should nass it to the second caller who counts the stack, and if there are 10 votes in the stack, say aloud, "ten votes for United Citizen Party". Tile stacks refI straight votes are totalled by the callers and one caller then announces aloud the total, straight votes. Check, each ballot for judges initials, F. The Tallyer,having listed each candidates name for the do -year terms on the tally sheet shall enter the total straight votes after the name of each candidate for the United Citizens Party,, G. Take the split votes next. One caller should count this pi le, 10 ballots at a time, As he qathers a group of 10, he should Pass it to the second caller, who counts the stack. Check, each ballot for the judge's initialso If there are IQ ballots, then taking one ballot at a time, read aloud the names of the srlected candidates for the tip -year term. The Tal Iyer shall for the dandidate"s name called make one vertical mark in the fartherest, left "Tally Mark" box and work to, the right using consecutive ')oxer as selected candidates are called, A fifth vote is talhed horizontally through the 4 previous vertical marks and the Tallyer shall say "Tally". p. 3 5/3/75 When the entire pile of split votes is gone, the Tallyer counts the. total number of tally marks for each candidate, announcing the total aloud and entering that total in the split vote column after the name of the appropriate candidate. Ho Take the pile of defective and objected to ballots and examine them one at a time. If any ballot in this pile is determined to be not defective or not validly objected to it shall be separated from the pile and the votes for the selected candidates entered adjacent his name on the Tally Sheet, Is The Tal Iyer shall total all votes for each dandi date and enter such total in the column "Candidates Total Vote" on the Tally Sheet. J. All members of the Village Board present shall sign the Tally Sheet certifying the results of the Recount for each precinct recounted, Ke After all ballots are counted, they shall be retied and �.-irapped, The Board members shall sinn their names on the wrapper and the signatures covered with transparent tapes Any envelopes opened shall be placed with their original contents into a new envelope which will be sealed and signed by the Board members t covering the signatures with trans- parent tape. All materials for that precinct shpuld be put into the bag from whicis it came and returned to the custody of the Village Clerk. 9s When the recount has been completed, the Village Board should adopt I a resolution declaring the results. A certi-lied copy of the resolution declaring the results of the Distovery Recount should be sent to the petitioner and the successful candidates* 10, The following should be made a part of the record of this Special Meeting. A. Notice of the Special Meetinq Bs Petition of Norma Murauskis for Discovery Recount CO Lopies of Mai/oris letters to petitioner and successful candidates. D. A copy of the procedures adopted by the Vi-Ilage Boar -d Es The Certified Tally Sheets F. The Resolution declarinq results of the Discovery Reclqpnt ps 4 5/3/75 The Board should note that this is a discovery proceeding only. The result of this examination and count does not amend or change the canvass of votes previously completed by the Board, nor can it be used to deny the successful candidates for t ' lie same office their certificates of election,, Only a court can overturn the election in a properly filed election contest." This ended the Mayor's statement ion the rules to be followed in the recounting of the ballots,, Trustee. Schol ten, seconded by T:-ustee Gustus, moved to adopt the procedures as outlined for the Discovery Recount. Upon roll call: Ayes: Anderson Caylor Gustus Hendricks Richardson Scholten Tei the rt Motion carried, Immediately thereafter, thesix Trustees present took thei r seats and proceeded with the ballot counting. The Trustees, es, in their count of Precinct 19, questioned ballots that were not initialed by a judge of election. After polling the Board, the unanimous decision was as follows: Any ballot not initialed by a judge of election is a defective ballot. Further, during the count of Precinct #19, the following decisions were made by a polling of the full Board of Trustees: 1. If there is an erasure on a ballot, should it be rejected? The decision of the Mayor and Board of Trustees was to accept the ballot. Trustee Scholten cast a dissenting vote. C. On a ballot where three votes were marked in for a two-year term and one was scratched out within the candidates box, should it be a rejected ballot? When the Hayor and Board of Trustees were polled on this question Trustees Richardson and ScIliolten cast dissentIng votes, but