(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-90) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-90)
Sec. 3.1-25-90.
Election or appointment of clerk; term; vacancy.
(a) Any village of
fewer than 5,000 inhabitants may, by resolution
adopted by not less than two-thirds of the village board, choose to have
a clerk appointed by the village president with the concurrence of the village
board. Otherwise, at the election for trustees in each village and
incorporated
town, whether incorporated under a general or special Act (other than a village
that was incorporated under a special Act and that adopts Section 3.1-30-25),
a clerk of the village or incorporated town shall be elected who shall hold
office for a term of the same length of time as provided in this Article
3.1 for the mayor in a city, except that any such village or incorporated
town that, before January 1, 1942, has adopted a 2 year term for village clerk
shall continue to elect a village clerk for a term of 2 years. Whenever
a vacancy in the office of a clerk elected under this Section occurs during
the term, the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term at the
next general municipal election as provided by Section 3.1-10-50. During the
period from the time the vacancy occurs until a clerk is elected as
provided in this Section and has qualified, the vacancy may be filled by
the appointment of an acting clerk by the president with the advice and
consent of the trustees.
(b) In any village where the clerk is appointed as provided in this
Section, the clerk may later be elected, but only after a referendum initiated
and held as provided in this Section. The question of whether the
village clerk shall be elected, rather than appointed, shall be submitted to
the electors of the village upon the filing of a petition with the village clerk signed by
electors equal
in number to at least 10% of the highest number of votes cast for any
candidate for village office at the last preceding municipal election. The
question shall be certified by the village clerk to the proper election
authorities, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance
with the general election law. The question shall be in substantially the
following form:
Shall the clerk in (name of village) be elected, |
If a majority of the electors in the village voting on the question
vote in the affirmative, the village clerk shall thereafter be elected. If
a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in
the negative, the village clerk shall continue to be appointed.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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