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65 ILCS 5/4-3-16.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16.1)Sec. 4-3-16.1.         If the municipality has voted, as provided in Section  4-3-19, to require candidates for commissioner to run for a specific  office, the ballots for the general municipal election shall be in  substantially the following form:    OFFICIAL BALLOT NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF .... AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION. FOR MAYOR (VOTE FOR ONE)( ) JOHN JONES.( ) JAMES SMITH.    FOR COMMISSIONER OF ACCOUNTS AND FINANCES (VOTE FOR ONE)( ) HARRY BROWN.( ) ROBERT BUCK.    FOR COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY (VOTE FOR ONE)( ) GEORGE MILLER.( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.    FOR COMMISSIONER OF STREETS AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (VOTE FOR ONE)( ) JOSEPH TROUT.( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.    FOR COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC PROPERTY (VOTE FOR ONE)( ) JAMES J. JEFFRIES.( ) JAMES SMITH.    (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2677.)
65 ILCS 5/4-3-17
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-17)Sec. 4-3-17.         All general municipal elections under this  article shall be held, conducted, and contested under the provisions of  the general election law, except that the contest of  the election of mayor and commissioners shall be conducted in the circuit  court. The council under this article shall not be the judge  of the election and qualification of its members.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
65 ILCS 5/4-3-18
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-18)Sec. 4-3-18.         All officers, assistants, and employees in any municipality  under the commission form of municipal government shall be elected or  appointed in accordance with this article with reference to their  qualifications and fitness and for the good of the public service, and  without reference to their political or religious faith or party  affiliations.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/4-3-19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-19)Sec. 4-3-19.         Any municipality subject to this Article may, by a vote  of the electors thereof as hereinafter provided, elect to require  candidates for commissioner to run for a specific office.The question of requiring candidates for commissioner to run for a  specific office shall be certified by the municipal clerk to the proper  election authority who shall submit the proposition  to the electors of the municipality upon a resolution adopted by  the council or upon petition filed with the municipal clerk and signed by electors of  the municipality equal in number to at least 10% of the number of votes  cast for the candidates for mayor at the last preceding general  quadrennial municipal election. The proposition shall be in substantially  the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall candidates for commissioner       YESin the city (or village) of...... be   -----------------------required to run for a specific office?      NO--------------------------------------------------------------If a majority of the electors in the municipality voting upon the  question vote in the affirmative, candidates for commission shall  thereafter run for the specific office of commissioner of accounts and  finances, commissioner of public health and safety, commissioner of  streets and public improvements, or commissioner of public property, and  the electors of the municipality shall, at each general municipal  election thereafter, elect one person to each such specific office,  rather than electing four commissioners without further designation.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/4-3-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-20)Sec. 4-3-20.         Any municipality which has adopted the provisions of  Section 4-3-19 may by referendum elect to require candidates for the  office of commissioner to run without designation as provided under  Sections 4-3-10 and 4-3-16.The question of requiring candidates to run for the office of  commissioner without designation rather than for a specific office may  be submitted to the electors of the municipality by the council or upon  a petition signed by electors of the  municipality equal in number to at least 10% of the number of votes cast  for candidates for mayor at the last preceding general quadrennial  municipal election. Such question shall be  certified by the municipal clerk to the proper election authorities who  shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general  election law. The question shall be in substantially the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall candidates for commissioner      YESin the city (or village) of.....   ---------------------------no longer be required to run fora specific office?                       NO--------------------------------------------------------------If a majority of the electors in the municipality voting upon the  question vote in the affirmative, candidates for commissioner shall  thereafter run for the office of commissioner without designation and  not for any specific office in the manner as provided in Sections 4-3-10  and 4-3-16.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 4 Div. 4 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 DIVISION 4.      OATHS AND BONDS