by a vote of 5, the decision was to accept the bal lot. 3. Should a ballot which has been scratched out within and without a candidate's box be rejected? When the l"ilayor and Board of Trustees were polled there were four votes to accept --Trustees Cayl or, Gustuso Hendricks and Mayor Tei the rt. In opposition were Trustees Anderson, Richardson, and Scholten ,, The decision was to accept* ps 5 At this point during the canvass, Trustee Caylor left at 11 :15 A. M. The count was completed for Precinct #19 with the following results: Edward Rhea 204 Leo Floros 100 Norma Hurauskis 143 Marie Caylor 44 0. T. Gustus 32 In the vote count of Precinct #2 a ballot was marked with an "X" with lines intersecting inside the box for tlr. Rhea but not clearly marked in the box. On a poll on whether the ballot should be rejected there were four votes to accept the ballot (Trustees Anderson, Gustus Ri ch- ardson and Scholten) and two (Trustee Hendricks and Hayor Tei chert} to reject. The vote was counted. The count was completed for Precint #2 with the following results: Marie Caylor 192 Ot T. Gustus 22.) �d.qard, Rhea 176 Leo Floros 361 Norma Hurauskis 168 In the vote count of Precinct #3 a ballot was marked with an "X" in- side or outside of the box. It was examined by all Board 14embers and . ........ . kihen they were polled on whether it should be rejected Trustee Hendricks voted to reject the ballot, but Trustees Anderson, Gustus, Richardson, Schol ten and Mayor Tei chert voted to accept. A torn ballot, on which there had been no printing, was examined by the Board. A poll gave five votes to accept with Trustee Richardson casting a dissenting vote. The results of the count for Precinct #3 follow: Edward Rhea 154 Leo Floros 312 Norma flurauskis 147 Marie Caylor 165 0,, T. Gustus 165 The results of the count for Precint #10 are: Ha0e Caylor 141 O,s T. Gustus 93 Edward Rhea 191 Leo Floros 354 Norma 14urauskis 141 EMIR Upon examination of ballots in Precinct #17 there appeared to be judges initials on the face of the ballot. The decision of the Board was to reject those ballots so initialed by a vote of five to one, with Trustee Richardson voting to accept. In the case where judges initials were both on the face and the - back of the bal I ots , i t was the deci si on of the Board by a fi ve to one vote (Trustee Richardson voting to accept) that the ballots be rejected. At this point in the meeting, at 2:00 Pie M. Trustee Gustus left, The results of Precinct #17 votLi count fol lmi: Edvqard Rhea 127 Leo Floros 123 Norma Murauskis 116 Marie Caylor 174 0,, T. Gustus 119 Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Hendricks, moved for passage of Resolution No. 17-75: A RESOLUTION DECLARING RESULTS OF DISCOVERY RECOUNT Precinct # Norma Murauskis Edward B. Rhea, Jr. ..... . . ... Number of Votes Number of Votes 2 168 176 3 147 154 10 141 191 17 116 127 19 148 204 Upon roll call: Ayes: Anderson Hendricks Richardson Scholten Tei the rt I -lotion carried, ADJOURNHENT Trustee Scholten, seconded by Trustee Hendricks, moved the meeting to conduct a Discovery Recount be adjourned. Time: 2:35 P. M. Unanimous. MARIE T. HARD, Deputy Clerk , a, 0„ a C/16 f Y This is the sixth time tITat I have had the privilege of sitting with a newly formed Village Board, each of us looking into the future and musing as to what the next two years holds in More for the community we serve. As Mayor I have the obligation, and the honor, to present an overview of our Village to the new Board ... describing in capsulated form the condition of the Village and directing the Board's attention to areas of particular interest. As with all of .life we can best prepare for the future, if we occasionally pause to reflect on our past. Our immediate past is to a great extent the handiwork of the four 'trustees who have tonight relinquished their seats to others .., seats which are indeed an honorable post seats which they occupied with dignity and dedication ... seats they turn over to the new Trustees with sincere ,goad wishes and an understanding of the frustrations which lie ahead. Some of the frustrations which embattled the old hoard are still with us and will plague the new Board ... but many of the frustrations the old Board experienced were dissolved in the solutions they produced through long hours of study and a lot of courage in doing what they saw had to be done. As with the many elected officials who had proceeded them., their names may be forgotten in the future, but the good they dial will live on for all of our benefit. The most persistent frustration fOr oul' community over the years has been flooding ... and until 19'"(4 it was our biggest unsolved problem. In 1974 -the Clearwater retention bas -in was fully