R-567 - 07/28/1992 - ELECTION - Resolutions �� RSF ��LE-
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RESOLUTION R- 567
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE VOTERS
OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK, COOK AND DU PAGE COUNTIES, IL
AT THE REGULAR ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3, 1992
THE QUESTION WHETHER THE VILLAGE SHALL BECOME
A HOME RULE MUNICIPALITY
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 6 of the 1970 Illinois Constitution
provides that any municipality in the State of Illinois may elect by
referendum to become a Home Rule unit of local government; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Election Code provides that actions such as the
adoption of Home Rule by a municipality, which requires approval by
referendum, may be submitted to the electors by resolution of the governing
board of a unit of local government in the manner provided by law; and
WHEREAS, the President and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Oak
Brook (the "Village") have concluded that it is in the best interests of the
Village to determine whether the residents of the Village desire to adopt Home
Rule;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK, DU PAGE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, that the
Village shall adopt Home Rule in the event the majority of votes cast upon the
public question are in favor thereof at a referendum which shall be submitted
to the electors of the Village on November 3, 1992 at the Consolidated
Election in substantially the following form:
Shall the Village of Oak Brook become a Home Rule Yes
Municipality?
NO
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Village Clerk is hereby authorized
and directed to take all necessary action to cause the aforementioned
referendum to be included on the ballot at the next general election, to
certify the aforementioned Home Rule adoption question to the county clerk or
other election authority of each of Cook and DuPage Counties, to provide any
and all required notices to the Illinois Secretary of State and to do all
other things as may be required by statute or otherwise may be necessary in
connection with the Village's adoption of Home Rule;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, if a majority of the votes cast upon the
public question, with regard to whether the Village shall adopt Home Rule, are
in favor thereof, the Village shall thereafter be a Home Rule unit of local
government and shall be imbued with all of the power and authority granted to
such a unit of local government pursuant to the laws of the State of Illinois;
R- 567
Home Rule Question
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AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, notwithstanding its adoption of Home Rule,
the Village shall retain its existing form of government.
This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 28th day of July , 1992, by the
President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Oak Brook, DuPage and Cook
Counties, Illinois, according to a roll call vote as follows:
Ayes: Trustees Bartecki, Mayer, Payovich, Shumate, Skinner and Winters
Nays: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
V' lage President
ATTEST:
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