65 ILCS 5/4-4-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-4-1)Sec. 4-4-1.     Oath or affirmation.     Before entering upon the duties of  their respective offices,  all officers elected or appointed under this Article shall take and  subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by the Illinois  Constitution. This oath or affirmation, when  subscribed, shall be filed with the municipal clerk.    (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
65 ILCS 5/4-4-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-4-2)Sec. 4-4-2.     Bond of officers.(a) Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices,  the mayor, each commissioner, municipal clerk, municipal treasurer, and other  officers and employees designated by the council by  ordinance shall execute bonds with good and sufficient security to be  approved by the council, payable to the municipality in the penal  sums directed by ordinances, conditioned for the faithful performance of  the duties of the office and the payment of all money received by the  officer, according to law and the municipal ordinances.(b) The bonds of the mayor and commissioners, however, shall not be  fixed at  less than $3,000.(c) The bonds of all municipal officers  except the municipal  clerk shall be filed with, recorded, and preserved by the municipal clerk.  The bond of the municipal clerk shall be filed with, recorded, and  preserved by the municipal treasurer. The treasurer's bond shall be in an  amount of dollars that is not less than the greater of $50,000 or 3 times the latest Federal  census population or any subsequent census figure used for Motor Fuel Tax  purposes.    (Source: P.A. 87-738; 87-1119.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 4 Div. 5 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 DIVISION 5.      FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL AND OFFICERS
65 ILCS 5/4-5-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-1)Sec. 4-5-1.         Every municipality which has the commission form of municipal  government shall be governed by a council, consisting of the mayor and 4  commissioners, as provided in this article.The mayor shall be the president of the council and preside at its  meetings, and he shall supervise all departments and report to the council  for its action all matters requiring attention in any department. The  commissioner of accounts and finances shall be vice president of the  council, and in case of a vacancy in the office of mayor or the absence or  inability of the mayor, shall perform the duties of the mayor.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/4-5-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-2)Sec. 4-5-2.         The council and its members shall possess and exercise all  executive, administrative, and legislative powers and duties now possessed  and exercised by the executive, legislative, and administrative officers in  municipalities which are treated as properly incorporated under this Code  or which hereafter incorporate under this Code, except that in  municipalities under the commission form of municipal government, the board  of local improvements provided for by Article 9 shall remain a separate  and distinct body, with all the rights, powers, and duties contained in  Article 9.The executive and administrative powers and duties in municipalities  under the commission form of municipal government shall be distributed  among 5 departments, as follows:1.  Department of public affairs.2. Department of accounts and finances.3. Department of public health and safety.4. Department of streets and public improvements.5. Department of public property.The council, by ordinance, (1) shall determine the powers of and duties  to be performed by each department and shall assign them to the appropriate  departments; (2) shall prescribe the powers and duties of officers and  employees, and may assign officers and employees to one or more of the  departments; (3) may require an officer or employee to perform duties in 2  or more departments; and (4) may make such rules and regulations as may be  necessary or proper for the efficient and economical conduct of the  business of the municipality.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/4-5-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-3)Sec. 4-5-3.         Except where candidates for commissioner are required to run  for a specific office, the council, at the first regular meeting after an  election of a member or members, shall designate by a majority vote one  commissioner to be commissioner of accounts and finances, one to be  commissioner of public health and safety, one to be commissioner of streets  and public improvements, who ex officio shall be commissioner of public  works, and one to be commissioner of public property. This designation may  be changed by the council whenever it appears that the public service would  be benefited thereby. The mayor shall be commissioner of public affairs.  The commissioner of each department shall be superintendent of that  department.If the municipality has voted, as provided in Section 4-3-19, to require  candidates for commissioner to run for a specific office, each commissioner  shall be superintendent of the department bearing the same designation as  the office to which he was elected. The mayor shall be commissioner of  public affairs. The Commissioner of streets and public improvements shall  be, ex-officio, commissioner of public works.    (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2677.)
