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"Shall the number of trustees of the Fire Protection District be increased from 3 to 5?"
YES
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NO
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If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in the affirmative, the board of trustees of the district shall thereafter be increased to a 5-member board and the 2 additional trustees shall be elected or appointed as provided by this Section.
The election authority must submit the question in substantially the following form:
Shall the number of trustees of the fire protection district be decreased from 5 to 3 members?
The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No".
If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in the affirmative, the board of trustees of the district shall be decreased to a 3-member board. The terms of the 5 persons serving on the board at the time of the reduction of the number of members to 3 shall terminate upon certification of the election results, except that they shall continue to serve until the 3-member board is appointed and qualified or elected and qualified.
In the case of an appointed board, the appointing authority shall within 60 days after the certification of the election results, appoint 3 trustees to the board with terms starting the first Monday in May next following the election where the decrease in the board's size is approved. The terms of the appointed trustees shall be determined by lot at the first board meeting following the election. One trustee shall have a term of 3 years, one trustee shall have a term of 2 years, and one trustee shall have a term of one year. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 3 years.
In the case of an elected board, 3 trustees shall be elected at the next election at which fire protection district trustees are to be elected under the general election law. The terms of the trustees shall be determined by lot at the first board meeting following the election. One elected trustee shall have a term of 6 years, one trustee shall have a term of 4 years, and one trustee shall have a term of 2 years. Thereafter, the terms of all elected trustees shall be 6 years.
70 ILCS 705/4.01