(70 ILCS 2605/4.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.2)
Sec. 4.2.
There is hereby created and established a civil service board to
consist of 3 persons to be selected in the manner following:
The governing authority or body of the sanitary district,
hereinafter called the trustees, shall on or before January 31, 1952
appoint a civil service board of 3 members, all of whom shall be persons
who are not trustees and not more than 2 of whom shall be affiliated
with the same political party. Each member shall have been a qualified
elector of the sanitary district for at least 5 years immediately prior
to his or her appointment and shall believe firmly in the merit system
of government. No person shall be appointed to the civil service board who
has held an elective public office or a position in a political party
within the 2 years immediately prior to his or her appointment. No member
of the board shall be a member of a committee in any partisan political
club or organization, or shall hold or be a candidate for any elective
public office.
Of the members so appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of 2 years,
one for a term of 4 years and one for a term of 6 years beginning February 1,
1952. All subsequent appointments shall be for 6 year terms beginning February
1 of the year in which the antecedent term expires. In the event a vacancy
occurs from any cause in the office of any
member, the unexpired portion of the term shall be filled by
appointment within 60 days by the trustees. The board shall elect
from its members a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. Each shall serve for
a term of 2 years or until a successor is elected. Each member of the board
shall receive a salary of $15,000 per annum, except the Chairman, who shall
receive a salary of $17,500 per annum. Two members of the civil service board
shall constitute a quorum, but in no instance shall the board have
authority or exercise responsibility if 60 days after a vacancy exists on the
board it has not been filled by appointment.
No member of the civil service board shall be removed except for
palpable incompetence or malfeasance in office upon written charges
filed by or at the direction of the trustees and heard before the
trustees sitting as the board of hearings herein provided for.
The board of hearings shall hear and determine the charges
and its findings shall be final. If the charges
are sustained, the member of the civil service board so
charged shall be forthwith removed from office by the board of
hearings and the trustees shall thereupon proceed within 30 days to fill the
vacancy created by that removal. In all proceedings provided for
in this Section, the board of hearings and each member thereof shall have
power to administer oaths and to compel by subpoena the attendance and
testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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