April 1994 Municipal Calendar

This calendar is based upon the most current information, court decisions and legislation of which the League has knowledge as of the date of this publication. It supercedes similar information contained in all other League publications.

Between the 1st and 10th of April of each year, the city collector shall file with the clerk a statement of all the money collected by him or her during the year, the particular warrant, special assessment, or account on which collected, the balance of the money uncollected on all warrants in the collector's possession and the balance remaining uncollected at the time of the return on all warrants that the collector returned to the clerk during the preceding fiscal year. Within 10 days, the clerk shall publish the statement at least once. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-125).

Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the municipal fiscal year begins on election day. (65 ILCS 5/1-1-2). (The fiscal year for municipalities with 500,000 or more inhabitants begins January 1.)

In commission form municipalities, councils must meet and appoint officers and assign departments at the first meeting after their election or as soon as practicable thereafter, except where candidates for commissioner are required to run for a specific office. (65 ILCS 5/4-5-3, 4-5-4).

Elections for members of boards of trustees of the police pension funds in all municipalities between 5,000 and 500,000 in population, shall be held biennially on the third Monday in April. (40 ILCS 5/3-103, 3-128).

Members of the board of trustees of firemen's pension funds (all municipalities between 5,000 and 500,000 population) are to be chosen the third Monday in April in each applicable year. (40 ILCS 5/4-103, 4-121).

The quarterly report by the board of inspectors of the house of corrections must be made and filed with the corporate authorities. (65 ILCS 5/11-4-5).

A person subject to the filing requirements of the Governmental Ethics Act must file a statement on or before May 1st of each year; unless he has already filed

a statement in relation to the same unit of government in that calendar year. (5 ILCS 420/4A-106).

Every public officer who receives or disburses money and who does not file a report with the board or council shall within six months after the expiration of the fiscal year, cause to be published an account of all money received and spent and shall file the same with the county clerk. (30 ILCS 15/1, 2).