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Election or appointment of clerk; term; vacancy. (a) Any village of fewer than 5,000 inhabitants may, by resolution adopted by not less than two-thirds of the village board, choose to have a clerk appointed by the village president with the concurrence of the village board.
Listed below are specific powers, duties and responsibilities of the Village Clerk: Guardian of the Corporate Seal of the Village; countersigns official documents and affixes the same to all documents.
Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-90 – Clerk; duties. Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates | Other versions. (a) The municipal clerk shall keep the corporate seal, to be provided by the corporate authorities, and all papers belonging to the municipality the custody and control of which are not given to other officers.
The municipal comptroller (if there is one), municipal clerk, municipal treasurer, and city collector, severally, shall appoint the various clerks and subordinates in their respective offices authorized by the corporate authorities.
(a) Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, all officers, whether elected or appointed, shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by the Illinois Constitution. The subscribed oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the city or village clerk.
At the first meeting of the council after this Article 6 becomes effective in any city or village, it shall pass a general ordinance (1) amplifying the powers and duties of the mayor in conformity with this Article 6, (2) defining the scope of each department and of each division thereunder, (3) defining and prescribing the qualifications ...
summary of the functions and duties of local elected officials. FORMS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Except for 14 municipalities operating under pre-1870 charters as incorporated towns, all other municipalities in Illinois are either cities or villages. Many municipalities operate under either an aldermanic-city or a trustee-village form of government.
