2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 80 - Township Board

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 80 heading)
ARTICLE 80.
TOWNSHIP BOARD
(60 ILCS 1/80-5)
Sec. 80-5. 
		Township board membership; officers.
(a) In each township, the township board shall consist of the supervisor and
4 other members elected at large from the township under Section 50-5. The
township clerk shall be the clerk of the township board but not a voting
member, except that in the case of a tie vote to fill a vacancy in a township
office, the clerk shall be entitled to cast one vote.  Each person on the
township board shall cast but one vote. The supervisor shall be the chairman
of the board.
(b) In towns organized under Article 15, all the powers vested by law in the
township board shall be exercised by the city council.
(c) The designations "town auditors", "board of trustees", "board of town
trustees", "board of township trustees", and "town board" are changed to
"township board". Wherever the terms "auditors", "board of trustees", "board of
town trustees", board of township trustees", or "town board" are used in this
or any other Act to refer to township officers provided for by this Section,
they mean the township board. Wherever the term "trustees" is used in this or
any other Act to refer to township officers provided for by this Section, it
means the members of the township board other than the township supervisor.
(d) The change made by Public Act 79-341 does not reduce the term of any
member of a town board of auditors elected before its effective date (October
1, 1975) nor does it invalidate any action taken by a board of town auditors or
town trustees by reason of the designation used for the board in relation to
the action taken.
(Source: P.A. 85-694; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-10)
Sec. 80-10. Board meetings; township and road district accounts.
(a) The township board shall meet at the township clerk's office for the
purpose of examining and auditing the township and road district accounts
before any bills (other than general assistance, obligations for Social
Security taxes as required by the Social Security Enabling Act, and wages that
are subject to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, or other expenses determined by the township board by resolution) are paid, provided that payments made pursuant to a board resolution shall be reviewed and verified at the next meeting.  The
board may meet at other times as they determine. The township board may
consider and approve bills individually or in a  summary statement of any
number of bills.
(b) Upon the request of the supervisor or of any 2 board members, the
township clerk shall call a meeting at the time requested and shall furnish to
the board members at least 48 hours' notice of the meeting.
(c) The township board may declare a vacancy in the office of township
supervisor or trustee if the supervisor or a trustee has 5 or more consecutive
unexcused absences from regularly scheduled township board meetings.
(d) The township board may adopt rules not inconsistent with this Code to
govern its meetings.  The rules may provide for excused absences of
the supervisor or trustees from township board meetings.
(e) All meetings of the township board shall be open to the
public as provided in the Open Meetings Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-1174, eff. 1-12-15.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-15)
Sec. 80-15. 
		Supervisor and highway commissioner accounts.
(a) The township board shall, at the same time and place as stated in Section
80-10, examine the accounts of the supervisor (including all contingent
expenses necessarily incurred for the use and benefit of the township and
including the supervisor's accounts as supervisor of general assistance) and of
the commissioner of highways of the township for all moneys received and
distributed by them.  The board shall also examine and audit (i) all charges
and claims against their township and against their road district (if not part
of a consolidated township road district) and (ii) the compensation of all
township officers (except the compensation of supervisors for county services).
(b) The examination and audit of the accounts of the supervisor as the
supervisor of general assistance and the accounts pertaining to Social Security
tax payments are not required to be conducted before payments for Social
Security taxes and general assistance are made by the supervisor. No
examination and audit is required before the payment of wages that are subject
to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act.
(Source: P.A. 85-526; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-20)
Sec. 80-20. 
		Independent audit of accounts.
(a) All accounts audited under this Article (and those rejected, if any)
shall be delivered with the certificate of the trustees (or a majority of
them) to the township clerk, who shall keep them on file for the inspection
of any of the inhabitants of the township. They shall also be produced by
the township clerk at the next annual meeting and shall be read at the
meeting by the clerk.
(b) In townships that receive revenue of $850,000 or more during any fiscal
year, exclusive of road funds, the township board shall have the
accounts and all records of the township thoroughly audited by a certified
public accountant within 6 months after the close of each fiscal year.  The
board shall have a copy of the accountant's report and recommendations filed
with the township clerk and another copy filed with the county clerk for public
inspection.
(c) In townships that receive revenue of less than $850,000 during any fiscal
year, exclusive of road funds, the township board shall have the
accounts and all records of the township audited and inspected by an
independent auditing committee composed of 3 township electors chosen by
the board.  The audit shall be completed within 6 months after the close of
each fiscal year. A copy of the auditing committee's report and
recommendations shall be filed with the township clerk and another copy shall
be filed with the county clerk for public inspection.  The auditing
committee shall not contain any member of the township board or
any person related to a trustee.  Members of the auditing committee shall
be proficient in accounting principles and practices and shall be
compensated at a rate determined by the township board but not to exceed
$50 per day.  In addition to the other audit requirements
imposed by law, in townships subject to this subsection, the township board
shall have the accounts and all records of the township thoroughly
audited by a certified public accountant within 6 months after (i) the end
of each term of office of the township supervisor and (ii) a vacancy occurs
in the office of township supervisor.
A copy of the accountant's report and recommendations shall be filed with the
township clerk and another copy shall be filed with the county clerk for public
inspection.
(Source: P.A. 92-582, eff. 7-1-02.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-25)
Sec. 80-25. 
