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ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1 (ADMINISTRATION) CHAPTER 16 (PROCUREMENT) SECTIONS 1-16-3, 1-16-7, and 1-16-8 REGARDING AUTHORIZATION AND METHODS FOR PROCUREMENTS)
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WHEREAS, the Illinois Compiled Statutes, including the Illinois Municipal Code, regulate purchases and contracts entered into by the Village of Orland Park, a home-rule municipality; and
WHEREAS, such Statutes grant to the Village the authority and discretion to determine rules and regulations for Village contractual, financial, or service based relationships with the Village; and
WHEREAS, the Village recognizes that full transparency and accountability in governmental operations are essential to maintaining public trust and confidence; and
WHEREAS, the Village Board finds it necessary to strengthen its procurement code and ethics requirements by adding regulations concerning explicit disclosure of business relationships between vendors and Village officials, including elected and appointed officials, directors, heads of departments, and their spouse or domestic partners; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act (5 ILCS 420/) provides that certain elected municipal office holders, candidates, officials and employees are required to file a Statement of Economic Interests; and
WHEREAS, the Village Board further finds that disclosures from both vendors and officials regarding a conflict of interest of a financial interest and/or appearances of impropriety will mitigate both actual and perceived conflicts and strengthen the integrity of Village procurement and decision making.
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
Title 1 (Administration), Chapter 16 (Procurement) Section 1-16-3 (Authorization and Methods for Procurement), Subsection 1-16-3 (B)(2) shall hereby be amended in part as follows (additional language mar...
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