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Cherry Valley board adopts ordinance easing U.S. citizenship requirement for part‑time police
Summary
The Village Board approved ORDINANCE 2025‑23 to amend Section 34‑40 of the code, changing the U.S. citizenship requirement for part‑time police officers; the adoption passed on a 4–3 recorded vote. The minutes note the ordinance 'passes.'
The Village of Cherry Valley on July 15 adopted ORDINANCE 2025‑23, “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 34‑40, PART‑TIME POLICE OFFICERS OF CHAPTER 34, LAW ENFORCEMENT, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE VILLAGE OF CHERRY VALLEY TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENT OF U.S. CITIZEN.” Trustee Belt moved the second‑and‑final reading and Trustee Pearse seconded; that procedural motion passed 4–2 by roll call.
Trustee Belt then moved to adopt the ordinance; the roll call recorded in the minutes shows the adoption passed 4–3 (Belt recorded as NAY on the adoption roll call in the minutes). The minutes state the ordinance "passes." The transcript shows an inconsistency in Trustee Belt’s recorded votes between the motion to consider the ordinance and the adoption; the roll-call tallies as written in the minutes are reported here as recorded.
