Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Seven votes needed to pass the setback ordinance regarding Wind TURBINES

 

Unlike most motions which require a majority of the county board members present at the time of the vote, the General Assembly by enacting 55 ILCS 5/5-12014 (b) required that “text amendments may be passed at a county board meeting by a simple majority of the elected county board members.”   In this case, we have twelve county board members who are elected, a majority of which is seven.