(70 ILCS 1825/18) (from Ch. 19, par. 268) Sec. 18. Board meetings; quorum; veto. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each
calendar month, the time and place of such meetings to be fixed by the
Board. Six members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinances or
resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 6 members shall be
necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or resolution. All such
ordinances and resolutions before taking effect shall be approved by the
chairman of the Board, and if he or she approves thereof he or she shall sign the same,
and such as he or she does not approve he or she shall return to the Board with his
or her objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board
occurring after the passage thereof. But in the case the chairman fails to
return any ordinance or resolution with his or her objections thereto by the time
aforesaid, he or she shall be deemed to have approved the same and it shall take
effect accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the
chairman with his or her objections, the vote by which the same was passed shall
be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such reconsideration said
ordinance or resolution is passed by the affirmative vote of at least 7
members, it shall go into effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman.
All ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the District and all
documents and records in its possession shall be public records, and open
to public inspection, except such documents and records as are kept or
prepared by the Board for use in negotiations, legal actions or proceedings
to which the District is a party.(Source: P.A. 96-1283, eff. 7-26-10.) |