operational, the Cley basin was enlarged, impI meat tion, of the I-Plood Control Program by use of the two million °b .d money was commenced, and a t_ri-party agreemenit wi,th Arlington Heights and the MSD was negotiated to pr,:)vide for the Central -Busse retention basin. The impact of flooding has already been reduced by approximatelY 50% and with completion of the projects now on-line can be reduced about another 25% of the orig-i rial flooding figures. The final 25% of flood proofing wi.11 probably never be achieved unless, and until the O'Hare reclam tion plant is installed and the MSD deep tunnel plan (or itsequivalent) placedin operation. I recognize that, the Flood Control Program represents seven years of aggresive Labor by the Drainage & Clean Streams Commission, a conti nuang commiLtmerpt by three previous Village Boards,, thousands of man -.hours from, our Engineering and Public Works Departments ... 'but it remained for the Village Board of 1.9'(4 to make the final and total commitment to a blueprint for action. Another frustration for the old Board was the plight of our Senior Citizens. While we have provided, a variety of services for Seniors, and perhaps the most comprehensive program in the northwest area, we are far short of fulfilling the necessary needs for -their survival in our community. The old Board -recognized that our Seniors are a minority group (approximately 10% Of OUI poptIl ation and probably only half of that numnber bei rig in r1eed of the programs we- proposed) and large expenditu-res in their� behalf would riot likely get communi.ty support. I should note that approximately $300,000 of the controversial four million dollar bond issue is the Purchase price value of the old library to be converted into a Senior C -Ltizen Center. If those who would undermine that program are successful, tl-,ie Seniors' problem will still remain. It is somewhat iron1c that .any of our Seniors who helped build 'this beautiful commu-rii-ty that attracted us as newcomers to settle here., are now reduced to begging 'us to help them live out the balance of their life Ln the Village they created. It will be to the everlasting credo...t of the old Board that they were responsive to the pleas of the Seniors. As a part of this frustration was the matter of housing for our Seniors,as well as other citizens of Mount Prospect who 0 are in financial trouble or just don't happen to be white collar workers or as rich as some Aus,apparen. tly are. This segment of our society, a minority group in Mount Prospect to be sure, needs housing not now available in our community. The old and tried, as did previous Boards,to solve this problem but it got bogged down in the innuendo of race and ghettos. Those are real fears, but they are not justified by law, or the various proposals that were explored ... and they are not justification for 31gnoring the needs of our present citizens. Again, it remained for the Board of X974 'to undertake a positive program to develop a housing assistance plan for our Village ... to state publicly that they recognize a need for low and moderate income housing. It is somewhat amusing that the initial discussions of the Village Board to buy the Central School. property was for the purpose of prov iding Senior Citizen Housing ... and, in fact, the use for a library and/ -3- downtown redevelopment became priorities only after a consensus to acquire the property had been reached. After almost five years of debate, Motnt Prospect is final undertaking a program to help our own residents remain in our Village a housing assistance plan is now 'in the making. The even resent frustration of expanding and improving Village services was successfully met by the old Board and it can. be witnessed daily in the operations of our Police, Fire, Public Works,, and indeed all of our departmental activities. The ultimate necessity for good services is obviously sufficient funds for manpower and equipment ... and all obvious such funds are called taxes ... and no matter how the elected official tries -to disguise it, taxes come from the people. The old Board was successful in expanding our tax base to keep pace with the JI -m -proved services but had not yet resolved how to compensate for, the calamity of inflation and recession ... whether we can or not is a future frustration. It is sufficient as a last laurel to the old Board to recognize that they did provide a variable tax base for our Village, which I am personally convinced will prove to be our life-11ne to survival as various present, tax sources are lost to us in the future. Certainly the retiring Trustees will individually reflect on many other things they did and the many things they did not do ... they know the real