(65 ILCS 5/4-5-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-4)
Sec. 4-5-4.
Establishment of certain offices; police and legal
departments in cities over 50,000.
(a) At the first regular meeting after the
general election of its
members or as soon as practicable after the election,
the council in its
discretion, as determined by a majority vote, may appoint, by a
majority
vote, the following officers: city clerk, corporation counsel, city
attorney, assistant city attorney, city treasurer, library trustees,
commissioner of streets and public improvements, superintendent of
streets, superintendent of special assessments, superintendent of sewers,
city engineer, and
any additional officers that the council considers
necessary or expedient. The commissioner of streets and public
improvements under this Article shall be ex-officio the commissioner of
public works and a member of the board of local improvements as and when
provided for by Article 9. If, however, it is provided by ordinance that a
superintendent of streets shall be appointed by the commissioner of streets
and public improvements, the council shall have no power to appoint the
superintendent of streets. If it is provided by law that the
superintendent of streets shall be a member of the board of local
improvements, the fact that the superintendent of streets is
appointed by the commissioner of streets
and public improvements shall not bar the superintendent of streets from membership on the board of
local improvements.
(b) In all cities of over 50,000 population that have
adopted or that may
hereafter adopt this Article and Sections 10-1-1 through 10-1-45, the
police departments shall be assigned to and shall be a part of the
department of public affairs, and the corporation counsel, city attorney,
assistant city attorney, and all other members of the legal department
shall be assigned to the department of public affairs and shall be
appointed by the mayor as the commissioner of that department.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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