(70 ILCS 2405/4) (from Ch. 42, par. 303)
Sec. 4.
The trustees shall constitute a board of trustees for the district.
The board of trustees is the corporate authority of such sanitary
district, and shall exercise all the powers and manage and control all
the affairs and property of the district. The board of trustees
immediately after their appointment and at their first meeting in May of
each year thereafter, shall elect one of their number as president, one
of their number as vice-president, and from or outside of their
membership a clerk and an assistant clerk. In case of the death,
resignation, absence from the State, or other disability of the
president, the powers, duties and emoluments of the office of the
president shall devolve upon the vice-president, until such disability
is removed or until a successor to the president is appointed and chosen
in the manner provided in this Act. The board may select a treasurer,
engineer and attorney for the district, and a board of local
improvements consisting of 5 members in any sanitary district which includes
one or more municipalities with a population of over 90,000 but less than
500,000 according to the most recent Federal census and consisting of
3 members in any other district, all of whom may be trustees or
other citizens of the sanitary district. The board may appoint such other
officers and hire such employees to manage and control the operations of
the district as it deems necessary; provided, however, that the
board shall not employ an individual as a wastewater operator whose Certificate
of Technical Competency is suspended or revoked under rules adopted by the
Pollution Control Board under item (4) of subsection (a) of Section 13 of the
Environmental Protection Act.
The board may appoint a chief administrative officer for a term not to
exceed 4 years subject to removal by the board for cause. Appointment of the
chief administrative officer may be renewed as often as the board deems
necessary. All other persons selected by the
board shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the
board, and all persons selected by the board shall give such bond as may be
required by the board. The board may
prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all the officers and
employees of the sanitary district. However, no member of the board of
trustees shall receive more than $6,000 per year.
The board of trustees has full power to pass all necessary
ordinances, rules and regulations for the proper management and conduct
of the business of the board and the corporation, and for carrying into
effect the objects for which the sanitary district was formed. Such
ordinances may provide for a fine for each offense of not less than $100
or more than $1,000. Each day's continuance of such violation shall be a
separate offense. Fines pursuant to this Section are recoverable by the
sanitary district in a civil action. The sanitary district is authorized
to apply to the circuit court for injunctive relief or mandamus when, in
the opinion of the chief administrative officer, such relief is necessary
to protect the sewerage system of the sanitary district.
(Source: P.A. 89-143, eff. 7-14-95; 89-502, eff. 6-28-96; 90-14, eff.
7-1-97.)
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