frustration is that "you are damned. if You do, and damned if you don't". They were honest with. themselves and the community they served ... they made -themselves expendable by doing what they thought was right,, rather than what seemed popular at the time. Only history can accurately appraise the wisdom of their judgments, but all of us can applaud them for having the courage of their convictions. Gentlemen, and lady, you did your jobs well. And now., what of .. age Board. What ..ll our problems be and how wil l we resolve them? As I see it., our major problems, and indeed the touchstonebl. ,n be encompassed in wordstwo " n awesome concept and one that goes beyond simple honesty or gettingthe most for each tax dollar we spend. It involves the back breakingf completely analyzing iel ties within our municipal boundaries.and accuratelyprojecting our ultimate tam base as well as our ultimate community needs. Many will not like what this self-analysis reveals, and many will not like what is predicted in projecting our future base 1 as future expenditures. But if we delay this nt t its our destinywe will impair bi t with t comes .. and gentlemen it is mosttai To emphasize the need for planningd, I am distributing to each Trusteef Mount Prospect .. one illustrates the expansion remainingidar . the other expansion possible through annexation. The master prints of these maps will be displayedin our conferenceroom as a constant reminder that we are fast approaching the limits of physicalpan i n of our tax base as a means to increase revenue, The resulting static tax base that cDmes from reaching a no growth" position in life is not someth3'-.ng to fear but something to prepare for. Capital improvements that are needed (or to be needed) should be completed before "no growth" is a. realit,�y- otherwise they are not likely to be financially feasible. Apart,, from upgrading, or replacing equipment' the known capital improvemel.-Its are the library, seniors center, municipal administration, water supply, and police, fire and public works facilities. Intertwined with the problem of having a, static tax base is the need to make sure that our -tax base i.:s variable. In. short, we must attempt to have a tax base of multiple sources so -that we are not vulnerable to fiscal chaos should specific sources become non-productive. A proper analysis of all properties in our Village w 1'I _1 tell us what financial contribution each -type of property makes to the community and what that property costs our commUni1--.-,y in services rendered. We will know precisely where our monies come from and in what f ashion . . . then we will be able to shif t the tax burden meaningfully, with maximum revenue production and minimum taxing inequality. This, is a most important undertaking since I am of the belief that we will in the near future lose a substantial portion of our sales tax and possibly see a reduction or limited use of' general revenue sharing funds. The warning signs are up and we would be remiss in our obligations t,-) the future if we ignore what we see'. As a carrolary to analyzing the various uses of property as to revenue production and expense, we must also broaden our I understanding of how municipal financing works. 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I 10 11, f long 'r,at—M problent ),J7 r,-,ve.nUE� T)I�Odi.lct* Agair,, I COMITIUY"Ilt-V nc!:ei�,ls a fJ.r ia,tacial- plari -IL'or thr-.1 fi-it,urWe,,, JNOt (-10 Ism e L ..'l,-ICSUIrIQ e ry f 0.1,- tD t1c)(Jay''. FISCAL INTEGRITY tha�t, is ot.�z- le.i ge, c o n f'J, d' e r i t w e c frl -,;IDJLV��:4 it, togeLTIP",1111. Ariir-] r -low if I might, worc,"[ aboutt tl-ie receb 1Ij 1, � - " C, - f\, S W, i th a 1 1,. coriLest,ed electi-ons .1,"A.., P'll.,orl�aceld Tw,1*1-1.3,IRIQ ari-d losers. T!% I-11 av ing bee.n� cri bo+61"i. ,E,,;j,.de,s of"' that Jei�,ce I LI, I r"..1,10W -f,-1,,St fe ing of' H J: id I do wrong?" ��� , I t,�, ICDZ(j rq%jople 'I �,i er mE CID g I inari d a �t e -+1 1 - n. It'[ i ^1. unhe@11,],1.riy tpo do R I I I,,100 -1 'o Y I g 0 r, bask 1...00 -Long 1, r I V.J C CI 1, y f, 0 e, e rri-i s s f r),O.tp try tll���) f'rom ealch ar,�d ev-(:,1-ry e,],ec,1,,,J i or. we particl. p ............... 