093_HB2852

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 1        AN ACT concerning forest preserves.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 8 as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 805/8) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6315)
 7        Sec. 8. The board shall be  the  corporate  authority  of
 8    such  forest  preserve  district and shall have power to pass
 9    and enforce all necessary ordinances, rules  and  regulations
10    for  the  management  of  the  property  and  conduct  of the
11    business of such district. The president of such board  shall
12    have power to appoint such employees as may be necessary.  In
13    counties  with  population  of less than 3,000,000, within 60
14    days after their selection the commissioners appointed  under
15    the  provisions  of  Section 3a of this Act shall organize by
16    selecting  from  their  members   a   president,   secretary,
17    treasurer and such other officers as are deemed necessary who
18    shall  hold  office  for the fiscal year in which elected and
19    until their successors are selected and qualify.  In the  one
20    district  in existence on July 1, 1977, that is managed by an
21    appointed board of commissioners, the incumbent president and
22    the other officers appointed  in  the  manner  as  originally
23    prescribed  in  this  Act  shall  hold such offices until the
24    completion of their respective terms or in the  case  of  the
25    officers  other  than  president  until  their successors are
26    appointed by said president, but in all cases not  to  extend
27    beyond  January  1,  1980  and  until  their  successors  are
28    selected  and  qualify.   Thereafter,  the  officers shall be
29    selected in the manner as prescribed in this  Section  except
30    that  their  first term of office shall not expire until June
31    30, 1981 and until their successors are selected and qualify.
 
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 1        In  any  county,  city,  village,  incorporated  town  or
 2    sanitary district where the corporate authorities act as  the
 3    governing  body  of  a  forest  preserve district, the person
 4    exercising the powers of the president  of  the  board  shall
 5    have  power to appoint a secretary and an assistant secretary
 6    and treasurer and  an  assistant  treasurer  and  such  other
 7    officers   and  such  employees  as  may  be  necessary.  The
 8    assistant secretary and assistant treasurer shall perform the
 9    duties of the secretary and treasurer, respectively  in  case
10    of death of such officers or when such officers are unable to
11    perform the duties of their respective offices. All contracts
12    for  supplies,  material  or work involving an expenditure in
13    excess  of  $15,000  $10,000  shall  be  let  to  the  lowest
14    responsible bidder, after advertising at least once in one or
15    more newspapers of general circulation within  the  district,
16    excepting:  (a)  work requiring personal confidence; (b) work
17    by individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill
18    where the ability or  fitness  of  the  individual  plays  an
19    important  part;  (c)  contracts for utility service, such as
20    gas and electric; (d) contracts for services or supplies that
21    require  integration  with  existing  systems   or   existing
22    computer  hardware and software, such as security systems and
23    integrated computer systems; (e) contracts for  the  purchase
24    of  magazines, books, periodicals, and similar articles of an
25    educational or instructional nature; (f)  contracts  that  by
26    their nature are not adapted to award by competitive bidding,
27    such  as telecommunication systems and contracts for services
28    or supplies that are available only from a single source; (g)
29    contracts for maintaining,  servicing,  or  providing  repair
30    parts  for  equipment  that are made with the manufacturer or
31    authorized service agent of  that  equipment  when  providing
32    parts, maintaining, or servicing can best be performed by the
33    manufacturer  or  authorized service agent; and (h) contracts
34    required to meet an immediate emergency affecting the  public
 
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 1    health,  safety,  or  welfare,  in  which  case  the board of
 2    commissioners must set forth the nature of the danger to  the
 3    public health, safety, or welfare or necessary supplies under
 4    the  control  of  monopolies,  where  competitive  bidding is
 5    impossible.  Contracts  for  supplies,   material   or   work
 6    involving  an  expenditure  of $15,000 $10,000 or less may be
 7    let without advertising for bids, but  whenever  practicable,
 8    at  least 3 competitive bids shall be obtained before letting
 9    such contract. All contracts for supplies, material  or  work
10    shall   be   signed   by   the  president  of  the  board  of
11    commissioners or by any such other officer as  the  board  in
12    its discretion may designate.
13        The  president  of  any  board of commissioners appointed
14    under the provisions of Section 3a of this Act shall  receive
15    a  salary  not  to  exceed the sum of $2500 per annum and the
16    salary of other members of the board so appointed  shall  not
17    exceed  $1500  per  annum.  Salaries  of  the  commissioners,
18    officers and employees shall be fixed by ordinance.
19    (Source: P.A. 85-993.)