65 ILCS 5/4-5-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-4)Sec. 4-5-4.         Establishment of certain offices; police and legal  departments in cities over 50,000.(a) At the first regular meeting after the  general election of its  members or as soon as practicable after the election,  the council in its  discretion, as determined by a majority vote, may appoint, by a  majority  vote, the following officers: city clerk, corporation counsel, city  attorney, assistant city attorney, city treasurer, library trustees,  commissioner of streets and public improvements, superintendent of  streets, superintendent of special assessments, superintendent of sewers,  city engineer, and  any additional officers that the council considers  necessary or expedient. The commissioner of streets and public  improvements under this Article shall be ex-officio the commissioner of  public works and a member of the board of local improvements as and when  provided for by Article 9. If, however, it is provided by ordinance that a  superintendent of streets shall be appointed by the commissioner of streets  and public improvements, the council shall have no power to appoint the  superintendent of streets. If it is provided by law that the  superintendent of streets shall be a member of the board of local  improvements, the fact that the superintendent of streets is  appointed by the commissioner of streets  and public improvements shall not bar the superintendent of streets from membership on the board of  local improvements.(b) In all cities of over 50,000 population that have  adopted or that may  hereafter adopt this Article and Sections 10-1-1 through 10-1-45, the  police departments shall be assigned to and shall be a part of the  department of public affairs, and the corporation counsel, city attorney,  assistant city attorney, and all other members of the legal department  shall be assigned to the department of public affairs and shall be  appointed by the mayor as the commissioner of that department.    (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
65 ILCS 5/4-5-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-5)Sec. 4-5-5.         The council has the right and power to appoint and discharge  the heads of all principal departments subordinate to the departments  provided for in Section 4-5-2. The commissioner of each department,  however, may be vested by ordinance with the sole right and power to  appoint and discharge the heads of all principal departments subordinate to  the department of which he is the commissioner. But in all municipalities  which are treated as having adopted or which may hereafter adopt Sections  10-2-1 through 10-2-23, the chief of police and chief of the fire  department shall be appointed and discharged only as provided in Sections  10-2-1 through 10-2-23.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/4-5-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-6)Sec. 4-5-6.         In all municipalities in which Sections 10-1-1 through 10-1-45  are not in effect, all officers, assistants, and employees of each  department specified in Section 4-5-2, except those elected or appointed as  provided in Sections 4-5-3 through 4-5-5, shall be appointed by the  commissioner of the department to which they are appointed, and may be  discharged by him when in his judgment the efficient conduct of municipal  affairs so demands. However, in all municipalities in which Sections 10-1-1  through 10-1-45 and Sections 10-2-1 through 10-2-23 are not in effect, all  officers and members of the fire and police departments, except those  elected or appointed as provided in Sections 4-5-3 through 4-5-5, shall be  appointed by the commissioner of the department, specified in Section  4-5-2, to which the powers of and duties to be performed by the fire  department and the police department, respectively, are assigned, and may  be discharged by him when in his judgment the efficient conduct of  municipal affairs so demands.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/4-5-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-7)Sec. 4-5-7.         (a) In all cities in which Sections 10-1-1 through 10-1-45 are  in effect, all municipal officers, assistants, and employees, except those  specified in Sections 4-5-2 through 4-5-5, and in paragraph (b) of this  Section shall be appointed and discharged only as provided in Sections  10-1-1 through 10-1-45. For the purpose of the performance of the duties  imposed upon, and the exercise of the powers and authority vested in, the  head of a department or office by Sections 10-1-1 through 10-1-45, the  commissioner of each department, specified in Section 4-5-2, shall be  considered the head of the department or office under Sections 10-1-1  through 10-1-45.(b) In all municipalities in which Sections 10-2-1 through 10-2-23 are  in effect, all officers and members of the fire and police departments of  those municipalities, including the chief of police and chief of the fire  department, shall be appointed and discharged only as provided in Sections  10-2-1 through 10-2-23.(c) Nothing in this Article shall prevent any city which adopts the  commission form of municipal government from adopting Sections 10-1-1  through 10-1-45, or, when of the required population, from adopting  Sections 10-2-1 through 10-2-23, or from adopting Sections 10-2-1 through  10-2-23 and Sections 10-1-1 through 10-1-45.