8- I have learned something from this election at least think I have I and 1t disturbs me. It has nothing to I do with the candidates ... their charges or counter charges but rather with the citizens ... those who vote us in and out of office . I heard in their voices, and detected in their questions a measure of distrust concerning the actions of their elected officials ... which,, of course, includes me ... and now will include the new Trustees. I was angry, and I think understandably so ... at least from my own point of view ... because to my knowledge there is not even a scintilla of wrong doing or corrupt practices in Mount Prospect. If there was one thing that the Board members and I shared ,with confidence it was the pride of being part of a clean and honest administration suddenly it was gone. Not through any facts or evidence of wrongdoing, but rather through implication and innuendo ... and no's' from the candidates, but the citizens themselves. Too much to discount as the work of vocal malcontents .,,, it prevaded the community. Like many others I wrote it off to Watergate, the Jim Thompson indictments, the general feeling that blames the elected official for all that goes bad ... for I knew there was nothing to support such a feeling of mistrust. But gradually I came to the realization that a loss of confidence is a loss of confidence, regardless of how it comes into being. The important thing is not how a loss of confidence comes to be, but will it be permitted to continue., making simple proplems difficult, and difficult problems impossible 111h,us e ven. th ou,gh I h(ad bleli eved thEI,,I:L, eve-ry,tI,-,1II.),U WaIS 'be,,,ng dox"ie to assure I'ioflest an�], open gov'ernment, it VTELS n.ow cibvicus "that something was keeping th&t messe,ige froin t1ie people. As a lawyer,, I suppo:r-t nx,,Itional cot-Icept that a,. person I,s in nocent untlIA priov en, guilty. As a pei:,son., I kvL,,,ov7 iz not so as, a practaLcal. matter. T.h.ere is gene.r.,al fee.-I-IJ19 acrosis our country that are corri.a I- and i'11 (-fb t� S int,lst adnij.t t,111.ia t �odany s clima,iite an indictine nt, or even a,, Triade I.n the newspapeT.,,,, is taiItiamount, 'to conviction. As public offj cials we niust a't the fact tIll.at vi,e r-ixe nio I,o,,P,.'I,ger pr,es-�-Ilmed to, be competent or hox'.i.est unti*-'] provei'), ot.Iie1'1vTise standards ait"j, el.ected offIcIal m,ust take act.i.ve steps to prove �iJ-Sii frE!edom from wrongdoing. "is a vey.,y distux"bing conceptu..f'or a -1 awyeill. Howev er, I ain, reminded tl'iat hol.ding a, posit-Lon of elected ti:,-,ust is a specia]. si,,,, ti u a ti 1', o n, No oi ie forced ni,e to set.%k the offl"ice's it was EL vol.,tantary act, uid if" o.ne of the fox, holdix,Ig that office I'll s to gi ve t',ipi my rights of` privacy,i vi�-Lat .11's the haxm? Simp] y stated., if I want tc,l) k(,,!II,ep my 1, i fe pr I v a, t ell sholUldn't seeIL or I iold puiblic ofl,'J, ce. D" i this context I 'understand the c2-ies "tl-lrow the rascals otrt"' or "chaxige for chayl-.i.gels sake"' or "a, new 'biroom sweeps c 1 e an 1',"Ill,,"Ilie,O-gif,,,, are expressJ o n s, o f .1 atei'it mistrulus- t tl'�ic,,,:!Lt hra-ve beer,,i I t h U1 since our country'' was fouxided,ii, V,iey are nolt personqa] 'but imperso.1 a no "�t c h am -gl e s e,,g a n s h, e J n d J v j,. d u,a I b u t 't h e sty,-�.ictulre or au"thor3l ty is a paxl t of. W:r,itigirg our hancils i.n(11, 'being de."If e,'M:>iv'e W.1.13. Onl.y coinpouu.id tl-ie px,1,o'b.]..em what, i s neecled J s candior C,�I.tad opex��,ess. -10- An 01" or-iat I em say -Ing ::gym) riecessarY the new Board is to fu,,nct. Lori properly. Y o u ��l -Ir e 1,100 1,cy'iger be si(:! t apiarit and t�,rr,,ated yo i,.i a r e e I ect, e d o ''I d. E, 1 s You ,d wLl d i ffe r e n, t I a lm o s t a s t, 1'io ��..Lg h yo u d on I t e v e ri 1 i v e -1 n Mo u �it, 1es-t-11n.y, o.f..` being "t,.I.,ie Prospect. You car.r"),.ot eSc,cape yoi,,Llr ( ";PD adininistra"tion". for it is the I'll�',',"i,u,i.,N-DtE,,es, r,.ot the RI.aY(:-.)r, ,,�i?io vot�,es for tc-r,,xesapp.roves the bil"LJdget., sets pol icy. 110 ma t, te r h, o 1w y o u t I i t 1 " -1 1 ' e vot,e., t,d�iree of the n,ew, "Prustees must be on t",he Yrt c',-�,'L I r i sid azill , III Y 'IS ar�d only, the nin,orj.ty can be popu-1 The� ina, t the inlajol'] t "y wh e thE.lr j t acts positJ vely or acts negat], a n d j ti i s t 1'i r-, in a J 1 , 1L y on each issI.Ie th.at .L.s critici1,1.1''. 7 ed K nowing i (" J.. s J 11 ncrm. bent on each. of' us to i-.iot lose ti, -ie coj,'iflderice of' ,hose werepresent. It is notnecessary that 1111 1 1, all citizer,,s agree with o-uzr ind-`Ividuta'l pos.1—tion (a.t,-id the,y wion't) buFt it is r)ecessary that they have confld��:-Y,,tce tM11�-t we Tn(,,:Lde c u,r d ec j silon �',ioriest.ly C�I openly. Accoxiidir�igly, if' vii�e a-rie -'1,--,,0 the suppo:riitt Prospect a' unpopt,llar decisions wi-1:1-ch -I.ie ahealrd., we 1'n,i,.,Lst aggrensisiVE1,1,1y' cor�f'.1-rrf.i. 11- i p I , ou:r,- personal integrity. '11-t is noter 'd o.ugh U(D ki-ow 1A, ( w,e must make sure the peop-1e w,e 'r-epresent R,riow it too. 1", i Y',i"( e n d to recaict to this el-ec''tion intend t,�o to otic citiz,-Iar ho ?),ave',! ex�,')ressed dO�.Ibt it -i f f , it 'c 1, (a s ... I 1-ritend, to instil.1 I c,,1,Dr)fi.dence b,\,,,-, rilot rhet")011"'"Lc J- �n t e r�� ( 1 t ol orrirm 'the C p:r"JLnc-1p],,.e 1, thj,at elected IoJ`J­�'icia,ls rn,u�st open. and pi,..1,blic in C111,t]"l th.at te do ... I .,!.n.tend to ercase a,]] dou,bts as to 'the ir'itegr1.