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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSING AND DETERMINING CLAIMS UNDER PSEBA
Public Health and Welfare Act
Public Safety Employee Benefits Act
PSEBA
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WHEREAS, the Village of Orland Park (the “Village”), Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, is a home rule municipality in accordance with the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its Constitutional home rule powers, the Village has authority to “perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs including, but not limited to, the power to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare” (IL Const art. 7 § 6) by adopting ordinances and promulgating rules and regulations that pertain to its government and affairs that protect the public health, safety, and welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, in enacting home rule authority, the Constitutional Convention established legislative intent and authority for home rule municipalities, noting “a liberal construction [of home rule authority] shall be given to the powers of local government units” Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention (July 23, 1970) (statement of Ralph Dunn); and
WHEREAS, the Constitutional Convention established the constitutional intent of home rule authority as follows “why should they [municipalities] get home rule power? Because they’re closer to the citizens; they’re more responsive . . . We want to encourage people at the local level to meet new and expanding responsibilities” Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention (July 23, 1970) (statement of John G. Woods); and
WHEREAS, in examining the grant of home rule authority in the Illinois Constitution, Illinois courts have noted that the “intentionally imprecise language grants local governmental units ‘the broadest powers possible’” Palm v. 2800 Lake Shore Drive Condominium Ass’n, 2013 IL 110505 ¶ 108; and
WHEREAS, in line with the Constitutional Conv...
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