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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 5364 08/19/2003ORDINANCE NO. 5364 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1 THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT Passed and approved by the President and Board of Trustees the 19th day of August, 2003 Published in pamphlet form by authority of the corporate authorities of the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois, the 20th day of August, 2003 ORDINANCE NO. 5364 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 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 Tern" shall be added to Chapter 1 of the Mount Prospect Village Code which shall be and read as follows: Sec. 1.104. Designated President Pro Tem. A. Creation of Office: Powers and Duties. There shall be in the Village an office known as Designated President Pro Tem. The person appointed to such office shall be authorized to perform all functions and duties the Village President is empowered to perform, but only under the following circumstances: (1) The Village President has absented himself or herself from the Village and has notified the Manager's office of such absence; or (2) The Village President is under a temporary disability, which has been acknowledged in writing, preventing the President from performing his or her duties; or (3) When immediate action is required of the Village President and good faith attempts to locate him or her have been unsuccessful within the time in which the action is required. If any of the circumstances described in (1), (2) or (3) above are found to exist as to both the Village President and the Designated President Pro Tern, 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 Board of Trustees shall perform the duties. B. Qualifications. 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. C. Appointment. The Designated President Pro Tem shall be appointed by a majority vote of the President and Board of Trustees voting jointly. D. Term of Office. The initial term of office of the Designated Pro Tem shall commence on the day of appointment and terminate April 30 of 2004. Thereafter, the Designated President Pro Tem shall be elected at the first regular meeting in March, take office on May 1 and serve until April 30 of the following year, unless the office is vacated by removal. The Designated President Pro Tern may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of four (4) Board members. E. 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 appoint a new Acting Village President at any time during the vacancy. F. Bond; Oath. The Bond and Oath shall be the same as that required for the Village President. SECTION 2: Section 8.701 "Succession in the Event of Emergency" of Article VII entitled "Succession of Officers" of Chapter 8 shall be amended as follows: 8.701: SUCCESSION IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY: If during an emergency or natural disaster, the Village Manager dies or is rendered incapable, by absence or otherwise, of performing the duties of the office, the office shall be filled without the necessity of action of the Board of Trustees in the following order of preference until such time as a successor is named and takes office in the manner provided by law: The coordinator of the Mount Prospect Department of Emergency Services and Disaster; then 2. Assistant Village Manager; then . Chief of Police; then 4. Director of Finance. If during an emergency or natural disaster, the Village President dies or is rendered incapable, by absence or otherwise, of performing the duties of the office, the office shall be filled without the necessity of action by the Board of Trustees in the following order of preference until such time as a successor is named and takes office in the manner provided by law. 1. The Designated President Pro Tern; then 2. The remaining members of the Board of Trustees in order of seniority as determined by the most current continuous months of service and if two (2) or more are of the same seniority, the order of succession shall be determined by alphabetical order until the position has been filled. If neither the Village President nor the Designated President Pro Tem is able to serve, then at the eadiest possible time a quorum of the Board of Trustees is able to meet, that Board shall, by a majority vote, appoint one of its members to fulfill the duties of the Village President until the Village President or Designated President Pro Tem is once again able to fulfill those duties or until such time as a successor is named and takes office in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3: 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: Corcoran, NAYS: None ABSENT: Hoefert Lohrstorfer, Skowron, Wilks, Zadel PASSED and APPROVED this 19thday of August , 3. Velma Low~, Village Clerk ~- ~-*-