(65 ILCS 5/7-7-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-4)
Sec. 7-7-4.
Public Question; Consolidation Ordinance.
A public
question for consolidation shall be initiated in accordance with Section
28-7 of The Election Code, as now or hereafter
amended. Each petition or resolution shall be accompanied by and shall
incorporate by reference a proposed consolidation ordinance, which shall be
identical, except as to matters of form, for each consolidating
municipality. The consolidation ordinance shall be entitled "Ordinance
Providing for the Consolidation of the Cities, Villages or Incorporated
Towns of (here insert the names of the consolidating municipalities) Into a
Single Municipality with the Interim Name of (insert proposed interim name of
consolidated municipality)". The ordinance in its proposed form shall be
placed on file with the clerk of each of the consolidating municipalities.
The clerk of each consolidating municipality shall place such ordinance on
file and make it available for public inspection.
The consolidation ordinance shall provide, at a minimum, for the
following: (1) the minimum number of municipalities or the specific
municipalities in which the approval of the voters shall be necessary to
effect the consolidation; (2) procedures for the selection of the permanent
name of the consolidated municipality; (3) the compensation of the
corporate authorities of the consolidated municipality; (4) the date the
consolidation shall be effective; (5) procedures for the orderly succession
of powers, functions, assets, liabilities and personnel and the merger of
the administrative offices of the consolidating municipalities; (6) the
dates for election of the initial corporate authorities and other elected
officers of the consolidated municipality; (7) the identity of the members
of the transition committee; and (8) a form of government for the
consolidated municipality, including: (i) the powers and functions of the
various officers; (ii) their terms of office, whether those terms shall be
staggered and if so, the procedure for staggering the terms of the initial
officers; (iii) the manner of selection of the officers; and (iv) if the
form of government is other than a form established by this Code, whether
the positions of treasurer and clerk are elective or appointive. The
consolidation ordinance may contain such other matters as are necessary or
appropriate for the purposes of implementing the consolidation.
(Source: P.A. 85-1159.)
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