-t1-,y, of'fid f'.).e ViLlage Boarc,1. ? As a fi:r,,st- step., I will vvi-tl� L11e Vil �C,�,ge C-;'J-21-]�)I coples of my 1-1(ax retl�)rn.si,, making t'hleerfl aTv,,Ia,i1a1�1e f'or publ..J..c in.specti.or''). I urge 'Ll'ie ­[1Y*uE'3-t(:I to consider il, J-F)Corrle Tax Returns ava,ilable flor plub.1-11-c iris pe c t J..on le MI -M S CO car -1 be no doubt,c; Ln tt j r", of' CUIC cltizer�,-.� U�) luci wllio 0-2,% What vie are. 1"he people,, I believE�., hEiLve� r,,Jger t, to k171 (Dw o�-i.r Cin-,ari(,-,J..a I S C(DMTY1]t1tE1�,e Second1y, I will., ask Lhe D -3 'Eo -i-n— to ment Ll -ie ard to pr()pose a,, D.L,c cloil"'l-LA e of Interest, Ordi Conflict of Interest Statements alreadC y reqL?Ired by Oridirari,ceC1 lit the Ethics St,ateinent r1OW flilled, pi,Irs'LIant to State StC,,1t't2,t..,e,,, C) u ri U S. Eu I V El Er( C012E� C1 D, a,, 1 mu st, 1,:� e o n� e ol f a s s t,,t r i n g c,i.,�i. r (-�J- t z e n r y i t'i, b J..., c P- d 1' h j yi� d ly'mm, except for pez,sonne,l (a n dIt.��. er. o i LLY at. the request of the 11ridiv.ail uall''31 J.'r]VOI-ve(J) TPe ,,I C, exec u t1' s s J o n Is o :r t; 1-1 e V I a g e Bol a c,1 ,A, 11 c�) f iu�, s k, no e x e c I�.i � T ( s e s s -i o n s vi, h e! r) p e 27M, j. t t Eare ]iscret1Oj'1,E111Y., not�� Ca It seems tor.ru M thal, t,he tl,r.at ar,"11,.se at,i-d tl-i.e riumors thf,,.'I L 1"1" 0 V,), from sucl� cl-osed ineetirig s do riore C,1111�� C C,i i In ri gr -Y., u rr t h.,,,a, n t 1] short terifl, ad1vC,LrrLC,1gus r ..ygair',ecl. I vio�.i-ld millrat dier qua E-7,�, cit izef"Is, arg"Ir. Y , wi.th -us for Wl-ia,t we say pi.i]D li c ],..y 0.�t ulls) for what they th"J.-rR vie sa,d.�J at, a closecl ii,1ee1'.-.JLng. e p e o p 1 e a I] slor�s . 1"Elld. t,o know liovif we ma,'?,,e ot,tilii dec' P01�7t es�. perJod,"�c ri,ews](-�.t-tey-, to oui,� Fcur�hly, I wltll' S�Up T:)r-ovj.SII eci t1le mons e!s aa,, e, ava-1-lab.le from Lh-e _i.., free budget wl.,t..Ir.c)tit a tax increase, ar-,,�.d jDrov.](Jed the 711 from edl`t�ing Or censoring 'by all.. e],,ected officia-1s,, Gentlemen., the FISCAL INTEGRITY that I see as our overall challenge cannot be met unless our personal integrity is firmly established. I pledge you my complete cooperation to that end. Finally, let us all remember the election is over. We are seven representatives of the people ... each duly elected by popular vote ... each equal to the other in rights as well as responsibilities. We must respect each other and help each other Collectively, we can maintain Mount Prospect as a, prosperous, vital community ... divided we will merely provide tomorrows' headlines and yesterdays'news. The citizens of Mount Prospect expect great things from us ... let us now produce what they expect. x, xc/ G",- ipa g f f." If V Zf, Wr/ z" d W IPAL CODE OFFICERS 24 § 3-2-2 than t-oose designed to be mobile. Such rosilding In the territory whieb It is propos*ed to incorporate into a new vil- ISM 0`111Y, be deposited in box marked "Inumber 2"'. circuit court for the county Iere- As amended 1,96,- Se t. 7,� La�ws 1�9f, - the 4, P 3 740. 1 I is situated, asiting that the question of � or incorpora'ted town, into a . new village 2--3-18. Requimd fin, dings 'by county boards as prerequisite to election he electorS 'Of the vilIlLge Or Incorporated in certain cotmities In any c0untr, Of betvr�eem, 150,0(0 and 1,0W,0W popalation which bas a definite descriPtiOn 01 the lands In- adopted an Official plan under "An Act to provide for regional planning ,Dsed viUgge, (2) the n=ber of inhabitants and for the Creation,, orpinization and powers of' regional planning com- vi age. The petition missions", approved June " 25, 1929, as amended,i can le of 'the proposed, U I; the nty boa rd. by reso- 50 electors residing in the described ter- lution, ,may Prolvide that before the question of Ineorporating a village un- tes were�,cast bY electors residing in the der tbis Divi,,,%ion is Submitted to 'the eleetors In response to a petition _*di,,ng elecdon, the pet�ition shall be signed filed, under Section 2-3-45 or 2-a-10 the county board must first determine d territory, in a nninber equal to One-tenth that (1) the proposed incorporation,is �co, patible, with tbe official plan 'for m e,descrivleed territor3, at the laIF4, Preceding the development of the county, and (2) the lauds described in the petition SS intended to be embraced, in, the ittlage corl-sdtute a, sufficier,' tax base 19670 p. 3 740, 1 1. ss will Insure the ability of the Village to provide all neceissary municipal serViCes. to