2023-12-04 - Ordinance 2023-159 - REGARDING THE ILLINOIS PAID LEAVE FOR ALL WORKERS ACT FOR THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE ,
ORDINANCE NO.2023-159
AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE ILLINOIS PAID LEAVE FOR ALL WORKERS ACT
FOR THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
WHEREAS,the Illinois Municipal Code,65 ILCS 5/1-2-1, provides that the corporate
authorities of each municipality may pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or
necessary,to carry into effect the powers granted to municipalities,with such fines or penalties as
may be deemed proper;and
WHEREAS,the Village of Buffalo Grove is a home rule unit of government pursuant to Article
VII,Section 6(a) of the Illinois Constitution and, pursuant to the provisions of said Section 6 of Article
VII, may exercise any power or perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs;and
WHEREAS,on or about March 12,2023,Governor JB Pritzker signed into law the Paid Leave
for All Workers Act(820 ILCS 192/1 et seq.) (the"Act");and
WHEREAS,the State of Illinois did not make the necessary appropriations or include statutory
language exempting the Act from the Illinois State Mandates Act(30 ILCS 805/1 et seq.);and
WHEREAS,the Act does not include any express limitation on the Village's home rule
authority as required by Article VII,Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution;and
WHEREAS,effective January 1,2024,the Act requires an employer to provide certain paid
leave to their employees, unless the employer is subject to an existing municipal or county ordinance
, that requires the employer to provide any form of paid leave to their employees;and
' WHEREAS,the Village recognizes the importance of paid leave and currently provides
reasonable paid leave benefits to its employees; and
WHEREAS,the Village has determined that applying the Act to its own employees will
negatively impact the Village and place an undue financial and operational burden on the Village's
ability to provide uninterrupted services to its residents; and
WHEREAS,the Village believes and hereby declares that it is in the best interests of the
Village to clearly define the paid leave benefits that Village employees shall receive and to opt out of
the Act as well as any additional requirements adopted by the County of Cook.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED, by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of
Buffalo Grove as follows:
SECTION 1.The foregoing recitals shall be and are hereby incorporated as findings of fact as if said
recitals were fully set forth herein.
, SECTION 2.The Village has previously adopted its current paid leave policy for all Village employees
as set forth in the Village's Code of Ordinances, Employee Handbook,Annual Salary Ordinances,any
collective bargaining agreements to which the Village is a party all as the same may be amended from
time to time.
SECTION 3. Pursuant to the Village's home rule authority,the Village hereby declares that the Village,
as an employer,is exempt from the requirements of the Paid Leave for All Workers Act(820 ILCS
192/1 etseg.)and any other or additional requirements regarding Paid Leave adopted by the County
of Cook.The Village,as an employer,shall have no additional obligations with regard to mandatory
paid leave, including,without limitation,any obligations provided under the Act or any Ordinance
adopted by the County of Cook.
SECTION 4. Repeal of Conflicting Provisions.All ordinances,resolutions,and policies or parts thereof,
in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are,to the extent of the conflict,expressly repealed
on the effective date of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5.Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance or application thereof to any person or
circumstance is ruled unconstitutional or otherwise invalid,such invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid application
or provision,and each invalid provision or invalid application of this Ordinance is severable.
SECTION 6.The clerk is directed by the corporate authorities to publish this Ordinance in pamphlet
form.This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage and publication in accordance
with 65 ILCS 5/1-2-4.
AYES: 6—Johnson,Cesario.Ottenheimer,Stein. Bocek.Weidenfeld
NAYES: 0-None
ABSENT: 0-None
PASSED: December 4.2023
APPROVED: December 4, 2023
PUBLISHED: December 5,2023
ATi'EST: APPROVED:
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