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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, COOK AND WILL COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
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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 Board of Trustees is charged with serving the residents in the most fiscally responsible manner possible; and
WHEREAS, following the adoption and implementation of Ordinance 5135, the Board of Trustees has had an opportunity to reevaluate the proposed duties and salary of the Village President; and
WHEREAS, as part of that evaluation, the Board of Trustees has determined that the current professional staffing levels of the Village, eliminates the need for the Village President to devote his/her working hours to be the equivalent to those of a full-time Village employee at a current annual expense to Village taxpayers in the amount of $150,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees finds that it is in the best interests of the Village and its residents to have the professional staff of the Village of Orland Park engage in promoting and facilitating the economic development of the Village and to assist local businesses, organizations and individuals with creating and establishing economic development plans and promoting the Village to new purposeful opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees finds that it is in the best financial interests of the Village of Orland Park, its residents and taxpayers to reduce the Village President’s compensation effective in April, 2021; and
WHEREAS, it is the expectation of the Village Board of Trustees that the Village President will devote his/her working hours annually equivalent to those of a part-time Village employee.
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
The Village President of the Village of Orland Park elected in the year 2021 and thereafter shall receive the sum of $40,000.00 per year as compensation for service as Village President and $3,000.00 per year as the Village Local Liquor Control Commissioner commencing in April, 2021, or thereafter, except as hereinafter provided.
Except as provided in the preceding paragraph of this SECTION 1, the Village President and Board of Trustees shall, at least 180 days before the beginning of the term of office of the Village President, review and fix the compensation of the Village President.
Said compensation shall be payable in bi-weekly installments.
SECTION 2
The Village President may be reimbursed for any expenses incurred by him/her in attending meetings of the Board of Trustees or in otherwise performing the duties of the office of Village President.
SECTION 3
The rate of compensation established by this Ordinance shall be effective at the time of commencement of the term of the Village President, and shall be payable commencing on the first day of the immediately succeeding month, and shall apply only to the person whose term of office commenced by virtue of his/her election or re-election after the date of adoption of this Ordinance. The rate of compensation established herein shall not apply to the Village President serving when this Ordinance is adopted unless and until such officer is re-elected after the approval of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, including Ordinance No. 5135 in its entirety.
SECTION 5
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 and publication as required by law.