[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Westville as Ch. 1, Art. II, Div. III, of the 2015 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It shall be the duty of the Village Attorney to prepare such
ordinances as may be required by the Village Board.
When a proposed ordinance is introduced, it shall be read one
time by title only and referred to the proper committee unless the
Board of Trustees shall otherwise specifically direct.
The passage of all ordinances for whatever purpose, and of any
resolution or motion to create any liability against the Village or
for the expenditure or appropriation of its money, shall require the
concurrence of a majority of all members then holding office on the
Village Board, including the Mayor, unless otherwise expressly provided
by the Code or any other act governing the passage of any ordinance,
resolution, or motion; provided that, where the Board consists of
an odd number of Trustees, the vote of the majority of the Trustees
shall be sufficient to pass an ordinance. The yeas and nays shall
be taken upon the question of the passage of the designated ordinances,
resolutions, or motions and recorded in the journal of the Village
Board. In addition, the corporate authorities at any meeting may,
by unanimous consent, take a single vote by yeas or nays on the several
questions of the passage on any two or more of the designated ordinances,
orders, resolutions or motions placed together for voting purposes
in a single group. The single vote shall be entered separately in
the journal under the designation "omnibus vote," and in such event
the Clerk may enter the words "omnibus vote" or "consent agenda" in
the journal in each case in lieu of entering names of the members
of the Village Board voting "yea" and of those voting "nay" on the
passage of each of the designated ordinances, orders, resolutions
and motions included in such omnibus group or consent agenda. The
taking of such single or omnibus vote and such entries of the words
"omnibus vote" or "consent agenda" in the journal shall be a sufficient
compliance with the requirements of this section for all intents and
purposes and with like effect as if the vote in each case had been
separately by yeas and nays on the question of the passage of each
ordinance, order, resolution and motion included in such omnibus group,
and separately recorded in the journal. Likewise, the yeas and nays
shall be taken upon the question of the passage of any other resolution
or motion at the request of any Trustee and shall be recorded in the
journal. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-40-40)
All resolutions and motions which create any liability against
the Village, or which provide for the expenditure or appropriation
of its money, or to sell any Village property, and all ordinances
passed by the Village Board shall be deposited with the Village Clerk.
If the Mayor approves an ordinance or resolution, the Mayor shall
sign it. Those ordinances, resolutions and motions which the Mayor
disapproves shall be returned to the Village Board, with the Mayor's
written objections, at the next regular meeting of the Village Board
occurring not less than five days after their passage. The Mayor may
disapprove of any one or more sums appropriated in any ordinance,
resolution, or motion making an appropriation, and, if so, the remainder
shall be effective. However, the Mayor may disapprove entirely of
an ordinance, resolution, or motion making an appropriation. If the
Mayor fails to return any ordinance or any specified resolution or
motion with his written objections, within the designated time, it
shall become effective despite the absence of the Mayor's signature.
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-40-45)
Every resolution and motion specified in § 87-1 through § 87-4 and every ordinance that is returned to the Village Board by the Mayor shall be reconsidered by the Village Board at the next regular meeting following the regular meeting at which the Village Board receives the Mayor's written objection. If, after reconsideration, 2/3 of all the Trustees then holding office on the Village Board agree at that regular meeting to pass an ordinance, resolution, or motion, notwithstanding the Mayor's refusal to approve it, then it shall be effective. The vote on the question of passage over the Mayor's veto shall be by yeas and nays and shall be recorded in the journal. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-40-50)
No vote of the Village Board shall be reconsidered or rescinded
at a special meeting unless there are present at the special meeting
at least as many Village Trustees as were present when the vote was
taken. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-40-55)
