(70 ILCS 805/12) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6322)
Sec. 12.
The president of the board of any district organized hereunder,
shall preside at all meetings of the board, be the executive
officer of
the district, and be a member of the board. He shall sign all
ordinances, resolutions and other papers
necessary to be signed and shall execute all contracts entered into by the
district and perform other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. He may
veto any ordinance and any orders, resolutions and actions, or any items
therein contained, of the board which provide for the purchase of real
estate, or for the construction of improvements within the preserves of the
district. Such veto shall be filed with the secretary of the board within 5
days after the passage of the ordinance, order, resolution or action and
when so vetoed the ordinance, order, resolution or action or any item
therein contained is not effective unless it is again passed by two-thirds
vote of all the members of the board. The president may vote in the same
manner as the other members of the board. In the temporary absence or
inability of the president, the members of the board may elect from their
own number a president, pro tem.
The "Yeas" and "Nays" shall be taken, and entered on the journal of the
board's proceedings, upon the passage of all ordinances and all proposals
to create any liability, or for the expenditure or appropriation of money.
The concurrence of a majority of all the members elected or appointed to
the board is necessary to the passage of any such ordinance or proposal. In
all other cases the "Yeas" and "Nays" shall be taken at the request of any
member of the board and shall be entered on the journal of the board's
proceedings.
(Source: P.A. 91-933, eff. 12-30-00.)
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