HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 1272 - 1/23/1979 - VILLAGE CLERK/REFERENDUMORDINANCE NO. 1272
AN ORDINANCE CALLING FOR A PUBLIC REFERENDUM
ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE OFFICE OF THE
VILLAGE CLERIC SHALL BE MADE AN APPOINTED
POSITION BY THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT SUBJECT TO
THE CONCURRENCE OF THE VILLAGE BOARD INSTEAD
OF AN ELECTED OFFICE
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of Elk Grove
Village, at a regularly scheduled Village Board Meeting held on
January 9, 1979, considered the issue of whether the Office of Village
Clerk should be made an appointed position instead of an elected
office; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village
considered it to be in the best interests of the Village that
said question be submitted to the voters in the form of a
referendum at the next regularly scheduled election to be held
within the Village; and
WHEREAS, said referendum is authorized by Article VII, Section
6F, of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, as the Village of
Elk Grove Village is a home rule municipality as defined and
established by said Constitution;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and
Du Page, Illinois, in the exercise of its home rule authority, as
follows:
Section 1: That there shall be submitted to the voters of the
Village of Elk Grove Village at the next regularly scheduled election
to be held on April 17, 1979, the following question:
"Shall the Office of the Village Clerk of the
Village of Elk Grove Village, Cook County,
Illinois, be made an appointed position, by the
Village President, with the advice and consent
of the Board of Trustees, instead of an elected
office?
Section 2: That said referendum shall be made a part of the
ballot of the next regularly scheduled election and said referendum
shall be conducted in the same manner and form as said regular
election, as provided by law.
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Section 3: That the results of said referendum shall be
canvassed in the manner provided by law.
Section 4: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval and publication
according to law.
ATTEST:
VOTE: AYES: 5
NAYS: D
ABSENT: 1
APPROVED:
Charles J. Zettek
VILLAGE PRESIDENT
Fay Bishop
DEPUTY VILLAGE CLERK
PASSED this 23rd day of January , 1979.
APPROVED this 23rd day of January 1979.
PUBLISHED in the Elk Grove Herald
this 31st day of January , 1979.
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