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To: City Council
From: Mayor Valerie Burd
Subject: Veto of Ordinance Amending Governance Ordinance
As mayor of the United City of Yorkville, I hereby veto ordinance no. 2007 -69, approved by the
City Council on October 9, 2007.
I do not think this amendment is an improvement to the governing ordinance. Letting the entire
committee voice its opinion on all aspects of committee business is more democratic. These
committees were convened to help the entire Council process information so that it can make
good decisions, not so that power can be conferred on individual aldermen through committee
chairmanships.
Dated: ID/1
Valerie Burd, Mayor
UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
ORDINANCE NO. 900 - 7 - & Ol
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2007 -53 (GOVERNING ORDINANCE) OF
THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE CITY CODE
PASSED BY THE
UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
THIS DAY OF 5 2007
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Published in pamphlet form
by the authority of the
United City of Yorkville this
day of , 2007.
UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
ORDINANCE NO. 000
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2007 -53 (GOVERNING ORDINANCE) OF
THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE CITY CODE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the United City of Yorkville first passed a
Governing Ordinance, on June 27, 2006 as Ordinance 2006 -58, subsequently passed
amendments to the Governing Ordinance, on November 14, 2006 as Ordinance 2006 -133, on
June 26, 2007 as Ordinance 2007 -49, on July 10, 2007 as Ordinance 2007 -50, and July 24,
2007 as Ordinance 2007 -53, and intends to amend said Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, in accordance with
Illinois Compiled State Statutes, has the right to determine procedures for organizing and
conducting all meetings of the City Council acknowledging that the City is bound by
certain state and federal laws as well as legal precedents which cannot be supplanted by City
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, in keeping with this right, the City Council has adopted and reaffirms Roberts
Rules of Order to govern the procedures to be followed during meetings and to regulate the actions of
Council members and the public in attendance at such meetings, subject to all governing state and
federal laws; and
WHEREAS, City policies establish standing committees and designate City liaisons to
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other organizations that fall under the areas of business for each committee, as specified under
Ordinance 2007 -53 and as set forth herein; and
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WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to authorize the chairman of the standing
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committee to have the appointment power for each of the City liaisons so designated as being
under the areas of business for the respective committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the United City of Yorkville as follows:
Section 1. Recitals The preliminary paragraphs set forth above are incorporated herein as
part of this Ordinance.
Section 2. The Governing Ordinance is hereby further amended by deleting the following
overstricken words, and adding the following underlined words:
Mayor
B. The Public Works, Public Safety, Administration, and Economic Development Committees
shall include four members (one from each ward) of the City Council, including the Mayor. The
Committee of the Whole meeting shall include all eight aldermen. The Mayor is a non - voting
member of each committee.
C. Each committee s -Shall be presided over by its chairman, who will conduct the business of the
meeting. In the absence of the chairman, the vice - chairman shall conduct the business of the
meeting. Chairman and vice - chairman shall serve two year appointments. Chairs, vice - chairs,
and committee rosters shall be filled through the following process:
a. For the Committee of the Whole meeting, the chairman shall be the Mayor, and the
vice - chairman shall be the Mayor Pro -Tem.
b. For the Public Works, Public Safety, Administration, and Economic Development
committees: after each election, the four committee chairmanships shall be
vacated. The four vice - chairmen shall each select a committee to chair, with the most
senior alderman having the first selection and progressing to the next most senior
alderman, and so on. After the chairmanships have been selected, the four non - chaired
aldermen shall each select a committee to vice - chair, with the most senior alderman
having the first selection, and progressing to the next most senior alderman, and so on.
In the same order in which chairmanships and vice - chairmanships are selected, the
committee rosters shall be filled (committee chairs pick second committee first, vice
chairman pick second committee after the chairman pick their committee).
i. Should an incumbent alderman be defeated in an election, the incoming alderman
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shall be placed in the group of four "non- chaired" alderman that will select a
vice -chair role in a committee. Subsequently, the most senior alderman of the
"non- chaired" group shall be allowed to retain a committee chair for a
consecutive year, but will select last in the group of aldermen who are selecting
the committee chairs for the upcoming term. In the event there is more than one
incumbent alderman allowed to serve consecutive committee chairs, those
aldermen shall select committee chairs in order according to seniority, but after
the group of alderman who have not served- consecutive committee chairs have
selected.
D. Shall control the movement of items from committee agendas to Committee of the Whole and
City Council agendas. Items may not move out of committee but for a vote of approval by 3
aldermen.
E. The committee chairman s8hall have the sole power to assign liaisons to those city organizations
that fall under that committee's specific area of business listed in the City Council agenda as
follows:
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Public Works: Park Board, YBSD
Economic Development Chamber of Commerce, Kendall County
Econ Dev., Plan Commission, Bristol Plan
Comm. Yorkville Econ. Dev. Corp., Aurora
Area Con. & Tourism Council, Downtown
Re- development
Public Safety Human Resource COMM., School District,
KenCom
Administration Metra, Library, Cable Consortium
Section 3. Effective Date This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage
and approval, and publication according to law.
Section 4. Severability In the event that any section, clause, provision, or part of this
Ordinance /Resolution shall be found and determined to be invalid by a court of competent
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jurisdiction, all valid parts that are severable from the invalid parts shall remain in full force and
effect.
ROBYN SUTCLIFF r) JOSEPH BESCO V
GARY GOLINSKI ARDEN JOSEPH PLOCHER rl
WALTER WERDERICH n MARTY MUNNS _
ROSE ANN SPEARS JASON LESLIE \r
Approved by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, this
Day of , A.D. 2007.
MAYOR
Passed by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois this
day of , A.D. 2007.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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