(60 ILCS 1/205-90)
Sec. 205-90.
System of accounts; audits.
The township board of each
township availing itself of the provisions of this Article shall maintain a
proper system of accounts showing the receipts from the operation of the
system and the application of those receipts and shall at least
once each year cause the accounts to be properly audited by independent public
accountants. Copies of the audits shall be filed in the office of the
township clerk and shall be made available for inspection at all proper times
by any water user, township board member, or other interested person.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/205-95)
Sec. 205-95.
Fiscal year; budget.
(a) Upon the acquisition of a system under this Article, the township board
shall establish by resolution the beginning and ending of the fiscal year for
the operation of the system. That period shall constitute the budget year for
the maintenance and operation of the system.
(b) At least 30 days before the beginning of the first fiscal year after the
acquisition of the system, the township board shall prepare a tentative budget
and shall include all proposed operation and maintenance expenses for the
ensuing fiscal year. The budget shall be considered by the township board, and
after consideration and any revision by the board, it shall be adopted not
later than 30 days after the beginning of the fiscal year. No expenditures in
excess of the budget shall be made during the fiscal year unless authorized by
a two-thirds vote of the board.
(c) It shall not be necessary to include in the budget any statement of
expenditures for debt service, but the board shall make provision for those
payments as they become due. No money shall be paid out from the water fund of
the township except upon an order signed by the supervisor and township clerk
and approved by the board. Each order shall specify the purpose for which it is
to be paid, and there shall be endorsed on the order the name of the particular
account out of which it is payable.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/205-100)
Sec. 205-100.
Township utility board.
(a) The township board of a township availing itself of the provisions of
this Article may, in its discretion and before the issue of any bonds under
this Article, by ordinance create a township utility board for the purpose of
exercising all of the powers conferred by this Article. The township
supervisor, subject to the approval of the township board, shall appoint 5
persons, all of whom are legal voters of the township and have resided in the
township for at least 2 years before the date of their appointment. Any person
holding an elective or appointive public office is not eligible for appointment
to the utility board, and any person who has held an elective office or an
appointive public office is not eligible for appointment for one year after the
expiration of his or her term of office.
(b) One of the appointees shall be appointed for a term of one year,
one for a term of 2 years, one for a term of 3 years, and 2 for terms of 4
years. One additional member shall be appointed to any utility board in
existence on August 3, 1967, for a term of 3 years. Annually thereafter,
appointments to fill the expired terms shall be made in the same manner, except
that the term of each appointee shall be 4 years. Vacancies shall be filled for
an unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments.
(c) Within 30 days after their appointment, the members shall meet and elect
a chairman and a vice-chairman from their membership and a secretary who need
not be a member of the utility board. The board shall constitute and be the
(Name of township) Utility Board. The utility board shall fix the compensation
of the secretary, subject to the approval of the township board.
(d) The utility board may establish bylaws, rules, and regulations for its
own government. Upon its organization, the utility board shall have general
supervision over the construction, operation, maintenance, and management of
the system of the township. The utility board shall exercise all of the powers
authorized and provided for by this Article instead of the township board,
including the establishment of rules and regulations covering the maintenance,
operation, and use of the system, the power to require connection of abutting
improved real estate with the system, the fixing of rates and charges for the
use and service of the system, and the power to improve and extend the system
from time to time as provided in this Article.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/205-105)
Sec. 205-105. Construction contracts; bids.
(a) All contracts for construction work whose estimated cost will exceed
$30,000 shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after publication of
notice for bids. Notice for bids shall be published once in a newspaper
published and having general circulation in the township, if there is one. If
there is no such newspaper, notice for bids shall be published in a newspaper
published and having general circulation in the county. Notice for bids shall
be published at least 10 days before the date set for receiving bids. Bids
shall be opened and publicly read, and an award shall be made to the lowest
responsible bidder within 15 days after the receipt of bids.
(b) This Section shall not apply to engineering, legal, or other
professional services, but it shall apply to the purchase of equipment unless
the township board, by a resolution adopted by a three-fourths vote, determines
that it is for the best interests of the township that advertising for bids for
the equipment be dispensed with.
(Source: P.A. 102-728, eff. 5-6-22.)
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(60 ILCS 1/205-110)
Sec. 205-110.
Exercise of authority in name of township.
The authority
conferred upon a township under this Article, except as otherwise provided in
this Article, shall be exercised by the township board in the name of and for
and on behalf of the township.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/205-115)
Sec. 205-115.
Collector.
The supervisor, by and with the consent of the
township board, shall appoint a collector to collect the charges for the use
and service of the system. The collector's duties, term of office,
compensation, and bond for faithful performance of his or her duties shall be
fixed by ordinance. The collector's compensation shall not be increased during
the term of office for which he or she is appointed.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/205-120)
Sec. 205-120.
Sale or lease of system.
The township board of a township that
owns a waterworks system or sewerage system or combined waterworks and sewerage
system may sell or lease the system or a separable portion of the system for
any term not to exceed 99 years when, in the opinion of the board, the property
is no longer necessary, appropriate, required for the use of, profitable to, or
for the best interests of the township. This power shall be exercised by an
ordinance passed by at least a two-thirds vote of the members of the board. The
property shall not be sold or leased, however, for a less amount than is
necessary to amortize any outstanding bonds issued under this Article nor, in
any event, at a less amount than the reasonable value of the property (or a
reasonable return on the investment in the property in the case of a lease) as
determined by an appraisal made at the direction of the board by a person or
persons acquainted with valuations of those kinds of properties.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/205-125)
Sec. 205-125.
Sale or lease for more than 20 years; bids.
Property may be
sold, or leased for a term of more than 20 years, only after advertising for
sealed bids for its purchase or lease. The advertisement shall be published at
least once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the township at least
30 days before the date fixed for opening bids. The advertisement shall contain
a description of the property, the minimum amount that will be considered for
the sale or lease, as the case may be, the terms of payment, the last date that
bids will be accepted, the place for filing bids, and the time and place that
bids will be opened. The township board shall reserve the right to reject any
or all bids. Only the bid of the highest responsible bidder shall be accepted.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/205-130)
Sec. 205-130.
Service to particular locality outside current system; bonds.
(a) A township (i) may construct or acquire a waterworks system or
sewerage system, or a combined waterworks and sewerage system, serving a
particular locality in the township or (ii) may extend or improve an existing
waterworks system or sewerage system, or combined waterworks and sewerage
system, for the purpose of serving a particular locality within the township
not previously served by its existing waterworks system or sewerage system
or combined waterworks and sewerage system.
(b) The township may pay the cost of the construction, acquisition,
extension, or improvement by the issuance and sale of revenue bonds of the
township, payable solely from the revenue derived from the operation of the
entire waterworks system or systems or sewerage system or systems or combined
waterworks and sewerage system or systems of the township. Except as they are
inconsistent with this Section, Sections 205-5 through 205-125 govern all
matters connected with a project under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 76-1360; 88-62.)
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