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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, COOK AND WILL COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
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WHEREAS, the Village of Orland Park (“Village”) is a home rule unit of local government as provided by Article VII, Section 7 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.1-50-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-10) provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may, by ordinance, fix the salaries of all municipal officers who hold elective office for a definite term, provided that said salaries may be neither increased nor diminished during the officer’s term and such salaries will be fixed at least 180 days before the beginning of the terms of the officers whose compensation is to be fixed; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park desire to fix the salary amount of certain elected officials of the Village.
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1
Each Village Trustee of the Village of Orland Park elected in the year 2021 and thereafter shall receive the sum of $10,350.00 per year as compensation for service as Village Trustee, beginning on the first day of the Village Trustee’s term of office commencing in May, 2021 or thereafter. Said compensation shall be payable in monthly installments.
SECTION 2
The Village Clerk of the Village of Orland Park shall receive the sum of $10,350.00 per year as compensation for service as Village Clerk, beginning on the first day of the Village Clerk’s term of office commencing in May, 2021 and thereafter. Said compensation shall be payable in monthly installments.
SECTION 3
Each Village Trustee and the Village Clerk may be reimbursed for any expenses incurred by them in attending meetings of the Board of Trustees or in otherwise performing the duties of the offices they hold.
SECTION 4
The rates of compensation established by this Ordinance shall be effective at the time of commencement of the term of office of each officer herein, and shall be payable commencing on the first day of the immediately succeeding month, and shall apply only to those persons whose respective terms of office commenced by virtue of their election or re-election after the date of adoption of this Ordinance. The rates of compensation established herein shall not apply to any officer serving when this Ordinance is adopted unless and until such officer is re-elected after the approval of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6
The Village Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to publish this Ordinance in pamphlet form, and this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication as required by law.