§ 2-43. Committee meetings.

(a)

Without permission of the county board chairman, no committee may conduct business during any regular or special meeting of the board.

(b)

Standing committees shall establish regular meeting dates and times which shall be published in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act. The first meeting and special meetings of standing committees and meetings of other committees and subcommittees including executive sessions shall be called, public notice given, and held in compliance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/1 et seq.).

(c)

No committee shall meet without a quorum being present. A quorum of a standing committee shall be a majority of its members. Members in attendance by other means, as provided in subparagraph (d) below, shall not be included for purposes of establishing a quorum, but shall have the right to participate fully in the meeting and vote on all matters in the same manner as if the member were present in person.

(d)

If a member of a committee is prevented from physically attending a committee meeting because of:

(1)

Personal illness or disability;

(2)

Employment purposes or the business of the public body; or

(3)

A family or other emergency;

then a quorum of the members of the committee may allow, by majority vote, a committee member to attend the meeting by other means. "Other means" shall mean by video or audio conference. If a committee member wishes to attend a meeting by other means, the member shall notify the county board office or committee chair before the meeting, unless advance notice is impractical, and the county board office or committee chair shall make appropriate arrangements for attendance by other means by the member.

(e)

Members who do not attend a committee meeting in person, but attend by other means, as defined in subparagraph (d) above, shall not receive per diem compensation or mileage reimbursement for such attendance by other means.

(f)

In the event that a committee chairman is absent or attends a meeting by other means, the committee vice chairman shall preside over the meeting. In the event that both the committee chairman and vice chairman are absent or attend by other means, the committee members shall elect a committee member to preside over the meeting.

(Res. No. R2012-37, 5-16-12; Ord. No. 2013-12, 10-16-13; Ord. No. 2014-04, 3-19-14)