(d) In all municipalities which are treated as having adopted Sections  10-2-1 through 10-2-23 before January 1, 1942, and which have also adopted  the commission form of municipal government before January 1, 1942,  Sections 10-2-1 through 10-2-23 shall continue in force in that  municipality in like manner as such sections would have continued in force  therein if the commission form of municipal government had not been adopted  therein. But the council shall have the right and power to appoint and  discharge the board of fire and police commissioners.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/4-5-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-8)Sec. 4-5-8.         The council has the power, by ordinance, to create, fill, and  discontinue offices and employment other than those prescribed in this  article, according to its judgment of the needs of the municipality.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/4-5-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-9)Sec. 4-5-9.         Except as otherwise provided in this article or by law, any  officer or employee who has been elected or appointed by the council in  accordance with the provisions of this article may be removed from office  at any time by a vote of a majority of the council members.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/4-5-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-10)Sec. 4-5-10.         The council has the power to make proper regulations for the  inspection of all plants and machinery of any person exercising any right,  grant, or franchise from any municipality adopting, or which is treated as  having adopted, this article. The council and their authorized agents have  the power to make all necessary examinations of any plant, appliances, or  apparatus for the purpose of making the necessary tests to see that such  person complies with the regulations of the council with reference to the  quality and the character of the commodity or service furnished. The  council has the power to specify, determine, and regulate the quality and  character of gas and electricity furnished to the municipality and to its  residents. The municipality has the power to perform all acts necessary to  give effect to this section.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/4-5-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-11)Sec. 4-5-11. Except as otherwise provided, all contracts, of whatever  character, pertaining to public improvement, or to the maintenance of  the public property of a municipality involving an outlay of $10,000 or  more, shall be based upon specifications to be approved by the council.  Any work or other public improvement which is not to be paid for in  whole or in part by special assessment or special taxation, when the  expense thereof will exceed $25,000, shall be constructed as follows:(1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible     bidder after advertising for bids, in the manner prescribed by ordinance, except that any such contract may be entered into by the proper officers without advertising for bids, if authorized by a vote of 4 of the 5 council members elected; or(2) In the following manner, if authorized by a vote     of 4 of the 5 council members elected: the commissioner of public works or other proper officers to be designated by ordinance, shall superintend and cause to be carried out the construction of the work or other public improvement and shall employ exclusively for the performance of all manual labor thereon, laborers and artisans whom the city or village shall pay by the day or hour, but all material of the value of $25,000   and upward used in the construction of the work or other public improvement, shall be purchased by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder in the manner to be prescribed by ordinance.Nothing contained in this Section shall apply to any contract by a  municipality with the United States of America or any agency thereof.  (Source: P.A. 100-338, eff. 8-25-17.)
65 ILCS 5/4-5-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 4 - Commission Form Government

 (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-12)Sec. 4-5-12.         Regular meetings of the council shall be held on the first  Monday after the mayor and commissioners have entered upon the performance  of their official duties, and at least twice each month thereafter. The  council shall provide by ordinance for the holding of regular meetings.  Special meetings may be called from time to time by the mayor or by 2  commissioners upon giving notice of not less than 24 hours to all members  of the council. Public notice of meetings must also be given as prescribed  in Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of "An Act in relation to meetings", approved  July 11, 1957, as heretofore or hereafter amended. All meetings of the  council, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public.The mayor and each commissioner shall have the right to vote on all  questions coming before the council. Three members of the council shall  constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of 3 members shall be  necessary to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance, unless a greater  number is provided for by this article.Upon every vote the "yeas" and "nays" shall be called and recorded.  Every motion, resolution, or ordinance shall be reduced to writing and read  before a vote is taken thereon, and all council members present at any  meeting shall vote thereon. The style of all ordinances shall be: "Be it  ordained by the council of the city (or village) of ....."The mayor shall have no power to veto, but every resolution, ordinance  or warrant passed or ordered by the council must be signed by the mayor, or  by 2 commissioners, and all ordinances and resolutions shall be filed for  record, before they shall be in force.    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 1909.)