its Inhabit , auts. When such a resoution is in eff the co, in. which such a petitio , n bs filed shall first I ect. urt ,,,t vulage or tneorPorsted town-- require a showing that thcrse determinations have been made by the eounty boal-d- If no such showing peti,tion, the Court shall submIt to the Is M,Sde. the court 9hall den.T the petition. If' su:�ch, a sbowing Is made, the court, shall , rooeed as 'provided, in Sectio, -3-6 or 2-3-11, as the �case porated town, a questi0n Of WcOrPOrating may be. p a 2 ition into a village under thIS CkAe,. The 1,961, May 29, Laws 1961, p. 576, § 2-3-18, added by P.A. 76-6*76, 11, eff. ug. J�e��:Jj elect4on called for the'PlarP!ase, A ,el 11 eerinn. %.A, Tb e ci)'rcll , it 'clerk ot the - cG=t;Y 7. Irow. �111` �f I C-Lapter 34. 1 3001 et &eq. P,Ub,11:;b,.,z,*t1ce of the election J,,,5 days in Sdv=, ice of the eieeuduuo "In one lity, or, If no newsPaper is ARTICLE the municil)a general circuIR- r more n,ewspapers with R n n-tunicipalities with less Ulan WO POPu- I DIVISION 2- pROVISIONS AppLICABLE GENERALLy publizu-A, publicatiOn May WsUwad be made TO ELECTION OF OFFICERS ",rwnt plaees within the =u11i6Pit'UL,41., See. See. 3--2-4.1 Sp"W elections -4 W -ling by 3-2-9.1 Election to lengthen terms f . . . . . . . . . . . court [New). 1967, -P. 3-,40, M, If'I elective afticers [New]. WO"i 8-2-2. Conduct of, el' past of viUage or mc*rporated WW"0— ections--Manner OUS If not otherwise provided in this Code, the manner of conductingi, voting ed by the election ordered under Sections at, and contesting municipal elections shall be the same, as nearly as may ,on, Law and within tbe urisdie- be, as that set out in "The Election Code". approved May 110 1 city 'Electi ^, , f I W, as now K rlissioneM the election ordered by the court or hereafter amended-' The authorities �charged with the printing and dis- )r general , elections held i m tbe territt)ry prior tributing of the ballots to be used at a municipal election shall publish 'be ge, officiais of the new village that 'may R B=ple ballot, prior to the day of the election, in one or more newspapers �-Jo and 2-3�-11, sb,&U 'be Conducted, by the published In the municipality, or, If no newspaper is published therein, then ,,n cwtormitY with the provisions of the City in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the municipality. I b,�-reafter %amended. The judges Of electioll shall take the same oath and have the same Pow - not within, the',�"surisdiction of 6-jj� ,,board ers and authority, as nearly as may be, as judges of election provided for 'ectiouns specified in the preceding paragrapb in "The Election Code", approved May 11, 1943, as now or bereafter amend- �ed in, the manner Drovided by law for the ed. After the closing of the polls, the ballots shall be counted and the re - Is in territory not ;vithin the City Election turns made out and delivered, under real, to the municipal clerk, within 2 ................... V amended, Each elector residing within such days after the election. ThpTP1,11101). the co ate authorities shall examine such elec- and R bae the right to cast a ballot Rt rfvhi�m s,, deelare thel rc-,,uif MOT P.M. and Tn following form: 21 The Provisions of Sections 22-9.1, 24-18 and 24A-15.1 of 6"The Election Code", approved May 11, 2943, as now or hereafter amended,2 tball be ap. es ge (or incorpe- PlIcable, as nearlras may be, to elections for municipal officers, except that ying (desert its ------------ the Petition for discovery shaA be ffled with the municipal- clerk, or with ,61igge under the No the -board of election commissioners in the case of a municipality under the jurisdiction of such a board, and shall be accompanied by a fee of $10 per' Precinct specified. itory, Proposed to be tincor, ora,ted Into a Amended by P_A_ 77-547, 11, eff p july 31, 1971. !s, an addl,,�.azzllballot box, marked 'number, Ch,%Pter 46, 1 1-1 et seq. :Iets so Intersected. The ballots of the elecOrs 2 C%Apter 46. ill =--9-1. U-28, 24A -15.L 4 0% � 47 U ........................... . . ............... . .. . ....... . ...... . 4�, v # A, J, X, w, WT, `W W� k,,� 4,rr4" JI err r A/r. "k, / il , ,, I 'q 60(, "g, 4 xo I) ft", A 'o rr , , " , " f, (,� " ", " � , , X. % 6" " 'W" 1% F1/11 ,ff 11, dfl r. W a.0, A/v "p, 1,1��W, A "'W" Of 110 1 rrH r, M ff, frr r a F(f, I AM k 4 , , A" -xJ. " &, )f ,. irvv,,, ykw, R/ M, . r ;1 Afi 1,�%, A/p, D 71, YJ J;/L; A 46 § 22-8 ELECTIONS P011j,t, part defined in SectIOU ,,Icsj , as each of tbe then existing establishied or his duly authorized rt -presentative irnrnediatelY after the eomOletloll 10-2 totals have beel,I compiled - of the entries on the shei and before the to Amend edbyl967�,,SePt-T,'Laws�1967,P.3843,,§I* P -A. W-12626, 11, eff. OCti 1972. i chapter 46. 