(315 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 254)

Sec. 4. Creation and establishment of redevelopment commissions.

(a) Any city, village or incorporated town shall have the power to provide for the creation of a Redevelopment Commission to supervise and regulate Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporations organized pursuant to the provisions of this Act to operate within the boundaries of such city, village or incorporated town.

(1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2), such Redevelopment Commission shall consist of not less than three nor more than five members, one of which members shall be designated as its chairman, to be appointed by the mayor of the city, by and with the advice and consent of the city council of the city, or by the president of the village or incorporated town, as the case may be, by and with the advice and consent of the board of trustees of the village or incorporated town. Each member of the Redevelopment Commission shall hold office for a term of two years and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in the membership of the Redevelopment Commission occurring by reason of the death, resignation, disqualification, inability or refusal to act of any of the members thereof shall be filled by appointment by the mayor or president, as the case may be, by and with the advice and consent of the city council of the city or board of trustees of the village or incorporated town, as the case may be.

(2) In St. Clair County, the Redevelopment Commission shall consist of either 5 or 7 appointed members as determined by the mayor. The mayor and each member of the city council may nominate a person to fill each position on the Redevelopment Commission. The president of the village or incorporated town, as the case may be, and each member of the board of trustees of the village or incorporated town may nominate a person to fill each position on the Redevelopment Commission. Each nominee must be a person of recognized ability and experience in one or more of the following areas: economic development; finance; banking; industrial development; small business management; real estate development; community development; venture finance; organized labor; or civic, community, or neighborhood organization. A nominated person shall be appointed to the Redevelopment Commission only upon a majority vote of the city council or the board of trustees of the village or incorporated town, as the case may be. Only one person may fill each open position on the Redevelopment Commission. One of the appointed members shall be designated as the chairman of the Redevelopment Commission by a majority vote of the city council or the board of trustees of the village or incorporated town, as the case may be. Only one member may serve as chairman at any given time.

The initial terms of members of the Redevelopment Commission appointed under this subdivision (a)(2) shall be as follows: for a Commission consisting of 5 members: 2 terms for 3 years, 2 terms for 2 years, and one term for one year; for a Commission consisting of 7 members: 3 terms for 3 years, 3 terms for 2 years, and one term for 1 year. The length of the term of the first Commissioners shall be determined by lots at their first meeting. The initial terms of office of members who are to hold office shall continue until the July 1 that next follows the expiration of the respective periods from the date of the appointment of the member, and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.

Each subsequent Commissioner appointed under this subdivision (a)(2) shall hold office for a term of 4 years and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.

The unexpired term of any vacancy in the membership of the Redevelopment Commission occurring by reason of the death, resignation, disqualification, inability, or refusal to act of any of the members thereof shall be filled in the same manner as the vacated position was filled.

In addition to the 5 or 7 appointed members, the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or his or her designee, and the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee, shall serve as ex officio non-voting members.

(b) No person holding stocks or Mortgages in any Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation, or who is in any other manner directly or indirectly pecuniarily interested in such Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation, or in the Development undertaken by it, shall be appointed as a member of, or be employed by, that Redevelopment Commission to whose supervision and regulation such Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation is subject. If any such member or employee shall voluntarily become so interested his office or employment shall ipso facto become vacant. If any such member or employee becomes so interested otherwise than voluntarily he shall within ninety days divest himself of such interest and if he fails to do so his office or employment shall become vacant.

(c) The Redevelopment Commission shall have power, subject to the approval of the city council of the city, or of the president and the board of trustees of the village or incorporated town, as the case may be, to appoint a secretary and from time to time to employ such accountants, engineers, architects, experts, inspectors, clerks and other employees and fix their compensation.

(d) Each member of the Redevelopment Commission shall receive such salary as shall be fixed by the city council of the city, or by the president and the board of trustees of the village or incorporated town, as the case may be, and said city council or president and board of trustees shall have power to provide for the payment of the salaries of all members and the expenses of the Redevelopment Commission.

(Source: P.A. 93-1037, eff. 6-1-05.)