		Verification of accounts. 
		The township board may require any
account presented to be verified by an affidavit setting forth that the account
is correct and reasonable and is unpaid (or, if any part of the account has
been paid, setting forth the amount that has been paid).
(Source: P.A. 84-947; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-30)
Sec. 80-30. 
		Certification of claim or charge.
(a) The township board shall make a certificate, to be signed by a majority
of the board, specifying the nature of the claim or charge and to whom the
amount is allowed.  The board shall cause the certificate to be delivered to
the township clerk, who shall keep it on file for the inspection of the
inhabitants of the township.
(b) The aggregate amount of claims or charges that have been reduced to
judgment shall be certified to the county clerk at the same time and in the
same manner as the other amounts required to be raised for township purposes,
which shall be levied and collected as other township taxes, except that in the
townships mentioned in Section 30-180, the amount shall be certified to the
county board, who shall include the amount in their estimate of the township's
expenses.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-35)
Sec. 80-35. 
		Township charges. 
		The following shall be deemed township
charges:
(1) The compensation of township officers for     services rendered their respective townships.
(2) Contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the     use and benefit of the township.
(3) The moneys authorized to be raised by the vote of     a township meeting for any township purpose.
(4) Every sum directed by law to be raised for any     township purpose.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-40)
Sec. 80-40. 
		Levy to defray township charges. 
		The moneys necessary to defray
the township charges of each township shall be levied on the taxable property
in the township in the manner prescribed in the Property Tax Code.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-45)
Sec. 80-45. 
		Township clerk as clerk of board. 
		The township clerk shall act
as clerk of the township board and shall record the proceedings of each meeting
of the board in a book which he or she shall provide for that purpose at the
expense of the township.  The record shall include all certificates of accounts
audited by the board.
(Source: P.A. 83-380; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-50)
Sec. 80-50. 
		Payment of accounts; forfeiture for failure to pay.
(a) Accounts audited shall be paid by the supervisor within 20 days after
presentation of a certificate of the township clerk stating the amount and to
whom it is allowed, the account, and the date the account was audited.  The
certificate shall be countersigned by the supervisor before payment of the
amount.
(b) Payments of wages to township employees, however, shall be made at least
once a month in accordance with a pay period schedule established by the
township board.  The schedule shall provide for employee compensation for all
wages earned during the pay period, with payment to be made no later than 15
days after the end of the pay period.
(c) Failure by the supervisor to pay accounts audited as provided in this
Section, if the necessary funds are available and the account is a proper
expenditure, shall be grounds for forfeiture of his or her bond.
(Source: P.A. 83-380; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-55)
Sec. 80-55. 
		Multi-township board. 
		A multi-township board shall be organized
as provided in the Property Tax Code, and shall
have only the powers, duties, and responsibilities provided by law. Members of
a multi-township board may receive additional pay for their service, determined
by the multi-township board under Section 65-10, in an amount not to exceed $25
per day for each day of service and may be reimbursed for any actual expense
incurred in the discharge of their duties as members of the multi-township
board.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-60)
Sec. 80-60. 
		Annual budget and appropriation ordinance. 
		The
township board shall comply with the Illinois Municipal Budget Law.
The township board must, at least 30 days before the public hearing required
by Section 3
of the Illinois Municipal Budget Law, prepare or cause to be prepared a
tentative budget
and appropriation ordinance and file the ordinance with the township clerk.
The township clerk must make the tentative budget and appropriation ordinance
available for public
inspection for
at least 30 days before final action on the ordinance.  The required public
hearing must be held on or
before the last
day of the first quarter of the fiscal year before the township board.  Notice
of the hearing
must be given by publication in a newspaper published in the township at least
30 days
before the time of the hearing.  If there is no newspaper published in the
township, notice
of the public hearing may be given by posting notices in 5 of the most public
places in the
township.  It is the duty of the township clerk to arrange for the public
hearing.  The
township board at the public hearing may adopt all or part of the tentative
budget and
appropriation
ordinance, as the township board deems
necessary.
(Source: P.A. 91-286, eff. 1-1-00.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-65)
Sec. 80-65. 
		Annual audit. 
		The township board shall comply with the
Governmental Account Audit Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-70)
Sec. 80-70. 
		Fence viewers. 
		The township board shall be ex officio
fence viewers as provided in the Fence Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-75)
Sec. 80-75. 
		
		Donation of surplus property to a historical society or other
specified not-for-profit corporation.  Any property declared to be surplus by
the electors under Section 30-53 may by resolution of the town board of
trustees be donated to a historical society or other not-for-profit
corporation.  The resolution shall set forth the historical society or other
not-for-profit corporation's intended use of the property, and the board of
trustees may require that the transfer be subject to a reversion of the
property if the property is no longer used for its original intended use by the
historical society or other not-for-profit corporation.  The resolution shall
authorize the township supervisor to execute all documents necessary to
complete the transfer of the property.
(Source: P.A. 89-100, eff. 7-7-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
(60 ILCS 1/80-80)
Sec. 80-80. 
		Advisory referenda. 
		By a vote of a majority of
the township board, the township board may authorize that an advisory question
of public policy be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled
election in the township.  The township board shall certify the question to the
proper election officials, who shall submit the question in accordance with the
general election law.
(Source: P.A. 89-331, eff. 8-17-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)