1 - 1 et seQ. § 22-9,1, DeclIon of,' reSWt_Ciied co of rftord vass, and add I oundaries It shall be the duty of such Board of Canva�ssers,to cau ter he1d,vrjtbJu, tbeb bereat r and declare the 'result of every 0ection nder Article 6 of Wis rporated tDWU,, operating u 6 of Such city, village, or inco ater of record su, &ct,�I, and the judge of the eftcuittiOuTit, shall ther eupon e of' Such record shall thereupon be abstract and,,,result, and a certified COP results filed, with, the County Clerk of the County**, axid sudh abstracts or shall be treated, by the County Clerk in all respects1ii, as if made by the Can - of this law, and 'he vassing Board, now provided, by the, foregoing Sections I State Board of Mections, orother proper of- stiaU transmit the same --to r 'Its so entered and, fiver, as required hereinabove. And Such abstI Q resn te declared, 'by such Judge, and a certified copy therei f�b,"� 'be trea id every- where within the "state," and by all public officers, with the s�=eBiugforce and effectag the abstract of votes 'now authoriZed by the fgoing provisions of this Act. eff. - Oct. _A�r!wpindei by 1967, Sept 7, Laws 1967, p. 3843, § 1; P-A- 2�,' 1973. ,"Chapter 46, 1 Yoga overridden veto by the Governor was overridden on. Nov. C 19 rv'��1ir ir"r� ^�Ifi`(���r,,;';1H'/1��yrfy, rrJ�°rrr ; I J� trf `�, rNfyr resnIts of 8,,n,y eanvass declaring Within, S,days, after prociam,ation of the h Which ,,persons elected to an,$ offiM RXIT ca ndidate, Wo, in the entire area n ote,S equal in V,=ber to atleast may,be ca t, for such office, received v ful candidate for the same of - of the 'number of votes cast f or soy suecess ere the CityElection may file with the! counry clerk (or ci;cuitcicurt v;h, precincts Law a eQ a petition for purposes of discoveryonly, in districti Ppli beexamity ed and counted i1a Which paper ballots are used, asking that ballots -ed electil on districts or Precuacts, not exceeding 25% Of the total num� in specif, precincts �within the jurisdiction Of such clerk or ber of el ion districts or I ec, ent of a, fee of $5,.00 per judge- Such cttitJon must be am�,ompaniei bythe pay= &nying the disoveeecon disor precinct countycifie& All eeml)peition shall t>e aid by the clerk or court into the County tr"'sury" DA -DIS ass aw app U�F. h ,(�sil t e of which he of election com- .L7oI, r ,! / / J my,UrtTy in order of c udi,date for the missioners. After 3 dI in the spectried OVA ne O'n,count the i ililot ce sum board sb ill, . ...... same offexamivation election districts or precin&,&�� Eg,db candidate affe, ntatfve. On e ballotts d � � '» � ^���' shall be secured and sealed in the same manner required of judges of electzan handling of the ballots in actor ,_.by the with this section shall not of itself affect the admissibility in evidence o ballots in any other proceedings, either legislative or judicial. The results of to d or ch the examination and count shall not be certified nor used damendeny the suange the abstracts of the votes previously completed nor used to ccesssf U-1 candidate for the same office his certificate of election. Such count she. not be binding in an election contest brought under the pro -visions of the Election Code,' nor shall it be a prerequisite to bringing such an election contest, not �` ;Y!„shall it prevent the bringing of such an election contest, nor shall It affect thl 60 results of the canvass previou As amended 1967, Sept. 7, LE I Chapter 46, 1 1-1 et seq. Cross References Election of municipal officers 24, § 3-2,2. ]Ludex to Notes in general 'I Injunction 2 Validity !/2 1/2", 'Validity "here, :at ti"Me Plaintiff $9 jun,ctiN,ie relier from dismiven,, ( pla,1u,tlr,,t would in no wad toe 'h the '*PeratiOn of elle ed u,i tionality Of, this gection, the Q, this section's uniconstitution2-111 ripe for decision on the Merits, 1973,1 1,2 ULAPP-3d �N'_E.2d 767. § 22-12. Declaration of r, In the canvass of Such v10 22--8 hereof, said board shal In the case of a tie in the el within the territory of such as such canvassers shall dir office, and thereupon the p clared elected by the order E As amended 1967, Sept 7, 1 § 22-13. Repealed- 19G § 22-14. Canvassing boa The judge shall be the T majority of such carivassiri arid the result when so dec] in his court as aforesaid, wl election in all the precincts under Article 6 of this Act. As amended 1967, Sept 7, 1 i Chapter 46, 1 6-1 et seq. § 22-15. Abstract of VIDI The county clerk or boa and by mail if so requested office, including State Sen whose name appeared upo: clerk or board of election precinct for all candidates didate. Sueb abstract sha ceipt of the request or 8 d is later. 1943, May 11, Laws 1943, Ck-L 1, 197 A_,forrner section 2-15 of was repeaJed. by JAws 1942 253, § 4.