O-13-01VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -13 -1
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING
THE FISCAL YEAR OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE
AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, this
7th day of January , 2013.
Published in pamphlet form
by authority of the President
and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Deerfield, Lake and
Cook Counties, Illinois, this
7th day of January , 2013.
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -13 -1
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING
THE FISCAL YEAR OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
WHEREAS, the Village of Deerfield is a home rule unit of government pursuant to the
provisions of Article VII, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution; and
WHEREAS, as a home rule unit of local government, the Village of Deerfield may exercise
any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs, except as limited by
the provisions of Article VII, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the corporate authorities of the Village of Deerfield have authority to establish,
by ordinance, the fiscal year of the Village of Deerfield; and
WHEREAS, the corporate authorities of the Village of Deerfield have determined that it is
in the best interests of the Village of Deerfield to establish a calendar year fiscal year for the Village
to begin on January 1 of each year, and to end on December 31 of the same year, commencing
January 1, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the corporate authorities of the Village of Deerfield have further determined
that it is in the best interests of the Village of Deerfield to provide that the fiscal year that will
commence on May 1, 2013 pursuant to Section 1 -21 of the Municipal Code of the Village of
Deerfield, shall end on December 31, 2013 in order to provide for a transition to a calendar year
fiscal year commencing on January 1, 2014;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, in
the exercise of its home rule powers, as follows:
SECTION 1: Fiscal Year Transition. That the period beginning on May 1, 2013 and
ending December 31, 2013 shall be deemed to be the 2013 fiscal year of the Village of Deerfield
commencing May 1, 2013.
SECTION 2: Calendar Year Fiscal Year. That commencing on January 1, 2014, the
fiscal year of the Village shall begin on January 1 of each year and end on December 31 of the same
year.
SECTION 3: Municipal Code Amended. That Section 1 -21 ( "Fiscal Year ") of Chapter 1
( "General Provisions ") of the Municipal Code of the Village of Deerfield be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1 -21. Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Village shall begin on May 1 of each year and end on April 30,
of the following year; provided, however, that the fiscal year of the Village
beginning on May 1, 2013 shall end on December 31, 2013.
Commencing January 1, 2014, the fiscal year of the Village shall begin on January 1
of each year and end on December 31 of the same year.
SECTION 4: Savings Clause. Nothing contained in this Ordinance, or in the Municipal
Code of the Village of Deerfield as hereby amended, shall be construed as abating any action now
pending under or by virtue of any general ordinance of the Village of Deerfield, or as affecting the
liability of any person, firm or corporation under any ordinance, resolution or agreement of the
Village, or as a waiving any right of the Village under any ordinance, resolution, agreement or
provision thereof in force at the time of passage of this Ordinance.
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SECTION 5: Severability. Subject to the savings clause contained in this Ordinance, all
ordinances of the Village of Deerfield in direct conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, excluding the following ordinances which are not
repealed: contract ordinances and ordinances authorizing the execution of a contract; bond
ordinances; tax levy ordinances; budget and appropriation ordinances; and all other ordinances,
resolutions and motions authorizing or providing for the expenditure of funds.
SECTION 6: Home Rule Power. That this Ordinance, and each of its terms, shall be the
effective legislative act of a home rule municipality without regard to whether such Ordinance
should: (a) contain terms contrary to the provisions of current or subsequent non - preemptive state
law; or, (b) legislate in a manner or regarding a matter not delegated to municipalities by state law.
It is the intent of the corporate authorities of the Village of Deerfield that to the extent that the terms
of this Ordinance should be inconsistent with any non - preemptive state law, this Ordinance shall
supersede state law in that regard within its jurisdiction.
SECTION 7: Effective Date. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
PASSED this 7th day of January , 2013.
AYES: Benton, Farkas, Jester, Oppenheim, Struthers (5)
NAYS: Seiden (1)
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
APPROVED this 7th day of January , 2013.
Village Pre ident
ATTEST:
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